[A Side Story in the Style of a Later Forum]
Yang Liuyi: Did you know? I heard some news: the tomb of Emperor Wenxuan has finally been found by archaeologists.
The Nutcracker: Emperor Wenxuan? Is he the emperor with the fewest concubines, but all of them were exceptionally beautiful?
Xiao Hei@: What? How can you talk like that? Wenxuan's achievements are countless, and all you know is about the affairs of the harem?
Nutcracker: That's how it's filmed in TV dramas, why are you getting angry at me?
Clouds in the Wind: TV dramas are artistic creations, how can they be confused with history? Don't you have any judgment of your own?
Nutcracker: I'm not interested in her political achievements, so why should I bother to learn about them?
Xiaohei@: Then shut up. Don't you know that you shouldn't comment without knowing the whole story?
Nutcracker: I'll show you what you can do to me.
45-degree liquor: Okay, you guys stop arguing and keep listening to the original poster.
Yang Liuyi: Actually, there's not much to say. In the past two years, TV dramas about Emperor Wenxuan's harem have become very popular, and many people are paying attention to her love life. Once the tomb is unearthed, there probably won't be much controversy anymore. Judging from the scale of the tombs of the two emperors and empresses, we can know how much she valued them.
Nutcracker: Now you guess, which one, Empress Li or Empress Liu, was Emperor Wenxuan's true love?
Rain and Snow: I'm speechless. Just tell me which of the two emperors you're a fan of, and I can give you a satisfactory answer based on your preferences. LOL, why would you want to find true love in an emperor with three palaces and six courtyards?
Nutcracker: Can't I do what I want? Everyone has feelings and preferences. I think Emperor Wenxuan's true love was Empress Li.
Clouds in the Wind: This truly reveals the truth. If you ask me, how could a woman of Emperor Wenxuan's talent and ambition possibly have any true love? They were merely playthings in the pursuit of power. Go and look through the history books; if she truly loved Empress Li, Empress Liu would never have existed. But if you say she truly loved Empress Liu, then after ascending the throne, she committed the absurd act of having two empresses in one dynasty, turning her husband into mere gossip.
45 Degrees Liquor: That's right. If you ask me, true love doesn't necessarily have to be between these two. In the harem, there is Consort Zhao, who fought alongside her on the battlefield many times, and Consort Qi, the son of a former disgraced official of the Qi Kingdom. If it weren't for her special status, Consort Qi might have been able to become empress.
In the most popular forum, this post in the history section had been debated for thousands of posts. If the administrator hadn't banned it in time, the fans of Emperor Wenxuan's harem would have resorted to personal attacks.
Three days later, the most-watched archaeology program began a special live broadcast.
"Good afternoon, everyone in the live stream. Today, our live stream will take you to explore the mysterious tomb of Emperor Wenxuan. I believe you have been looking forward to this for a long time. Now, let's unveil the mystery."
Upon hearing this, the audience dared not blink, their eyes fixed on the archaeologist's figure.
"Found it! That's the tomb of Emperor Wenxuan himself. Even though so much time has passed, let's take a look and see what's inside this coffin."
Meanwhile, historical forums had already been filled with posts, with many people interested in Emperor Wenxuan flooding the screen.
Yang Liuyi: It's finally here. I've been waiting for this day for so long.
The Nutcracker: Is there a skeleton inside? I wonder if it can recreate Emperor Wenxuan's appearance, so let's see what she had to offer to win the admiration of so many handsome men.
45-degree liquor: What are you thinking? I'm speechless. She was an emperor. Did she need to use her looks to attract men?
Cat Doesn't Sleep: The person upstairs is right. The men in the harem didn't actually love her. They were just fighting for power and status. I don't believe they truly loved Emperor Wenxuan.
"How could this be?"
As the coffin made of Phoebe zhennan wood was opened, everyone present gasped in unison, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.
In the video, as the lid slowly moves, a breathtakingly beautiful face is gradually revealed.
Her forehead was as smooth as mutton fat jade, her eyebrows were shaped like willow leaves, and her eyes were closed. Her nose was pert and her lips were rosy. All of these made it hard to look away.
Xiao Hei@: Hiss! Although I'm a big fan of Emperor Wenxuan's career, this is too much! Isn't this forcing me to become a dream girl?
These words were like a drop of water falling into a hot oil pan; people in the post immediately started flooding the comments section with messages.
Yang Liu Yiyi: Aa ...
Nutcracker: Aaaaaaah! I wish I could be Li Huaiyin for a day.
45-degree liquor: Aa ...
...
Just as the viewers in the live stream were frantically admiring the screen, a miraculous scene suddenly unfolded inside the coffin. Emperor Wenxuan's body gradually dissipated into the air until nothing was left behind, as if everything they had just witnessed was merely a dream.
"No!"
"don't want!"
Heart-wrenching screams erupted simultaneously at the scene and in front of the screen. Unfortunately, no matter how much people lamented, the captivating woman had vanished, and only scattered traces of her could be found in historical records.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the live stream had to end abruptly.
However, at the request of the audience, the production team edited out the replays and put them on various video platforms.
In just a few days, the video's views exceeded one billion, and it is still rising at an alarming rate.
From then on, almost all film and television works adapted from the reign of Emperor Wenxuan were reported and taken off the air by the audience, because in their hearts, no one was worthy of playing the role of Yun Qing.
The previous debates about the women in Emperor Wenxuan's harem have all disappeared. No one cares about who Yun Qing's true love is anymore, because simply standing beside her and sharing the same sky with her is a great fortune.
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