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Novel Blurb:
1.
Pei Ji is born into the Great Zhou dynasty. He isn't even three when he is caught in a refugee flight.
His parents die of an epidemic. His seven-year-old brother, Pei Jinghan, takes everything onto his frail shoulders, apprenticing himself to a hunter and venturing deep into the mountains in exchange for a bowl of rice to support Pei Ji's studies.
Clutching the bloodstained pelt his brother brought home, Pei Ji vows to himself: Once I make something of myself through my studies, I'll give my brother a good life.
No golden finger, no benefactor dropping from the sky. All he has is a kerosene lamp and a broken brush.
He studies by lamplight day and night, passing the county-level examination at fifteen and astonishing the countryside, then taking first place in the palace examination and passing the highest imperial exam at eighteen.
To help support the family, he draws on his past life's experience to write popular fiction, earning his first fortune.
To fulfill his brother's wish, he brings his brother together with Liu Shi'an, a young man who has fallen on hard times, and they build a happy little home.
Hoping to win one person's heart, he meets Shangguan Yu, who has never known his parents' affection. They become close through their shared love of popular fiction and vow to spend their lives together.
When he moves to the capital with his family, he starts out as a low-ranking sixth-grade official. The court is full of shifting intrigues, factional infighting, and hidden daggers.
Colleagues pushing him out? He answers with a record of achievement. Corrupt officials framing him? He outmaneuvers them. Powerful nobles pressuring him? He stands up for the people's livelihood!
Others rise on the strength of their connections. He advances through hard work. From a poor orphan to a chancellor with power over the entire court, Pei Ji proves with his life:
There are no shortcuts for the poor. You have to fight your way to the top!
And those who protected him as he grew up will, in turn, be sheltered beneath his wings, living in peace and comfort for the rest of their lives.
2.
Shangguan Yu is the least favored son in the Shangguan family.
The day he was born, his family was demoted to commoner status. His parents decided he was a bringer of bad luck, and the rest of the clan treated him as a disgrace to the whole family. Their sprawling merchant estate has carved beams, painted rafters, fine clothes, and exquisite food in abundance, yet not one corner offers him a place where he can feel safe.
Though raised in wealth, Shangguan Yu learns the harshness of human nature at an early age. The ordinary affection between siblings and the love of parents that others take for granted are distant, unattainable dreams to him. Only when he hides away in a quiet study and immerses himself in one popular novel after another can he briefly forget the coldness around him and find a moment's comfort and respite.
Then one year, a book called Dreams of the Vermilion Tower, written by an anonymous author, quietly finds its way into his hands.
The resilience and warmth woven through its pages, and the characters' struggles and perseverance in the face of hardship, bring tears to the eyes of the lonely Shangguan Yu. So there is someone in this world as helpless and alone as he is, yet able to change his fate against all odds with sheer courage.
He frantically searches every bookshop in the city, hoping to meet the author who calls himself Anonymous.
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Blurb:
In the final years of Northern Qing, the empire is beset by storms. The case of Yan Yun, Marquis Who Guards the North, shakes the realm. His entire family is executed, and blood runs through the streets.
Eight-year-old Yan Li narrowly escapes the mountain of corpses and sea of blood. From then on, he wanders the martial world, hungry and in rags. Branded the "offspring of a traitor," he is chased, beaten, and spat on, living worse than an ant in the dirt. His only obsession is to uncover the truth behind his father's wrongful conviction and clear the Yan family's name.
At the brink of death, he is saved by Ling Cangyue, an old friend of his father's.
At that moment, Yan Li believes he has grasped a lifeline, and that there is a way out of his desperate situation.
Ling Cangyue sends him to the top sect in the martial world, the Lingxiao Pavilion, instructing him to devote himself to martial arts and keep a low profile until the day comes when he can avenge his family.
But in the end, he is too naive.
The gates of Lingxiao Pavilion were never open to the son of a convicted traitor like him.
He endures, he struggles, and he does everything he can to hold on to that last shred of hope, but the malice of Lingxiao Pavilion swallows him like a rising tide.
There is no one to help him, no one to show him compassion. Even Ling Cangyue seems to have vanished from the world, leaving him to struggle helplessly in the mire.
With all hope gone, Yan Li flees Lingxiao Pavilion under cover of night. He stumbles along without knowing how long he runs, until at last he runs out of strength and blunders into a valley hidden deep in the clouds and mist.
The wind at the bottom of the valley is biting, yet still not as cold as his heart. Then, just at that moment, he meets Xie Wuchen.
The man wears a plain white robe, its sleeves fluttering as if dusted with a thin layer of snow. His features are as cool and clear as the winter moon, and an air of aloofness that warns others to keep their distance surrounds him. He seems like an immortal untouched by worldly concerns: the mysterious, elusive master of the Juechen Valley, long spoken of in the martial world.
Theme: What doesn't break you will make you stronger
Spending so much of my life to clear another person's stigma, I don't know why, but it doesn't feel great, but rather unpleasant. This is not to say that justice should not be served, but that in the process of serving justice, one should act within one's ability, and one should value the lives of those who run for it. Because the life of others is life, but isn't the life of the person who died for it not life? ? ? If more people are sacrificed for a few people, then the meaning of such sacrifice becomes complicated...
. . . I can't understand Liu Shi'an going to the countryside. For what reason could he live in someone else's house? And doesn't he have a family himself? After being rehabilitated, my family, servants, and fields will all come back.
I have probably read Chapter 107, skipping most of the time. The characters are pretty good, but the content is a bit unrealistic. Maybe I am too serious. It is not realistic enough for me. It has a kind of utopian beauty, which is a bit too beautiful. Except for the escape at the beginning, and then the protagonist is confused for a while, the journey is smooth. He is like the biological son of Tiandao, as if everyone is serving the protagonist, and the characters are not fleshed out enough. In terms of characters, my favorite in the book is probably Granny Zhang. When her mother-in-law died, I burst into tears. But what's weird is that, from the previous article, it seems that her mother-in-law and her husband had a good relationship, but after her death, she was not buried with her husband in the village, but next to where the protagonist lived at the time. Isn't it a bit out of touch with reality? Not to mention the money aspect, as I mentioned before, it's too confusing. Speaking of Mr. Zhou, he gave me the impression that he was not a doctor from the Hanlin Academy, but an elder in the cabinet. And was there only one elder Xu in the cabinet of the Zhou Dynasty? Can't it be Prime Minister Xu? The beginning gave me a feeling that the civil service group was okay, but in the middle it was said that the civil service group was fighting openly and secretly, and was very contradictory. Moreover, the Zhou Dynasty and the four major forces in the imperial court went offline too quickly. Suddenly it was all over. And wasn't there a foreign invasion later? The people accepted it too quickly, and just accepted it like this? The protagonist also happily went to Beijing to take the exam? At the beginning, I thought there was a national line, and that was the end? There is also Emperor Qian Qi in the back. He feels like an NPC to me. It can be seen that the author wants to write him well, but it is really difficult to describe him. Just like Wang and Li, how should I say, in Fang Long Ao Tianwen, they are the younger brothers of the protagonist, especially Li. I didn't feel it at the beginning, but as I went on, I felt more and more that Li was in the middle and lower reaches of the examination, almost to the same level as a Jinshi. Later, Emperor Qian Qi directly pointed him to the top of the list? ? ! ! I was shocked, and after they finished the palace examination, they waited outside for a while, and the emperor read the test papers of hundreds of them. Note that there were no ministers to help read it, it was just the emperor who read it alone! ! As a co-author, you only read the test papers of the three protagonists, right? Is it so outrageous? ! If the author simply wanted to write a fun article, then there was no need to write such a long one. With more than 100 chapters, he obviously wanted to write a good story, but he gave me the feeling that it was just a fun article. The policy questions in the middle were basically the same ones that were tested in the exam, including the answers. There was only one answer to go back and forth. The follow-up of many characters was not explained clearly, which was really uncomfortable. This is the first time I have written such a long review, and I don't want to say it anymore. In short, if you want to read a long and refreshing article, you can still read this book. The premise is that you don't have to think too hard, it will be very uncomfortable. The author is quite impressive for being able to write such a long book.
There is a feeling that the life that has just improved is being forcibly broken and involved in other people's troubles. What's the use of their efforts to clear the grievances of others? If the people above are ineffective, can they be overthrown by providing evidence of traitors and traitors?
Damn, a small section of this chapter is repeated. Was it because you were too sleepy at the time? Pay attention to your body. Also, the writing is great, the diction is quite eloquent, the plot has ups and downs, and the emotions are quite delicate (but still a bit rushed), quite similar to the feeling of Bao Dai conveying love in Dream of Red Mansions. But the character of Ayu is still a little thin, very similar to the boudoir lady in ancient novels. I hope it can be a little more tough in shaping. After all, although Taobao bl and Shou are brothers, they can't be too girly. Also, I feel that Xiao Pei's previous life was not the same, it just showed his precocity. At the beginning, he said that he often read ancient books and classics in his previous life, so it should also be reflected in this life, right? Moreover, as a modern person in his previous life, such a sparse and common idea of equality between men and women was not reflected in his words and deeds, and he still felt that his feet were bound. Otherwise, it would be better not to talk about the past life. Of course, this is just my opinion, and there is still a lot of room for improvement! Come on!
There are so many references to "back then" in this chapter that make me feel really uncomfortable😣, they are all happening right now.
The current situation is turbulent, and it is the common people who are suffering. It is really heartbreaking for those poor students who were replaced. They were originally poor, but their exams were in vain because of the inaction of the dynasty. They have to spend money on food and drink. When you are not a family, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. How difficult it is to support a family.
No, why are there so many dead? Why are they all dead?
This is my first time using this function, but I made a mistake last time. Come on, it looks great
"The resentful looks between the two seemed to have hardened..." This is a big bug for the author~
The villain looks like he has been reduced to intelligence
I Traveled Through Time and Became a Death Row Prisoner, I Emptied the Treasury and Went into Exile
My Lord, I Should Never Have Been Unfaithful
My Sweet Little Husband
I Rely on Others to Redress the Grievances of Ghosts.
Burning Body
A Husband, Children, and a Warm Home
A Chao Through the Four Seasons
Lord Xie, Please Behave Yourself!
Spending so much of my life to clear another person's stigma, I don't know why, but it doesn't feel great, but rather unpleasant. This is not to say that justice should not be served, but that in the process of serving justice, one should act within one's ability, and one should value the lives of those who run for it. Because the life of others is life, but isn't the life of the person who died for it not life? ? ? If more people are sacrificed for a few people, then the meaning of such sacrifice becomes complicated...
. . . I can't understand Liu Shi'an going to the countryside. For what reason could he live in someone else's house? And doesn't he have a family himself? After being rehabilitated, my family, servants, and fields will all come back.
I have probably read Chapter 107, skipping most of the time. The characters are pretty good, but the content is a bit unrealistic. Maybe I am too serious. It is not realistic enough for me. It has a kind of utopian beauty, which is a bit too beautiful. Except for the escape at the beginning, and then the protagonist is confused for a while, the journey is smooth. He is like the biological son of Tiandao, as if everyone is serving the protagonist, and the characters are not fleshed out enough. In terms of characters, my favorite in the book is probably Granny Zhang. When her mother-in-law died, I burst into tears. But what's weird is that, from the previous article, it seems that her mother-in-law and her husband had a good relationship, but after her death, she was not buried with her husband in the village, but next to where the protagonist lived at the time. Isn't it a bit out of touch with reality? Not to mention the money aspect, as I mentioned before, it's too confusing. Speaking of Mr. Zhou, he gave me the impression that he was not a doctor from the Hanlin Academy, but an elder in the cabinet. And was there only one elder Xu in the cabinet of the Zhou Dynasty? Can't it be Prime Minister Xu? The beginning gave me a feeling that the civil service group was okay, but in the middle it was said that the civil service group was fighting openly and secretly, and was very contradictory. Moreover, the Zhou Dynasty and the four major forces in the imperial court went offline too quickly. Suddenly it was all over. And wasn't there a foreign invasion later? The people accepted it too quickly, and just accepted it like this? The protagonist also happily went to Beijing to take the exam? At the beginning, I thought there was a national line, and that was the end? There is also Emperor Qian Qi in the back. He feels like an NPC to me. It can be seen that the author wants to write him well, but it is really difficult to describe him. Just like Wang and Li, how should I say, in Fang Long Ao Tianwen, they are the younger brothers of the protagonist, especially Li. I didn't feel it at the beginning, but as I went on, I felt more and more that Li was in the middle and lower reaches of the examination, almost to the same level as a Jinshi. Later, Emperor Qian Qi directly pointed him to the top of the list? ? ! ! I was shocked, and after they finished the palace examination, they waited outside for a while, and the emperor read the test papers of hundreds of them. Note that there were no ministers to help read it, it was just the emperor who read it alone! ! As a co-author, you only read the test papers of the three protagonists, right? Is it so outrageous? ! If the author simply wanted to write a fun article, then there was no need to write such a long one. With more than 100 chapters, he obviously wanted to write a good story, but he gave me the feeling that it was just a fun article. The policy questions in the middle were basically the same ones that were tested in the exam, including the answers. There was only one answer to go back and forth. The follow-up of many characters was not explained clearly, which was really uncomfortable. This is the first time I have written such a long review, and I don't want to say it anymore. In short, if you want to read a long and refreshing article, you can still read this book. The premise is that you don't have to think too hard, it will be very uncomfortable. The author is quite impressive for being able to write such a long book.
There is a feeling that the life that has just improved is being forcibly broken and involved in other people's troubles. What's the use of their efforts to clear the grievances of others? If the people above are ineffective, can they be overthrown by providing evidence of traitors and traitors?
Damn, a small section of this chapter is repeated. Was it because you were too sleepy at the time? Pay attention to your body. Also, the writing is great, the diction is quite eloquent, the plot has ups and downs, and the emotions are quite delicate (but still a bit rushed), quite similar to the feeling of Bao Dai conveying love in Dream of Red Mansions. But the character of Ayu is still a little thin, very similar to the boudoir lady in ancient novels. I hope it can be a little more tough in shaping. After all, although Taobao bl and Shou are brothers, they can't be too girly. Also, I feel that Xiao Pei's previous life was not the same, it just showed his precocity. At the beginning, he said that he often read ancient books and classics in his previous life, so it should also be reflected in this life, right? Moreover, as a modern person in his previous life, such a sparse and common idea of equality between men and women was not reflected in his words and deeds, and he still felt that his feet were bound. Otherwise, it would be better not to talk about the past life. Of course, this is just my opinion, and there is still a lot of room for improvement! Come on!
There are so many references to "back then" in this chapter that make me feel really uncomfortable😣, they are all happening right now.
The current situation is turbulent, and it is the common people who are suffering. It is really heartbreaking for those poor students who were replaced. They were originally poor, but their exams were in vain because of the inaction of the dynasty. They have to spend money on food and drink. When you are not a family, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. How difficult it is to support a family.
No, why are there so many dead? Why are they all dead?
This is my first time using this function, but I made a mistake last time. Come on, it looks great
"The resentful looks between the two seemed to have hardened..." This is a big bug for the author~ The villain looks like he has been reduced to intelligence