In the forty-fifth year of Zhaohua, in Suzhou, Jiangnan, the Su Mansion, a well-known weaving family, was on the verge of destruction.
The tribute "Tiansun Brocade" map has been mysteriously stolen, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is about to demand the collection. If the brocade cannot be handed over, what awaits the Su family is not a fine of silver, but a raid on the house, imprisonment, and the entire family being exterminated.
In this crisis that was destined to fail, the person who was pushed to the forefront was the most inconspicuous person in the Su family - Su Wanyin, the fifth concubine. She had no mother and no one to rely on. She grew up in a dyeing room and a loom. Her hands were covered with scars and she was regarded as the shadow of her family. But it was she who inherited half of the "Tiangong Notes" left by her deceased mother and mastered the true weaving skills that had long been blocked by rules.
In order to make up a piece of Tiansun brocade that was "payable as tribute" within twelve hours, Su Wanyin was forced to break the old official rules, modify the loom privately, and bet on life and death with the craftsmen in the inner treasury. She tested the machine with her own body and held the responsibility of her family's magic staff, but she also wanted to keep the loom running and the threads running smoothly. The moment the old rules shattered, not only was the fate of the Su family rewritten, but the undercurrent of the entire Jiangnan weaving system also surged.
When the Xie family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and merchants entered the game one after another, Su Wanyin discovered that what her mother left behind was not just a brocade weaving skill, but a secret chess game that could affect officials, merchants, and craftsmen.
The brocade is not yet formed, but the sword has been unsheathed.
This is not a story about "becoming famous through skills", but about how a woman from a humble background used every inch of thread to weave a way out for herself and the world under the pressure of the system, power and blood.
Purpose: When the system is rigid and power is imbalanced, what can really change the world is never identity, but "who dares to bear the price."
Reader comments
"She has a bright heart." This is a big bug for the author~
I am afraid of being fooled and knowing everything clearly. [Rose]
"She has a bright heart." This is a big bug for the author~ I am afraid of being fooled and knowing everything clearly. [Rose]