Chapter 476 The Terrifying Chi Tribe

The prince tilted his head somewhat embarrassedly, "I forgot."

Yan Wenjing stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, speaking of my mother's family, I suddenly thought of something."

Xia Zhengqi nodded slightly to Yan Wenjing, motioning him to continue.

"Your Majesty, I remember that Zhu Ling, the empress dowager of Dai Viet, was selected to enter the palace when Emperor Wu Duc made a comprehensive selection of women."

"Back then, when Zhu Ling was canonized as his successor, my Daxia secret agent once inquired about her information. It was said that Zhu Ling was a poor orphan girl in the folk. When she was a teenager, there was a sudden change in her family. Her parents were dead and she had no brothers or sisters. She was adopted by the village charity."

"I thought that since the throne of Zhu Ling's son was obtained by murdering Emperor Wude, it means that Zhu Ling is a woman with great ambitions." "

But let me ask, how can an orphan girl with no maternal clan behind her have such great ambitions?"

After Xia Zhengqi heard this, he twirled his beard and pondered. The queen also looked thoughtful.

After a moment of silence, the Queen spoke up: "Now that I think about it, this Zhu Ling is really ambitious. It is said that she is very good at the art of seduction. Within a year of entering the palace,

she had already bewitched Emperor Wu De." "So much so that less than half a year after the death of the former Crown Prince, Emperor Wu De made her three-year-old son the Crown Prince."

"From all the signs, Zhu Ling doesn't look like an orphan from a poor family. If she is an ordinary orphan, how could she learn the art of seduction at the age of a dozen or so?"

"Zhu Ling has strong traces of conspiracy."

Xia Zhengqi nodded in agreement to the Queen, "The Queen's analysis makes sense. The women in the harem, if we say those from ordinary families, are very young after entering the palace."

At this point, Xia Zhengqi suddenly realized that it was inappropriate to say this in front of the Queen, and an embarrassed look immediately flashed in his eyes.

The Queen covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed secretly, "Your Majesty, it seems that you are very experienced!"

Xia Zhengqi cleared his throat and said seriously, "That's how Zhou is."

Yan Wenjing and the prince were a little embarrassed when they saw the Emperor and the Queen arguing.

Yan Wenjing's eyes flashed, and he quickly changed the subject, "Your Majesty is right, and I have similar thoughts. So, Zhu Ling's identity is questionable!"

The prince slapped his head and said, "In other words, Zhu Ling is probably not an orphan, she deliberately hid her identity."

"She has a maternal family, and before she entered the palace, she might have been deliberately trained in female charm techniques."

Xia Zhengqi nodded, "That's right."

The prince held his chin and frowned, "But, now that the little emperor has succeeded to the throne for four years, Zhu Ling and the little emperor have become the masters of Dai Viet, why hasn't Zhu Ling put her maternal family out yet?"

"Logically, after the little emperor ascended the throne, she should have vigorously supported her maternal family."

Hearing the prince say this, everyone fell into deep thought for a while.

After a moment's silence, Yan Wenjing suddenly said, "Could it be that the mother's family is very special? It cannot be shown to the world until the right time."

The prince looked at Yan Wenjing in confusion, "Special? Can't just meet people casually, could it be a family of criminals?"

"A family of criminals wants to rely on a woman in the family to come to power, reverse the verdict for their family, wash away the charges, and make the family rise again?"

Xia Zhengqi shook his head and said, "Not likely."

"If it is a family of criminals, there is no need to wait for Zhu Ling's son to succeed to the throne. Zhu Ling can do it when Emperor Wude is in power. Relying on the favor of Emperor Wude, she can ask Emperor Wude for mercy and reverse the verdict for the family and wash away the grievances."

"Why wait so long?"

Yan Wenjing looked at Xia Zhengqi in agreement and said, "I agree with your majesty."

"In fact, in addition to the family of criminals, it is also possible that it is a tribe that has been persecuted by the court."

"For example, the Chi tribe of Dai Viet."

Speaking of the Chi tribe, Yan Wenjing's face became solemn. When

Xia Zhengqi and the queen heard the word Chi tribe, their faces changed drastically.

"If Zhu Ling came from the Chi tribe, wouldn't Chengnian, Miao'er and the others be in great danger?!" The queen couldn't help but sigh.

The prince was a little surprised to see the reaction of the empress, and asked hurriedly: "Why do you say that? Is the Chi tribe scary?"

Xia Zhengqi sighed and said: "Chengwan, you are young, so you naturally don't know about this Chi tribe."

"The Chi tribe of Dai Viet is a very strange tribe. They live in caves all year round, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city."

"They believe in evil gods and worship witchcraft and Gu magic. Their culture even regards insidiousness and cunning as truth."

"In the Chi tribe, there are countless ways to harm people."

"Many foreigners who had conflicts with them were killed by them. Some of those who were not killed were also imprisoned and tortured repeatedly."

"They also develop all kinds of harmful medicines and insects, and sell them in the ghost market."

When the prince heard this, his face darkened. "There is such a weird tribe?!"

If he hadn't heard about such a weird tribe from the emperor, he really wouldn't have believed it.

Xia Zhengqi continued, "It is precisely because they are too weird that Dai Viet has wanted to use the civilization of the Central Plains to educate them since its establishment."

"However, they have always been doing their own thing and refused to accept education."

"The emperors of Dai Viet have tried, but all failed."

"Later, after Emperor Wu Duc succeeded to the throne, another vicious incident occurred in the Chi tribe. Emperor Wu Duc was a warrior who liked to fight violence with violence. In a rage, he ordered the imperial guards to set fire to the mountain. The fire burned the mountain where the Chi tribe lived until there was no grass left."

"Since then, the Chi tribe seemed to have disappeared. No one knows whether anyone in the Chi tribe is still alive."

"For so many years, there are two opinions among the people of Dai Viet. Some say that the entire Chi tribe was wiped out and has disappeared from this world. But some say that the Chi tribe just hid deeper."

The prince nodded with sudden realization, "So, the Chi tribe has a deep hatred for the Dai Viet court. So, you suspect that Zhu Ling may be a female servant specially trained by the Chi tribe."

Xia Zhengqi said, "That's right. I'm worried now, what if she is a member of the Chi tribe, and the person standing behind her is a Chi tribe member who is proficient in witchcraft and Gu magic, then wouldn't Chengnian and Miao'er be in great danger?"

Yan Wenjing bowed to Xia Zhengqi and said, "Your Majesty, things have come to this point. Even if you withdraw the second prince and others, it is too late."

"For now, let's think about the next countermeasures."

Xia Zhengqi felt that Yan Wenjing's words made sense, and the few of them discussed it carefully again.

... In

the Dai Viet Royal Palace, in Zhu Ling's Yong'an Palace.

Han Lie was kneeling in the main hall, and Zhu Ling was sitting in the main seat with an ugly look on his face.

Han Lie's face was pale, his lips were chapped, and his hair was withered, looking very weak.

He forced a breath and said, "Empress Dowager, every word I said is true!"

"Then the imperial teacher Mr. Liang, his real identity is the fallen prince Liang Chaozong of the former Liang Dynasty!"