Shen Ying can "hear" the secrets in the wind.
The north wind brings rumors in the market, the south wind carries the clear opinions of literati, and the west wind carries murderous intentions in the officialdom. Seven years ago, her father was falsely accused of treason because he printed a wrong book of poetry, and died of illness while in exile. From then on, she hid in her uncle's teahouse and used her "obedient" ears to survive in the wind of the capital.
Until I met Gu Huaijing.
An unsociable and unsophisticated son of an official from the Ministry of Industry, who could only think about waterwheels and dams, was treated as a joke by the children of aristocratic families, and was ostracized by his classmates. Yet he still squatted on the ground and used tree branches to tell passers-by, "The sand in the Yellow River should not be waterwheeled" in the evening after the Imperial College exams.
He was being targeted.
Some people hired hawkers to record his every word and deed, some spread his "scandal" in the Imperial College, and people from the Ministry of Industry secretly inquired about his details - Shen Yingshi recognized this trick: Seven years ago, her father was pushed into the abyss step by step in this way.
This time, she didn't want to hide anymore.
From manipulating a rumor to save him from a public opinion crisis, to mobilizing teahouses and restaurants in the capital to seek justice for his falsely claimed credit - she used her sharp tongue to leverage the imperial examination field monopolized by the family, and pushed that wooden man step by step to the pinnacle of power.
But she gradually discovered that she had become the "invisible hand" of the Zhou Dynasty.
And the man from science and engineering who was only pure to her began to smell an unusual smell in the wind...
Purpose: Women's talents do not have to be trapped in the back house; the blade of public opinion can also split the blue clouds.