Chapter 256: The Secret of Changxing Marquis Mansion
Ji Yunshu took the ring in his hand and examined it carefully: "Besides looking beautiful, is there any other use for this ring?"
Zhao Shen looked at her helplessly. "Father said this was brought back from Miaojiang by our grandfather. How could the Miao people go to so much trouble to bring it back just because it's beautiful?"
"So does it have some special meaning? Did your father tell you?"
Zhao Shen shook his head: "No, maybe the little girl in the prison will tell you."
After she said that, Ji Yunshu almost immediately wanted to go to the prison to find someone.
Zhao Shen had long discovered that she was impatient and would do whatever she thought of and would not wait even a moment.
He simply had Qiyun brought back to the mansion.
When Qiyun arrived, Ji Yunshu had just finished a bowl of Tremella and Snow Pear Soup. Seeing her come in, he sent everyone out before asking, "Would you like something to eat?"
Seeing that she was treating her like a guest, Qiyun asked with some guilt, "I can't eat anymore. Are you better now?"
"I'm almost done, but the weather was bad today, so I didn't go out. I'm sorry to bother you coming over."
Qiyun really wanted to complain, as if she had a choice.
But facing Ji Yunshu's clear eyes, he still couldn't say anything unpleasant: "I kidnapped you, why did you save me?"
"You didn't hurt me. I said before that there is no deep hatred between us."
In fact, Ji Yunshu felt that this kidnapping was a bit of a joke.
Qiyun probably didn't even understand the purpose of kidnapping herself.
She seemed to have no idea about the situation in the capital, not even about Zhao Shen.
Qiyun lowered her eyes: "But your husband arrested many Miao people in the capital because of this incident. They are all innocent."
Ji Yunshu didn't think Zhao Shen would randomly capture some innocent people to vent his anger.
This was not an era where the population could move freely. Miaojiang was thousands of miles away from the capital, and ordinary Miao people would never appear here.
"Am I not innocent? I thought the girl had already figured out that innocent people would be implicated when she kidnapped me."
Qiyun had nothing to say about this, so she could only ask, "What do you want in exchange for releasing those innocent people?"
Ji Yunshu said, "I told you, my husband didn't wrongly accuse anyone. He was indeed poisoned by you Miao people. Unless the poison in his body is cured, or you can prove the innocence of those people."
Qiyun's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I can help him get rid of the poison."
Ji Yunshu was a little surprised. She had no grudge against this girl. She really wanted her to help find the Miao people to help Zhao Shen detoxify.
But I didn't expect the other party to actually bring it up on his own initiative.
Seeing her hesitation, Qiyun quickly said, "I am the daughter of the chief of the Yuxi tribe. I am the best at using poison in my generation. Even the high priest has praised me."
Ji Yunshu originally had no hope, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but feel hopeful, so he asked someone to call Zhao Shen over.
Qiyun was a little afraid of Zhao Shen and didn't dare to go forward to feel his pulse. She just asked timidly, "Can you give me a drop of your blood?"
Zhao Shen also didn't like any woman other than Ji Yunshu getting close to him, so he quickly took a teacup to catch a drop of blood and handed it to her.
Qiyun took out a small porcelain bottle from her body, opened the cork, and a white, almost transparent insect crawled out from it.
After entering the teacup, the insect immediately drilled into the drop of blood and quickly drilled out again.
Qiyun put it into the bottle and said to Zhao Shen with a pale face: "You are indeed poisoned, but I swear, it was not our people who did it."
Ji Yunshu saw that her expression was not right and asked hurriedly, "Can this poison be cured?"
Qiyun shook her head: "He was poisoned in the womb. It's been too long. Even the high priest can't cure it."
"how so?"
Zhao Shen, however, was not disappointed. He said calmly, "Since that's the case, you don't have any bargaining chips to negotiate with me. As for your claim that you didn't poison me, I'm afraid that's useless."
She has already admitted that Zhao Shen was poisoned by a Gu, so it must have been done by the Miao people.
Although the Miao people split after the destruction of Nanzhao, no matter how they fought openly or secretly among themselves, in the eyes of outsiders, they were still united.
Qiyun also understood this and explained anxiously, "Your poison couldn't have been administered by one of our people. You also have the blood of our Yuxi people in your body. How could we possibly harm you?"
When Zhao Shen heard this, he suddenly raised his eyes and asked, "What did you say?"
Qiyun was frightened by him and stepped back repeatedly: "I, I, I... I didn't say anything."
Zhao Shen had already stepped forward, staring at her intently and asking, "What do you mean I have the blood of the Yuxi people in me?"
His gaze was so sharp and cold that Qiyun was so frightened that her tongue became tied. "You...don't you know? Your grandmother was once a princess of Nanzhao. We, the Yuxi tribe, are descendants of the Nanzhao royal family."
Ji Yunshu was shocked by the news. She never knew that Zhao Shen’s grandmother was a princess of Nanzhao.
Or rather, no one knows.
The Changxing Marquis Mansion actually hides such a big secret.
In a flash, many things flashed through her mind.
The fact that Yao was able to poison Zhao Shen's mother shows that she knew people from Miao.
What she used to control Marquis Zhao might not be Zhao Shen's life at all, but the life of the entire Changxing Marquisate.
Anyone who knew that after the Marquis of Changxing destroyed Nanzhao, he married the princess of Nanzhao, preserved the royal bloodline, and allowed them to develop into one of the three major tribes in Miao today would be guilty of deceiving the emperor.
Not to mention that the direct line of the Changxing Marquisate has the blood of the Nanzhao royal family.
Zhao Shen asked with a cold face: "Who else knows about this?"
Qiyun shook her head: "This is a clan secret. I overheard it and never told anyone."
Ji Yunshu felt that he couldn't hold too much hope for this girl. It was obvious that Yao knew about it, and Prince Yong probably knew about it too.
The only one who didn't know was the emperor.
If it gets exposed, it will be a big trouble.
"You Miao people, do you have any way to test your bloodline? You can't just say it's true, right?"
Qiyun said, "The Gu worm can detect it. I just used the Gu worm to test his blood. My Gu worm likes his blood very much."
Ji Yunshu took a deep breath: "Is there any basis for this?"
Qiyun explained seriously: "The Gu worms recognize their masters. The most powerful Gu worms we have are those left behind by the royal family. They like the blood of royal descendants the most."
Ji Yunshu couldn't tell what he was feeling. This statement sounded reasonable, but it was not without room for rebuttal.
She looked at Zhao Shen, who remained silent, and asked, "What's the matter with the ring you're looking for?"
Qiyun said, "That's the symbol of the royal family. When Nanzhao was destroyed, it disappeared along with the princess. Later, our clan members went through great pains to discover that the sacred ring was in the Changxing Marquis's mansion. That's how we discovered that the princess hadn't died, but had married the Changxing Marquis."
Ji Yunshu found this outrageous: "Why do you think your princess would marry the enemy who destroyed her country?"
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