Chapter 132 Ganye Temple After the New Year
Chapter 132 Ganye Temple After the New Year
Zi'an intended to take Mei Xiaosi away, but he couldn't bring himself to ask the Empress.
Her entry into the palace was merely a favor bestowed upon her by her uncle through underhanded dealings with the Empress and Liu Shi. After all, Mei Xiaosi's status in the Empress's palace was precarious, and she could be punished at any time.
Everyone thought they had something on her, so what trouble could a mere bedside maid possibly cause?
However, Mei Xiaosi possesses extraordinary wisdom, initiative, and unwavering patience.
Unlike other palace maids, such as Li Zhong's mother, she was not considered worthy of respect even after giving birth to a prince.
Mei Xiaosi was once a concubine of the late emperor. She studied the art of rulership for more than ten years and served as a junior secretary to the emperor, gaining true knowledge through practice over many years.
Liu Shi, Changsun Wuji, and others underestimated her, but they did not realize that this was precisely the contingency plan left by Li Shimin.
Despite being busy at the emperor's side for many years, Mei Xiaosi's position has not been promoted in the slightest. The reason is that Emperor Taizong wanted to hide this secret weapon.
No matter who investigates at Ganye Temple, everyone insists that there is no such person as "Mingkong".
"What did you say? I don't know anything about it. I've never heard of anything like 'eyebrow,' 'rhinoceros,' or 'little something.'"
People like Mei Xiaosi are either not found in history, or they are hidden too deeply in this time and space. She is a ginseng root hidden in the soil, which "sprouts" in different times and spaces.
Mei Xiaosi entered the palace at the age of 14, and became the emperor's secretary around the age of 2nd junior high school.
Under the guidance of "Mingda Si No. 1 Aye Li Shimin", she specialized in studying the art of emperors and worked even harder than her classmates who were pursuing doctoral degrees.
At 26, she should have started enjoying life after graduating with a master's degree, but instead she stayed quietly at Ganye Temple for two years, making it seem like she was practicing asceticism and waiting for employment.
Because she had no children, she went off to cultivate medicinal herbs, establishing three thousand households in the Northeast, and inadvertently became the founder of medicinal herbs in the Changbai Mountain forest.
Zhen Xiaosi remembered going to that field with Brother Mu. She never expected that time would change and Mei Xiaosi would end up staying at Ganye Temple for two years.
Xiao Si was indeed a "master of cultivation." Whether she was Mei Xiao Si, Zhen Xiao Si, Yong Hui Si, or Anding Si, she gradually cultivated herself into a highly skilled person who lived in seclusion in the city.
At this moment, Zhen Xiaosi is standing in front of the hitching post, which has a history of more than 1300 years.
Today, Ganye Temple is surrounded by houses and has many practitioners.
When Zhen Xiaosi entered, she didn't even knock on the inner courtyard door much before hurrying past.
She was deeply moved—the cruelty of history is truly merciless.
From the Sui and Tang dynasties to the present, it seems that humanity has only been building skyscrapers, and apart from the height of buildings, there seems to be little progress in the moral sphere.
Dynasties change, names change, but the flaws in human nature seem to be difficult to eradicate.
Zhen Xiaosi gently stroked the hitching post, shook her head, and sighed:
"Oh dear, more than a thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and dynasties have changed so many times, how come human nature hasn't changed?"
I initially chose to cultivate myself, but I eventually discovered that the hardest thing to change in this world is not climate change or economic crisis, but... people's hearts!
Honestly, it all boils down to the same old problems!
Whether the horse-drawn carriage is replaced or not, whether it's a horse-drawn carriage, or that other vehicle—diesel, gasoline, or even a new energy vehicle—there's a whole host of vehicles, and yet we still have to face the exact same human challenges every day.
It's been almost 1,400 years, and dynasties have changed several times, so why is it still like this?
To put it bluntly, it's all about greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and doubt!
Whether it's changing the stakes or changing the vehicle, we still have to follow the horse's rear end...
After saying this, Mei Xiaosi turned around and glanced at the hitching post, then reached out and stroked it repeatedly.
The feeling was like saying goodbye to an old friend:
"You know, we've known each other for ages. Now that I'm leaving, don't you dare give me any upgraded hitching posts, okay? What if it turns into some kind of 'smart charging hitching post'? That would be a real problem..."
She chuckled softly, turned and left, as if telling herself that those things about history and human nature were destined to be eternal jokes, things she would have to bring up and laugh about whenever she had a spare moment.
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