Because Yu Mingjing returned to the capital, Yu Mingyue, who had been confined for many days, was also pardoned.
There was no other way. Gu Youyou and Mo Yuxi arrived early in the morning, saying they had booked the best seats to watch the triumphant army enter the city.
In front of outsiders, Cui Shi would naturally not refuse her daughter's request, and Yu Mingyue thus boldly went out.
Gu Tingyun had already booked this teahouse, and he couldn't wait for his friend to arrive in the capital.
"Mingyue, that's Brother Mingjing. He's changed so much..." Mo Yuxi exclaimed.
"Yes, I almost didn't recognize him," Yu Miaoyan and Yu Miaoling chimed in.
Yu Mingyue tried her best to hold back, but her eyes still turned red. She also saw her elder brother.
After nearly a year apart, her elder brother looked much darker. Although he was still a handsome young man, he now possessed the sharpness of a general and the unruliness of a wandering knight.
Her elder brother was finally no longer the crown prince of the Duke's mansion in the storybooks, who was biding his time and feeling dejected.
He was a general of Great Wei, a hero.
Gu Youyou watched Mo Yuxi's eyes fixed on Yu Mingjing and whispered teasingly, "Are you perhaps fond of Brother Mingjing!"
Mo Yuxi's face instantly turned red, and she quickly explained, "Don't talk nonsense."
Children from families like theirs all understood that their marriages were not up to them, and liking someone was useless.
However, the Mo family and the Yu family were considered a good match. Brother Mingjing's maternal family was the Cui clan of Qinghe.
When she delivered pastries to her grandfather, she secretly overheard her grandfather and father saying that the Sage would probably let the Wang family off this time, but the price would be dragging the Five Great Clans down with them.
The Wang family's trouble would make the Five Great Clans share the burden, and the alliance of the Five Great Clans would break from within. It would be much easier for the Sage to defeat them one by one.
Her grandfather also said that perhaps the Mo family could advance further.
She didn't quite understand her grandfather's meaning. Wasn't the Mo family always on good terms with the Cui family? Why did it sound like her grandfather was very optimistic about the Sage destroying the Five Great Clans?
Perhaps she misunderstood. Forget it, she didn't understand adult matters.
Mo Yuxi's gaze followed the person on horseback, feeling her heart pound exceptionally hard.
Yu Mingyue pretended not to hear. Youyou was always careless with her words, but it did remind her.
Her brother and Sister Qingluo had a verbal engagement. According to her mother, after asking her brother's opinion, they would bring Sister Qingluo to the capital.
It was indeed inconvenient to bring up such matters in public when there were so many people. Only someone as straightforward as Youyou would do so.
Yu Mingyue also saw the Seventh Prince and noticed that he seemed to be looking in their direction. Yu Mingyue subtly hid behind Gu Youyou.
Although the Sage was preparing for the wedding between the Seventh Prince and Sister Lingyi, there were many variables from the position of Crown Princess to Crown Princess, and then to Empress.
Sister Lingyi now had no maternal family to support her; she was an orphan. Noble Consort Yao was a wise woman, and she would naturally not show any dissatisfaction with Sister Lingyi on the surface. However, several flower viewing banquets had been held in the palace in the spring.
The cheers of the welcoming crowd surged like waves, pulling Yu Mingyue's thoughts back.
In this battle, the Seventh Prince not only beheaded the Khitan king but also the former Great Wei war god, the traitorous general Fan Qi.
The Khitans' strength was greatly reduced from then on, and the hidden danger in Youzhou left from the time of the founding emperor was also resolved, bringing peace to the northern border.
On the way back to the capital, the triumphant army also wiped out the rebels and lifted the siege of the capital. No one in the court could match such achievements.
This time, Xiao Che swept away all obstacles on his path to the throne with his military merits.
Noble Consort Yao stood beside the Sage, her excitement even undisguised. With her son achieving such a great feat, the position of Crown Prince was undoubtedly his.
After years of dormancy, this day of her son's triumph had finally arrived.
Even the late emperor dared not touch Youzhou, which showed how formidable it was. Moreover, Xiao Changgong was the first generation war god of Great Wei. Both generations of war gods had fallen at Che'er's hands.
Her son was destined to be extraordinary, the chosen one.
However, Noble Consort Yao could only watch her son; she had no right to speak.
Such an occasion today should have been attended by the Empress. Since Great Wei had no Empress, and she was the birth mother of the Seventh Prince, this precedent was set.
Being able to stand here was already an honor; she had no right to speak.