First she transmigrates as a dog by Cixi’s side, then as a dog belonging to Lü Siniang during the Yongzheng era. Told from a dog’s perspective, this life story is hilarious and full of wild ideas.
After watching the TV drama, Lü Siniang assassinates Yongzheng and transmigrates to the Qing dynasty as a dog. She saves Lü Siniang, and the two fall in love in this legendary tale.
Style: Northeastern Chinese flavor, black humor, historical mystery, martial-world power struggles, transmigration and fate, the realities of marriage, and the redemption of human nature.
What people should fear most isn’t being poor, but letting poverty rob them of their conscience.
A dog doesn’t understand promises, but once it chooses someone, it will risk its life to protect them.
People are good at making promises, but some of them get money, gain power, or receive praise, and throw away the one thing they should never have lost.
This book combines a “real historical setting with a fictionalized retelling of folk legends.” Lü Siniang’s assassination of Yongzheng is a folk tale and literary invention, not a claim about historical fact. The Lü Liuliang case, the Zeng Jing case, The Record of Awakening from Error, and the Yongzheng-era reforms to officialdom generally respect the historical context. The story isn’t about “who is completely innocent.” It asks instead: under the weight of hatred, rumors, power, and desire, how can ordinary people avoid becoming weapons that wound others?
