Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law Chapter 499: Tuoba Hui: Dreamed They Took You Away from My S

Wanyan Ya had a tall figure, with long legs that were different from those of ordinary won; her legs appeared very strong and muscular, as if trained over a long ti. Her calves showed muscles, though not prominently, which did not detract from her overall beauty.

Wanyan Ya gazed at herself in the copper mirror, admiring her reflection for quite a while.

She had been beautiful since birth, especially those long, narrow lavender eyes, which were particularly captivating.

She was born in the Wanyan Tribe, but she did not originally have the Wanyan surna. Not everyone in the Wanyan Tribe bore the Wanyan na; only the elites in the tribe did.

On the contrary, she was born of a slave in the Wanyan Tribe; because of her beauty, even before she reached ten, she had been sold a few tis. Due to these transactions and her young age, her sellers wanted to keep her valuable at a high price, thus preserving her chastity.

This, in turn, brought her to the attention of the Wanyan Tribe’s ruling figure.

As the Tuoba Tribe’s most trusted tribe, each generation’s Queen ca from the Wanyan Tribe.

Wanyan Jing, the previous queen, saw her beauty and adopted her as a younger sister, granting her the Wanyan na.

When the forr Khan beca gravely ill, following the Great Song’s practice of marrying for good fortune, Wanyan Ya entered the palace as a consort.

It was also because of her beauty that, after the forr Khan’s demise, Tuoba Hui ascended, sparing no effort to declare Wanyan Ya, his own stepmother, as the Queen, against all opposition.

These experiences led to her title as the "Queen of Beauty."

At this mont, Wanyan Ya was in good spirits, humming a little tune. The continuous victories on the western front led Tuoba Hui to reward her with many fine gifts.

The purple brocade robe in her hands was made from the finest silk from the Great Song.

Smooth to the touch, it was as soft as a woman’s skin.

Once Wanyan Ya donned the purple brocade robe, it accentuated her charm and allure.

She gently tossed her head, her long black hair moving along, the casual gesture adding to her allure.

At this mont, a Palace Maid’s voice ca from outside.

"Queen, Eunuch Qin has sent word. The Great Khan is in a low mood and wishes for you to comfort him," said the Palace Maid.

Wanyan Ya was taken aback: "In a low mood? What happened?"

"I heard the entire eastern front has collapsed, with nearly eighty thousand troops almost entirely wiped out, and even General Temur was slain by a Song General," said the Palace Maid.

"What?"

Wanyan Ya was startled. Although she didn’t pay much attention to military matters, she knew both fronts were doing well, with the western front frequently reporting victories in April and May. How had everything been wiped out in just a few months?

Weren’t they saying the Great Song was already decaying and no match for us?

...

Tuoba Hui’s bedchamber.

"Great Khan, the Queen is here." Eunuch Qin reported.

"Great Khan."

Wanyan Ya approached to support Tuoba Hui’s arm, Yu Yan with a gentle smile, her voice soft and coquettish, deliberately avoiding the topic of the western front, instead bringing up good news: "Great Khan, today the Imperial Physician diagnosed that Princess Consort Xi is pregnant."

Tuoba Hui had known this news imdiately, understanding Wanyan Ya ntioned it to console him.

Strangely, despite his worried deanor, the mont he saw Wanyan Ya, he inexplicably felt much more at ease.

Especially those pale lavender eyes he truly favored.

When his father married her as a consort, he was infatuated from the first glance he got in the palace.

Upon his father’s death, he couldn’t wait to claim her for himself.

Even after all these years, with Wanyan Ya over thirty, his fondness remained undiminished.

Still, after ascending to the Khan position, there were too many affairs needing his attention, leaving little ti to be with her.

Holding Wanyan Ya’s hand, he said, "Er Ya, did you know, before you ca, I had a nightmare."

Before Wanyan Ya, Tuoba Hui always referred to himself as "myself."

He called Wanyan Ya "Er Ya."

It was because Wanyan Ya’s original na was Qi’Er Ya, with Er Ya as her nickna.

"What did the Great Khan dream of?" asked Wanyan Ya.

"I dreamt that the Song Army breached Haiyan Pass, stord into the palace, and then... they took you away from my side..." Tuoba Hui paused.

In truth, he had hidden part of the dream. He did dream that the Song Army stord into Haiyan Pass and invaded the palace, but to prevent the harem from being violated, he drew his sword and killed the concubines before setting fire with Wanyan Ya to perish together.

Wanyan Ya took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Tuoba Hui’s forehead, smiling: "The Great Khan is worrying too much. The Great Song is already decaying. The previous continuous victories on both fronts proved that. Now, the eastern line’s loss is just temporary setbacks. Besides, victories and defeats are common in warfare, so the Great Khan need not be concerned. Besides, it is often said that dreams are usually the opposite. Perhaps our army might storm into the Song’s palace instead."

...

Yu State.

Shuofei County.

The sun set in the west, with the remaining sunlight like blood, a chilling wind howling. In the wilderness outside the city, corpses lay scattered, with broken knives and spears.

Beside the corpses were various pits of different sizes, with smoke and the sll of gunpowder lingering in the air.

Battle flags were burning, smoked and scorched by fire.

Counting today, the Jin Xia Army had besieged Shuofei County for exactly ten days, yet still failed to capture it, suffering significant losses instead.

The Jin Xia Army camp ten miles away.

Wanyan Xiaji was inspecting the Wounded Soldier Camp, frowning at the sight of injured soldiers with severed limbs, saying, "The loud noise heard today, is that the Chen Army’s Strange Thunder?"

A Daoist accompanying the army stepped forward, saying, "General, today’s Strange Thunder of the Chen Army felt strangely familiar to ."

This Daoist was nad Yue Puzi.

His ancestors were from the Central State before coming to Jin Xia due to war, becoming Jin Xia people.

Yue Puzi was previously an Imperial Physician with excellent dical skills, but obsessed with the Dao, he abandoned dicine for the Daoist Temple, also being a friend of Wanyan Xiaji.

This ti when going to war, Wanyan Xiaji had Yue Puzi join as the camp doctor.

"Oh," Wanyan Xiaji raised an eyebrow, "Has True Man encountered this Strange Thunder before?"

Yue Puzi shook his head, saying, "No. However, today on the battlefield, the scent given off by that Strange Thunder is sowhat like the one I encounter when refining elixirs.

If I am correct, that Strange Thunder’s scent contains not only sulfur but also nitrate..."

"Oh? Sulfur is a dicine, used in refining elixirs I understand, but what is nitrate used for?" Wanyan Xiaji asked curiously.

"General may not know, a book docunting alchemy ntions a formula called Hidden Fire, capable of reducing the toxicity of so drugs and producing smoke when burned. However, the loud noise, explosion, and trendous power today perplexed ," Yue Puzi said.

Seeing Yue Puzi’s words straying from the Strange Thunder, Wanyan Xiaji lost interest, saying, "This General observes that while the Strange Thunder is imnsely powerful, it is not without ways to counter. As long as formations are not too dense, infantry can still advance for a siege.

Moreover, the Chen Army cannot possibly deploy an unlimited quantity of the Strange Thunder; otherwise, they would have long been invincible."