Chapter Forty-two This seems quite interesting

  The handsome and enviable man in front of you is indeed the historical figure He Lan Minzhi, known for his extraordinary talent. The woman beside him is He Lan Minyue, Li Zhi's little lover, also known as "Wei Guo Furen", a beauty like a flower. The noble lady who was just examined by Chen Yi and whose face has not been seen clearly is Wu Shun, sister of Wu Zetian and another of Li Zhi's lovers, known as "Han Guo Furen".

  Having read this passage of Tang Dynasty history, Chen Yi knew the legendary story of this family, which was a stunningly rich and legendary family.

  In front of him, He Lan Min, known as the number one handsome man in the Tang Dynasty, had done many things that were hard to imagine.

  It is said that He Lan Minzhi was young and beautiful, with a deep talent, deeply favored by Emperor Li Zhi and Empress Wu Zetian, as well as Wu Zetian's mother, Lady Yang of the Rongguo State. However, he relied on this favor to be arrogant and did many shocking things: He had an incestuous relationship with his maternal grandmother, Lady Yang; before Crown Prince Li Hong's wedding, he lusted after Crown Princess Yang's beauty and defiled her, causing Crown Prince Li Hong's wedding to be postponed, and in the end, Wu Zetian could only choose another crown princess for Li Hong. When He Lan Minzhi's cousin, Princess Taiping, was young and visiting Lady Yang's residence, the servant girls accompanying her were all ravished by He Lan Minzhi, and even the young Princess Taiping may have fallen victim to his evil!

  This is a freaky guy, what he did can be described as "outraging heaven and men", it's really hard to match with this handsome face of his.

  However, Wu Zetian tolerated He Lan Minzhi's behavior and gave him special favor, letting him lead the compilation of "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Thirty States", and also let him change his surname to Wu, inherit the title of Duke of Zhou from Wu Zetian's father Wu Shiyue, become a descendant and heir of the Wu family, and be able to enter and exit the imperial palace at will!

  But in the end, He Lan Minzhi was unlucky and for some known and unknown reasons, he was stripped of all his titles by Wu Zetian, exiled to Leizhou, and strangled to death on the way.

  He Lan Minzhi's mother and sister were both favored by Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and were successively appointed as the Lady of Han State and the Lady of Wei State. However, they were later poisoned to death by Wu Zetian, who was jealous of them. Some people speculate that He Lan Minzhi knew about his mother's and sister's deaths at the hands of Wu Zetian, and therefore committed those heinous crimes as a form of revenge against her. In the end, the two became sworn enemies, and He Lan Minzhi met with a tragic end.

  He Lan Sheng, who called himself "He Lan Minzhi", looked at Chen Yi in surprise, who was stunned and seemed a bit dazed after his outburst, and asked doubtfully: "Does Young Master Chen know the title of my mother? Was it Sun Daozhang who told you?"

  Chen Yi came back to his senses from the shock, staring straight at him, and saw He Lan Minzhi and He Lan Minyue smiling awkwardly with a puzzled expression. They shook their heads: "I've never heard Master Sun mention it before. The mother of Mr. He is the Korean princess, and her aunt is the current empress, most people in Chang'an should know about this... I didn't expect that the person who helped us on the street that day was actually Mr. He, and the one who had a drink with us that day was also Mr. He... and Wei... little Miss He... haha!"

  Chen Yi didn't know if He Lan Minyue had been favored by Li Zhi now, but judging from the young woman's words and actions, she probably hadn't yet. She looked like a pure and innocent girl who had never been tainted by a man. Therefore, calling her "Madam Wei" was absolutely out of the question. However, Chen Yi knew that Wu Shun, the wife of Wei, had already become Li Zhi's concubine, possibly for many years now. It was already the second year of Linde, and according to Chen Yi's incomplete memory, Madame Wu should have died around this time!

  "Ah, I see!" He Lan Min smiled and raised his teacup in a toast to Chen Yi, draining the cup as a sign of respect. After learning their true identities, Chen Yi was only surprised, but didn't show any other unusual reactions, nor did he display any fawning or flattering behavior, which increased He Lan Min's favorable impression of him. This person in front of him was indeed different from ordinary people, no wonder Sun Simiao had looked at him with a discerning eye.

  Chen Yi smiled and raised his teacup in a return gesture. Just as he was about to speak, He Lan Minyue, who had been silent until then, spoke up: "Young Master Chen, you really are from Jiangnan's Yuezhou, aren't you? I feel like I've seen you somewhere before!"

  "He Lan Xiao Niang Zi, have you seen me?" Hearing He Lan Min Yue ask this, Chen Yi's heart was both shocked and delighted.

  When he saw He Lan Min Yue, he felt a sense of familiarity, as if they had met before, and was convinced that he had seen this beautiful girl in the strange dream when he crossed over. This gave rise to absurd thoughts about whether there would be any entanglements between them due to past life relationships, which might continue into the present. Now that He Lan Min Yue has said so, it means that this stunning beauty may also have seen him in her dreams or similar scenarios, otherwise she wouldn't say such things. If both of them had similar dreamscapes, does that mean there's a subtle connection between them? Could this subtlety give rise to a wonderful story?

  He had a story with a beautiful woman who could be described as stunning, and her identity was extremely noble. He believed that any man would be overjoyed and secretly congratulated himself in his heart. Chen Yi couldn't help but feel this way, and because he had interacted with He Lan's brother and sister several times before, the feeling became even stronger, which made him "happy".

  However, this "joy" did not last long and was soon extinguished. He knew that the beautiful woman in front of him was someone no one could touch, she was Emperor Li Zhi's woman, or rather, the woman Li Zhi wanted. If anyone dared to make a move, and compete with the current emperor for a woman, the consequences would be unimaginable, even risking his own life.

  But that's not the reason why Chen Yi was truly "surprised". The special identity of He Lan Min Yue, how could it be more special than this transmigrator? In this regard, Chen Yi didn't have any psychological pressure at all. Moreover, judging from the situation, Li Zhi hadn't made a move on He Lan Min Yue yet, and from the little girl's words and actions, one could see that. The real reason for his surprise was because he knew about the fate of Wu Xun and He Lan Min's siblings in history - none of them had a good ending. They were all killed by Wu Zetian, and those who had interacted with them mostly had tragic fates as well. Chen Yi didn't want to have too much interaction with these people who would soon be in trouble, lest he get hurt when they got into trouble.

  Having the ability to foreknow is a good thing, but it's not 100% good. There are always some negative effects, just like Chen Yi now. Because he knows the fate of Wu Shun and He Lan Min's siblings in history, he has a preconceived notion and is afraid to get too close to them for fear of being implicated. If he didn't know their fate, Chen Yi would definitely cherish his interactions with this brother and sister, and might even become bosom friends with them.

  Although many thoughts flashed through her mind, they were all completed in an instant, and even her facial expression didn't change much. Throughout this process, Chen Yi's eyes had been staring at He Lan Minyue, still with that unbridled gaze, slightly surprised, until He Lan Minyue's face turned a little pink.

  "Yes, the first time I saw you, I felt familiar, as if I had seen you somewhere before, but couldn't remember!" He Lan Minyue hid her face and nodded slightly, "At that time, I thought it was strange, why would it be like this?"

  "Haha, this is the second person to say that, it seems I must have been seen by you guys unintentionally, or... we knew each other in our past lives!" Chen Yi chuckled and joked. However, his inner surprise grew thicker. When he first crossed over to the Tang Dynasty, Ning Qing, that little Taoist nun, also said she had a feeling of having seen him somewhere before, very familiar. Now He Lan Minyue was saying the same thing, this definitely wasn't a coincidence, but another reason. Wasn't his face the kind that made him a universal lover among girls? Everyone who saw him said they seemed to have seen him before? This seems quite interesting!