What does this mean? Ruan Xianxian held her breath, realizing the truth about this tomb had arrived!
The general betrayed her, or rather, he had been plotting against the princess from the beginning, and she was not surprised at all.
The key point is that the general's actions after the princess's death were very confusing.
The white fox's sharp claws scraped across the ground, making a teeth-grinding screech. "He said that after the princess died, she haunted his dreams every night, demanding that he pay with his life."
When the tragic news from the Western Rong arrived, who could have imagined that the old emperor, who had to bury his son, would survive? The change in plans had already infuriated the princess and the general.
On the seventh night, the eldest princess dreamed for the first time that her younger sister was seeking revenge. She woke up in the middle of the night, the scene from the dream still vivid in her mind. For three consecutive nights, the eldest princess was almost driven mad by fear.
The general went from patiently explaining things to gradually losing patience.
No one can stand a partner who is becoming increasingly insane, especially since it's hard to say how much of his affection for the princess is genuine.
Until... even the general started dreaming about the princess.
The parchment scroll says: She sat at her dressing table, dressed in her wedding gown, arranging her hair. Her face was as beautiful as a lotus flower, more beautiful than peach blossoms in March. But suddenly, blood flowed from the seven orifices of the beautiful woman in the mirror...
The red wedding dress stretched out and turned into a red ribbon, tightly binding him. She grabbed my neck, demanding that I pay for my crime in blood.
From then on, I dreamed of her every day, with the dream ending in a gruesome death.
The inescapable and unavoidable fear of death is something that only those who have experienced it firsthand can truly understand.
Ruan Xianxian could sense something; in her past life, she often had nightmares, either being chased by Old Man Ruan or being bullied by Ruan Baozhu.
Every time she wakes up in a cold sweat from a dream, she's too scared to go back to sleep, but when asked what she dreamed about last night in the morning, she can never remember clearly.
What I can't remember is not only the content of the dream, but also the fear I felt at the time.
The general's situation was much more serious than hers; he started with nightmares, and every time he closed his eyes, he saw images of the princess demanding his life.
His mental and physical health deteriorated rapidly, and he dared not close his eyes day and night. He also became visibly haggard and emaciated.
He knew this couldn't go on, so he found the most capable shaman in the Yan state at the time.
The high priest performed a ritual and told the general that it was the princess's evil spirit that was unwilling to let him go and was haunting him relentlessly.
To resolve this, we must bring back the princess's remains and perform a ritual to suppress her.
To verify the great shaman's words, the general vomited blood and fell into a coma the day he returned.
The mansion was thrown into chaos. The imperial physician revived the man and looked at him with a sigh, as if he were looking at someone who was about to die.
Hemoptysis.
Coughing up blood at a young age is a sign of an early death.
Even so, the general persisted and began seeking medical treatment.
As for the great shaman's suggestion to retrieve the princess's remains, that would require sending troops to the Western Rong, and even the general who already held most of the real power in the Yan state still had little chance of winning.
His condition worsened as he coughed up blood during the day and was unable to sleep at night.
His wife, whose health was even worse than his, was nearing the end of her life; in her early twenties, her hair was already covered in white.
The general finally realized that if they continued, both of them would die.
He began to amass troops while negotiating with the Western Rong, attempting to cede some interests and use more moderate means to bring back the princess's remains.
The scroll was vague, only stating that the negotiations had failed.
This man was wicked to the core, but he was also truly capable. He personally led his troops to reclaim Princess Xiangmu, even though the princess had long since become a cold, lifeless corpse.
On the day the princess returned to the capital, the city was struck by a death knell, and the old emperor also passed away on the same day.
The body was brought back, and after a high shaman performed a ritual, she was temporarily subdued.
Seeing the results, the general began to support the young emperor's ascension to the throne while simultaneously cultivating a public image of deep affection and undertaking a massive construction project to build the princess's tomb, in reality intending to suppress her evil spirit forever.
The construction of the Princess Tomb, which is now of this scale, has taken a long time and cannot be accomplished overnight.
The general's condition fluctuated, forcing him to temporarily halt his rebellion and devote all his energy to building his mausoleum.
The high priest said that he had to be honest with God about everything to seek His true protection, so he left a scroll of sheepskin inside the altar.
Good heavens! After hearing the white fox's story, Ruan Xianxian exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
The two, one human and one fox, whispered to each other. Mu Xia was already eagerly waiting to know the contents of the scroll. Just as Ruan Xianxian was about to tell her, she noticed Old Li, who was meditating nearby.
A hand grabbed Mu Xia's arm, "Come on, let's talk over there, don't disturb Brother Li's cultivation."
Mu Xia raised an eyebrow and obediently followed Ruan Xianxian to the side.
Old Li, whose ears had quietly perked up: ? ? ?
He opened his eyes in a fit of anger, got up, strode over to the two women, plopped down, and huffed, "You little brat, you're really wicked."
"Tell me quickly, what does it say on it?"
It turns out that curiosity is something that transcends profession and age.
Ruan Xianxian obediently repeated what the white fox had told her.
Meeting Mu Xia's meaningful gaze, she raised an eyebrow, "What do you say?"
Don't you think someone is missing from this story?
"Who?" Old Li scratched his forehead.
Ruan Xianxian and Mu Xia said in unison, "An emperor who deeply loves his daughter."
Mu Xia: "After receiving the devastating news of his daughter's death, did the emperor really do nothing?"
It's possible for someone to encounter a ghost, but isn't it a bit of a coincidence that the general and his wife have exactly the same symptoms?
Rather than attributing their relationship to the vengeful spirit of the princess, I'm more inclined to believe that the two were poisoned by the emperor.
By using the general to retrieve his daughter's body, he preserved the legitimacy of the throne.
The fact that the dead were suppressed and the general still died young is the best proof of this.
Some neurotoxins can amplify fear. Everyone has nightmares, but the claim that one can see the princess's ghost even with their eyes closed immediately made me think of poisoning.
Mu Xia looked at Ruan Xianxian, who raised an eyebrow. "Great minds think alike."
The white fox was lost in memories: "When I came to the palace of Yan, I overheard whispers among the palace women."
It is said that even when the emperor was terminally ill, he would often summon shamans to study methods of suppressing and locking souls and resurrecting the emperor.
It was their conversation that planted a seed in my heart that the princess could be resurrected.
"So this is the real truth? Why did the princess... never tell me?"
Ruan Xianxian picked up the white fox, who was in pain and confused.
"Let's make a bold assumption: if the princess refused to elope with the general on the way to the marriage alliance, does that prove that she already knew something at that time?"
Perhaps it was the emperor's attempt to rescue the general that made her realize something was wrong, or perhaps the princess overheard the general talking to his confidant.
Therefore, she refuses to confide in anyone, including you, you fox, to prevent others from overhearing her.
Both the murals and the parchment scrolls prove that the princess once loved the general very much, so there is only one reason why she refused to elope with him.
She found out; he wanted to harm her.
“Really…” Ruan Xianxian laughed, her laughter sounding both mocking and sarcastic. “Even a bottomless cliff has a bottom, but the human heart is unfathomable.”
She turned her gaze to Old Li, "It turns out that this tomb is where the princess's soul was suppressed. The general wanted to prevent her from being reincarnated for eternity, while the emperor wanted to resurrect his beloved daughter."
But what kind of dead person can be brought back to life? Even if they could, to have her suppressed for a thousand years with her most painful memories—don't you think that's too cruel?"
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