Through a series of strange coincidences, Princess Hua Chang suddenly had the idea of bearing a child and decided she might as well go through with it.
Because a few days prior had been the death anniversary for the Wei Chi family.
The Wei Chi family, a line of loyal martyrs, had endured the agony of the Hangu Pass massacre, leaving Wei Chi Lianping as the sole heir. Having lost his father and brothers, the glory and the burden of the Wei Chi name now rested entirely on his shoulders.
He also had a grandmother back in his hometown. Every month, the old woman would hire someone to write a letter urging him to have a child, giving the impression that she could not die in peace without seeing a great-grandchild.
Princess Hua Chang hadn't known about this, but the carrier pigeon was a clumsy one, and it happened to flutter down beneath her window one day.
After reading the vulgar curses in that letter, she felt like she needed to wash her eyes out.
