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#159 - Mongol 1: The Blood Clot

The History of China

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The Secret History of Huylun Yessigay

Huylun Yessigay could not even offer a prospective husband material wealth nor meaningful familial connections. By the following spring therefore, the ruling Taichiyud clan decided that Huylun's other widow and their seven children were too many useless mouths to feed. This was a message passed to the family in a traditional way the Mongols symbolized their relationship ties with food.

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