My Brother Holds Sway Over the Court, So What's Wrong with Me Building the Bronze Sparrow Terrace?

Name: My Brother Holds Sway Over the Court, So What's Wrong with Me Building the Bronze Sparrow Terrace?
Author: Mirrorflow Earth Dog

兄长权倾朝野，我建铜雀台怎么了

by Mirrorflow Earth Dog (镜流地狗)

Status: Completed
Length: 565k Words
Genre: Historical
Subgenre: Historical & Ancient
Updated: 5mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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Everyone in the capital knew that the second young master of the Xiao family was a good-for-nothing.

He kept more than twenty stunning dancers at Copper Sparrow Manor, had lifted the veil from the top courtesan at Fragrant Pavilion, and had one lovely personal maid after another. His older brother was so angry he smashed a cup. “Can’t you get your act together for once?” Xiao Ce only grinned, then plunged right back into a life of indulgence.

Everyone thought this wastrel was beyond saving.

But no one knew that an entire village was hidden beneath Copper Sparrow Manor. Its “farmers” worked the fields by day and trained with blades by night. Every one of them was a veteran who had retired from the battlefield. No one knew, either, that he was secretly building a kind of bow that had no place in this age.

And no one knew that when the daughter of the chancellor, a princess fleeing Qin, and a female assassin sent by Zhao were delivered to his side one after another, Xiao Ce’s eyes, dulled by wine and women, were slowly opening.

He saw another side of this world.

Farmers handed over seventy percent of their crops to the court and the landlords. In a good harvest, they could barely fill their bellies. In a bad year, they sold their children. A powerful landlord could drive an entire village to ruin on a whim, simply because the county magistrate had to call him father-in-law.

Xiao Ce held Jincui in his arms as she wept, her eyes red, and slowly clenched his hand into a fist.

He remembered the old man standing in the sunset in his previous life.

Some things shouldn’t remain mere thoughts.

His older brother wanted him to become a prince.

But a bolder idea was beginning to take shape in Xiao Ce’s heart.

Since he was here anyway, why not try a different path?

That path might lead him to raise a red flag the likes of which this age had never seen before. (The red revolution doesn’t begin until more than 200 chapters in. The protagonist spends the earlier part of the story living a life of wine and women.)

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Come on, big brother who writes about the emperor's uncle
15 likes8mo ago
Uncle Liu Huang is good. The description of the plot is not bad, and the author is also a mirror chef. It must be five stars. I want to ask the author if he has any plans to write a mirror-style humanities?
10 likes8mo ago
Beautiful book. The chapters are constantly moving. I really can't stand it anymore. I don't dare to look back. The most vicious thing is that I have sex with Princess Lily. The Lily in the author's writing is different from what I know. I just gave it a free 👍 👍 when I first met. Good book, good book Now I have given it a 6-star review. Currently, I feel that the comment section is full of depressed people. Isn't this really what the author is looking for someone to comment on??
8 likes7mo ago
It's good to watch, it's really good to watch. Introduction: Emperor Uncle, the plot is not procrastinating, it has the plot that it should have, the characters are well created, and there is a brother who is affectionate and righteous. The harem is also very harmonious. If it is not good, maybe the writing style needs to be improved. The emotions are quite good, and the psychological activities are also okay. I hope the author will not collapse. I will not rush for more updates in case the author writes crookedly. Don't worry, the author, I will never support the book [Sending my heart]
7 likes7mo ago
Damn it, author, are you inciting the reviewer to rebel? Don't read the reviewer. It's so cool. The wheels of the car are pressing on the reviewer's face. The accelerator is pressed into the box. It's so beautiful. The speed of the car can be increased [sneaky laugh] [sneaky laugh] [sneaky laugh] [sneaky laugh]
7 likes8mo ago
In fact, I don't mind what to wear at all, and I don't have any idea, but I want to know how the protagonist wore it when he was a child [face-covering]. I still want to see the back of this theme, but what is Lin Luoluo [face-covering] [face-covering] What does Yu Mo's part mean? The third princess is really making trouble. Just bear with it and the rating won't change. I can't do it anymore, I really can't do it anymore 🤮 drag It's not such a shady thing. I went to the General's Mansion and skipped through chapters 5 and 6. I didn't finish it but ended up getting Lily 🤦 There are still chapters in the middle.
6 likes7mo ago
It looks good, but author, do you know why the rating is low? Because you update too slowly 🙂 Tomato readers can finish a book in a day, but it only took me one morning and half of your book was gone 🙂
6 likes8mo ago
One thing about the author nb is that the emperor's uncle writes so simply that it only lasts ten thousand words [laughs crookedly] and the narrative plot is well written in a serious way and is very thought-provoking 😢
5 likes7mo ago
I am Liu Bei and I declare that this is the emperor's uncle
5 likes7mo ago
I feel that the title of this book can be changed to "Rebirth: I am the author and I can write whatever I want"
4 likes8mo ago

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