[Ambitious Ice Queen + Rebirth + Success in Office and Fortune + No Romance]
[Content warning: This story follows Xue Baochai as she turns the tragic women of the original novel's world around. It does not whitewash her, but gives the characters more depth and intelligence. Readers who dislike Baochai may want to steer clear.]
With a favorable wind at my back, I will ride it up into the blue sky.
Xue Baochai is far better than we imagine.
Baochai's social polish and tact were simply forced on her by circumstance. Didn't she want to be an innocent, carefree girl who dared to love and hate? But her father died early, her mother was weak, and her brother was useless. She had to help her mother manage the household and clean up her brother's messes, always careful not to take a single wrong step.
“To come and go unburdened, with nothing to tie you down” may be a line from a stage song, but wasn't it also what she wanted in her heart? If she truly had no family and nothing holding her back, she too would want to live honestly as herself.
When Cao Xueqin wrote the judgments, he never set the two women against each other. Yet people in the real world are always comparing them.
It is a lament for the golden hairpin and a tribute to the jade, not a matter of trampling the hairpin to praise the jade. Baochai and Daiyu share the same judgment poem. How could Baochai possibly be such an unforgivable villain?
This time, let us not step outside the constraints of the era. Instead, let us understand each person in greater depth and complexity through the customs and circumstances of that time.
It's very thoughtful, but the writing skills in outlining the plot are lacking, but it's pretty good among foreign persimmons.
It's a tie, and I'm looking forward to the following content. Baochai is also at the forefront of the palace battle.