Beyond Minglan: Four Faces of Humanity
The story of four supporting characters, each struggling in their own way.
Sheng Changbai, a Hanlin scholar in the new dynasty. Amid the palace coup’s flames and bloodshed, he protects the classics and the ruler within his heart. Torn between family, court, and conscience, his path as an upright official is a lonely act of courage on a tightrope.
Sheng Pinlan, a merchant’s new bride. She smashes the shrine of feminine virtue and storms into Bianjing’s business world with her loom and abacus. Her battlefield is a world she shares equally with her husband, not the cramped confines of the inner quarters.
Shen Hezhen, daughter-in-law of a duke’s household. On the eve of her wedding, she burns all her poems. She has no interest in illusory romance; she wants a tangible future. Between her mother-in-law’s imposing authority and her husband’s distant manner, she advances step by step, playing the card of marriage alliances to great effect.
Sun Zhigao, a fallen scholar. In the filthiest back alley, he overhears a sinister plot. For the first time, fear pierces his heart, rotten as mud. Can someone rotten to the core still be awakened by their conscience?
As upheaval rocks the household, Chengyuan is engulfed in flames, and the throne changes hands...
Minglan is writing her legend.
And the four of them are making choices that cannot be undone.
This is the battlefield of supporting characters, and the epic of each of their lives.
I have listened to many chapters, the plot is wonderful
Super pretty haha