I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 251: The Mural_1

Chapter 251: Chapter 251: The Mural_1

Wu Qiyi walked up to your side and asked, "Is it you who has been calling for me?"

"Yes." She bowed deeply to Wu Qiyi again, a faint smile on her timelessly beautiful face, "This servant has been presumptuous, I hope the Heavenly Empress will forgive my offense."

"Sister Beauty, who exactly are you? You’re so beautiful, you couldn’t possibly be unknown in history, right?" Nong Xuele added from the side.

Upon hearing this, Xi Yu couldn’t help but smile, saying, "This servant’s appearance is but a faint glow of a grain of rice, how dare I compete with the brilliance of the Heavenly Empress, comparable to the sun and moon?"

Continuing, Xi Yu turned to you and said, "To answer Your Majesty, this servant’s family name is Shangguan, with the courtesy name of Wan’er."

"Shangguan Wan’er?" You were surprised upon hearing this, never having imagined that this historically controversial woman would present herself to you in such a form.

As a girl inherently dealing with poisons, Nong Xuele had a strong immunity to things like animated corpses, seeing the one before her eyes as no different from a living person. She immediately asked, "Sister Shangguan, isn’t it said in history that you were killed due to Emperor Li Longji’s coup? How come you are here?"

Shangguan Wan’er glanced at Nong Xuele, then looked toward you and Wu Qiyi, noting the expressions of doubt in your eyes. She then softly spoke, "I am unaware of the affairs of posterity. When the Empress fell ill, fear and anxiety filled my heart, knowing my years were limited. Hence, I begged the Heavenly Empress to take me into Qian Ling Mausoleum to serve as a Tomb Keeper for her and Your Majesty."

"You’re a Tomb Keeper?"

Before arriving, you remembered your mother mentioning that the one to be most wary of in Qian Ling Mausoleum was the Tomb Keeper, but you had not expected this Tomb Keeper to be Shangguan Wan’er.

"This servant has guarded the Qian Ling Mausoleum for over a thousand years, and now my time is running short. Therefore, I have specifically summoned you both, just to relate the events of a thousand years past," she said.

Saying this, Shangguan Wan’er slowly turned around and walked toward the center of the main hall.

Just now, because of Shangguan Wan’er’s presence, your attention had been solely on her. Now, as she turned, you realized that there was no Dragon Throne or coffin in this main hall, nothing but a wall five meters tall at the very center.

On that wall was painted a mural, a painting over four meters high and at least ten meters long!

"Please follow me," she said.

You and Wu Qiyi followed Shangguan Wan’er to the front of the painting.

As you stood beside Shangguan Wan’er, looking up at the giant painting before you, you suddenly felt as if your eyes were covered by something. In the blink of an eye, you found that your surroundings had changed!

At this moment, you and Wu Qiyi found yourselves standing in a lush, blossoming garden.

The garden was vast, with meandering waterways and flowers in full bloom, filling the air with a rich fragrance.

"Where is this?" Wu Qiyi turned to look at you.

Just as you were about to use your Sen Luo Eye to examine your surroundings, you suddenly noticed a figure appearing on the arch bridge behind you.

As both of you turned to look, Wu Qiyi at your side couldn’t help but gasp, because she saw someone who looked exactly like you! A Gentlemen dressed in Tang Dynasty servant’s attire!

As this person approached where you were, you and Wu Qiyi exchanged a glance. Just when you were about to speak, the Gentlemen suddenly walked briskly forward, passing directly through your bodies.

"Zhinu."

"Wanhui!"

As you turned around, you found that the Gentleman had already embraced a stunning beauty who was dressed in palace attire and bore an uncanny resemblance to Wu Qiyi.

Just as you were surprised by this scene, your position and line of sight suddenly shifted, and in an instant, the couple was in a corner of the garden where a little girl with ox-horn braids was secretly watching the embracing pair from beside a rockery.

You sidled up to the little girl and peered over, but when you clearly saw her face, you couldn’t help but step back half a step, for this tender little face was strikingly similar to that of Zhao’er!

At that moment, little Zhao’er was biting her lip hard, silent tears streaming down...

The scene shifted abruptly, and you now found yourselves standing in a hall where all was silent, everyone eager with anticipation.

Then, two beautiful maids walked out slowly, each holding a long golden silk ribbon, and at the other end of each ribbon was a resplendently dressed, beautiful woman in a gold dress with a gold hairpin. She held a Tang fan in her hand, which covered most of her stunning visage, but even so, it could not conceal her intoxicating beauty.

From the other side of the hall, a handsome man in purple-red brocade robes strode forth; you couldn’t help but scratch your head upon seeing him, for this man looked almost identical to you.

When the two solemnly faced each other and bowed deeply, you and Wu Qiyi beside you couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Both of you watched two people who looked exactly like yourselves go through a Tang Dynasty wedding, naturally feeling an odd sensation in your hearts, as if they were actually you, and you were just watching a video playback.

However, unlike before, this time you could only see the images without hearing any sound.

After the third kowtow, the groom carefully cut a small lock of hair from the bride’s temple, and then the bride did the same. They tangled their hair together and placed it inside an embroidered silk pouch with golden threads.

This ritual, called "hebin," symbolized the unity of the couple’s hearts and a harmonious marriage.

Just as the bride was about to place the silk pouch on the tray to be taken away by the maid, the golden silk pouch suddenly flew up and zoomed towards the main entrance of the hall!

As everyone exclaimed in surprise, the golden pouch landed in the hands of a woman whose figure was balanced and slender, and whose beauty was also unparalleled.

Zhao’er?

Was this Zhao’er?

You squinted, examining the unexpected guest closely.

No, no, not at all.

This wasn’t Zhao’er; it must be Fan Yi!

Although you and Wu Qiyi couldn’t hear what they were saying, from the intense expressions on their faces, it was clear that "Fan Yi" was there to cause trouble. She was crying while pointing at the groom, speaking volumes, while the groom sighed and tried to explain something in return.

The more the groom explained, the more distressed "Fan Yi" became, her pain culminating in a sudden slap aimed at the bride!

In a critical moment, the groom hurriedly stepped in front of the bride, his body shook violently, then he spat out a mouthful of blood.

You and Wu Qiyi had seen such melodramatic scenes many times on television, but witnessing two people who looked exactly like yourselves enact this drama today left you both feeling a touch of sorrow – after all, such an event would trouble anyone who experienced it.

"Fan Yi" tried to support the groom, but was coldly rejected by the bride. The bride, with a solemn face and sharp eyes, said a few words to "Fan Yi." With a fierce swing of her hand, "Fan Yi" stumbled backward several steps, then uttered a harsh phrase before turning and disappearing quickly.

By now, you and Wu Qiyi had come to recognize that the people in these scenes were your past lives; the groom was Emperor Li Zhi, and the bride was Wu Qiyi’s past life, Empress Wu Zhao!

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