famous eldest daughter

Chapter 538
Sure enough, as the wax oil solidified, it began to spread like a vine, with branches and branches as thin as green silk.

At first, the veins spread very slowly. After the temperature of the wax oil was cooled down by the cold air on the sword body, as if in the blink of an eye, a complete totem suddenly appeared on the sword body covered with wax oil.

Shocked and horrified, Gu Yuqing stared at the scene in front of her, holding the bright candle's hand, trembling slightly, her breath became rapid and heavy, and her heart started to beat loudly.

Gu Yuqing has read the Miao border totem on the red sandalwood box hundreds of times. Its appearance has long been engraved in the tip of his mind. The lines in front of him are obviously different from those on the red sandalwood box, but they still feel familiar. , as if seen somewhere.

The memories in his mind were like rolling waves. Gu Yuqing tried his best to search for them. His pursed lips formed a thin line and his brows knitted together in deep thought.

As her thoughts deepened, Gu Yuqing's heart suddenly trembled, and the beating of her whole heart suddenly stopped, like the sudden brake of a speeding carriage. She couldn't help but exclaimed "Ah", and her whole face became cold. And pale.

As the picture in his mind became clearer and clearer, he staggered forward and fell down on the stool behind him. He was stunned as if someone had cast a spell on him. He couldn't speak or move, except for his eyes, which were sparkling with light. .

Her screams alerted Ji Xiang Ruyi who was guarding outside. They both rushed to the door, knocked on the door and asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"

The voice was anxious and full of worry.

However, Gu Yuqing couldn't even breathe well, so he couldn't respond, his eyes rolled, and his eyes fell on the pattern on the sword body again, the pattern and the picture in his mind suddenly overlapped, Gu Yuqing held his breath, He breathed out in relief, his whole body covered in cold sweat, his clothes already soaked.

Not hearing Gu Yuqing's response, Ji Xiang Ruyi became more and more worried and knocked on the door louder, "Miss, Miss, are you okay? The slaves have gone in!"

When they didn't get a response, the two maids pushed the door open. When they walked in, they saw Gu Yuqing sitting on a round stool unharmed. Then they both let out a big breath, relieved their panic and anxiety, and walked quickly towards Gu Yuqing.

"Oh my God!" When he saw Gu Yuqing's pale complexion, Ji Xiang bent down and knelt down in front of Gu Yuqing, looking up at her, "Miss."

Before Ji Xiang could finish his words, Gu Yuqing's eyelashes trembled, she grabbed Ji Xiang's hand and said, "Look at this pattern, are you familiar with it?" She looked excited.

Gu Yuqing's hand was as cold as a sword exposed in the twelfth lunar month, so cold that it made people shiver.

Ji Xiang's heart trembled, and he held it with his backhand, wanting to warm it with his own temperature. His eyes followed the direction indicated by Gu Yuqing, and he and Ruyi looked over.

"This is not Mrs. Mu..."

As the words "Tai Fei Mu" came out of Ji Xiang Ruyi's mouth in unison, Gu Yuqing's trembling heart clenched, "You also think that this is Tai Fei Mu!"

Ji Xiang Ruyi nodded, "Although it is drawn with wax and oil, the woman's face and expression in this painting are lifelike, half happy and half angry. There is no one else but Concubine Mu."

The Concubine Mu that Ji Xiang Ruyi was talking about passed away three years ago. She was one of the most favored concubines during the reign of the late Emperor.

When the emperor of this dynasty ascended the throne, apart from the empress dowager who was already the empress dowager, the women before the late emperor were still in good spirits and often went to the empress dowager to stay with her.

Gu Yuqing naturally had a deeper memory of her.

As Ji Xiang Ruyi's confident words fell, Gu Yuqing's heart surged.

How could the late emperor’s concubines have small wax figures on this broken sword that belonged to the Miao territory!
……

According to records in ancient Miao books, the princess who was most valued and loved by successive leaders would be engraved on the Miao sacred objects for the tribesmen to worship and worship, in order to extend the life of the princess.

Although it is an unbelievable myth of the Wu clan, it has been passed down from generation to generation by the leaders of the Wu clan.

When thinking about this, Gu Yuqing's eyebrows moved.

The princess of the Miao Territory...the beloved concubine of the late emperor…the destruction of the Miao Territory shaman clan…revenge…

These scattered words are like scattered pearls threaded by silver thread, one by one, gradually forming a complete thread in Gu Yuqing's mind.

If the guess is correct, this Concubine Mu should have been a tribute gift from Miao territory to His Majesty the former dynasty.

Although it was a gift, she was very popular with the late emperor because of her graceful appearance.

It's just that when she entered the palace, she should have come with a mission... This mission, most likely, was to protect the Miao territory from war and at the same time, to subvert our dynasty.

During the years when she was alive, whether it was the late emperor or the emperor of this dynasty, she concealed herself very well. Therefore, even if the late emperor passed away, she was able to take care of her until the end of her life. Even the Queen Mother, who always hated Miao Jiang, treated her very little. No grudges, it can be seen that this person has a high level of ability and scheming.

Back then, the emperor's personal conquest, obviously able to completely destroy Miaojiang in one fell swoop, but overnight, his mind changed drastically, and he led the army back to the court without sending a single soldier.

Although this expedition is also a triumph in the sense, after all, after that battle, the power of Miaojiang has dropped sharply.

But his father, who had been fighting for many years, was obviously dissatisfied with His Majesty's actions. Otherwise, he would not have mentioned it to Xiao Yu again after many years for some reason.

Back then, her father didn't say why the emperor suddenly changed his mind. Xiao Yu didn't know, and she knew nothing about it.

But if this Concubine Mu is indeed the Princess of Miaojiang, then there seems to be some clues about her.

His Majesty's personal conquest, as a concubine, she is powerless to stop her, but she can send someone to send a secret letter to Miao Jiang, and she will know everything.

The Miao territory is vast but sparsely populated. No matter how prepared they are in advance, they cannot withstand the iron hoofs of our army pressing down on the territory.

If you want to save your tribe from being exterminated, you can only find another way.

Therefore, as soon as our army arrived, they were attacked by the poisonous poison of the Miao witch tribe, cholera.

Come to think of it, their original plan did not really expect that the army was pressing down on the border, and they could use some poison and poisonous powder to force me back towards the army. That's why they appeared. My father captured the leader of the Miao shaman tribe, and he was not tortured. Just call everything out.

That day in the dense forest, after hearing Xiao Yu mention it, Gu Yuqing thought that the leader was weak and incompetent, but now that he thought about it, it was definitely not the case.

He used this as a plan to not only avoid physical pain, but also to make His Majesty, who was visiting the Miao border in person at that time, relax his vigilance.

Obviously, his seemingly cowardly and incompetent attitude of fearing life and death was successful.

That night, the emperor, who had clearly decided to use all his troops to exterminate the Miao territory the next morning, suddenly changed his mind after a confidential conversation with him.

Before sending troops, they had to return to the court. In this way, even though it was fragmented, the Miao territory was not completely destroyed.

As the old saying goes, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about having no firewood.

Come to think of it, that was the idea that the leader of the Miao witch clan had on that day.

(End of this chapter)