"I'll help you go back to rest." Di Renjie saw that Shangguan Wan'er was so weak, he frowned, and wanted to help Shangguan Wan'er to the bed to rest, maybe she would be better off this way.

"Don't ......" Shangguan Wan'er shook her head with difficulty, and after she took a deep breath, she slowly looked at Di Renjie.

"Then I'll take you to the doctor right now!" Di Renjie frowned, his palm was slightly forced, and he wanted to pick up Shangguan Wan'er.

"Don't." Shangguan Wan'er shook her head strongly. She is now leaning on Di Renjie's arms, and this warmth through her clothes makes her miss it incomparably.

"Can you talk to me about it?" Shangguan Wan'er hesitated for a few seconds and said in a voice like a gossamer.

Her body is getting weaker and weaker, and she may not live long. She just wants to feel the last warmth before she dies.

Shangguan Wan'er's begging tone and pleading eyes have never appeared. Di Renjie didn't know whether it was out of pity or sympathy, he was moved by Shangguan Wan'er, and nodded gloomily.

Shangguan Wan'er saw Di Renjie nodding, and she seemed to be relieved. Her head tilted slightly, and she leaned into Di Renjie's arms with complete peace of mind.

"You know what? I was born into a noble girl, and you are also a child of a family. But I always felt very different from you. Shangguan Wan'er whispered what she thought in her heart.

"Is it because your family has been wronged that you have been labeled a sinner?" Di Renjie asked cautiously, for fear of touching Shangguan Wan'er's sadness.

"It's not." Shangguan Wan'er denied in a low voice.

"What's that?" This time Di Renjie was puzzled.

"Do you know why the empress chose me among the many lowly maids?" Shangguan Wan'er didn't answer Di Renjie, but opened her mouth to ask another question. Her voice was soft and weak, and her eyes were a little erratic.

"I've heard that it's because you're so eloquent." Di Renjie replied guessily based on the information gathered in his previous impressions.

"Yes and no." Shangguan Wan'er smiled reluctantly, and her face became more and more pale.

"When the Shangguan family was wiped out, I escaped because I was a young girl and was taken into custody in the harem as a lowly slave."

"Life as a slave is naturally not easy, in addition to being bullied by the older palace maids, you also have to do the lowest chores.

Brush the toilet laundry, clean the yard. Even if you count nine cold winters and your hands are frozen into carrots, you can only grit your teeth and work hard.

Because if you don't work, you will be beaten, and you will be whipped until your skin is open. At that time, I was only nine years old.

I have lost all my loved ones, and I have no one to live on, and I live more humilially than ants. ”

Shangguan Wan'er paused when she said this, she shivered unconsciously, her fingers subconsciously felt a biting coldness, and her pale face was full of incomparable vicissitudes and sadness.

"I thought I was going to live this life in such a humble way.

Suddenly, one evening, I heard Yue'er, the maid who lived in the same room as me, showing off to the others. Yue'er said that when she went to help the concubine collect flower dew yesterday evening, she had an adventure!

Yue'er said that she accidentally heard Empress Wu reciting a poem, and the people around her couldn't tell her for a long time.

So she hid behind the flowers and leaves and eavesdropped, so she had the courage to say the following.

Empress Wu asked her through the flowers and leaves, this poem was made by her, and Yue'er replied happily, Yes!

Empress Wu was very satisfied, and said that she would come here again tomorrow, if she could say a poem to her again.

Empress Wu specially recruited her as a clerk and served her in the palace study. ”

Shangguan Wan'er said this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"The sudden promotion from the lowliest maid to the personal maid beside the queen is simply a great promotion, much more advanced than the promotion of female officials.

Yue'er was surrounded by many envious and sycophants, boasting about Yue'er's talent, and Yue'er was also extremely proud.

But no one knew that Yue'er replied to the empress's poem that I wrote. ”

Shangguan Wan'er's proud eyes under her bent eyebrows were full of sadness and grievance.

"That night, Yue'er and I were ordered to clean up the accumulated fallen leaves by the lake.

Yue'er didn't do anything, because she knew that she was about to be promoted to a female officer, and she didn't bother to work with the lowly maids anymore.

I swept alone for a long, long time, and Yue'er just sat on the side and watched.

Later, I asked Yue'er, why did you lie to Queen Wu, the poem was written by her? Obviously I wrote the poem.

Yue'er smiled disapprovingly, she said, "Wan'er, who would know that you wrote it?"

Empress Wu doesn't even know who you are! ”

I was both aggrieved and shocked. I hurriedly said, "But tomorrow Empress Wu will have to confront you with poems, if you can't answer, Empress Wu will definitely find out!" ”

Unexpectedly, Yue'er actually laughed even more unscrupulously.

She said, "Wan'er, I have memorized all the poems you wrote, and if you answer with any one, you will definitely be able to fool the past!"

After tomorrow, I will be the personal female official of the queen's side, and you are still just a lowly slave girl who washes the toilet! ”

I was stunned, angry, I... Reaching out and pushing Yue'er into the lake.

I watched Yue'er flutter and struggle desperately, I watched Yue'er plead helplessly and painfully, and I didn't reach out.

I watched as she sank into the lake until it reached the top of the moon's head.

It was as quiet as if nothing had happened. ”

Shangguan Wan'er said this and stopped.

"And then?"

Di Renjie waited for a long time, and when he saw that Wan'er didn't speak, he finally couldn't help but ask.