We agreed that I would be married off to a short-lived general, but why is my husband so powerful?

Xiang Ying couldn't understand how there could be such selfish people in the world.

He clearly had the ability to save that person, but he chose to stand by and watch coldly.

Xiang Ying couldn't understand it.

Wen Rushi never intended for others to understand her.

Ignoring their attempts to persuade her to stay, she stepped into the snowfield once more.

Yue Lingshan watched Wen Rushi's departing figure, feeling utterly dejected. "Brother, Sister Xiang, let's go back!"

No matter how much others wanted Wen Rushi to stay, it was too late; they could only watch as Wen Rushi's figure gradually disappeared into the snowfield.

After parting ways with Yue Lingshan and the others, Wen Rushi wandered around the vast ice plain.

She was all alone, needed no food or drink, and no wild animals dared to disturb her, just like she was in her own backyard.

She wandered for over a month, until she hadn't found a single wild boar spirit, before leaving the icy plains.

After leaving the icy plains, Wen Rushi, as he had said before, did not return to the military camp, but went directly to a snow-capped mountain outside Longmen Pass.

This area is a continuous range of snow-capped mountains, covered in snow all year round. The mountains are extremely cold, and ordinary people do not go up the mountain.

Wenru dug a snow cave in the snow mountain, set up an array inside, and then began her seclusion.

After saying goodbye to Batu, Yue Lingshan and the others returned to the military camp.

When Yue Lingyuan learned of Wen Rushi's departure, he was naturally disappointed.

Not only was he disappointed, but the soldiers who had been treated by Wen Rushi were also extremely dejected.

Since Dr. Wen joined the army, he has saved almost every wounded soldier who returned from battle, as long as they were still alive... or rather, as long as they weren't completely dead.

Such a situation was something no one would have dared to imagine before.

But now, Dr. Wen is gone.

There are no more military doctors in their camps who can pull people back from the brink of death like that.

For a time, the morale of the soldiers in the camp was inevitably low.

In the past, when I was injured on the front lines, I thought that as long as I held on to the military doctor, I could still live. Therefore, I fought like I didn't care about my life.

But now, who would dare to use that kind of fighting style?

However, it's not all bad news.

Since Doctor Wen left, the barbarians on the other side have finally stopped using those strange and unusual methods on the battlefield.

From then on, everyone was fighting with real weapons.

Because Yue Lingyuan and the others had cultivated, they won every battle exceptionally well.

In just a few months, Yue Lingyuan and his men drove back those barbarians.

After news of the victory at the border spread, news also came from the capital that Yue Lingyuan and his sister were being summoned back to the capital to be rewarded.

At this time, it had been less than a year since General Yue died in battle.

After Yue Lingyuan inherited his father's position as Grand General, the imperial court used the pretext of Yue Lingyuan's mourning period to strip this young general of the military power he had just begun to enjoy.

"Brother, are you really willing to give up your military power?" Yue Lingfeng looked at his increasingly dignified elder brother, his eyes full of incomprehension.

Yue Lingyuan tapped the table repeatedly, without answering his brother's question.

"How's the thing I asked you to do going?"

Before Yue Lingfeng and Yue Lingdong escorted the coffin back to their hometown, Yue Lingyuan made arrangements for their families in the capital.

Yue Lingfeng paused for a moment, then said, "Don't worry, big brother, everything has been arranged back home."

"Alright, we'll leave the capital tomorrow and return to our hometown to build a hut near my father's grave to observe mourning."

When Yue Lingyuan sent his two younger brothers back to the capital with their father's coffin, he made arrangements for their families in the capital.

This time, taking advantage of the opportunity of their father's return to his hometown for burial, the general's family members returned to their hometown and stayed there to observe mourning.

Although the aunts didn't have to stay in their hometown to observe mourning for their father, there was no reason why they had to send someone back to their hometown.

Of course, this is only in name.

In reality, Yue Lingyuan's biological mother, aunts, and cousins ​​had long been secretly sent by Yue Lingfeng and Yue Lingyuan to live in a safe, unknown place.

The family members who rode back to the capital in carriages were all imposters.

Therefore, the General's Mansion has faded from the public eye in the capital.

In his previous life, after General Yue died in battle, the war was intense and he suffered a series of defeats, so he was not properly buried, let alone allowed to return to his roots.

Now that this opportunity has come, Yue Lingyuan certainly won't miss it.

Taking advantage of his father's funeral, Yue Lingyuan devised a plan to escape his family.

"Brother, you just won a battle, how can the Emperor strip you of your military power... Anyway, I'm not willing to leave like this, brother, are you just willing to be a stepping stone for someone else?" Yue Lingdong said indignantly.

Yue Lingyuan's face darkened. "Lingdong, you don't need to say these things again."

"But......"

Yue Lingyuan waved his hand, "We've been fighting the barbarians for so long, and the imperial court hasn't paid a single penny in military pay. It's all from what you and Xiang Ying did in Yancheng back then... Don't you understand?"

Upon hearing this, the brothers in the study exchanged bewildered glances.

"No matter what happens in the future, this time, my fourth brother, fifth sister, and I can calm down and cultivate properly. In the future, we will not only be able to protect our family members, but if that day really comes, we will not be completely without the ability to protect ourselves." Yue Lingyuan had long seen through the court.

Although the emperor was determined to be a wise ruler, the court was controlled by the officials, so he was powerless to do whatever he wanted.

After Yue Lingyuan was reborn, he lost all hope in the imperial court.

This time, regardless of whether the barbarians will invade the south again, Yue Lingyuan vowed that in his entire life, even if he had to risk his life to protect his country, the prerequisite was that he must protect his family.

The brothers spent the afternoon in the study.

At this time, Yue Lingyuan asked the emperor for permission to resign and return to his hometown to observe mourning for his father.

Yue Lingyuan's actions did not attract the attention of the court officials.

If Yue Lingyuan hadn't returned to meet the emperor this time, the civil and military officials in the capital wouldn't have remembered the Yue family for a while.

But so what if Yue Lingyuan won the battle?

He was stripped of his military power and could only stay in the mansion to observe mourning for his deceased father!

Yue Lingyuan's return to his hometown to observe mourning for his father went unnoticed by the civil and military officials.

A general who holds military power will be respected by everyone.

But is a general who has lost his military power still a general?

A commander without troops naturally doesn't attract much attention.

However, in the vast capital city, there was one family that cared a lot about the situation of the wife's family.

That would naturally be the Wen family, who are related to Yue family by marriage.

He originally thought that since his son-in-law Yue Lingyuan had won the battle, he, as the father-in-law, would also benefit from it.

But now, things have turned out differently. His father has died, and he has won a battle, but not only is there no victory banquet, he has also lost his military power because he is observing mourning for his father.

Not to mention that Wen Rushi, that illegitimate daughter, didn't even send a letter, she simply didn't respect her own father at all!

When Wen Qingci learned that Yue Lingyuan had returned to the capital and taken over his father's position just like in his previous life, he was filled with disbelief.

Shouldn't he have died on the battlefield?

Why are you back in Beijing?

Is it because it's not time yet?

The more Wen Qingci thought about it, the more convinced he became that it was true.

After all, there's still more than a year until Yue Lingyuan dies!

Of course, she didn't dare to think too much about the fact that General Yue died earlier than expected.

Just when she thought things were finally back on track, she learned that Yue Lingyuan had resigned from his military post and returned to his hometown to observe mourning for his father!

Wen Qingci was immediately shocked.

The minimum mourning period for one's own father is three years.

This means that Yue Lingyuan will not be leading troops on the battlefield again next year.

Not leading troops on the battlefield means that he won't have to suffer defeats next year.

Wouldn't that change the fate of everyone in the Yue family?