Chapters Thirty-Seven How Much Does the Bright Moon Know?
Word Number：232
Author：一曲雨霖铃
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Release Time：2025-09-21
He said: The Duke of Zhou feared the day the rumors spread; Wang Mang wore humility before he usurped the throne. Had I died at that first turning point, Who could now tell truth from falsehood across a lifetime? Thus it was that Li Jingye’s proclamation by Luo Binwang spread through the land and reached Luoyang, where the Empress Dowager read it and could not help but praise it aloud. She handed it to Shangguan Wan’er and said, “Wan’er, what do you think of this pamphlet’s talent?” Shangguan Wan’er took it, read, and replied, “The talent is remarkable, yet it reminds me of Wang Zian’s old polemic directed at the King of Ying.” The Empress Dowager smiled and said, “Wang Zian bore no treason.” Then she added, “Still—men of letters are men of letters; no matter how gifted, letters are a lover’s plaything, not the art of statecraft.” She sighed: “If only Wang Zian had taught Xian’er and Xian (Li Xian and Li Xian) well, they would not have become playboys.” Her mind drifting, the Empress Dowager thought of past punishments and of Li Lingyue, and her heart murmured, “I wonder how Moon (Li Lingyue) fares now.” She then asked a palace attendant, “Who wrote this piece?” The servant answered, “Your Majesty, it was composed on commission by Luo Binwang.” The Empress Dowager
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