Pei Tan hesitated for a moment before looking at the guard and Jing Yu'er, saying: "I have my own way of seeing His Majesty."

  Jing Wan'er blinked her eyes.

  Pei Tan looked at her, and the wound hidden under her sleeve still seeped out blood. "Show me your arm in your sleeve."

  Jing Wan'er subconsciously slowly withdrew her arm and said with downcast eyes: "Wan'er is fine now."

  Even if there is an ugly scar on his arm, it's nothing compared to losing his life.

  Pei Tan stretched out his hand and grasped the girl's wrist.

  She gently pushed up her sleeve and saw the long scar on Jing Wanyi. At that time, the situation was urgent, and Pei Tan's knife only sought to thoroughly bleed her.

  After a moment, he let go of Jing Wanyan's sleeve and said to Pei Shouwei, "Later, you go back to the Pei residence and fetch a bottle of healing balm."

  Pei's attendants bowed their heads.

  Jing Wan'er looked at Pei Tan and didn't make a sound.

  Pei Tan was born into a noble family, but she had already become the most inferior person without any discount. Except for her life, which could still be used, what else was valuable? Even this life wasn't always useful.

  It was a long time before Pei Tan Yu spoke again, his eyes fixed on the girl's face as he said slowly: "A scar on a girl's body is not good." The skin of one's body is given by one's parents, and especially for women, the Tang Dynasty, although open, is still strict.

  Jing Wan'er's clear and elegant eyes gazed at Pei Tan, her eyebrows and eyes were delicate, and when she spoke these words, she had a sickly yet charming air about her.

  "Wan'er is a slave, whether or not she has scars on her body doesn't matter, thank you for your concern. Wan'er will stay by Lin's side tonight and wait for her to wake up."

  "Pei Tan's eyes sank." Pei County, you go out and guard first. "For the past two days, this taciturn dark guard has been guarding the corridor between the study and bedroom like a night owl, otherwise it would have become an opportunity for those with ulterior motives.

  Pei's guard silently withdrew.

  Pei Tan and Jing Wanyu stood together beside Lin Xiangxiang's bed, he looked at the girl's seemingly fearless face, and suddenly said faintly: "Now Zong Chuke wants to kill you, but if he finds out that he can't succeed, he may use your identity against you."

  Jing Wan'er's identity is that of a fugitive palace maid, and as a criminal, she has been labeled as an escaped slave from the palace, which means that the Imperial Guard will personally come to capture her.

  Jing Wan'er's face was calm, without any surprise or fear: "From the moment I, Wan'er, risked returning to Chang'an, I haven't been afraid of facing such a situation." She had thought of everything and didn't care about anything.

  Pei Tan glanced at Jing Wanyu, as if there was an invisible thread connecting him to this woman. Jing Wanyu acted so boldly, seemingly without regard for her own life or death.

  "Sir," Jing Wanyu's mouth curved into a faint smile as she slowly turned to face Pei Tan, "Besides, didn't I already promise you, sir? You took me in, and I will do my best to help you break through the current situation."

  Jing Wan'er had thought that if there was one person who could clear the Jing family's name and overturn the previous case, it would be Pei Tan alone in the entire Tang Dynasty.

  Due to Pei Tan's origin, wisdom and the official position of Dalisi Temple, he has all the necessary conditions.

  But she couldn't say it out loud. Jing Wanyi, as a palace maid, was willing to risk her life for this, only because she couldn't clear her family's name, and now had no choice but to share the same fate.

  Pei Tan gazed at the girl, his eyes dim and seemingly seeing right through her: "What's the point of all this?"

  "In this world, there are things that may be impossible to achieve, but cannot be left undone."

  Jing Wan'er said she would repay Pei Tan for saving her life, and she refused to escape from Wuzhou. She chose to return to Chang'an, this den of wolves, which already showed what she was going to do.

  Her will has always been linked with her family in exile.

  "Wan'er has one more thing to tell you, sir. Although it seems like the Temple of Great Wisdom is being bullied now, it's also because those people can't find any evidence against you. You don't need to do anything for now, just wait for the person behind the scenes to reveal their own flaws. Inaction is the best strategy when faced with a changing situation; I won't move unless the enemy makes the first move."

  Pei Tan looked at Jing Wanyu, and the girl's face had a smile similar to what she used to have. It was as if she had seen darkness for too long and could already see through one corner of it.

  The next day, Lin Jingjing woke up.

  The perseverance shown by this woman is deeper than anyone thought.

  Jing Wan'er withdrew her hand that was about to wipe it clean and smiled on her face: "Lin Niang".

  Lin Jing stared at this face she had only seen once before, apparently still having an impression: "Where am I?"

  Jing Wan'er handed her a bowl of clear water, "This is Dali Temple."

  Lin Jing's hands trembled as she held the bowl, and the water in it almost spilled.

  Jing Wan'er looked at her gently. She knew too well that a woman who had narrowly escaped death was fragile in heart, and she also knew what Lin Jingjing needed most now.

  "Lin, I suppose you already know that you were being pursued and killed, and had to escape from your hiding place. The person who was pursuing you wouldn't give up, which is why you ended up getting stabbed by a flurry of knives... and got hurt this badly."

  As Jing Wan's voice fell, Lin Jingjing recalled all the terrifying things, her face turned waxen white, and she slowly covered her own face with both hands, sobbing sounds kept coming out from between her fingers.

  Jing Wan'er let her vent first, Lin Jingjing had been in a coma for so long and still had the most terrifying memory before she fell into a coma. If this emotion was not released, even if she woke up, she would not live long.

  Pei Tan was in the study, looking at the Jing family's case files. At that time, the Jing family was directly convicted by imperial decree and was escorted to their place of exile by the Ministry of Justice. The Supreme Court did not even have a copy on file. However, someone from the Pei family worked in the document repository of the Ministry of Justice, which is why Pei Tan had this copied record of the trial proceedings.

  From start to finish, Jing Zhe was unrepentant, and the Ministry of Justice even concealed records of his angry outbursts in court.

  Jing Zhe's personality is like this, so it can be seen why Jing Wanyu is the current Wan Yu.

  This is probably the only case where the person being tried did not even sign or fingerprint, and was almost pushed out of the court without even making a statement.

  Jing Wan'er was Jing Zhe's only daughter. At that time, she was less than ten years old and became the only one left in Chang'an.

  All adult women and all males of the tribe were killed.

  The aristocratic clans grew more powerful by the day, and even Zhong Zong felt threatened. Although he favored Wei, granting her almost half of the empire's honors, however, an emperor is still an emperor, and once his mind changes, it would be necessary to let the entire empire follow in burial.

  Now Zhong Zong wants to establish his authority, he wants a sword in hand, and he thought of the Jing family who was once considered insignificant.

  Victim of court struggle.

  These are the four big characters written clearly on the table by Pei Tan after he went through the whole case.

  After Jing Zhe, there was no longer a single official of civilian origin in the Great Tang Dynasty, which is naturally not a coincidence.

  The aristocratic families and imperial clans, from then on, firmly grasped the channels of promotion and official career in their own hands. All those who stood on the court were more or less their protégés.

  Outside on Chang'an Street, countless people who have traveled thousands of miles to take the exam, after ten years of hard study and three days of intense testing, ultimately await them with nothing but despair that all their efforts will be in vain.

  What's even more desperate is that they will continue to wait for another decade, until their life is exhausted.

  The high and mighty imperial relatives and in-laws look down on the people as ants. Emperor Zhongzong is not foolish, and for three years, no one has been able to break through the examination system. But even if one holds the highest power, they cannot withstand the might of the imperial relatives.

  "It was an adult who brought you back to the Dali Temple." Jing Wan'er said slowly, seeing Lin Jingjing's questioning.

  Lin Jingjing was stunned, she seemed to not believe that her life would be worth a Grand Preceptor's effort to save.

  Jing Wan'er said quietly, "You came to find Master initially, wasn't it because you hoped Master would help you? It's precisely because Master didn't abandon you that you didn't become an unnamed corpse on the streets of Chang'an."

  When Lin Jingjing heard about the corpse, her expression changed slightly. The more terrifying the scene was in her mind, the harder it was to erase. At that time, all her thoughts seemed to be left with only one, survive.

  Jing Wan'er continued slowly: "Moreover, if there's anyone in this world who can help you, it would only be the master."

  This way, it can intimidate Jing Waner and also intimidate Lin Qingqing.

  Lin Jingjing's beautiful eyes were filled with tears: "As long as I can help Master Fan, I am willing to say anything."

  Jing Wantong knew that the woman had woken up, and the cruelty she would face would not be limited to this. The cruelest thing was now in the autopsy room of the Dalit Temple.

  Jing Wan'er gazed at Lin Jingjing. When Zhongzong had her identify the body in the palace, he asked if she still remembered every detail about her brother.

  It was so cruel to ask her if she remembered, making sure that when she saw the body for the first time, she could recognize whether it was really her brother.

  Jing Wan'er doesn't want to inflict this pain on others, but the biggest difference between her and Lin Jingjing is that from the moment she drummed outside the Temple of Great Awakening, Lin had already come to terms with the fact that her loved one was dead.

  "Since Master Pei has taken charge of your case, he will see it through to the end. If you are ready, I can arrange for you to meet him at any time." Jing Wan'er said, as Pei Tan was the master of the Dali Temple and had his own way of using Lin Jingjing as a pawn.

  Lin Jingjing lived for Fan Wenjun, she immediately grasped the shoulder of Jing Wanyu: "Let me see the master now, I have something to say."

  Lin Jingjing was seriously ill, and she shouldn't be emotionally agitated at this time. However, when Jing Wanyan looked at her, it was like looking at herself when the Jing family was searched, no matter how calm she seemed, she couldn't calm down again.

  "My father was a tribute student in Mianzhou County, just like your Master Fan. He thought for a moment and said, "He won the first place in the county examination at the age of 20, and later he was recommended by the county to take the imperial examination in the capital. He walked all the way from Mianzhou to Chang'an on foot, and even slept in a horse stable the night before the exam. After the results were announced, it turned out that he got the first place in the third class of the palace examination that year."

  A common folk unexpectedly won first place, causing those self-proclaimed talented scholars of Chang'an to change color.

  These past events were all told by her mother when she was alive to Jing Wanyan. Her own husband was so extraordinary, and her face was full of satisfaction and reverence.

  Lin Jingjing was stunned, and she didn't know what she had thought of, but tears fell down.