"The Soul of the Empress Travels to Modern Times to Become a Female Rural Teacher": Empress Wu Zhao of a generation, carrying the bloody regret of being "forced into the palace by her grandson", fell into the body of Chen Yufen, a modern rural teacher in the clear light of the mountain and moon. When she opened her eyes from the severe pain at the bottom of the cliff, what she saw was not the dragon pillar of the Golden Palace, but the blackboard of the dilapidated classroom, and the hatchet in her palm was replaced with chalk.
She was once the emperor who ruled the world, but now she has to teach the children in the mountains to recognize toadstools and herbs. She is used to weighing the pros and cons of the court, but she has to learn "the worldly ways" in neighborhood disputes. When she used the majesty of an emperor to intimidate debt collectors, used her strategic wisdom to revitalize the mountain economy, and used her passion for education to light up the eyes of children, the villagers only felt that this female teacher who had "died once" always had an indescribable dignity and coldness about her body - did her fingertips for correcting homework still have the residual warmth of reviewing memorials? Does her eyes looking at the mountain and moon still reflect the beacon fire in the deep palace?
The mountain wind passed over Lanxi and could not blow away the cracks in her soul, but it allowed the emperor's scepter to take root in the mountains and fields. She wandered between the three-foot podium and the world of mortals, practicing the old dream of "ruling the country and bringing peace to the world" among the firewood, rice, oil and salt. She also touched a new chapter of "being born as a human being" while protecting her daughter and helping her neighbors. When the mountain moon climbed up the mountain again, reflecting her back that looked like both a queen and a peasant woman, no one knew: Is this rebirth through time and space a punishment, or is it an ultimate philosophical thought about "power and ordinaryness"?
Reader comments
The essence of this novel's success is that the characters, rhythm, and mood are all adapted to Tomato's reading ecology:
- Tomato readers prefer "fast pace, strong sense of satisfaction, and the heroine is not aggrieved". The novel achieves "conflicts are resolved immediately, and the strong one never shows weakness";
- The themes of rural areas, education, and getting rich are close to public life and are more immersive than fantasy;
- The empress's "anti-involution, anti-discipline" attitude is in line with the emotional demands of contemporary women and is easily resonant.
The essence of this novel's success is that the characters, rhythm, and mood are all adapted to Tomato's reading ecology: - Tomato readers prefer "fast pace, strong sense of satisfaction, and the heroine is not aggrieved". The novel achieves "conflicts are resolved immediately, and the strong one never shows weakness"; - The themes of rural areas, education, and getting rich are close to public life and are more immersive than fantasy; - The empress's "anti-involution, anti-discipline" attitude is in line with the emotional demands of contemporary women and is easily resonant.