Abandoned the Immortal Cultivator, returned to his hometown to farm and sing

Chapter 980 973. National Treasure
"Here, here." The treasure appraiser calmed himself, took a deep breath, and tried hard to control his emotions.

The voice was still trembling as she read, "The imperial concubine is pregnant. I heard that the king is expecting a baby boy, so I made a scent sachet as a gift. This scent ball is specially made, no wonder it has Persian patterns on it."

Yes, there is nothing strange about this. We already know that it is a return gift to the Sassanid Empire.

"The important thing here is that Zhaoyi is pregnant. Think about the time, during the Yonghui period, Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi. In Li Zhi's inner palace, an important concubine was pregnant, and her name was Zhaoyi."

"In the Tang Dynasty, the organization of the harem was regulated. The most senior one was the empress. Below the empress were four concubines of the first rank, and below the four concubines were nine concubines, headed by Zhaoyi, who was of the second rank. Each position was filled by one person, and there could only be one person."

"Who was Emperor Gaozong of Tang's Zhaoyi? In the second year of Yonghui, there was only one person."

"It happened to be the second year of the Yonghui reign that Wu Zetian entered the palace again and was given the title of Zhaoyi. According to historical records, Wu Zetian was already pregnant at the time, and gave birth to her eldest son Li Hong the following year, the first prince in history to be posthumously named emperor."

"so!"

The treasure appraiser shouted, "This incense ball was specially made by Wu Zetian. It is the ninth Tang Dynasty incense ball discovered so far. It is also the only one presented to a foreign country as a state gift. At the same time, Yang Guifei's incense ball was found in a pottery jar in Hejia Village in 1970. This Wu Zetian incense ball was also found in a pottery jar. The two most famous women in the Tang Dynasty both had incense balls, and they have both appeared!"

The appraiser was extremely excited and spoke a lot, and his logical chain was very clear.

It can be inferred that this incense ball was specially made by order of Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian, the only empress in Chinese history, regardless of her merits and demerits, she was definitely a powerful figure.

There is no doubt that his fame ranks among the top 20 ancient emperors.

Her scent balls, even if they were only made on order, have high historical and cultural value.

[The silver sachet with grape, flower and bird pattern of Yang Guifei is one of the 170 national treasures among the million collections of Shaanxi Provincial Museum. It was one of only three pieces in Shaanxi Provincial Museum to be recommended for inclusion in the "National Treasures"]

Such a comment appeared on the screen, pushing the value of the incense ball to a peak.

The Shaanxi Provincial Museum is second only to the National Museum of China and the Palace Museum in terms of status. What kind of status does it take to be able to choose only three out of the 170 million collections there?

The black ball in front of me, which was found from a jar in front of the live broadcast room, is equivalent to it, or at least on the same level.

Between Wu Zetian and Yang Guifei, Wu Zetian obviously had a higher status.

But that one belonged to Yang Guifei, and this one was a gift from Wu Zetian, so the value is slightly different, so they are equalized.

All those who witnessed it were extremely excited. It was such an honor to see a national treasure come to life.

This live broadcast has already attracted many professionals in history and cultural relics.

They all spoke up.

[This is also evidence that the historical records are true. Wu Zetian was already pregnant when she entered the palace. It can also prove that at that time, Wu Zetian was already involved in government affairs, at least through the inner palace and foreign countries, and exerted influence indirectly.]

[It can also be analyzed that the struggle within the Tang palace was very fierce at that time. An important reason for Wu Zetian to return to the palace was that Queen Wang had no heir at that time. She must have valued this heir very much. So when she heard the Sassanid envoy say that their king had given birth to a son, she took the initiative to send gifts to ask for blessings.]

[Yes, borrowing blessings was very popular in the Tang Dynasty, commonly known as "washing the three dynasties" and sending "baby-washing money". By sending special coins or ornaments, people wished their relatives and friends' children to grow up healthily, and their own children would also be healthy. The royal family certainly could not send ordinary wedding money, and this incense ball was probably baby-washing money.]

[If this imperial edict is genuine, its historical significance is no less than that of the incense ball.]

It should be authentic, considering the writing style, material, pattern, anti-counterfeiting measures, and even the taboos.

It's thousands of miles away, so it shouldn't be a replica...

broken!

This thing is thousands of miles away and not in our hands.

I was so excited that I forgot about the real person.

The treasure appraiser wanted to slap himself in the face when he thought of this.

I was so excited that I forgot that this was not an ordinary live broadcast. How could I reveal all my cards in front of others? What if they knew the value of this thing and hid it?

You probably won’t understand...

The treasure appraiser raised his head nervously and looked towards the other side of the live broadcast.

How could I not know that there is someone who understands on the other side?

Qin Shubao's eyes were almost glued to the screen, trying hard to read the comments.

Seeing that the treasure appraiser had finished his talk, he smiled and said, "I know Wu Zetian, the female emperor of China."

Yes, they do know.

Then Qin Shubao said, "We don't know whether it's real or not. These things have had many owners."

"What about the other things? Silk, swords, and guqin." The treasure appraiser asked hurriedly. There were more than just incense balls on the imperial edict.

Qin Shubao spread his hands and said, "I don't know. When we got it, there were only these three. The records are oriental crafts, ancient Persian documents, and oriental calligraphy works."

The records are really rough. They only detected the age, and they only just found out what it was used for.

In this case, there is no circumstantial evidence.

The treasure appraiser was seen in a daze.

Qin Shubao leaned closer to look at the comments and took the initiative to answer questions.

"We didn't discover these. They were first discovered in 1929..."

"We didn't find it, we found it in Takht Suleiman..."

"It has been wandering around in many places, and I don't know who found it first."

"It was originally in this jar. As for why it was put into the jar, we don't know. It's been too long."

Yes, it’s been almost a hundred years, and there is no habit of recording everything there.

The Middle East has been in chaos for the past hundred years, and it's been as hot as a kiln.

Others asked how they got these things.

Qin Shubao was also very frank. He flipped through the record book and replied, "It was in 2019 that we got this jar and the things inside. Then we put them in the treasure house and never sorted them out. Our family only sorts out newly collected collections every few years."

Well, you don’t take your baby seriously at home and only clean it up once every few years. You are so lazy.

Qin Shubao quickly retorted, "That's not the case. It's too troublesome to sort these out. We need to invite many experts, occupy the laboratory, and invite appraisers from the auction house. It's not worth it for so many people to appraise only one or two items."

Well, I've never seen or imagined the working style of a big family.

There are about a hundred items piled up in this unsorted area, and it's not worth it.

People don't care about that.

As for asking how it was obtained.

Qin Shubao was not honest this time. He clearly saw it but he didn't say anything.

Most likely it's not a good place, paying off debts, espionage, transferring assets, smuggling, anything is possible.

(End of this chapter)