Ebony Ember

[The Qingmei Love Wooden Hairpin eventually became the sharp blade that split open the patriarchal court] When she was fifteen years old, Merlin gave her a hairpin, and he promised her that she would have the golden hairpin to tie her hair for the rest of her life. Ten miles of red makeup and half a Louis sedan, according to the late emperor's decree, she changed from his fiancée to his nominal mother and queen. Everyone accused her of coveting the honor of the Queen Mother and abandoning the down-and-out prince to cling to the emperor. Only Shen Zhiwei knew clearly that the ebony hairpin engraved with winter plums hid all her grievances and sincerity hidden from the world. When Jiang Yu reached the top, he was paranoid to the core. He broke into Changle Palace every day, indulging in youthful tenderness, while stabbing her with the harshest words. He kept the pure gold plum hairpin sealed in the brocade box for many years, and did not dare to give it away until his death. She also wanted to escape, seek refuge in the mountains to escape the world of mortals, and end this absurd entanglement. But the women in the deep palace offered sacrifices from generation to generation, married, were buried, killed at will, and cannibalized according to the rules. One person running away cannot save thousands of women trapped in the red wall. So she put away the gentleness of her boudoir, secretly gathered women from the lower class, opened a school for women, preserved the history of women, and gradually disturbed the decadent old system. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty launched an attack in court, angrily reprimanding women not to participate in politics. Above the Jinluan Hall, Shen Zhiwei raised his hand and pulled out the old wooden hairpin from his hair, and the cold light reflected the civil and military hall: "Back then, this hairpin was the love promised to me by the young man; today, this hairpin is used by me to tear apart the cage that imprisoned women in the world." Old love burns to ashes and green plums turn to ashes. Jiang Yu devoted all his imperial power to protect her new policy, leaving the post vacant for the rest of his life, guarding the empty palace alone, holding the golden hairpin that no one accepted, and spent the rest of his life repaying the debt. Shen Zhiwei retired after a successful career and traveled across the country to build women's schools. In this life, he will never talk about love again, but only protects women in the world and lives in peace and contentment. Purpose: 1. The core of women's awakening: criticize the objectification and imprisonment of women by the triple shackles of patriarchy, imperial power, and aristocratic families in ancient times. Women should never be marriage bargaining chips or vassals dependent on men. They have the right to choose their own destiny and fight for the right to speak. The heroine went from just wanting to escape the suffering alone, to taking the initiative to fight for all women at the bottom, completing the transformation from the small self to the big self. 2. The choice between love and the great road: Youthful love is just a corner of life, and personal love between children cannot override the justice of all living beings. Even though she still has an old relationship with the male protagonist, the female protagonist still chooses to let go of love and hate, give up staying together, and pursue the future of common women as her lifelong pursuit, breaking the old saying that "love comes first". 3. Discipline binds all living beings: Women are not the only ones trapped by decadent patriarchal rules. The male protagonist has been tortured by imperial power and human prejudice since childhood, and has suffered from paranoia for half his life. He finally realizes that this system can also destroy himself, and chooses to let go of his possessiveness, fulfill the ideals of the female protagonist, and point out the harm of backward order to everyone. 4. The past does not bind the rest of life: The ebony hairpin, which carried the love of youth, finally bid farewell to the symbol of love and turned into a token of resistance against injustice. There is no need to indulge in the good times of the past, broken old dreams can be burned to ashes, people do not have to be trapped in the regrets of the past, there is a new light on the road ahead. 5. The power of ordinary beings: Changing the times is never the work of one person. When palace maids and weak women coexist together, a glimmer of light can shake a century-old court and affirm the value of the joint struggle of the disadvantaged groups at the bottom.