[A spin-off of The Story of Minglan + ensemble cast + clear-headed female lead + strong heroine + secret love becomes mutual] [Household intrigue + palace intrigue]
The Bian River flowed swiftly as wind swept dust and smoke down the long streets, welcoming home a traveler from Jizhou. Cao Qi, Duke of Wu, returned to the capital with his wife, Lady Gao, and his granddaughter, Cao Buyi. At the Jade Pure Temple, carriages rumbled past. Her maternal grandmother smiled and called “Buyi,” drawing her into an embrace. The Cao family's tender affection flowed through the bustling crowd outside the temple, making it the warmest sight in the outskirts of the capital.
Yet life beneath the halo of noble birth was never easy. Cao Buyi bore the title of County Lady Qingrong, but behind it lay the loneliness of rarely seeing her birth mother, Empress Cao. Her complicated background had shaped her from an early age.
At that time, Sheng Minglan was still keeping a low profile and trying to survive in the Sheng household, while Cao Buyi had already entered the chess game of the great families. Watch her seek a loving family, discover the sincerity of friendship, and find a love that will stand by her, all amid the warmth of her relatives and the trials of the world. Through the grand mansions and turbulent undercurrents of Bianjing, she will forge a path of her own.
The writing is quite good, but I feel that the heroine is too aggrieved and a little unhappy. However, I think about the fact that in ancient times, the female family members may have been so aggrieved.
Good looking! Just borrowing the story background of Zhichou, the story of the young girl Cao Buyi is worth reading👀 I like this kind of story about family affairs between big families. It would be better if the male protagonist appears more!
I've read thirty or forty chapters now, and it's quite interesting😄