Faced with that look in her eyes, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to refuse.
"Actually, there's nothing that can't be said..."
"Then tell us quickly, we happen to have some barbecue here!"
Prince Chen: ...What does it matter to them whether they have barbecue or not?
But He Jiuniang was already busy applying oil to the roasted meat and didn't see the confusion on his face.
Only Lu Baichuan watched his wife's busy figure with a doting smile on his face.
His wife is so cute.
Prince Chen looked at the couple and always felt that they weren't very smart, but they were the ones who found out a lot of things, such as tonight's matter about the Pangu Jade, where they had made a great contribution.
He didn't know how to reward the couple.
He took a deep breath and said, "This is indeed a secret. For so many years, no one outside the royal family has known about it. Pangu Jade is the national treasure of Beiyan. Only the emperors of each dynasty could see it and it was kept by the emperors. It is said that Pangu Jade is the key to unlocking the ancient treasure. As long as Pangu Jade exists, the Beiyan royal family can stand forever."
"Treasure!"
He Jiuniang immediately raised her head, her eyes wide with excitement, and asked, "What kind of treasure is it? Is there a lot of it? Where is it? Is it something we can possibly know about?"
Prince Chen: ...
"It's just a legend. Over the years, no one has actually found the treasure. When the country was in trouble before, the previous ancestors also sent people to search for the treasure, but they didn't find anything. However, every time they sent people to search for the treasure, the disasters that the country was facing would subside. This made the ancestors give up the idea of searching for the treasure and just regard the Pangu Jade as a guardian deity. They felt that as long as the Pangu Jade was there, no matter what problems the country encountered, it could turn danger into safety."
If He Jiuniang had known this before, she would definitely have laughed at their superstition. But since she herself could survive in this world, it meant that many things could not be explained by modern science. So, upon hearing such a bizarre explanation, He Jiuniang not only believed it, but also thought that this Pangu Jade was amazing. No wonder Dongting had his eye on it.
"Your Highness, has this Pangu Jade always been in Bei Yan, or did it go through some kind of event before ending up in the hands of the Bei Yan royal family?"
Since she had already started asking, He Jiuniang didn't intend to be polite with Prince Chen and naturally wanted to find out everything she was curious about.
"Since the time when the world was divided into four, this Pangu Jade has been in the hands of the Northern Yan royal family. It is said that when the first ancestor went into the mountains, he received the blessing of the immortals and was given this Pangu Jade."
Prince Chen thought for a moment and then spoke seriously.
How did this get involved with immortals?
That sounds a bit like bragging, doesn't it?
No wonder Prince Chen now finds it unreliable. The Northern Yan royal family doesn't believe there's any real treasure; they just continue to regard the Pangu Jade as a national treasure, which only serves a psychological purpose.
Logically speaking, since the Northern Yan royal family no longer takes this matter seriously, those people in the Eastern Court shouldn't still be considering it. Could it be...?
"Could it be that the people of Dongting have found the location of the treasure, and now all they need is a piece of Pangu Jade to open it?"
This was just He Jiuniang's guess; in her heart, she still felt it was impossible, and that the people in Dongting might not necessarily have that ability.
Prince Chen shook his head: "That's impossible. Although Bei Yan has the Pangu Jade, they don't know the exact location of the treasure. Otherwise, the people sent out by our ancestors wouldn't have returned empty-handed time and time again. Moreover, most importantly, only the Bei Yan royal family knows this. How did the people of Dongting find out?"
He Jiuniang immediately said, "Currently, there are two reasons. One is what Prince Lin said, for example, Prince Lin asked them to help him and then give him information about the Pangu Jade. The other is that they have actually always known about the Pangu Jade, but they just haven't shown it."
"Why? How is this possible?"
Prince Chen was somewhat surprised, and the Princess Consort also said, "If it were said that Prince Lin said it, it would be somewhat believable, but if it is said that they have always known, how can this be? This was an opportunity that the first ancestor obtained after entering the mountain, how could others know about it?"
He Jiuniang handed her two skewers of grilled meat and then said, "Is it possible that not only the ancestors of Beiyan went up the mountain, but also the royal ancestors of other countries?"
"Huh? That can't be right."
Prince Chen and his wife stared wide-eyed, utterly unable to believe it.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out."
Lu Baichuan spoke up and continued, "When I was in Nantai, I studied the history books of various countries. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the first ancestors of the four countries were friends who knew each other. Perhaps they went up the mountain together, but had different opportunities."
He Jiuniang looked at Lu Baichuan approvingly and said, "That's the point. Different opportunities lead to different results. Beiyan obtained a piece of Pangu Jade, while other countries may have obtained other things, such as treasure maps or tokens for retrieving treasures. Or perhaps, each country has a piece of Pangu Jade, and piecing them together is the real key."
He Jiuniang let her mind wander, going through all the plots from the novels and TV dramas she had read before, and the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
I used to think that treasures and the like only existed in novels and TV dramas, but I never expected that they actually exist in real life. Things are getting more and more interesting.
What interested her most was the treasure—an ancient treasure. What could it possibly contain?
However, it's also possible that this was a joke played by the elders on the younger generation. They said it was some huge treasure, but after going through all the trouble to open it, they found only a few notes mocking the younger generation, telling everyone that it was just a joke.
He Jiuniang has seen too many of these kinds of plots; she won't be easily fooled.
She had no idea how much shock her words had caused Prince Chen and his wife. If what she said was true, then wouldn't the treasure really exist?
If you want to obtain the treasure, wouldn't you have to collect the national treasures of four countries?
Currently, Prince Chen only knows that the national treasure of Beiyan is the Pangu Jade. What about other countries?
Could it be that Dongting's map really is a treasure map? And what about Nantai and Xiteng's?
Or perhaps, all four countries are made of Pangu jade?
Prince Chen felt completely bewildered; what was all this about?
Lu Baichuan remained silent, his face somber, seemingly lost in thought.
"So what should we do now?"
Prince Chen was getting anxious. He had thought that Dongting only wanted to disrupt the court and take advantage of the situation, but he did not expect that their goal was the treasure. If He Jiuniang's guess was true, Dongting's ambitions were not small at all!
"What else can we do? We'll just have to deal with it as it comes. Anyway, the Pangu Jade is still in our own hands."
There will be a slightly slower chapter later, I have a terrible headache, please forgive me, sisters, this symptom is so painful.
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