Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect-Chapter 966 - 497: Jade (2)

Usually, only the latest version of the jade discs will be worn closely by the person, as for those old versions, naturally, they can’t be thrown anywhere, they must wait until burial to be buried together, normally stored in the treasure house, but now, in the rush to flee, a pile of jade discs stacked like pans is heaped together, isn’t that just piled up like a mountain.

Search for them, damn it...

Tie Dan can only pick up the jade discs one by one to look at, helping the Immortal Palace to sort them into categories, feeling extremely annoyed, but still biting his teeth and working for the sake of two million pounds of Immortal Silk. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Besides, he is worried that these monsters are inexplicable, unable to explore with Divine Sense, afraid of missing them, he can only bring them to his eyes to look at, examining carefully, calculating thoroughly, so in searching for half a day, he couldn’t even find a shadow. He ended up memorizing plenty of birth dates of various princes, clan wives, immortal queens, and empresses instead...

On the upside, Tie Dan actually figured out a pattern.

The ones selected as the Four Queens and Eight Concubines must not only be noble daughters from aristocratic families but it seems their birth dates have a pattern. Almost inevitably, there’s a natural phenomenon before their birth, usually something like meteors, auroras, meteor showers. Although inevitably suspicious of being a subsidiary of auspicious omens. But indeed, there’s a substantial possibility that the company sends down a satellite to seize the body, directly replacing the person.

Moreover, those company activities to descend and seize bodies must select noble families or dukes, marry daughters into the Immortal Palace, manipulate the Immortal Palace from behind the scenes, controlling the custom script’s direction. Over time, descents from the Star Official became a customary Heavenly Destiny, no wonder those stargazers and fortune tellers figured out the pattern, knowing who might have a Phoenix Auspicious Sign, Emperor’s Fate.

But let’s get back to the ’monster’ jade disc, what’s going on?

The department head mentioned it was brought in as dowry when concubines from Outer Territory married into the palace, yet there was no chance to get hands-on. There are indeed many combat eunuchs in Ziwei Constellation, even Tie Dan finds it troublesome. But if it was determined to be a ’monster’ before entering the palace? Could it not have been found out during the inspection into the treasury? Even the company didn’t know?

In short, can ignore relatives, generations of offspring can ignore, updates after concubines birth can also be ignored, just pay attention to before entering the palace, and those with a prominent family background, worthy of Jade discs like six auspicious rituals those daughters of dukes will do.

Moreover, this generation’s stamp Immortal Emperor hasn’t yet married, the Four Queens and Eight Concubines slots haven’t been used, so this ’monster’ jade disc should have been brought into the palace by concubines from the previous generation.

And since the jade disc remains in the palace without burial, it suggests those concubines haven’t died, or due to various reasons, died unjustly, without qualification for burial with Emperor’s rites among the Imperial Mausoleum...

Thus narrowing the target further, Tie Dan also refines the focus down to three women.

Empress Dowager Liang, dependent on brother’s power, monopolizing holy favor, extravagant beyond measure, resentful and jealous, strongly killing eunuchs, slaughtering the harem, secretly harming princes. Dethroned, executed nine clans, imprisoned in the cold palace, died resentfully, and deprived of her tomb.

Empress Dowager Deng, temperamental, unpredictable, proud of her favor, narcissistic like crazy, secretly using witchcraft, cursing Emperor, drunkenly rampaging. Dethroned, family exterminated, pressed into a violent room, forced suicide, buried in Beimang.

Empress Dowager Dou, jealous and cruel, arbitrarily authoritarian, trusting treacherous eunuchs, misusing female officials, and chaos the world, harboring resentment, slandering Beichen. Dethroned, entire clan exiled, moved to Southern Palace, died from depression, exposed corpse on the market.

Wow, the harem struggle, so intense...

Though the three of them had miserable endings, having their clans exterminated, after all, they were the Empresses legitimately married by the previous generation’s Immortal Emperor, with prominent family backgrounds, even traceable to the era of Immortal Venerable as meritorious ministers, with protégés and followers all over the realm.

Therefore, even if the struggle failed, they haven’t been completely erased from clan records, still can unearth plenty of Jade Pendants, seeing their radiant glory controlling the universe from fragmented records of the past.

Unfortunately, the struggles in the Ziwei Constellation back then was so fierce, Empresses themselves couldn’t end well, families with slightly lesser backgrounds, or those concubines and ladies who served merely by beauty found it even harder to protect themselves in these tempestuous court struggles.

It’s either swallowing gold, drinking poison, or hanging heads and piercing ribs, even those pregnant barely survived, basically all slaughtered completely, exterminated the entire family, clan records mostly destroyed and scattered, many unable to even leave their names.

Ultimately, among the previous generation’s Four Queens and Eight Concubines, only the Empress Dowager from the Wang Family laughed last, although she mysteriously met a violent death at the end, anyway, her title was recognized as a principal palace empress and buried in the Imperial Mausoleum, completed her achievement. Now she probably already took a pile of Jade discs with her report, returned to the stars, and handed over her duty.

So naturally, the court’s new round of struggle also starts, southern and northern families, all send daughters and granddaughters into Jiangdu, competing for the new round’s Four Queens and Eight Concubines slots, seizing this opportunity to control the regime, re-divide factions, partition the world’s interests. No wonder when Xiao Baoqin entered the city, no one dared to stop her, because if they unintentionally offend the future twelve people, wouldn’t that be severe? Do nine clans want to survive or not??

Of course, even once chosen as a Four Queens and Eight Concubines is merely considered entering the door, gaining an entry qualification, look at these dethroned empresses’ tragic states, surely shows the main competition has just begun.

What’s more, there’s Boss Shi sweeping from the north with mighty momentum. So noble families must also consider whether to hedge their bets, preparing a few daughters for the Heavenly King Dragon Palace’s competition...

Eh fumbled too far, anyway based on Tie Dan’s set of analysis, this ’monster jade disc’ is probably brought into the palace by those three dethroned empresses, and if there’s really something ’monster’, it should be visible from daily behaviors.

But after all, they’re all ’dethroned’ ones, records don’t have a single good word, making three failed fighters appear unlike normal people. It’s hard to tell which is inherently mentally ill, and who became increasingly consumed by power causing a worsening of illness.

In short, Tie Dan tentatively picks out their jade discs, piece by piece, thinking if truly indistinguishable, just directly pack them up, send them all to the company.

Yet you never think, indeed you never think. While feeling the discs one by one, Tie Dan actually felt one out.

This jade disc is unusual.

Although ordinary people can’t see it, Tie Dan’s Qi Breath perception and Divine Sense exploration are exceedingly sharp, lifting the dragon pattern jade disc, with Divine Light in his eyes shining on it. He instantly sees through it.

Although this jade disc appears exquisitely flawless on the surface, it was actually broken before and then repaired.

No, it wasn’t carelessly shattered, it was meticulously cleanly cut into two segments, then rejoined ingeniously with matching-colored jade material, fully restored.

Though the jade color is carefully selected, extremely difficult for the naked eye to distinguish. But under Tie Dan’s fiery discerning eyes, Divine Sense exploration, detailed investigation, clearly feeling the minute differences in density of jade material on both ends of the cut.

That’s it, this jade disc, approximately a third of the material has been replaced.