Marrying a concubine and swallowing her dowry? The mistress turns around and marries a high-ranking

Chapter 436

Chapter 436

Shen Lingjun started by looking on the shelf labeled with brief histories of various prominent families in Kyoto.

Because the mistress spoke with a pure Kyoto accent, she was most likely from Kyoto. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that she came to Kyoto from elsewhere as a child and grew up in Kyoto.

Shen Lingjun quickly flipped through several files and suddenly saw a very familiar word.

The Azure Phoenix Army.

The army commanded by Mo Zhonggui's mother?

Shen Lingjun was suddenly startled and stopped abruptly. He flipped to the next few pages and started reading from the beginning.

According to the records, forty or fifty years ago, the relationship between the Northern Yi and the Western Qi was very friendly. The two countries had close trade relations, a high degree of population mobility, and intermarriage was common.

There was a wealthy merchant family surnamed Xie in Kyoto who moved his entire family to Western Qi for business reasons and later settled there.

What allowed the Xie family to occupy a place in history was mainly Xie Qingmo, the youngest daughter of the Xie family.

Born into a merchant family, she was free-spirited and unrestrained. From a young age, she roamed the martial arts world, making many friends and possessing exceptional martial arts skills.

Later, the Western Qi faced internal and external troubles. In this chaotic world, Xie Qingmo, a woman who had not yet reached marriageable age, joined the army.

She was a genius in military campaigns, achieving numerous military exploits and becoming the first female general of Western Qi within just a few years.

The Xie family rose to prominence in Western Qi because of her, and was granted the title of Imperial Merchants. Their business empire was vast, making them incredibly wealthy.

Xie Qingmo's two younger brothers both joined the army and achieved remarkable results.

With the Xie family's financial backing and ample supplies for the army, Xie Qingmo became increasingly invincible on the battlefield, even cultivating her own elite army called the Azure Phoenix Army.

In short, the whole family was in high spirits.

At the same time, Xie Qingmo also formed a bond with Huo Tingsheng, the fourth prince of Western Qi, on the battlefield.

Huo Tingsheng came from a humble background; his birth mother was merely a palace maid, and she held little influence within the Western Qi royal family at the time. Therefore, the royal family did not require the principal wife to be from a high-ranking or powerful family. Xie Qingmo was thus able to marry into the Fourth Prince's household and become the Fourth Prince's consort.

The case file ends here; there is no further information.

Shen Lingjun glanced at the date the file was written; it was nearly thirty years ago.

She closed the file and fell into deep thought.

So this is the origin of Mo Zhonggui's maternal clan.

No wonder he fled from Western Qi to Northern Yi, settled down there, and became the head of the Eastern Depot.

This is the homeland of his maternal clan, the Xie family. His mother, Xie Qingmo, was born into the Northern Yi people, so he is naturally considered half a Northern Yi person as well.

According to the records here, could Mo Chonggui be the child of Xie Qingmo and Huo Tingsheng, the fourth prince of Xiqi?

Wait... The current emperor of Western Qi is Huo Tingsheng.

As Huo Tingsheng's principal wife, Xie Qingmo should have been made empress after Huo Tingsheng ascended the throne.

But the current Empress of Western Qi is someone else. Xie Qingmo and her Qingluan Army, and even the entire Xie family, have been erased from the history of Western Qi, as if they had never existed.

Shen Lingjun felt that she should investigate this hidden history again.

However, the information available to Bei Yi is limited, and it's unlikely that she'll travel to Xi Qi for this. She can only wait and see if there are any other opportunities.

Shen Lingjun put the file back, and as soon as she turned around, she almost bumped into a broad chest.

A familiar, aggressive aura swept over her, enveloping her completely.

Shen Lingjun suddenly looked up.

It's Mo Chonggui!