The Grand General Is My Father, So I Do Whatever I Want

Women in this world each face their own constraints.

With the new reforms, women can sit for the imperial examinations and reshape their era through the lives they choose to lead.

Excerpt:

“The Junzhu Zhaohua is of the Feng clan’s direct line, blessed by heaven. When she comes of age and marries, her consort must marry into the General’s household, and all their children must bear the Feng surname and carry on the Feng family line.”

She will be the first woman in the history of Great Jing to amass great wealth and build a great enterprise.

“But… she’s a celestial maiden who can fly and use magic. How could losing her clothes leave her trapped? That makes no sense.”

“Whether it spoils the mood is beside the point. I only know that many so-called tales of devotion passed down through the ages feature someone whose hands and feet were bound and mouth gagged, yet who still had to smile and say it was their choice.”

“When we return to the earth a hundred years from now and enter the underworld, will those who abandoned their daughters with their own hands be sent to the Stone-Pressing Hell?”

“Men can build careers through learning. Why can’t women have other ways to live?”

“Does the prayer say the deity is male or female? In the sacrificial hymns you recite every year, is there even one line that specifies the Dragon God’s sex?”

“Offer a girl this year and a boy next year, and the Dragon King will surely be pleased. Boys have stronger yang energy, and one is worth ten girls. That’ll guarantee you ten years of good weather and bountiful harvests.”

“We learned to read and behave properly, and spent countless days honing ourselves. Was everything we studied ultimately just so we could serve our husbands and raise children?”

“Yesterday, a young maid even said she wanted to take the imperial exam and buy a phoenix for good luck.”

A few things to know:

1. The story starts when the protagonist is a child, so the pacing is fairly slow.

2. There isn’t much romance, and there may be none at all.

3. There is a female lead, but the story later follows multiple women’s stories and has a more realistic tone.