The Pipa Ballad of Great Tang

The first part of this book, The Tang Dynasty Ballad of the Pipa, has been published in 101 chapters. The second part, To Marry Two Junior Sisters, I Took On the Emperor, will begin on September 1, with 1,100 chapters! Cheng Huilan and Zhou Qiwei disguise themselves as men to take the imperial examinations, placing second in Chizhou and Jiangning respectively and becoming legends. Engineer Zhao Ziqiang arrives in the Tang dynasty during the Yuanhe era. In Chizhou, he meets Cheng Huilan and Zhou Qiwei and falls in love with them both. Hoping to obtain the emperor’s permission to marry both women, Zhao Ziqiang accompanies his junior sisters to the capital to sit the exams. They take first place, but the court cannot announce that they are women. Faced with a crumbling Tang dynasty beyond saving, Zhao Ziqiang does everything in his power to restore its former glory. He meets Consort Guo and wins her favor, but fails to impress Emperor Li Chun. He shares the idea that a prosperous people make a prosperous nation with Bai Juyi and Cui Qun, and clashes with the chancellor and ministers over their differing views. There is the killing of Prince Kang in Jiangning, and feuds with several princes in the capital. The Tang dynasty’s customs, its romances, its marketplaces and its court!