Waved a finger: "You donāt understand."
Nenya: "???
After finishing dinner, Ye Muyu washed up and returned to the room.
Chu Heng was sitting on the soft couch, browsing through some documents.
Ye Muyu walked over, took out the book on the Southern Border that she read in the afternoon, and said to him, "The Elder Princess sent books to the residence as a token of thanks and included the medical texts from the Southern Border."
"Iāve heard about this. Thereās been no movement from the post station, and the Saintess seems entirely focused on finding the former Saintess, which is quite unusual." Chu Heng handed her a letter.
Ye Muyu looked at him puzzled. Chu Heng nodded, and only then did she gently open it. After reading it, she roughly understood the value of the former Saintessās existence in the Southern Border.
The Southern Border Saintess possessed an invaluable treasure that she took with her when she left the Southern Border. No one knows where it is now, and the Southern Border has been searching for the former Saintess for years. Recently, some news has led them to the capital, and they are not even worried about the Great Chu Dynastyās intervention. They are willing to pay a price to negotiate conditions with Great Chu, just to find the remains of the former Saintess.
It shows just how important what the former Saintess took is to the Southern Border.
By acting this way, they are essentially putting leverage in Great Chuās hands. After all, this is the capital, and Southern Border is renowned for its poison use ā they do not have the upper hand here.
Placing themselves in such a precarious position suggests that the Southern Border has only this one opportunity and is willing to sacrifice so much to find the former Saintess.
Only when the gain outweighs the sacrifice does such madness occur.
As for the small movements between the Chu family and the Elder Princess, itās merely perceived as the two families getting along, Ye Muyuās love for books, and rumors of her having some medical skills.
"Well, Iāll continue my research. In fact, the content is quite fascinating, but itās mostly about Gu techniques." Ye Muyu lightly summarized the bookās content. Some parts were so strange that they couldnāt be explained scientifically. She couldnāt even understand what some of the medicinal herbs precisely were, though she had some vague suspicions, which gave her an uneasy feeling.
The various Gu insects can be explained since the Southern Border is full of rats, snakes, and insects, but there are some terms that hint at something even more sinister.
Chu Heng picked up the book she transcribed in the traditional script of Great Chu and started reading slowly.
Ye Muyu did not rush and continued to work on the Southern Border book, copying it meticulously. Her translation speed wasnāt fast, but it was adequate.
About two quarters of an hour later, Chu Heng finished reading.
"These books could be useful, but they still canāt solve the Young Princeās illness."
Ye Muyu nodded, her fingers stained with inks. She paused to massage her wrist: "Yes, I agree. However, thereās still a portion left. Iāll wait until Iāve translated it all. Perhaps there will be something useful further down."
The Elder Princess could directly seek out the Saintess of the Southern Border, but now is not the time. Otherwise, these books she recovered would be in vain unless she has no other choice.
Chu Heng placed the books neatly to the side.
"Do you want to take a break?" he asked with concern.
Ye Muyu shook her head: "Iām fine; itās not time to rest yet. Oh, in about a month, my second brotherās family will arrive in the capital. I will then start preparing for the auction."