Little Wanwan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xia Wanwan 1 42
Alias(es)	Little Wanwan (小晚晚); Wanwan; Xie Wanwan, her name in the Marquis’s household; Metaphysics Ancestress, her former identity 3 12 15
Species/Race	Human; a mystic reborn into a newborn girl’s body 1 12
Gender	Female 1
Affiliation	Jing’an Marquis’s Residence; Liu Minister’s Residence through her mother 1 46
Occupation/Role	Former master of mystic arts; Liu Wan’s daughter; source of supernatural warnings and knowledge of the novel’s original events 1 12
Parentage	Daughter of Liu Wan. Initially treated as Xie Jin’an’s daughter; the emperor later identifies Xia Siheng as her father 1 41 44
Status	Alive. The emperor supports making her a princess, but no completed investiture is shown in the supplied chapters 46 50
First Appearance	Transmigrates during Liu Wan’s delivery in Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Reborn mystic with retained memories	1	Retains her former identity and knowledge of the novel. Liu Wan can hear her thoughts despite her inability to speak.
“Words that become prophecy” reemerge	11 12	Unexpectedly sits upright at barely one month old. Recognizes prophecy as her strongest skill; her comments are subsequently linked to changes in Zi Xing’s handwriting.
Earth-energy replenishment	14	Buries herself beneath the Fifth Princess’s coral tree, where abundant Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy nourishes her body.
Spiritual-energy-assisted speech	15	Uses replenished energy to produce a few indistinct spoken words, including a request for a cuddle.
Healing and rejuvenating effects demonstrated	39	After sharing her burial ritual, the Empress Dowager loses her chronic leg pain and appears twenty years younger. No named cultivation realm is given.
Rosewood-assisted energy replenishment	41	A yellow-rosewood coffin draws in spiritual energy, surrounding and nourishing her with a faint spiritual aura.
Ghost-subduing power demonstrated	44	Overpowers Xiao Ju, removes her head, and rides it like a horse, showing that she can again physically dominate spirits.

Background / History

In her previous life, Xia Wanwan was a twenty-first-century master of mystic arts. She describes herself as the Metaphysics Ancestress, capable of summoning wind and rain, capturing ghosts, and subduing gods. Her death is unusually humiliating: she is blown to death by her ancestral master’s ashes 1 12.

She awakens as Liu Wan’s newborn daughter inside a novel she recognizes. In the original plot, servants replace the girl with Xie Huaishan, Xie Jin’an’s son by Xu Rourou, and send the girl to the Abandoned Infant Pagoda. Liu Wan unknowingly raises Huaishan for sixteen years before his recognition of his birth mother drives her to die of rage. He later engineers the destruction of Liu Wan’s birth family 1.

Wanwan’s cries and thoughts reach Liu Wan during the attempted swap. Her mother wakes, removes the cotton stuffed into her mouth, and stops the servants. This prevents the original substitution and gives Wanwan an opportunity to protect her mother from the future she remembers 1.

Appearance

Wanwan is a fair-skinned, rosy, chubby baby with large, bright, watery eyes and soft, plump cheeks. Her mother, brothers, the Fifth Princess, and Consort Ling repeatedly remark on her beauty 1 2 3 6 43.

• Expressive face: Puffs out her cheeks, flushes red, and turns away when angry or offended 14 33 47.
• Toothless gums: Cannot chew the meat she steals and instead sucks out its juices 21 43.
• Wedding outfit: Wears a festive red padded jacket, with her hair tied into two small tufts using red cords and fluffy pom-poms 46.

Personality

Wanwan is fiercely devoted to Liu Wan. She comforts her mother through her thoughts, condemns relatives who exploit her, and promises to take her away from the Marquis’s household when she grows up. Even the prospect of becoming a princess initially troubles her because she does not want to leave her mother 4 15 39.

Her inner voice is irreverent, blunt, and often mischievous. She delights in gossip, laughs at her opponents’ humiliations, and openly judges the adults’ schemes. Her affection for beautiful women survives transmigration: she wants to cuddle them despite the risks their rank poses to her anxious mother 8 15 23 33.

She is also practical about supernatural power. Although she considers saving Xiao Ju, she weighs the spiritual cost against losing her speech and slowing her development. Rather than immediately pursue the dangerous Taoist behind the ghost, she leaves a scent marker for later tracking 45.

Her infant body increasingly influences her behavior. She sucks her thumb, craves foods beyond milk, and becomes frustrated with her undeveloped speech and thinking. Sneaking donkey-hide gelatin cake causes a severe nosebleed and earns her punishment from Liu Wan 15 21 34.

Abilities & Skills

Audible Inner Voice

Wanwan’s thoughts can be heard by certain people without her speaking aloud. She initially believes she is communicating only with her mother, while other listeners gradually discover the ability 1 12 43.

Listener	Documented evidence
Liu Wan	Hears Wanwan’s pleas, family secrets, and warnings from the attempted infant swap onward 1.
Xie Zi Xing	First mistakes the voice for a ghost; later responds to Wanwan’s opinions of his handwriting 2 12.
Xie Zi Mu	Hears the account of his original tragic future and resolves to protect his mother 3 12.
Emperor	Reacts to her thoughts during the household’s punishment; later recognizes their private connection 13 40.
Xia Siheng	Initially wonders where the voice originates, then listens to her supernatural advice while hiding his awareness 42 43.
Minister Liu	Reacts to her inner complaints about beginning lessons 47.
Lady Liu	Acts with Liu Wan on Wanwan’s warning about the household’s future destruction 47.
Liu Shi	Hears her revelations about Li Duoduo’s deception and is shaken by them 50.

• The ability is not universal: Pan Chun cannot hear the voice when Liu Wan first asks about it 1.
• Wanwan does not consistently know who can hear her; she wishes Xia Siheng could receive information that he is already silently noting 45.

Knowledge of the Novel

Wanwan remembers the original story’s relationships, betrayals, and disasters. Her warnings allow relatives to question events that would otherwise appear harmless 1 6 47 50.

• Identifies Huaishan as Xie Jin’an and Xu Rourou’s child, exposing the purpose of the attempted swap 1.
• Warns that Huaishan will steal Zi Mu’s achievements and kill Zi Xing over their cousin 2 3.
• Recalls the approaching flood and the opportunity it would give Xie Jin’an to gain promotion and elevate Xu Rourou 21.
• Reveals Qing Sheng’s original fate, prompting Liu Wan to warn her against accepting food and entering the Third Master’s courtyard 24.
• Identifies Xu Bo as Huaishan’s grandfather and a spy involved in the future destruction of all fifty-eight residents of the Minister’s Residence 47.
• Limit: Her memory is incomplete. She cannot recall the full circumstances of Consort Ling’s haunting and is confused by unexpected changes to Xie Jin’an’s story 28 39.

Divination and Prophetic Words

Wanwan retains fortune-telling knowledge and identifies “words that become prophecy” as her strongest skill 4 11.

• Reads darkness and dampness between the Fifth Princess’s brows as a sign of danger involving water 6.
• Her criticism and subsequent praise coincide with Zi Xing’s handwriting deteriorating and improving 12.
• Her angry thoughts after being abandoned at Golden Mountain Temple are followed by lightning destroying the departing family carriage 17.
• Limits: A divination attempt fails when she investigates Xie Jin’an’s unexpected fate. Following the lightning incident, she falls asleep; Liu Wan concludes that making her words come true drains her strength 17 28.

Spiritual-Energy Absorption

Wanwan replenishes herself through Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. She seeks the palace for its dragon qi and finds particularly nourishing energy beneath Xia Zhao’s coral tree 12 14.

• Buries herself in soil to absorb earth energy 14 15.
• Receives spiritual nourishment from yellow rosewood 41.
• Uses stored energy to force her infant body to speak 15.
• Limit: Saying “Mama” nearly exhausts the energy she replenished at the palace. Saving Xiao Ju would also cost her speech and slow her development 21 45.

Healing and Rejuvenation

Wanwan’s burial ritual produces remarkable effects on the Empress Dowager, attracting wider palace interest 39 40.

• Removes the Dowager’s chronic cold-weather leg pain 39.
• Leaves her skin firmer and smoother, with wrinkles disappearing and her appearance returning to that of twenty years earlier 39.
• Inspires palace attendants, Xia Zhao, and Liu Wan to try the same pit; equivalent results for them are not documented 40.

Ghost Perception and Subjugation

Wanwan senses that Consort Ling’s paralysis is caused by a ghost rather than an illness the imperial physicians can treat 39 43.

• Overpowers Xiao Ju, detaches her head, and rides it before returning it to Xia Siheng 44.
• Reattaches the head backward, leaving Xiao Ju to correct it 45.
• Marks Xiao Ju with a drop of milk so she can later trace the Nanmei Taoist by its scent 45.
• Knows that Xiao Ju’s incomplete soul will perish at dawn 45.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Black-jade dragon pendant — Delivered by the Crown Prince on behalf of an unnamed imperial elder. Later revealed to be one of two pendants made from Xia Siheng’s protective dark jade, which is described as warding off evil and calamity 9 44.
• Phoenix Hairpin — A gold hairpin given directly by the Empress Dowager. Wanwan tests it by biting it, then wonders why she leaves no tooth marks 15.
• Gold, silver, and jade ornaments — Gifts presented by Xie Jin’an at the Love Evening Pavilion. Wanwan regards them as inferior to what the original story reserves for Huaishan 7.
• Two bolts of Shu brocade — Rare fabric given by Xia Zhao; Wanwan remembers that it will later help expose the mistress as a thief 47.
• Rejected gifts — The silver longevity lock engraved “Zhaodi” humiliates her mother; she later throws away and breaks the Old Madam’s gold-and-jade neck ring, considering it Huaishan’s leftovers 4 10.

Relationships

• Liu Wan — Mother and primary emotional attachment. Saves her from the infant swap and uses her warnings to protect the family 1 15 50.
• Xie Jin’an — Initially regarded as her father. Wanwan resents his neglect and favoritism, calls him a scumbag in her thoughts, and encourages Liu Wan to find a different husband 3 7 14.
• Xia Siheng — Her father, as identified by the emperor. Protects her from courtly complications, secretly hears her thoughts, and seeks a princess title for her after she saves Consort Ling 41 42 43 46.
• Xie Zi Mu — Older adoptive brother. Her warning about his original fate strengthens his determination to protect Liu Wan and achieve success before Huaishan can steal it 3 30.
• Xie Zi Xing — Second adoptive brother. Initially frightened by her voice; later cares for her and is protected when her thoughts expose Madam Li’s opium scheme 2 28 30 34.
• Xie Huaishan — The novel’s male lead and the child intended to replace her. Wanwan views his elevation as a threat to her mother and the Liu family 1 6 10.
• Xia Zhao, the Fifth Princess — Aunt through her marriage to Liu Ye. Dotes on Wanwan; Wanwan’s warning helps Liu Wan protect her at the full-month banquet 5 6 7.
• Empress Dowager — Affectionate patron and burial-game companion. Gives Wanwan her hairpin and repeatedly presses to make her a princess 15 39 40.
• Emperor — Imperial patron who hears her thoughts and becomes fond of her. Eventually supports her elevation after Xia Siheng’s request 40 41 46.
• Consort Ling — Xia Siheng’s adoptive mother. Indulges Wanwan at dinner and is freed from Xiao Ju’s attacks through her intervention 43 44 46.
• Minister Liu and Lady Liu — Maternal grandparents. Cherish her and act on warnings concerning their household’s destruction 47 49.
• Liu Shi — Younger maternal uncle. Her revelations cause him to question Li Duoduo’s apparent kindness and proposed marriage 50.
• Pan Chun — Liu Wan’s loyal maid and Wanwan’s caregiver. Does not initially hear her thoughts and is repeatedly alarmed by her unconventional behavior 1 33 39.
• Uncle Li — Cook chosen to prepare her food. Wanwan is fiercely protective of him during Xu Bo’s attempted poisoning 47 49.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Wanwan’s involvement
Infant swap and naming dispute	Survives the planned substitution, exposes Huaishan’s parentage through her thoughts, and supports Liu Wan’s resistance to adoption. Liu Wan preserves the name Wanwan over the Old Madam’s proposed “Zhaodi” 1 2 4 5.
Full-month banquet	Warns of the Fifth Princess’s danger by water. Her crying gives Liu Wan time to delay the party before the staged rescue scheme backfires 6 7.
Palace visit and first replenishment	Identifies Xia Siheng as the original novel’s powerful villain, directs Liu Wan toward a possible connection with him, and discovers the coral tree’s nourishing earth energy 14 15.
Temple abandonment and flood preparations	Reacts furiously when Xie Jin’an and Madam Li leave her mother stranded. Later recalls the impending flood and its potential benefits for Xie Jin’an 17 21.
Protecting the household’s vulnerable members	Reveals Qing Sheng’s future exploitation and identifies the opium scheme threatening Zi Xing 24 28.
Imperial affection and princess proposals	Rejuvenates the Empress Dowager through their burial game, becomes the focus of competing royal affection, and absorbs energy during the emperor’s misunderstood coffin experiment 39 40 41 42.
Consort Ling’s haunting	Defeats Xiao Ju and marks her for tracking the Taoist connected to former-dynasty rebels. Xia Siheng subsequently asks the emperor to make Wanwan a princess 44 45 46.
Threats to the Liu family	Exposes Xu Bo’s role in the original household massacre and later reveals Li Duoduo’s scheme against Liu Shi 47 49 50.

Notable Quotes

“Even if the sky falls, Wanwan will stay by your side.”
— Inner reassurance to Liu Wan 4

“Mommy, you're a third-rank titled lady now. Wanwan agrees that you should get her a different daddy!”
— Inner commentary after Liu Wan’s elevation 14

“Leave me here for one night, and every ghost that sees me will have to greet me as their ancestor.”
— Inner response to Xia Siheng’s concern about Consort Ling 43