[Wu Zetian colleagues] Wu Lingchun

No one explained to Wan'er what special day "the eighth day of the next month" is.

Empress Wu couldn't explain it to her, and Xue Jieyu didn't explain it to her either.

Wan'er knew that the reason why that day was special was not because it was her birthday——

Coincidentally, her birthday in her previous life and Shangguan Wan'er's birthday in this life are actually the same day.

Perhaps this should not be said to be a coincidence, but an inevitability in the dark.

Maybe it was because of this special birthday that she and Shangguan Wan'er were tied together.

When Wan'er was kneeling on the ground to be punished, these thoughts were spinning in her head.

In this way, two hours passed quickly.

At the beginning, Xue Jieyu was still here with her.

Wan'er couldn't bear it, so she asked the old man to rest instead of being with her.

Xue Jieyu stood for a while, stared at the portrait above the incense case for a while, and then left hesitantly.

From the beginning to the end, she never said to Wan'er, "Don't kneel down" or "Don't listen to Empress Wu's punishment", and Wan'er didn't think about it either.

On this point, Wan'er and Xue Jieyu have a very tacit understanding: Empress Wu is very scheming, she punished Wan'er to kneel on her front foot, how could she know that she would not quietly send someone to watch over the execution?

Originally, it was just a matter that could be solved by kneeling for two hours, so why bother with it?

Wan'er doesn't blame Xue Jieyu, she understands Xue Jieyu's difficulty.

Wan'er really felt that she was still young, and her body was always free from illness and disaster, so she definitely wouldn't be fine just because she knelt for two hours.

It's a big deal. Afterwards, apply hot water to the knees and keep it for a few days, and it will be fine.

These are not big things, what bothers Wan'er at this moment is the emptiness and silence around her.

The sun gradually slanted westward, taking away the warm sunshine.

The shadow of the sun elongated, making Wan'er's figure kneeling on the ground three times longer out of thin air.

As the warmth faded away, the chilly air took over, and occasionally, there would be small balls of dust wrapped around Wan'er's skirt.

Wan'er's knee also went from being sore to numb, and it was already slightly tingling at this moment.

About... half an hour?

Wan'er thought about the time.

Gotta do something to beat the boredom, right?

Wan'er licked her dry and dehydrated lips, and she raised her head after gaining courage, her eyes fixed on the painting scroll on the incense table.

You know, when people are alone, their hearts are extremely vulnerable.

Especially since Wan'er is still in such a quiet place at the moment.

With Empress Wu's behavior of burning incense and praying before, Wan'er subconsciously regarded the person enshrined on the incense table as a certain god.

She herself does not believe in gods and Buddhas, but in such an environment, reason abdicates and sensibility dominates, which inevitably adds a bit of superstition.

This also caused Wan'er to not dare to look directly at the scroll.

Now, when she looked carefully at the characters on the scroll, Wan'er was immediately attracted by the face of the woman in the painting——

It's not because of how beautiful this woman is, nor is it because of how magnificent this woman is.

With Empress Wu's jewels in front of her, Wan'er really felt that the beauty and charm of women in this world were all eclipsed.

Wan'er was attracted by a certain feature on that woman's face: the woman in the painting turned out to be the same as her, with a cinnabar mole in the middle of her eyebrows!

When she realized this, Wan'er was stunned for a moment.

Then he involuntarily leaned forward, staring at it carefully again.

This time, she can be sure that this woman does have a cinnabar mole.

A strange feeling crossed Wan'er's heart, she always felt that the meaning of this mole was very unusual.

And the first thing she thought of was when she was young, when she saw Empress Wu for the first time, Empress Wu almost rubbed her face.

If Xu Jieyu hadn't stopped her at that time, Empress Wu might have wanted to...touch her brow?

At this time, Wan'er recalled the past six years ago, and suddenly realized that the tiny details at that time, thinking about it now, are really frightening——

Therefore, Empress Wu and Xu Jieyu both knew, or wanted to know, whether she had a cinnabar mole between her eyebrows?

Empress Wu, is she looking for this cinnabar mole?

It could be for something else, too.

So why?

Wan'er's gaze was glued to the face of the woman on the scroll.

This woman, who is she?

And why does she have the same cinnabar mole as herself?

Wan'er really wanted to ask the person in the painting: Is there any connection between me and you?What is the connection?

Of course, it is impossible for the person in the painting to give Wan'er an answer, and no one can give Wan'er an answer.

Even Xue Jieyu did not tell Wan'er who the woman in the painting was.

Maybe Xue Jieyu forgot to tell Wan'er at all, maybe Xue Jieyu didn't want Wan'er to know at all.In short, Wan'er can only temporarily bury this matter deeply in her heart.

However, she didn't have much time to think about these things, or other things—

Xue Jieyu didn't become her master for nothing, she only gave Wan'er a day to move to live in Jing'an Palace.

In other words, Wan'er's diet, daily life, reading and writing, etc. will all be carried out in Jing'an Palace.

Wan'er actually has no special feelings about this matter.

It is a good thing to study with Xue Jieyu, in order to gain a foothold in the palace in the future, and to live a good life without relying on others.

Master Guo in the palace school didn't have any objections either, and even dispatched two small eunuchs to help her bring a box of paper, pens, inkstones and other things, as if she was useless in Jing'an Palace.

Wan'er is naturally very grateful to him, and she will never be stingy with gratitude and repaying people who treat her well.

Only Mrs. Zheng, after listening to Wan'er's experience in Jing'an Palace, especially after dealing with Empress Wu, couldn't sleep all night.

Wan'er understands her motherly heart.

It is precisely because of understanding that she took the trouble to explain to her mother that this is a good thing.

In the end, although there was no consolation, the mother was very relieved, but at least Zheng Shi was willing to let her go.

Wan'er then settled down in Jing'an Palace.

It was only then that she discovered that Xue Jieyu was not the only one in Jing'an Palace, but two old nuns.

One cooks in the small kitchen of Jing'an Palace, and the other does starch washing for Xue Jieyu.

When Wan'er came, the whole Jing'an Palace became more popular.

She is even more industrious, besides studying and studying, besides helping the two old mothers with their chores, she occasionally cooks a few side dishes to honor Xue Jieyu.

Xue Jieyu was coaxed to like her more and more, and taught her to teach her with all her heart.

Contrary to what Wan'er expected, Xue Jieyu did not teach her to read all kinds of Mingjing books that are popular in this era, such as "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn", etc., nor did she guide her to learn Buddhist scriptures and principles, but listed a few first. Ten books, let her go to the bookcase to find and read.

Wan'er glanced at the book list that a university professor handed over to a graduate student, and was immediately stunned by the title of the book inside——

"Book of Changes" is nothing more than "Lianshan" and "Guitang"?Haven't these two easy books been lost?

Xue Jieyu is planning to train her to be a fortune teller?

The corners of Wan'er's mouth twitched slightly.

And "Mo Zi", "Fan Zi Ji Ran" and "Qi Min Yao Shu"?

Is Xue Jieyu trying to train her to be an economist and agronomist?

Wan'er blinked.

Xue Jieyu seemed to see through her mind, and said quietly: "I don't know the basics of agriculture and business, I don't know what is the foundation of the people and the foundation of the country, and this and that are all empty talk!"

Wan'er understood in seconds: This is called the economic base determines the superstructure!

She had to look up to Xue Jieyu's knowledge more and more.

Such insight, in this era, is so precious!

Wan'er was so full of ambition that she vowed to read all these books thoroughly.

However, things like reading books are often easy to think, but difficult to do in practice.

A month has passed, and Wan'er can barely read "Three Changes".With her intelligence and the accumulation of knowledge in her two lifetimes, she memorized the contents of it.

To be transparent, there are still hundreds of thousands of miles to go!

Wan'er then decided to ask Xue Jieyu for advice on the doubts she wrote down while studying——

Xue Jieyu's education method is, I want you to read it well first, and then she will start to explain it, so that you can understand it thoroughly.

Wan'er thinks so.

The situation of this month has passed very quickly, and Wan'er has lived a very fulfilling life every day.

Seeing, her 14th birthday arrived.

Wan'er thought that she hadn't seen her mother for a long time, and she must spend her birthday with her mother.She planned to ask Xue Jieyu for a reason to ask for leave to see her mother.

Wan'er didn't intend to tell Xue Jieyu about her birthday.

As a disciple, doing this is like waiting for a birthday present from the master, Wan'er feels very sorry.

Unexpectedly, Wan'er hadn't asked for leave yet, so Xue Jieyu gave her the leave first.

"My son's birthday, my mother's hard day. It's not easy for your mother to raise you. Tomorrow morning, you should kowtow to her to thank her for her kindness." Xue Jieyu looked at Wan'er kindly.

Wan'er was stunned: "Sir, do you know my birthday?"

Xue Jieyu nodded with a smile: "When you were just born, your grandfather wrote to me and said to name you 'Wan'er'. I thought it was a good name at the time."

Wan'er was stunned.

Sir and Shangguan... Wan'er's grandfather communicated by letter?

It was the public case in that period of history that caused the husband to be deprived of his title. Was it the correspondence?

Wan'er suddenly thought of something, she hurriedly lowered her eyes, not daring to look at Xue Jieyu——

She thought of when she just crossed over, she was in the courtyard when she woke up.

What about before?

Who was that "Shangguan Wan'er" before?

What about the "Shangguan Wan'er" who was named by Shangguanyi and Xue Jieyu thought it was a good name?

Was it because of her appearance that Shangguan Wan'er... died?

Or, because Shangguan Wan'er died, she had the opportunity to enter this body?

What is the cause and effect of this?

Wan'er thought that she had already adapted to the status of "Shangguan Wan'er", but at this moment, when this very important causal relationship appeared in her mind, she still felt uncomfortable.

She gave birth to the entanglement of whether she became a murderer indirectly.

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Ah Zhao (satisfied): So when you were such a small thing, you were overwhelmed by my beauty and charm.

Wan'er: ...