"So Yang Guifei died?" Wang Xiaowan asked.
Lu Zheng nodded, then shook his head. "But after the court put down the rebellion, Emperor Tang Ming sent people to move Yang Guifei's remains, yet they never found them."
Yi QianQian's eyes lit up. "She didn't die?"
Lu Zheng sighed. "Unofficial histories say Yang Guifei escaped by feigning death. Others say she was taken away by an immortal. Later generations even had a poet who, inspired by this, wrote a long poem that became famous... Ahem..."
"Taken away by an immortal?" Du YueYao's eyes lit up as well. "That's right. Yang Yuhuan was beautiful as a celestial maiden, and unmatched in music and dance. Perhaps some Extraordinary took a fancy to her, used Illusion Art to deceive the world, and took her away."
Wang Xiaowan nodded repeatedly. "That must be it."
But Si Lingxi's attention was on something else. "There is also a long poem? Recite it for me."
Facts proved that although not many poems came from Lu Zheng's mouth, they were basically all timeless masterpieces.
"Uh, actually, it's a narrative poem... and there are quite a few names... Fine, I'll say it..."
Lu Zheng paused. With his profound spiritual cultivation, he remembered every line of the "Song of Everlasting Regret" clearly. Only some of the names and places within it needed slight alterations.
This is too hard for me...
"Emperor Ming, besotted with beauty, sought a woman to topple kingdoms, yet for years upon the throne found none. A daughter of the Yang family had just come of age, raised deep in her chamber, unknown to the world.
Born with beauty too fine to hide away, one day she was chosen to stand beside the sovereign. With one backward glance and smile, a hundred charms came alive; the powdered ladies