Hua Yan is in a frightened dream, but the coldness at the mouth of the well is still there. She refused to be anyone's "perfect complement" and turned around:
A piece of paper "like this", a "bell", a "wall", a "white light", the handle becomes steady, and the knife is brought into order.
She made "facts louder than temper"; she borrowed a halberd to ask questions, played chess with flying generals across the wall, and let the tiger learn to smell carefully; at the Dong's family banquet, she changed the ambiguity into a process, and nailed the casual promise into a business matter.
Her golden finger is not destiny, but verifiable rules——.
This is a new historical novel written in the realistic style of female power plotting/business warfare: there are no fancy sweet words, only conspiracy, evidence, reputation and compound interest; there are also two strong characters who achieve each other: he holds the knife, she holds the scale, restraining and calibrating each other.
If you are tired of the praise of "emotional labor" and "you are sensible", read this book: see how she nailed the wind to the wall, returned the blame to the original owner, and retrieved the name from silence.
Intention: She, in the noise of power, uses rules and signatures to regain her rightful position, and tame the "quick" feeling into "stable" justice.