Daughter of a fallen country | Machiavellian group portraits | Slow growth | Restraining sadomasochism | The heroine's sense of subjectivity | Old dreams of home and country
After the death of Nanli, Jiang Zhaowei was sent to Dayin and went to Beijing. She is a woman who has subjugated her country, and she is also a hostage that the Sheng Dynasty cannot easily deal with.
The palace walls are deep, the old friends are still there, the powerful ministers are by the side, and the aristocratic families are watching. Everyone thought she would bow her head, be resentful, and become a useful chess piece. But Jiang Zhaowei was sober. She does not make the memorial tablet of the old country, nor does she make the spring branch in someone's palm. She wanted to see clearly where she came from in this snowy Shangjing city and decide her own way back.
