PDLP Chapter 213 Proclamation to Borrow Xia Dan from the Turks
Chapter 213 Proclamation to Borrow Xia Dan from the Turks
"Great Khan, look!" the guards outside the tent screamed in terror. The twenty cartloads of Shu brocade demanded by the Xiadan were spontaneously combusting, the flames spelling out a map of the ancient battlefield in the northern desert in the night sky!
Even more terrifying, within the ashes of each piece of charred fabric, huddled a bruised-eyed Xia Dan clad in armor from a previous dynasty…
On the very night Xia Dan married into the Turkic tribe, a harbinger of doom appeared! As Xia Dan was applying the fashionable floral makeup of Chang'an in front of the mirror, the military horses she had seized through her ex-husband's betrayal suddenly went on a hunger strike. How could she, so foolish, notice that the Yinshan Ancient Road map etched on the back of the bronze mirror was getting hot? She was also unaware that the peony patterns inlaid with Tibetan amber were actually the key to the secret treasure vault of the pear tree.
"Report! The new Khan has joined forces with the Nine Tiele Tribes to rebel!"
When the messenger burst in, Xia Dan screamed and knocked over her rouge box. Vermilion splattered onto the peacock feather cloak she had forcibly obtained, and the feathers stood up as if alive, binding her like a lamb about to be sacrificed.
Suddenly, a fierce wind arose outside the tent, and the ashes of the burned Shu brocade reformed into the illusory image of the Empress, her fingertips pointing directly at the "flower mark" between Xia Dan's eyebrows—in reality, a cursed red birthmark planted by a shaman from the northern desert eighty years ago.
"So it was you...you jinx!" The East Turkestan Wolf King coughed up blood, spitting it all over her face, causing the Eastern pearls in Xia Dan's hair to flake off. The pearls rolled across the blood-stained five-element sash, piecing together the complete "Proclamation to Borrow Xia Dan from the Turks!" on the felt carpet.
As Qiu Rongmu's arrow pierced through the tent, the last three pearls suddenly exploded, and Li Longji's cold smile appeared in the flying dust.
The moment the gilded poisonous flowers on the cliff shattered into dust, the ashes of the Lingyan Pavilion in Chang'an swirled without wind. A palace servant heard the Empress's laughter rising from the ashes: "Xia Dan, oh Xia Dan, your twelve-piece robe, once sculpted, has become a shroud!!"
Little Si had a flash of inspiration:
“Ah, I remember now! Back in the Great Cage era, when I was still Mei Xiaosi, wielding great power, that brat East Turkestan Wolf King, trying to curry favor with the powerful, proposed to me: ‘Can I become your adopted son? And while I’m at it, I’ll betroth my daughter to your son.’”
I remember Zhang Jianzhi immediately retorted: "Where is there a precedent for an emperor marrying a princess from a foreign tribe? Since ancient times, it has always been the Central Plains dynasties that have sent their princesses to marry foreign rulers! But that East Turkestan wolf king is ambitious and insatiable..."
Zi'an echoed: "Yes, he demanded the surrendered people of six states, vast lands, agricultural tools, and precious seeds."
Xiao Si narrowed his eyes: "At first I refused, but the East Turkestan Wolf King kept pressuring me, so I had no choice but to agree and sent a prince to marry him. Unexpectedly, the East Turkestan Wolf King discovered that the prince was not a member of my royal family and detained him in anger."
The East Turkestan Wolf King indeed launched an attack on the Great Cage Kingdom, seizing a large area of land. Mei Xiaosi had no choice but to send Yu Zhanmo's force to fight back. Although the East Turkestan Wolf King eventually retreated, he buried tens of thousands of prisoners alive and plundered a large amount of supplies.
The Wolf King of the East Turkestan kept harassing the Great Cage Kingdom, seizing horses and land, which gave Mei Xiaosi a terrible headache.
Zi'an added: "Later, Xiao Si traveled through time again. The Great Cage Kingdom had a new emperor, and the East Turkestan Wolf King began attacking several major prefectures and counties, plundering tens of thousands of horses. At that time, the Cage Kingdom built three cities on the north bank of the Yellow River in an attempt to block the East Turkestan Wolf King's invasion, but the East Turkestan Wolf King still came to cause trouble from time to time, joining forces with the Tubo to become a major threat to the Great Cage Kingdom."
"and after?"
"The Wolf King of the Eastern Turks once again proposed marriage to the Kingdom of Cage, but failed. Moreover, in his later years, he was too harsh on his subordinates, which caused many tribes to scatter, and even his relatives and friends flocked to the Kingdom of Cage."
When the East Turkestan Wolf King attacked other tribes, he was killed by an ordinary cavalryman due to underestimating his enemy. Little did he know that this cavalryman was none other than Qiu Rongmu!