A descendant of the modern Hu surname traveled through time and became Zhichun, the maid of Empress Dowager Hu Ling of the Northern Wei Dynasty. From the perspective of a personal attendant, she witnessed the long life journey of the heroine from Longyou to the deep palace of Luoyang. The story is based on the relevant historical materials of "Book of Wei" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", respects the established historical trend, and will not change the ending of historical facts.
Through the details of daily life, the turmoil in the court, and the ups and downs of the palace, it depicts the struggles and choices of women in the whirlpool of power in troubled times. It breaks away from the single historical bias and details the customs of the nobles, Buddhism, and court etiquette of the Northern Dynasties.
The writing style is more soothing and textual, the pace is slow, and it eventually leads to the established tragedy of official history. The creative framework is built with the help of AI, and the entire text's wording, detailed research, and writing style polishing are all manually rewritten and polished by myself.
Warning: The later plot contains palace coups, repressive historical scenes, and historical archetypal figures who made controversial decisions in later generations. This article will not forcibly whitewash their historically controversial behaviors.
Purpose: To restore a period of history in the Northern Wei Dynasty through the perspective of a maid, to understand the fateful limitations of high-level women trapped in the imperial power system in the feudal era, to study the folk etiquette of the Wei, Jin and Northern Dynasties based on historical materials, and to guide readers to examine historical figures with mixed reviews in history books from multiple angles.