Hey, you are reborn too?

The little girl's innocent smile was like a beam of light, illuminating the darkness of the entire void.

Jiang Mian was like a person who had been groping in the dark for a long time. Suddenly, his own shadow appeared in front of him. He looked back and saw a door slowly opening from behind him.

Outside the door, there is a dazzling yet gentle light.

Jiang Mian subconsciously raised his hand, trying to cover his eyes, fearing that it was a dream, but he felt warmer and warmer, and the feeling of light appeared so clearly around him.

He summoned up all his courage, suppressed the urge to turn around and run away, and slowly lowered the hand that was between him and the girl.

He betrayed the beliefs that had been deeply rooted in his heart over the years, betrayed himself, and betrayed his mother.

The girl gave him candy.

The girl smiled at him.

She is like a ray of sunshine, so gentle, yet so irresistibly illuminating everything.

Jiang Mian was just stunned. He looked at her infatuatedly, and from then on, there was "light" in his heart.

"Pretty boy, my name is Xie Yongwei."

These were the last words the little girl said to him before he was forcibly taken away by his mother.

She shouted so sincerely and heartfeltly that finally, one bright afternoon, she woke up the boy who had sealed himself in the cocoon.

Jiang Mian secretly took note. Through the Tianhong Sect, he learned that the girl was the legitimate daughter of General Zhenyuan's Mansion.

She is the child of Dayuan, while he is from Beili.

He had been carrying his mother's hope of ruling the country since he was a child, and he and his mother hid in the Dayuan Palace like they couldn't stand the light of day, waiting for the death of the Beili Emperor Long Yu, so that he could go back and seize the throne.

After learning the girl’s true identity, Jiang Mian couldn’t help but wonder, how could a person like him, who was struggling in the quagmire, deserve such sunshine?

Since then, Jiang Mian has become even more depressed.

He silently paid attention to everything about Xie Yongwei, pursued power like crazy, and tried countless times to break away from the control of his mother and the master of destiny.

This time when he came to the Medical Valley, he found an opportunity.

Jiang Mian stayed with Leng Zhikong as an apprentice for a year.

He found Leng Zhikong very interesting. He looked cold, but he was a chatterbox. He often talked with Jiang Mian about everything, including recent political events.

Whenever Leng Zhikong asked Jiang Mian about his opinion, he would always act as a neutral person without leaving any trace - a fence-sitter.

Whichever Leng Zhikong liked, he would secretly express his support for that person in his words.

Every time he said this, Leng Zhikong would be very happy, like a child.

Whenever he was happy, he would always teach Jiang Mian some little tricks, including but not limited to disguise, magic spells, etc.

Regarding Jiang Mian's talent in medicine, Leng Zhikong said: It's neither good nor bad, just like that!

Jiang Mian wasn't particularly sad, but rather felt a little fortunate.

After all, he only planned to stay in Medical Valley for one year.

What if I am too talented and Leng Zhikong forces me to stay after a year and I can't leave?

He had some talent, which was enough for him to stay in the Medical Immortal Valley as a disciple of the Medical Immortal Valley. However, it also allowed Leng Zhikong to accept the reality that he would quietly leave after a year.

During this year, he contacted his subordinates in the Tianhong Sect who had already sided with him and covered his tracks until the overall situation in Beili was settled and his mother had a place in Beili. Only then did he appear leisurely and was crowned king in one fell swoop.

After hearing that Awei was now the Queen of Dayuan, Jiang Ming was reluctant to let her go, but he had to let her go with great pain.

According to the Tianhong Cult's informant, Awei is doing well in the Dayuan Palace. The Dayuan Emperor has no other women besides Awei.

No matter how the ministers tried to persuade him, Avi was the only one in Dayuan's harem.

Jiang Mian instinctively didn't believe it, but he didn't want to let the people from the Tianhong Sect investigate too thoroughly and expose his feelings for Awei.

After all, he still didn't trust these people. Although he had taken over the position of Tianhong Sect Leader and was no longer just the Young Master, he still had his old master, Concubine Chen, above him.

Now that he has proclaimed himself emperor in Beili, Concubine Chen is naturally honored as the empress dowager.

The emperor was neither too old nor too young, but he had no woman by his side, so the empress dowager naturally had to worry about it.

Jiang Mian had no intention of confronting the empress dowager head-on. He took the women sent by the empress dowager into the harem, but never touched them at all.

He suppressed his desire for Avi and quietly expanded his power in Beili, hoping that one day he could cross the border and meet Avi in ​​person - even if it was just a political meeting.

However, since Jiang Yu ascended the throne, Dayuan has been particularly bad towards Beili. They took the initiative to tear up the peace treaty, refused to trade with Beili, sent heavy troops to garrison the border between the two countries, and completely refused to accept peace talks.

As the lord of Beili, Jiang Mian naturally had to consider the safety of the people of Beili on the border. Therefore, he sent troops to protect the border with confidence, under the pretext of protecting the people's safety.

Today Dayuan will increase its troops by 500, tomorrow Beili will increase its troops by 1, and the day after tomorrow Dayuan will increase its troops by another 2,000...

As time went on, the tension on the border between Dayuan and Beili became increasingly tense, and more and more troops were stationed there.

The relationship between Dayuan and Beili has become as thin as a thread, which is in danger of breaking at any time.

Jiang Mian predicted that given the temperament of Dayuan Emperor Jiang Yu, as well as his and his successor's attitudes toward Beili, a war between Dayuan and Beili would always be inevitable.

In this case, instead of passively taking the beating, why not take the initiative?

When the time was ripe, Jiang Mian did not hesitate to lead the army in person, marching all the way from the border to the heart of Dayuan.

Although Dayuan was heavily guarded, the overall combat effectiveness of the army was not strong. In addition, the generals were constrained by the emperor in every way, making it difficult for them to fight with all their strength.

Therefore, even though the Dayuan army had a similar number of troops as the Beili army, they were still defeated. With the emperor's help, the Beili army's morale was greatly boosted and they advanced rapidly.

It was not until they encountered the army led by the Xie father and son in Yucheng that they were finally slowed down.

Jiang Mian knew that these two were not easy to deal with. In addition, Awei, whom he had been thinking about, was a member of the Xie family. Therefore, he chose to avoid their edge and repeatedly avoided direct battles with them, only having some minor frictions from the side.

The Beili army originally planned to fight quickly this time, so they did not bring much food and other supplies.

The father and son of the Xie family guarded Yucheng and had sufficient supplies.

The two armies were deadlocked for a month with no clear outcome. But by the beginning of the second month, the Beili army began to run out of food and fodder.

As the commander-in-chief, Jiang Mian had naturally sent people to transport food and grass from the rear long ago, but for some reason, the food and grass that were ordered to be transported last month did not arrive for a long time this month.

Jiang Mian sent out spies three times before he learned that the batch of grain and grass had been intercepted by a general under his command.

Jiang Mian was very confused, and immediately sent a military order to the general, asking him to transport the food and grass to Yucheng immediately. He took into account that the general's residence was far away from Yucheng, so he set a deadline of ten days.

He clearly mentioned in the military order that if the food and fodder were not delivered after ten days, the general would be beheaded.

Jiang Mian was actually also confused. He clearly did not give any instructions to the general, so why did he withhold the food and fodder without permission?

But the general had always been his trusted confidant, so Jiang Mian decided to give him a chance.

The Beili army waited and waited, and finally the ten-day period arrived.