The Lone Emperor of Great Jing

Name: The Lone Emperor of Great Jing
Author: Prosperous Lotus

大靖孤皇

by Prosperous Lotus (盛世莲花)

Status: Completed
Length: 655k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Ancient-Style Life
Updated: 11mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

At eighteen, Shen Qingci is the illegitimate daughter of the Shen family, a prominent Jiangnan clan. Her mother was once a gifted scholar from a humble family, but after being framed, she died in despair. From childhood, Shen Qingci has disguised herself as timid and inept. In truth, she is intelligent and patient, skilled in literature, strategy, and disguise. In secret, she investigates the truth behind her mother's death and the family's hidden secrets. For the sake of the family, she is promised as a concubine to Qin Yue, a military governor of the northern borderlands. She plots her escape along the way, assumes the name “Su Ci,” and makes her way into the capital. Posing as a scholar from a humble family, she takes the imperial examinations and unexpectedly passes, entering officialdom. Her goals are to avenge her mother, break the aristocratic clans' monopoly, and give people from humble families a chance to rise. She is gentle on the outside but steely within, meticulous and skilled at advancing by yielding. At first, she will stop at nothing to exact revenge, but over time she comes to care for all under heaven, combining a woman's keen sensitivity with a statesman's decisiveness.

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150Chapters

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58Reads · all time

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