Although Madame Han was Jiang Tianao's stepmother, he and his branch all needed to resign and return to Kui County to mourn her for three years if she died.

In fact, they just needed to mourn for twenty-seven months. But judging by the current situation, let alone twenty-seven months, the first branch might lose the fight over the Western Army in seven months. Besides the Western Army, how much influence they would have over the government was unclear.

So, ...