"What is this?" Su Xuening asked, taking the curved knife with a puzzled expression.
Su Yun'an explained, "It should be a burial item of my grandmother. My uncle said that we Eastern Chu people rarely use such curved swords, but the soldiers of Northern Wei used curved swords as their weapons."
Su Xuening looked at You Yi in shock: "So this scimitar is from the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
You Yi quickly raised his hand: "I didn't say that. I don't know where this scimitar is from, but the soldiers of Northern Wei do use scimitars. As for whether this scimitar is from Northern Wei, I can't guarantee it."
Pei Luo took the scimitar from Su Xuening's hand, examined it, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "This scimitar should be from the Northern Wei Dynasty. The scimitar should be engraved with a lily flower, which is the national flower of the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Pei Luo's words immediately caused Su Xuening and Su Yun'an to exchange a glance.
It seems that my uncle's guess was correct; this knife does indeed come from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Now that this knife is a burial item for my grandmother, it means that my grandmother was very likely from the Northern Wei Dynasty, and my father's identity as a member of the Northern Wei royal family is getting closer and closer.
Dao Yi stared at the rusty scimitar, frowning, and said, "Your grandmother's burial goods included a Northern Wei sword. What does that mean? Was your grandmother from the Northern Wei?"
Before Su Xuening could explain, Bai Shi spoke first: "Uncle, you may not know this, but Yun An went to Su Family Village this time to investigate their father's background."
"General Su's background?" Dao Yi looked bewildered. "What does this mean? What does General Su's background have to do with the Northern Wei Dynasty?"
Su Xuening originally didn't want to tell them, since the matter hadn't been investigated yet.
However, she also knew that the people sitting here were the people she trusted most, and that they genuinely cared about her and Yun'an and had no other ill intentions, so she didn't want to hide it: "My father may be from the Northern Wei Dynasty."
Dao Yi was startled upon hearing this: "General Su is from the Northern Wei?"
Bai Shi also looked at Su Xuening in shock.
No way, General Su was actually from the Northern Wei Dynasty?
Previously, when they were investigating General Su's background, she thought that General Su was just not the biological son of Su's parents. How did he suddenly become involved with the Northern Wei Dynasty?
Because of this curved sword, and because Su's mother might have been from the Northern Wei Dynasty, General Su might also have been from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Since the question had been asked so bluntly, Su Xuening could no longer hide it and simply said, "Perhaps it is still the Northern Wei royal family."
"The Northern Wei royal family!!!"
Everyone present was stunned.
Even Bai was utterly astonished.
What's going on? How did this get involved with the Northern Wei royal family?
"Ahem!" Seeing everyone's shock, Su Xuening felt a little embarrassed: "The matter is not yet confirmed, so I didn't intend to tell everyone before. This is just a guess between the prince and me, which is why I asked Yun'an to investigate in Su Family Village."
Bai was extremely anxious: "What exactly happened? Tell us clearly!"
Dao Yi and Pei Luo also looked eagerly at Su Xuening.
Su Xuening sighed softly and looked at Bai Shi: "You know about the Xuanwu mark on the prince's shoulder, right?"
Bai nodded immediately: "I know, that was the mark the Emperor made on him with the Xuanwu Sword when he was born. Every member of the Xuanyuan royal family within three generations will have such a mark."
After Bai finished speaking, she looked surprised and asked, "You mean your father also has such a mark on his shoulder?"
“Yes.” Su Xuening nodded: “Not only my father has it, but my mother has it too. My father’s is the Azure Dragon mark, and my mother’s is the Vermilion Bird mark.”
Everyone was stunned again by Su Xuening's words.
Especially the Bai family. Dao Yi and Pei Luo might not fully understand the significance of this mark, but the Bai family understood it very well.
Whether it's the Black Tortoise mark, the Azure Dragon mark, or the Vermilion Bird mark, they are all symbols of royalty. This also shows that not only is Ning'er's father a member of the Northern Wei royal family, but Ning'er's mother is too...
Bai asked in shock, "Your mother is a member of the Western Liang royal family?"
Su Xuening smiled wryly: "Perhaps so. When she left the bamboo forest, it was the Vermilion Bird divine beast that came to pick her up!"
"The Vermilion Bird Divine Beast?" You Yi looked at Pei Luo in shock: "Senior Brother, did you see that Vermilion Bird Divine Beast? Is it really the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast?"
Pei Luo Ke felt this very deeply and nodded in confirmation: "It really was the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, it was huge, and it was even flaming. I'm sure many people in the capital city saw it back then!"
The Bai family also knew about this, and were somewhat taken aback.
When she first heard about it, she thought it was just a rumor, but it turned out to be true.
How many members of the Western Liang royal family can command the Vermilion Bird divine beast? Therefore, Ning'er's mother's identity must be more than just that of a member of the Western Liang royal family!
Madam Bai frowned, puzzled, and asked, "How could someone of your mother's status end up here?"
Su Xuening shook her head: "My mother has amnesia. She can't remember what happened back then. It was my father who brought her back from the battlefield. He should know her identity, but he has kept it a secret for so many years and forbade us to ask. He himself has never mentioned it."
Bai was stunned, but she could understand what General Su had done.
If you love someone very, very much, you would do the same, doing everything you can to keep her by your side, even if it's just for a moment of tenderness.
It was a hardship for Ning'er's mother, who lost her memory and spent more than ten years in a foreign country.
Fortunately, General Su treated her like a precious jewel. If General Su were truly a villain who took her body but did not cherish her, her life would have been even more difficult.
"Did your father know about his background?" Bai asked curiously.
After asking this question, Bai already had an answer.
He probably didn't know. If he had, he probably wouldn't have stayed in Eastern Chu and would have returned to Northern Wei long ago!
Su Xuening shook her head again: "Father doesn't know. It was only after I told the Prince about the mark that the Prince made this guess. Now, the information Yun'an found at the Su Family Army seems to indicate that Father does indeed have some connection with the Northern Wei."
Bai understood; indeed, he didn't know.
"Now that your father has passed away, why did you suddenly decide to investigate his background?" Dao Yi still didn't understand.
Su Xuening patiently explained, "My father's cause of death is unknown. I previously only suspected that my father was killed by Su Huiyan and Su Renyi. Now, my father's death should also be related to the Northern Wei and the Su family army."
Fearing he might not understand, Pei Luo whispered an explanation for him: "Su Huiyan is this girl's aunt, and also a concubine in the palace. Su Renyi is this girl's uncle, and he is already dead."
Dao Yi nodded silently, muttering, "It's actually this complicated."
Even if they weren't their biological children, they were still General Su's younger brother and sister. How could they possibly plot against General Su?
Human hearts are truly the most unpredictable thing!
"There's one more thing," Su Yun'an suddenly said, and everyone turned to look at him.
Looking into Su Xuening's eager eyes, Su Yun'an said with difficulty, "The ancestral graves in Su Family Village do not contain my father's remains."
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