Traveling Through the Qing Dynasty: the Fool Is Beside the Couch, and the Uncle and Sister-In-Law Are in the Same Court

This book is set in the middle and late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It tells the story of Shen Yanzhi, a poor scholar who, with the assistance of the resourceful woman Su Jinhua, grew from a poor scholar to a military minister who supported Emperor Jiaqing's pro-government and rectified the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, Su Jinhua herself also went from being the daughter of a weaver in Jingzhou to eventually becoming the first female official in charge of the Weaving Department of the Qing Palace.