100 million walk alone

Chapter 296 Shangguan Wan'er
Hongluan City, the imperial city of the Shenzhou Empire, is commonly known as the imperial capital.

In the huge palace complex, there is a palace called Mingyue Palace.

There was a strange young woman in the Mingyue Palace. She was dressed in palace clothes, but her hair style was that of a cultivator star. She looked as if she had been forced to serve as an imperial woman.

She was reading a "General History of China" and her mood was very unstable. Sometimes she was immersed in thinking, and sometimes she stamped her feet angrily.

When she stamped her feet, there was an uproar in her chest.

Her name is Lei Xuanran, and she comes from another world.

After being sent to Mingyue Palace for more than 20 days, Lei Xuanran's daily routine is reading. Her understanding of the Chinese Empire is deeper than that of Pei Zhenren.

She has thought about escaping countless times, but there is a problem. There are many masters in the palace, and the guards patrolling are all four realms masters. It is said that the leader of the guards is at the fifth level of divine transformation.

As a weak woman in the second-level dharma body realm, Lei Xuanran could only say one thing every time he saw those guards: Sorry for disturbing you.

Once upon a time, Lei Xuanran, who was ranked among the top three in the Dharma Ranking, thought that he could be considered a leader among the younger generation.

Ever since she arrived at this palace, she felt like she was nothing.

Several times she accidentally discovered that the two palace maids who served her had higher cultivation levels than her, and were at least in the third-level Dan Realm realm.

The two maids nominally served her, but were actually supervising her. They required her to read a book every day and gain a deep understanding of the history of the empire.

Every seven or eight days, the Jade Sword Immortal, who was deeply trusted by the Empress, would come for a surprise inspection.

At first, Lei Xuanran, like Pei Yin, thought that the Jade Sword Immortal had some unavoidable reasons and was forced to serve the empress.As time passed, she realized something was wrong. Jade Sword Immortal seemed more determined to run errands for the empress.

This afternoon, there was another surprise inspection.

"My servant pays homage to Master Jade."

The two palace maids were frightened and knelt down to pay their respects to a female official.

The visitor has a natural beauty, skin like jade, and temperament as gentle as jade, giving people a very comfortable affinity.

This Lord Jade is the Jade Sword Immortal from another world.

"You go down."

The Jade Sword Immortal waved away the two maids.

The same scene happened half a month ago. At that time, Lei Xuanran was secretly excited, thinking that Jade Sword Fairy was going to have some private words with her and help her escape. As a result, she was criticized and educated.

Now, Lei Xuanran had given up hope and glanced coldly at her Tang compatriots.

Jade Sword Immortal walked over and sat on the main seat, and said slowly: "The 24 History of China, how many have you seen?"

Lei Xuanran replied: "I just finished watching it today."

"What do you think?" Jade Sword Immortal was quite interested in taking a test.

"I don't have any thoughts." Lei Xuanran was very resistant.

"Xuanran, you are no longer a little girl. Don't show this rebellious attitude in front of me." Jade Sword Fairy's face darkened.

"What do you want me to say, to praise how great your empress is?" Lei Xuanran sneered: "History is written by the victors. God knows how true or false it is."

"Of the 24 histories of China, only five involve the current empire. The other nineteen records the ups and downs of this land over the past 5000 years. How can it be so miserable in your eyes?" Jade Sword Immortal was greatly disappointed.

"This is not my country, or even the world where I was born and raised. I have no interest in knowing the history of this world."

Lei Xuanran was talking the truth and suddenly changed the topic: "If you insist on talking about history with me, there is a historical story that I would like to talk to you about."

Jade Sword Immortal became a little more interested: "Okay, you tell me."

"The Tang Dynasty in our world is also called the New Tang Kingdom."

"As early as more than 1000 years ago, there was the Old Tang Dynasty, which was also the prosperous Tang Dynasty that ushered in the coming of all nations."

"In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there was a prime minister named Shangguan Yi. He saw that the queen Wu Zetian had bad intentions, so he made a petition to depose the queen, but Wu Zetian took advantage of her."

"Shangguan's family was also implicated, and everyone in the clan was convicted because of Shangguan Yi."

"Shangguanyi has a granddaughter who has been with her mother since she was a child. Not only did this girl not avenge her grandfather, she instead worked for the enemy. She was reused by Wu Zetian and became a popular person around the empress. She was very famous for a while."

"Her name is Shangguan Wan'er."

When Lei Xuanran said this, he looked directly into the other person's eyes: "Senior Jade Sword Immortal, you like history so much, do you also want to be Shangguan Wan'er?"

Jade Sword Fairy was very calm: "You don't need to be weird, I am different from her."

Lei Xuanran asked: "What's the difference?"

Jade Sword Fairy actually answered seriously: "Your Majesty is not my enemy, she is kind to me."

Lei Xuanran blurted out: "So you are helping the emperor to deal with your compatriots? Do you know that Pei Yin's whole family are your fans? When I was in middle school, I heard him say that his parents like you the most. He I have always regarded you as a fairy sister." Jade Sword Immortal said coldly: "Pei Yin killed the spiritual beast guarding the portal, and his crime is unpardonable."

"Nonsense!" Lei Xuanran was furious: "I was at the scene at the time. We hid far away, but the one-horned black python refused to let us go. It spewed venom and chased us. According to you According to this logic, if the one-horned black python killed us, we deserved the misfortune, but if we killed the beast instead, it was a heinous crime?"

Jade Sword Immortal disagreed: "You know better than me how many times Pei Yin has offended the empress, so why bother making excuses."

Lei Xuanran was angry: "I only know that Pei Yin dragged me to escape, and it was your Majesty who pursued me so hard that the farce happened later."

"Xuanran, you are too young and have experienced too little."

Jade Sword Immortal sighed softly: "Once things in the world are contaminated with cause and effect, it is often impossible to tell right from wrong."

Lei Xuanran said angrily: "Stop playing riddles with me. Where did you take Pei Yin?"

Jade Sword Immortal had been waiting for these words. After holding on for a long time, the other party couldn't help asking the topic she wanted to ask the most. She instantly took the initiative: "If you want to know the whereabouts of Pei Yin, you need to read the Chinese classics and learn about the palace. etiquette."

"What's the use of learning these things? What do you want me to do?" Lei Xuanran knew that this was a bargain, and she needed to pay a lot to be qualified to get an answer.

Jade Sword Fairy showed off his cards: "You need to take over from me and serve as a female officer."

Lei Xuanran was stunned: "You want me to take your place? Are you crazy?"

Jade Sword Immortal said calmly: "Maybe, I'm going to Beiju Luzhou, and I won't be able to come back for a long time."

Lei Xuanran said he couldn't understand: "Historical books say that the empress has eight generals under her command, and there are thousands of masters at her disposal. Why did you choose me to be a female official?"

Jade Sword Immortal replied: "This is not something I should inquire about. Since His Majesty has chosen you, it has deep meaning. Remember, the first rule of being a female official is, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

Lei Xuanran still had the last bit of stubbornness: "No, if you don't speak clearly, I would rather die!"

Just as Jade Sword Fairy was about to speak, a domineering girl's voice suddenly came from the wind: "Well, I'm in a good mood today and let this girl live her life in vain. Yu'er, bring her to the Royal Garden."

"According to the order."

After the Jade Sword Immortal finished speaking, he grabbed Lei Xuanran and flew into the sky.

When they arrived at the Imperial Garden, Lei Xuanran saw the empress in red, standing by the pool, seemingly admiring Yu'er in the water.

"Come and have a look."

After Empress Hong Ling said these four words, Jade Sword Immortal led Lei Xuanran to the edge of the pool.

Lei Xuanran looked down and saw a few ornamental fish occasionally swimming in the pool, but there was nothing surprising about them.

She was wondering when her pupils suddenly shrank.

The calm water surface suddenly turned into a projection screen.

She saw a crack in space, and a God's perspective appeared in the crack, extending to the world inside the crack.

It was a large hall, and three women joined forces to fight a witch with cat ears, and the sky was dark.

Then, a split screen appeared on the surface of the pool.

On another screen, a dungeon appeared.

The man who regained his original form in the dungeon was naked and lying on the ground dying.

His lips were chapped, his eyes were lifeless, and he looked like he might die at any moment.

On the ground next to the man, a flying sword broken into two pieces fell.

It's hard for Lei Xuanran not to recognize the naked man, and it's also hard not to recognize the sword.

Her thunder eyes can penetrate the fog and see the illusion clearly.

At this moment, she was very sure that the scene in front of her was definitely not an illusion deliberately created by the empress to scare her.

"He...what did you do to him?"

Lei Xuanran's voice was trembling, and there were tears in his eyes.

"It's not what I did to him. You have to ask the witch what she did to him."

The Hong Ling Empress spoke slowly, looking at the pool screen projection with great interest.

Seeing Master Pei's miserable appearance, the empress was somewhat gloating.

Lei Xuanran suddenly realized: "What do you need me to do before you are willing to save him?"

Empress Hong Ling expressed her satisfaction: "You are smart and your brain works very fast. Yu'er has already made it very clear what I want you to do."

Lei Xuanran gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground: "You... Your Majesty, I am willing to serve, please save him first."

(End of this chapter)