She would win the world through craftsmanship; he would offer his empire as her betrothal gift.
Su Ci was reborn at sixteen as an orphan from a disgraced family of artisans.
This time, she would no longer hide her talents. She would wield a charcoal pencil like a sword and use her blueprints as commands, giving artisans everywhere the chance to stand tall.
She improved farm tools, overhauled river management, and established national standards...
As a woman, she entered the Ministry of Works and founded the Tiangong Institute, challenging centuries-old conventions.
The court called her a woman usurping men's duties. She answered by presenting accounts that saved the treasury a million taels;
The noble families mocked her for pursuing useless contraptions. She turned a thousand miles of wasteland into fertile farmland.
When the Seventh Prince, Xiao Zhi, returned reborn, the first thing he did was seek out the female artisan who had died young in his previous life.
This time, he wouldn't simply protect her. He would stand by her side
She would draw up the blueprint for a golden age, while he cleared the thorny path ahead;
She would build ingenious tools to benefit the people, while he cut down the court's hidden attacks.
“Su Ci, if you want fairness, I'll change the laws for you;
if you want artisans to serve in government, I'll open the imperial examinations to them;
if you want us to govern the world together...”
He took her hand and placed it beside the imperial seal.
“Then let's start with the two of us.”
When a technically minded female artisan meets a reborn prince,
they don't scheme for power in the palace. They build a legacy
measuring fairness with a standard ruler and turning the age with gears.
