Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 1373: Chapter 1358: National Treasure

The box was taken out, but Huo Sining did not immediately open it.

Everyone was eagerly waiting for her to open the treasure chest, but Huo Sining was in no hurry, as if she was deliberately teasing them, she smiled slightly at the crowd and slowly began telling a historical story:

”In the ancient Spring and Autumn Warring States Period of Huaxia, there is such a story.”

”There was a Chu person named Bian He who unexpectedly found a stone in Jing Mountain.”

”Bian He offered this stone to King Chu Li, claiming that there was beautiful jade inside it, so King Chu Li immediately called for a jade expert.”

”Who would have known, the jade expert said that the stone Bian He offered was just a wasteland stone, containing no jade at all.”

”King Chu Li was furious upon hearing this and immediately ordered the soldiers to cut off Bian He’s feet.”

”Later, King Chu Li died, and King Wen of Chu ascended the throne, but he eventually took out a piece of treasure jade from inside the stone Bian He had.”

At this point, Huo Sining paused slightly and continued:

”Anyone well-versed in the history of Huaxia’s Spring and Autumn Warring States should know this story. The treasure jade taken out from the stone is called He’s Bi.”

”That’s right, the He’s Bi mentioned in this story is the same He’s Bi in the story of ’returning the bi intact to Zhao’. During the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, He’s Bi underwent many transfers and finally fell into the hands of Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng.”

”When Qin Shi Huang obtained He’s Bi, he carved it into the Imperial Jade Seal.”

Sakai Ichiro couldn’t help but sneer after hearing this, laughing loudly, ”Miss Huo, you’re spewing so much nonsense, could it be you’re trying to say that your final treasure is your country’s Imperial Jade Seal?”

Sakai Ichiro was not well-learned, but he did know the legend of He’s Bi. The Imperial Jade Seal carved from He’s Bi was lost as early as the end of the Later Tang of the Five Dynasties.

The Huaxia people love to deceive themselves; the so-called Imperial Jade Seal displayed in some museums within Huaxia are actually imitations.

How could something lost for over a thousand years appear without any warning? Isn’t this too ridiculous?

Sakai Ichiro was convinced that Huo Sining was spouting nonsense, so his gaze at her was full of mocking and absurdity.

But what Sakai Ichiro didn’t expect was that after hearing his mocking words, Huo Sining didn’t evade but openly nodded and admitted:

”Mr. Sakai! You’re right, my final treasure is indeed the national treasure of Huaxia Country, the Imperial Jade Seal!”

”Haha, Miss Huo, are you joking? The Imperial Jade Seal, are you trying to deceive the whole world?” Sakai Ichiro laughed exaggeratedly.

Huo Sining lifted her head and looked proudly at Sakai Ichiro, her eyebrows slightly raised, ”What? Mr. Sakai doesn’t believe it?”

With that, Huo Sining slowly extended her hand and carefully opened the sandalwood box, almost without hesitation, she took out a jade seal from the box.

Words of mockery were on the tip of Sakai Ichiro’s tongue, but he choked back on them.

His eyes widened instantly, and he stood there petrified, his gaze fixated on the thing in Huo Sining’s hand.

At that moment, the stage and audience became incredibly silent, and all the spectators both present and watching on television gaped at Huo Sining’s right hand.

At this moment, resting quietly in the palm of this girl’s fair and delicate hand was a jade artifact emitting a fluorescent glow of white and deep green.

This was a true national seal, with a smooth and delicate white body, yet not the usual milky white seen with Hetian Jade; the color seemed very pleasing, with a subtle hint of green integrating into the white. The faint green and white paired harmoniously, giving the whole jade seal a refreshing feel, carrying an indescribable taste.

And at the corners of the jade seal, there was a piece of pale golden metal inlaid within.

According to historical records, when Wang Mang usurped Han, he sent people to his aunt, Empress Dowager Xiaoyuan of Han Wang Zhengjun, to demand the Imperial Jade Seal. At that time, Wang Zhengjun was furious and smashed the jade seal on the ground, causing a corner of the Imperial Jade Seal to chip, later repaired with gold, leaving a flaw in the Imperial Jade Seal.

The jade seal in front of them perfectly matched the historical record. The piece of gold used to repair the corner of the jade seal was not pure gold but an alloy.

As for how this alloy was forged at the time, and what metals were fused within, it remains unknown.

However, what surprised everyone was that the gold used to repair the jade seal was almost perfectly fused with the jade seal itself, so much so that it seemed naturally born on the seal, leaving no signs of repair.

On the bottom of the jade seal, the eight bird and insect script characters ”Mandate of Heaven, Longevity and Eternal Prosperity” were engraved.

Under the exhibition lights, the jade seal seemed to carry a pale bluish-white aura visible to the naked eye.

The entire body of the jade seal exuded a captivating radiance, seeming sacred and inviolable, even Huo Sining holding the jade seal was complemented to appear as dignified as an ancient empress.

Holding the jade seal in hand, even having already experienced the brilliance and magnificence of this national treasure, Huo Sining’s heart couldn’t help but tremble slightly at this moment.

It is said that He’s Bi is truly beautiful jade, and upon first seeing this jade seal, Huo Sining knew the legend was not fabricated.

The quality of the jade in this seal was very perfect; the whole piece of Lantian Jade showed no trace of impurities, and if there was a species to compare, only the dragon stone species jadeite could rival it.

This is the true national treasure, a symbol of the emperor’s identity and dignity!

”This is real, the genuine Imperial Jade Seal!”

Elder Zhu stood up excitedly, his whole body trembling, his eyes instantly brimming with mist.

In a matter of moments, everyone in the Huaxia delegation stood up involuntarily, over half of them with tears in their eyes, staring at the national seal in Huo Sining’s hands with devout, worshipful eyes.

At such a heart-stirring moment, anyone present would find it hard to control their emotions. Anyone who personally experienced and witnessed this moment would remember this scene for a lifetime.

The foreign collectors in the audience forgot to breathe, each holding their breath in fear of disturbing the spirit before them.

Millions of Chinese people in front of televisions tightly covered their mouths, their eyes gazing excitedly at the bluish-white jade seal.

After thousands of years of turnarounds, it finally settled, this legendary national seal finally returned to the homeland of Huaxia Country!

Faced with it, any language is pale and powerless; all that’s needed is to watch with your heart, to listen.

The domestic internet halted its madness and clamor. Forums, web pages, even major portal websites, not a single person was speaking, everyone silently watching, anticipating.