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Fujiwara no Fuhito answered frankly. Then, Fujiwara no Fuhito recounted the origin of the Heshi Bi.

After hearing this, Kaguya almost laughed out loud.

Then, the ethereal and sweet voice of Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon City turned cold.

"Master Fujiwara, please go back. I will not marry you."

"Why, why is this?!"

Fujiwara no Fuhito was horrified and said angrily.

"This is not the Heshi Bi, the imperial seal and treasure of the Tang Dynasty."

Kaguya said lightly, and all the nobles watching opened their mouths in surprise. A trace of panic flashed across Fujiwara no Fuhito's face, but he quickly calmed down and shouted loudly.

"Princess Kaguya says this is a fake. What evidence do you have to prove it?!"

"All the nobles say that the two ministers, the Fujiwara no Aristocrat, are more knowledgeable and resourceful than you."

Kaguya stated calmly and slowly.

"Now it seems that it is nothing but an empty reputation. The Tang Dynasty has always attached great importance to the compilation of history. If you read the Tang Dynasty history books carefully, you will know that hundreds of years ago, when the Central Plains was still ruled by the Han Dynasty, the powerful minister Wang Mang usurped the throne and demanded the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi from the Empress Dowager of Han. The Empress Dowager of Han refused and threw the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi in front of you. A corner of the Heshi Bi broke, and later it was repaired with gold. However, the Heshi Bi that Fujiwara-sama took for me was intact at all four corners, without any cracks. That's when I realized it was a fake."

"Master Fujiwara is so obsessed with the perfection of the Heshi Bi as described in ancient texts, yet he doesn't realize that perfection can also be a form of imperfection. What else can you say, Master Fujiwara?"

"This this……"

The cold words of Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon Capital made cold sweat break out on Fujiwara no Fuhito's forehead.

"Master Fujiwara, you have never been to Tang. The imperial seal and the Heshi Bi are treasures of the Tang saints and are the treasures that suppress the Tang Dynasty's destiny. How could you give them to Master Fujiwara so easily? I asked you to take the Heshi Bi just to test Master Fujiwara's sincerity. But Master Fujiwara forged this fake jade to deceive me. I am extremely disappointed."

Her Royal Highness the Princess continued to attack Fujiwara no Fuhito, and Kaguya held her breath in her heart. Now was a good opportunity to "repay" the Minister of the Interior.

On the roof of the house.

Sensing everything that was happening in the room, Shang Yang nodded when he heard this.

it's time.

Then, the young man disappeared from the spot where he was. The black-haired girl beside him watched him disappear, shook her head, and continued to watch the show.

After a while, a servant of the Fujiwara family rushed into Taketori's residence in a hurry, shouting "Oh no!"

The attendant rushed into the room and saw the frightened Minister of the Interior. He knelt down and bowed, and reported loudly.

"Master of the Interior, His Majesty has learned that the Master of the Interior had privately carved the Imperial Seal of the Tang Empire and is furious. His Majesty has imprisoned the Master of the Interior's eldest daughter, Madam Gongzi. Your Majesty has ordered the Master of the Interior to proceed to the Jingyuyuan Palace. Your Majesty will personally interrogate this matter!"

Fujiwara no Fuhito lost his balance and almost fell to the ground.

"Master Fujiwara, I guess you don't know."

Kaguya opened her cherry lips again, her tone calm.

"The He Clan Jade Bi, the heirloom imperial seal and the He Clan Jade, are treasures connected to the destiny of Tang's past sages. If anyone privately carves the seal, the Tang sage will sense it. As early as a month ago, when Fujiwara-sama privately carved the seal, the Tang sage, sensing this, dispatched envoys and the Tang navy to Japan to confront the Yamato court."

"what!!!"

The nobles cried out in surprise at the strange atmosphere and subconsciously moved away from Fujiwara no Fuhito, whose face was as pale as a sheet.

On the way back to Fujiwara-kyo, the nobles felt sympathetic when they saw Fujiwara no Fuhito's pale face, which showed that he was almost dead.

Something big is going to happen to the Fujiwara family.

PS1: The wording and sentence structure in the first seventy or eighty chapters is really unbearable to read. (covering face)

Volume 2: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter: Chapter 45: Precarious

Nara, outside Fujiwara no Kyo, Asuka Kiyomihara Palace.

Asuka Kiyomihara Palace was the former palace of Emperor Tenmu, the previous emperor of the Yamato court. Eleven years prior, a fire destroyed Fujiwara-kyo. The Fujiwara Palace, at the center of the blaze, was completely destroyed, making it impossible to repair. Therefore, pending the completion of the new Heijō-kyo, the current emperor, Emperor Mommu, temporarily resided at Asuka Kiyomihara Palace, the former temporary palace located on the outskirts of Fujiwara-kyo.

In the main hall of Kiyomihara Palace, all the nobles and female attendants except the current monarch Emperor Mommu and the second-ranking Minister of the Interior Fujiwara no Arina Fuhito were dismissed by Emperor Mommu.

The current monarch, Emperor Wenwu, is only 23 years old and has been on the throne for eight years.

Emperor Wenwu paced anxiously on the imperial steps, looking coldly at the Minister of the Interior Fujiwara no Fuhito who was kneeling at the steps. The young king was shocked and angry. He raised his hand and pointed angrily at the pale-faced Lord Kari.

"Lord Fujiwara, Lord Fujiwara, you are so bold! For a woman, you actually forged the imperial seal of the Tang Dynasty!"

Fujiwara no Fuhito's face was ashen, he prostrated himself on the ground and kowtowed, weak and powerless.

"I have committed a grave crime, please forgive me, Your Majesty..."

"Condemned?!"

The young monarch smashed a vase to the ground with a clang and shouted angrily.

"Is it still my turn to punish you?! If what Kaguya-hime said is true, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops would be here to punish me now!"

Fujiwara no Fuhito lay on the ground without saying a word, but judging from the way he was trembling slightly, it seemed that the Minister of the Interior was also very afraid.

The young monarch took a deep breath. Just now in his hazy dream, he saw the scene of Fujiwara no Fuhito directing jade craftsmen to privately carve the jade seal of the Tang Dynasty's sage. When he came to his senses, he was still half-believing and half-doubting. As a result, he fell into a trance again and saw the scene of Fujiwara no Fuhito proposing to a woman with a blurred face while holding the privately carved jade seal of the Tang Dynasty. Now Emperor Wenwu, who was convinced that it was a warning from the gods, immediately ordered his concubine, Lady Miyako, and Fujiwara no Miyako, the eldest daughter of the second chamberlain, Fujiwara no Fuhito, to be imprisoned to prevent the accusation of favoritism from being put on his head. He quickly sent someone to recall the chamberlain, Fujiwara no Fuhito. However, he now heard that the Tang Dynasty's sage had already sensed the private carving of the jade seal, and that the Tang Dynasty's envoys and navy had already sailed to Japan. He was immediately panicked.

No wonder the gods and Buddhas warned him.

Emperor Mommu looked at Fujiwara no Fuhito lying on the ground with a complicated look. It was difficult for the young monarch to deal with his regents and political protectors, as that would be almost equivalent to denying the authority of the young Emperor Mommu himself. What's more, the father of the Grand Chamberlain Fujiwara no Fuhito was the late Grand Chamberlain Fujiwara no Nakatomi Kamata, the first meritorious official of the Taika Reform.

"... Lord Fujiwara, as far as I'm concerned, I have no choice but to imprison the princess to show my impartiality. Lord Fujiwara, what do you think?"

Barely suppressing his anger, Emperor Wenwu tried hard to make his voice calm.

"Your Majesty has dealt with this matter fairly, and I am deeply grateful. I will now return home and refuse to see anyone. If an envoy from the Tang Kingdom arrives, Your Majesty can place all the blame solely on me and hand me and my family over to the Tang envoy. This will ensure peace at court."

Fujiwara no Fuhito stood up and bowed weakly. He seemed to have aged a lot now.

"Well... Lord Fujiwara has the courage to take responsibility, which I greatly admire."

Emperor Wenwu nodded and reminded.

"However, simply detaining Miyako will still be difficult to convince the many nobles and ministers. After all, Miyako is my concubine and already belongs to the royal family. Her relationship with the Fujiwara family is superficial. Lord Fujiwara must hand over a close family member to the imperial court to demonstrate that he has no intention of fleeing into exile."

"This……"

Fujiwara no Fuhito frowned in embarrassment, pondered for a long time, sighed, and said.

"Then hand over my youngest daughter, Fujiwara no Moeko, to the imperial court for custody and imprisonment."

"Is this good?"

The young monarch looked at the haggard Fujiwara no Fuhito in surprise.

"I know that Lord Fujiwara no Momoko, his youngest daughter, saved Lord Fujiwara no Momoko's life during the disaster eleven years ago."

When Fujiwara no Fuhito heard this, a look of indescribable shame and anger flashed across his face, but he quickly calmed down and bowed to Emperor Wenwu.

"Your Majesty, please take my daughter into custody."

Emperor Wenwu nodded slightly.

"Alright, then I will send someone to accompany Lord Fujiwara to the Minister of the Interior's residence to arrest Fujiwara no Moeko."

After saying this, the young monarch called for someone to come, and five palace warriors immediately walked out from the back of the hall and half-knelt in salute to Emperor Wenwu.

Fujiwara no Fuhito was shocked when he saw these palace warriors suddenly appearing from behind the palace. No wonder His Majesty dared to talk to him alone. In desperation, the Grand Minister did think about what the court would do if he risked his life to kidnap the Emperor and escape with the Emperor as a hostage.

However, now that he saw these lurking warriors, the Grand Secretary knew that the young Emperor Wenwu did not trust him at all. If he had made any rash moves just now, he would have been directly beheaded by His Highness.

Feeling despair at Emperor Wenwu's vigilance, Fujiwara no Fuhito still maintained a dejected look on his face. He bowed to Emperor Wenwu and left the hall, followed by five palace warriors.

Fujiwara-kyo, the residence of the second-rank Minister of the Interior.

The mansion was designed in the Tang Dynasty style, which gave it a unique elegance. In the courtyard in front of the mansion, a beautiful girl with long black hair was sitting on the stone steps reading a book.

Fujiwara no Moeko rubbed her eyes, feeling a bit sore from reading for so long. Suddenly, the door to her residence opened. The Grand Chamberlain still had a look of dejection on his face, and several stern-faced warriors followed behind him.

"Father, you are back!"

Meihong quickly put down the book in her hand and happily stood up to greet Fujiwara no Fuhito.

Fujiwara no Fuhito looked at his little daughter calmly, then winked at the samurai behind him. The samurai turned their gaze to Meihong who came to greet them and nodded to each other.

Fujiwara no Moekou was stunned, the smile quickly disappeared from her face. She stared blankly as the five warriors stepped forward and surrounded her. Before she could react, heavy shackles were locked on her wrists.

"Father, Father!"

Fujiwara no Moeko panicked and called out to Fujiwara no Fuhito. However, her father's reaction was completely beyond her expectations.

Fujiwara no Fuhito's face darkened and he slapped Meihong in the face.

Snapped!

The crisp sound echoed in the courtyard. Fujiwara no Momoko touched her face, which was slapped by her father, in a daze, and looked at her father with eyes full of grievance and confusion.

Why……?

However, my father just turned around and walked towards his study step by step.

He never looked back at his beloved daughter again.

The warriors didn't waste any time, they held up Fujiwara no Mokou and dragged her out of the Minister of the Interior's residence and took her to Asuka Kiyomihara Palace.

Putting aside the fact that Fujiwara no Moeko, who was full of grievances and confusion, was taken away, the Minister of the Interior, with a gloomy face, staggered into the study and sat down weakly on the tatami, as if he had lost his soul.

Generally speaking, there are two kinds of excuses: one is for outsiders, and the other is for one's own family. The excuse of being madly in love with Kaguya and determined to marry her is one that is given to others. The excuse of marrying Kaguya and integrating her bloodline into the Fujiwara family is one that is given to one's own family, but the real purpose is known only to Fujiwara no Fuhito himself.

Fujiwara no Fuhito's purpose was simple. He wanted to marry Kaguya-hime for the legendary elixir of immortality from Penglai.

It was not that he wanted to live forever or hold power in the government forever as his power grew. Although this was one of the reasons, it was far from the main reason.

So, what was the main reason why Fujiwara no Fuhito wanted to obtain immortality through the elixir of Penglai?

Because Fujiwara no Fuhito doesn't want to die.

Eleven years ago, when Fujiwarakyo was on fire, he wanted to take Fujiwara no Fuhito's life, but was stopped by the young Fujiwara no Mokou. In addition, Fujiwara no Fuhito was spared because he did not "kill" Shang Yang with his own hands.

However, this is also the Lord Chamberlain's biggest nightmare.

Although Fujiwara no Fuhito's life was temporarily spared, the black-haired girl who was temporarily stopped by Fujiwara no Mokou still had something to say.

"When your lifespan is over and you fall into the other side, I will kill you again."

After Shang Yang returned, he learned that Shang Yang's murder was only part of his plan. Ai no longer cared about this sentence. However, for Fujiwara Fuhito who knew nothing about this, the fear brought by the black-haired girl with blood-red pupils more than ten years ago has never dissipated in Fujiwara Fuhito's heart for eleven years.

During this era, influenced by the concepts of gods and Buddhas, the nobles believed in the existence of the soul after death, and the emperors even had the idea of ​​becoming gods after death. Regardless of whether these ideas were true or not, at least such ideas could effectively alleviate the emperor's and the nobles' fear of death. In fact, in the eyes of many nobles, death was nothing more than a change of life, becoming a god to protect the family.

This was exactly what was at the heart of Fujiwara no Fuhito's heart. As the head of the Fujiwara family who had unprecedentedly elevated the Fujiwara family's status in the court, Fujiwara no Fuhito's achievements were comparable to those of his own father, the founder of the Fujiwara clan, the late Emperor Tenji's Minister of the Interior, Fujiwara no Nakatomi Kamatari. According to the concept of gods and Buddhas of that era, Fujiwara no Fuhito would definitely become a god protecting the family after his death.

But if he were killed again after his death, it would be true death after his soul was scattered.

This horrific future has become the biggest nightmare for the Grand Secretary, whose position and power have grown increasingly powerful over the past decade.

Fujiwara no Fuhito was afraid of this, so when he heard that Kaguya-hime, the princess of the moon who was said to possess the elixir of immortality, appeared on earth, he was extremely active in making up excuses to deceive outsiders that he was madly in love with Kaguya-hime, and made up excuses to deceive his own people that he wanted to introduce the noble bloodline of Kaguya-hime, the princess of the moon, into the Fujiwara family. But the real reason was just to obtain the elixir of immortality from Penglai.

As long as he obtains immortality and never dies, Fujiwara no Fuhito will not be killed and his soul will be scattered after his death, thus meeting his true death.

As for his youngest daughter, Fujiwara no Momoko, who saved his life when he was young, the Minister of the Interior had been tormented by this fear for many years. Gradually, he could no longer bear it and felt more and more deep anger and resentment towards his daughter.

If he had been killed back then, it would have been tragic, but the Grand Chamberlain's soul would have been able to safely enter the cycle of reincarnation and be reborn into the human world. But now, because of Fujiwara no Mokou's obstruction, the two dignified Grand Chamberlains have lived in fear for over a decade, waiting for their souls to be torn apart at any moment.

As the power wielded by the Minister of the Interior grew over the past decade or so, this fear became more and more cruel to Fujiwara no Fuhito. No matter how much power he gained, he could not control his own destiny in the face of the inhuman Lord Ai.

Now, the crime of forging the imperial seal of the Tang Dynasty has been exposed. With no hope of immortality left, the Grand Minister can only wait in deep fear for his soul to be torn apart and his true death to come. He can no longer conceal the anger and resentment he has been suppressing in his heart towards his little daughter Fujiwara no Moko who "caused" him to fall into such a situation.

Yoshinoyama, hot spring resort.

After resolving the marriage fraud case involving Fujiwara no Fuhito, Shang Yang lay back on the recliner, reading the comic book in his hand.

Kaguya was happily duelling with Ai using Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

"Shang Yang, although I made up the story of the Tang Dynasty's sage to scare Fujiwara no Fuhito and the nobles, why don't you go to Tang and report to the Tang Emperor that Japan has secretly carved the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi with the intention of rebellion?"

Her Royal Highness the Princess cast her eyes towards the leisurely young man, the cards in her hand hiding her smile as she encouraged him, as if to cause chaos.

"No."

Without waiting for Shang Yang to answer, Ai interrupted Kaguya lightly, staring at her with dark red eyes that looked like settled blood.

The meaning of love is very simple: Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Moon City, who has a bad temper, is not allowed to cause trouble.

"I think it's better to forget it."

After thinking about it, Shang Yang also rejected the proposal.

"Privately carving the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi is a grave crime for the Tang Dynasty. If the Tang army invades Japan, not only will the imperial family and the Fujiwara clan be exterminated, but the princess who 'plotted' to take the imperial seal and the Heshi Bi will also be hunted down by the Tang army. This will be very troublesome."

"Fine……"