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.