This novel downplays the Republican-era historical setting. It is not a mystery, a spy story, or a tale of political scheming. Romance is at its heart.
I have very little time to write, so I rushed through parts of it and didn't polish everything as carefully as I should have. If you come across any stupid plot points, please just ignore them.
Deep love, yet fate keeps us apart.
The sun rises in the east, rain falls in the west. Is it fair weather or not?
A little wooden box.
Does it hold a legend passed down for a thousand years?
Or a conspiracy deliberately set in motion?
Nation and family, reality and illusion.
An ancient town in Jiangnan, with undercurrents surging beneath the surface.
What is it that has caused you and me to lose our way?
If I dare take one step closer to you, will you stop retreating?
When the day comes that every mystery is unraveled,
will your heart, like mine, still be the same?
The story begins with these shards of peony-patterned porcelain...
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After reading this article, I couldn't help but sigh. In this article, Ningda created an image of a crazy, persistent, pursuing but unable to love woman - Rong Lan (here I think of my lovely Chao Jin). Although the official couples in this article are Wan Qing and Jun Tang, why are they matched, and what is the reason for Rong Lan's love tragedy?
Juntang the person
Before discussing the compatibility of Wan Qing and Rong Lan, let's first take a look at Jun Tang. Generally speaking, a person's situation will shape a person's character, and the complexity of Juntang's life experience also destined her to encounter various crises in her life, as well as the different choices she made.
The daughter of a warlord has a perverted father who wants to have a son. Her mother's strict control over her father not allowing him to take concubines and have children created a high-pressure atmosphere in the family. This atmosphere also created such a strange pair of father and daughter. The father who ostensibly married his daughter was actually a concubine for himself, and the warlord's eldest daughter, who had been forced to be raised as a boy since she was a child. She even had to dress and address her in accordance with male standards. She had long endured the idiosyncratic remarks about women marrying wives. Living in such a family, Juntang's psychology is probably more sensitive than that of other young ladies, and the madness inherited from the Ji family's ancestors is also embedded in his bones.
Under the strict discipline of Warlord Ji, Juntang is decisive in handling things, but she also retains benevolence. This is largely due to her femininity, which forms a sharp contrast with the warlords who were purely educated by warlords. In the article, she is very good at the opera "The Peony Pavilion", even to the extent that everyone praises her. However, if she wants to sing the opera to move people's hearts, it is far from just relying on her skills. It is more about understanding the emotions in the opera and presenting it to the audience. It can also be seen from this that Juntang's thoughts are actually delicate, especially in terms of insight into people's hearts. Therefore, she also deeply understood the difficulty of being a woman - in order to save the lives of the wives her father married for her, she used means to prevent them from becoming pregnant with her father's children; at the same time, she repeatedly prevented her father from finding more new women, even at the cost of being whipped.
And as a warlord, she is qualified. Together with Rong Changfeng, she regained the position of military governor and fought against the Japanese in Dongqing Town. Her wisdom and wisdom can be seen in every strategy. But at the same time, Juntang also has the crazy side of the Ji family. When she first met Wanqing, she actually smashed a cart of good wine that Wanqing brought and shot the tavern owner who wanted to take Wanqing for granted. This move really surprised me. It seems that when a beautiful woman was in trouble, the madness of the old Warlord Ji was indeed inherited to Juntang.
The most contradictory and attractive thing about Juntang is probably her unique life experience. For the first half of her life, she was raised as a eldest daughter at home, endured the emphasis on boys over girls and various harsh disciplines, and learned various skills that boys need to learn. But when he grew up, the suffocating atmosphere of patriarchal preference only increased. It was so ridiculous that he was forced to cut his hair short, marry a wife, and became an outlier in the streets. This long-term repressive atmosphere, as well as the chaotic gender violence, makes me think that there are only two possible results. One is that the more repressed the person is, the more he resists - the more he is treated as a boy, the more he indulges himself and looks for a man; the other is that it is subtle and subtle. In the long run, although he hates this alien identity, he has silently accepted the possibility of such a thing happening in his heart, and it is easier to change his mind. Juntang in the article obviously belongs to the latter situation. Although some people may think that the emotional line in this article is very abrupt and develops very quickly, but after being in this kind of psychological depression for a long time, once you meet someone who is sincere to you, it is not impossible to quickly become a life-or-death couple.
Qingzhirou
The character Wan Qing actually gradually grows up as the plot progresses. At the beginning, she did appear to be weak in character, and at the same time, faced with the environment, she had more choices to just go with the flow. She obviously had the status of the eldest lady at home, but she was bullied by her aunt at home. She went out to sell alcohol with her father, and she was about to give in when she met a tavern owner who raped a common girl. In fact, according to common sense, during the era of melee in the Republic of China, it was absolutely impossible for a woman to be raped just once. If she succumbed again and again, how many times would a person have to be sold? Wan Qing's performance is indeed not very satisfactory compared to her setting as a barmaid.
But after meeting Juntang, she also made her own changes and actively grew up herself. Facing the possible threat posed by Rong Changfeng, she and Xueyi had no choice but to strengthen themselves. They tried to find a way to compromise with Rong Changfeng and struggled to survive. At the same time, they also made a promise to Xueyi - they would rather sacrifice their lives to preserve Xueyi's innocence. This also shows that after she and Juntang have experienced so many things together, whether in terms of responsibility or intelligence, she is no longer the weak Du Wanqing who wanted to sacrifice herself after being threatened by the tavern owner.
Speaking of her compatibility with Juntang, I think Juntang's character is like a sharp sword, while Wanqing is like water, embracing Juntang's sharpness and having her own soft yet strong nature. She respects and trusts Juntang under normal circumstances, but in times of crisis, she also has her own personality. For example, when she and Juntang fled to the Rong family warehouse, she was surrounded by Rong Lan. She did not leave Juntang, but said to Juntang, "You still owe me Da Yang, and you can't die yet." This is really hard to believe that this is the weak restaurant girl who almost committed herself to a villain just to sell a hundred jars of wine when they first met. Later, in order to divert Juntang's anger towards Xueyi, she actually admitted for Xueyi that she had drugged her, and faced Juntang directly, which made people sigh at the same time.
The most suitable aspect of Wanqing for Juntang is that she is willing to change herself for Juntang. This is different from Rong Lan. Rong Lan is like a hot flame. She goes her own way and pursues everything persistently, but she is often more stubborn about herself and unwilling to make changes. But Wanqing is not the case. She has been actively making changes since she met Juntang. From the Rong family warehouse, she has been learning to be strong, brave and self-reliant. At the same time, when she knew that Juntang loved the play "The Peony Pavilion", although she did not know it, she also actively wanted Juntang to teach her, hoping to have more similarities and compatibility with Juntang. For Juntang's strong yet delicate character, Wanqing, who is more tolerant and is learning to grow and change herself, is obviously more suitable to match him.
Rong Lanzhilie
"If women in the world have feelings, they would rather be like Du Liniang! The person in the dream will become sick, and the illness will become more frequent, and the hand-drawn description will be passed down to the world and then die." This article runs through the drama "The Peony Pavilion". It can be said that all the characters in it are very fond of it. They have different opinions, and in my opinion, the people in this article who are most obsessed with and deeply immersed in this play are not Jun Tang and Xue Yi who sing the best in this play, but Rong Lan who started as a listener and later wanted to forcefully break into Jun Tang's world. She is obsessed with Juntang and persistently wants to be Juntang's "Du Liniang". Even after being humiliated by Juntang by taking off her clothes and pushing her to the window to ask about Wanqing's whereabouts, she is still deeply in love, persistent and unable to see through it.
Li Yu once explained the word "lovesickness" through Cao Yuhua's mouth, "What starts from the liver and diaphragm is called 'love', and what starts from the bed mat is called 'desire.' If it is determined that the love affair between the bed and bed is the only thing that hurts lovesickness, even if it kills people, it will only be called a 'desire ghost', not a 'love'" Stupid. Only Du Liniang can speak the word 'love'. '" When Rong Lan faced Jun Tang's undressing and interrogation, she obviously heard that Jun Tang was doing this for Wan Qing, and she also wanted to refuse, which shows that Rong Lan is indeed trapped and thinking about love.
However, Du Liniang was so sentimental that she happened to meet her Liu Mengmei, so she died and came back to life. Rong Lan could also impersonate him and die calmly for Juntang, attracting firepower. Unfortunately, this love is not for Liu Mengmei who belongs to her after all, so it is not "love that has not yet arrived", but actually "the love is not human". Rong Lan's love is too strong, her methods are too radical, and her love that is too tight is more likely to make people breathless. Even if there is no Wan Qing among the three, Rong Lan, who is so decisive and strong, may not be a good match for Jun Tang, who is equally strong but equally sensitive in his heart.
I don't know where the love started, but it goes deeper and deeper. For Rong Lan, "the living can die", but there is no resurrection. All because the "Liu Mengmei" outside the dream is not Liu Mengmei who only belongs to her. Therefore, she would rather stay in a drunken dream, at least the Juntang in the dream is Liu Mengmei who completely belongs to her.
Why should the love in dreams be unreal? How many people in the world are in dreams? But Rong Lan only got one dream in the end. Personally, it was the biggest disappointment in 2020. I really don't know if Rong Lan cherishes the present moment like Xue Yi and it's better to get out of the dream, or whether it's better to remain like this and indulge in the dream. But I think if she really walked out of the dream, she might not be Juntang's "Du Liniang" who died for love as she wanted to be.
I actually quite like the character Rong Lan and her decisiveness. But precisely because of this character, even though they met Juntang first, they were not destined to be together...
I don't know whether Rong Lan's ending is happy or unfortunate... I actually quite like Rong Lan's determination. Why can't we be together after we met Juntang first? Is it just because of his personality? Maybe…
Although I feel that the writing is a bit immature and not very good, the plot and characters are really clever and vivid. Among the online articles I have read in recent years, there are few that are as compact and non-delayed as this, and at the same time full of ups and downs and gripping stories. Such a large plot can be told in a hundred chapters. It is really powerful. According to the current speed of brainless cookie writing, it is simply impossible to achieve. This is probably the most impressive aspect of this article as a whole.
Xueyi is so happy
There is such a person who has been waiting for her silently for eight years
Seize the moment...
It's a bit cruel, at least some people have good endings, but I feel that Rong Lan is the most pitiful. She sacrificed and lost so much but did not get the desired result. It turns out that not all efforts are rewarded, and not all love is beautiful and smooth! !
I missed six years of good articles
After reading this, I don't know why I cried when I read this article. Maybe those who have not loved have been looking forward to someone to love, and they have been searching hard.
I read it in one breath during the day and into the early hours of the morning. I have to say that the writing of the novel five years ago was already so wonderful. The plot was full of ups and downs and was full of dangers. I read it thoroughly. I like Juntang and Wanqing the most. One is romantic and suave, cold-blooded on the outside and kind on the inside. The other is gentle and graceful, weak on the outside but stubborn and strong on the inside. It is everyone's expectation that such a couple can know each other and stay together for the rest of their lives. The least lovable person is Rong Lan. Although she is also a long-term woman, she is too infatuated. From the beginning when I resorted to all means for love to the end when I risked my life for the one I love, I never cried a single tear of sympathy. In the end, I was willing to live in a dream without waking up, which moved me a little. Hey, who says this is not a good result? Speaking of Xueyi, she is a well-heeled lady who only wants to marry a good man. She discovers her sincerity in the process of being hurt. Her wisdom and kindness make her not covet the love that is not hers. Instead, she chooses to silently protect and bless her, and finally chooses Chen Ning. I think this is also an explanation given to everyone. After all, such a beautiful and kind-hearted girl should have her own spring, right? Finally, I have a question, that is, Xueyi's talkative maid did not appear. She was so scene-stealing from the very beginning. I thought... I thought she could be paired with Xiao Kai. Finally, I want to say something to Chang Ning: We love to kill you!
Alas, I hope all the infatuated girls can find their own belongings.
After reading this article, I couldn't help but sigh. In this article, Ningda created an image of a crazy, persistent, pursuing but unable to love woman - Rong Lan (here I think of my lovely Chao Jin). Although the official couples in this article are Wan Qing and Jun Tang, why are they matched, and what is the reason for Rong Lan's love tragedy? Juntang the person Before discussing the compatibility of Wan Qing and Rong Lan, let's first take a look at Jun Tang. Generally speaking, a person's situation will shape a person's character, and the complexity of Juntang's life experience also destined her to encounter various crises in her life, as well as the different choices she made. The daughter of a warlord has a perverted father who wants to have a son. Her mother's strict control over her father not allowing him to take concubines and have children created a high-pressure atmosphere in the family. This atmosphere also created such a strange pair of father and daughter. The father who ostensibly married his daughter was actually a concubine for himself, and the warlord's eldest daughter, who had been forced to be raised as a boy since she was a child. She even had to dress and address her in accordance with male standards. She had long endured the idiosyncratic remarks about women marrying wives. Living in such a family, Juntang's psychology is probably more sensitive than that of other young ladies, and the madness inherited from the Ji family's ancestors is also embedded in his bones. Under the strict discipline of Warlord Ji, Juntang is decisive in handling things, but she also retains benevolence. This is largely due to her femininity, which forms a sharp contrast with the warlords who were purely educated by warlords. In the article, she is very good at the opera "The Peony Pavilion", even to the extent that everyone praises her. However, if she wants to sing the opera to move people's hearts, it is far from just relying on her skills. It is more about understanding the emotions in the opera and presenting it to the audience. It can also be seen from this that Juntang's thoughts are actually delicate, especially in terms of insight into people's hearts. Therefore, she also deeply understood the difficulty of being a woman - in order to save the lives of the wives her father married for her, she used means to prevent them from becoming pregnant with her father's children; at the same time, she repeatedly prevented her father from finding more new women, even at the cost of being whipped. And as a warlord, she is qualified. Together with Rong Changfeng, she regained the position of military governor and fought against the Japanese in Dongqing Town. Her wisdom and wisdom can be seen in every strategy. But at the same time, Juntang also has the crazy side of the Ji family. When she first met Wanqing, she actually smashed a cart of good wine that Wanqing brought and shot the tavern owner who wanted to take Wanqing for granted. This move really surprised me. It seems that when a beautiful woman was in trouble, the madness of the old Warlord Ji was indeed inherited to Juntang. The most contradictory and attractive thing about Juntang is probably her unique life experience. For the first half of her life, she was raised as a eldest daughter at home, endured the emphasis on boys over girls and various harsh disciplines, and learned various skills that boys need to learn. But when he grew up, the suffocating atmosphere of patriarchal preference only increased. It was so ridiculous that he was forced to cut his hair short, marry a wife, and became an outlier in the streets. This long-term repressive atmosphere, as well as the chaotic gender violence, makes me think that there are only two possible results. One is that the more repressed the person is, the more he resists - the more he is treated as a boy, the more he indulges himself and looks for a man; the other is that it is subtle and subtle. In the long run, although he hates this alien identity, he has silently accepted the possibility of such a thing happening in his heart, and it is easier to change his mind. Juntang in the article obviously belongs to the latter situation. Although some people may think that the emotional line in this article is very abrupt and develops very quickly, but after being in this kind of psychological depression for a long time, once you meet someone who is sincere to you, it is not impossible to quickly become a life-or-death couple. Qingzhirou The character Wan Qing actually gradually grows up as the plot progresses. At the beginning, she did appear to be weak in character, and at the same time, faced with the environment, she had more choices to just go with the flow. She obviously had the status of the eldest lady at home, but she was bullied by her aunt at home. She went out to sell alcohol with her father, and she was about to give in when she met a tavern owner who raped a common girl. In fact, according to common sense, during the era of melee in the Republic of China, it was absolutely impossible for a woman to be raped just once. If she succumbed again and again, how many times would a person have to be sold? Wan Qing's performance is indeed not very satisfactory compared to her setting as a barmaid. But after meeting Juntang, she also made her own changes and actively grew up herself. Facing the possible threat posed by Rong Changfeng, she and Xueyi had no choice but to strengthen themselves. They tried to find a way to compromise with Rong Changfeng and struggled to survive. At the same time, they also made a promise to Xueyi - they would rather sacrifice their lives to preserve Xueyi's innocence. This also shows that after she and Juntang have experienced so many things together, whether in terms of responsibility or intelligence, she is no longer the weak Du Wanqing who wanted to sacrifice herself after being threatened by the tavern owner. Speaking of her compatibility with Juntang, I think Juntang's character is like a sharp sword, while Wanqing is like water, embracing Juntang's sharpness and having her own soft yet strong nature. She respects and trusts Juntang under normal circumstances, but in times of crisis, she also has her own personality. For example, when she and Juntang fled to the Rong family warehouse, she was surrounded by Rong Lan. She did not leave Juntang, but said to Juntang, "You still owe me Da Yang, and you can't die yet." This is really hard to believe that this is the weak restaurant girl who almost committed herself to a villain just to sell a hundred jars of wine when they first met. Later, in order to divert Juntang's anger towards Xueyi, she actually admitted for Xueyi that she had drugged her, and faced Juntang directly, which made people sigh at the same time. The most suitable aspect of Wanqing for Juntang is that she is willing to change herself for Juntang. This is different from Rong Lan. Rong Lan is like a hot flame. She goes her own way and pursues everything persistently, but she is often more stubborn about herself and unwilling to make changes. But Wanqing is not the case. She has been actively making changes since she met Juntang. From the Rong family warehouse, she has been learning to be strong, brave and self-reliant. At the same time, when she knew that Juntang loved the play "The Peony Pavilion", although she did not know it, she also actively wanted Juntang to teach her, hoping to have more similarities and compatibility with Juntang. For Juntang's strong yet delicate character, Wanqing, who is more tolerant and is learning to grow and change herself, is obviously more suitable to match him. Rong Lanzhilie "If women in the world have feelings, they would rather be like Du Liniang! The person in the dream will become sick, and the illness will become more frequent, and the hand-drawn description will be passed down to the world and then die." This article runs through the drama "The Peony Pavilion". It can be said that all the characters in it are very fond of it. They have different opinions, and in my opinion, the people in this article who are most obsessed with and deeply immersed in this play are not Jun Tang and Xue Yi who sing the best in this play, but Rong Lan who started as a listener and later wanted to forcefully break into Jun Tang's world. She is obsessed with Juntang and persistently wants to be Juntang's "Du Liniang". Even after being humiliated by Juntang by taking off her clothes and pushing her to the window to ask about Wanqing's whereabouts, she is still deeply in love, persistent and unable to see through it. Li Yu once explained the word "lovesickness" through Cao Yuhua's mouth, "What starts from the liver and diaphragm is called 'love', and what starts from the bed mat is called 'desire.' If it is determined that the love affair between the bed and bed is the only thing that hurts lovesickness, even if it kills people, it will only be called a 'desire ghost', not a 'love'" Stupid. Only Du Liniang can speak the word 'love'. '" When Rong Lan faced Jun Tang's undressing and interrogation, she obviously heard that Jun Tang was doing this for Wan Qing, and she also wanted to refuse, which shows that Rong Lan is indeed trapped and thinking about love. However, Du Liniang was so sentimental that she happened to meet her Liu Mengmei, so she died and came back to life. Rong Lan could also impersonate him and die calmly for Juntang, attracting firepower. Unfortunately, this love is not for Liu Mengmei who belongs to her after all, so it is not "love that has not yet arrived", but actually "the love is not human". Rong Lan's love is too strong, her methods are too radical, and her love that is too tight is more likely to make people breathless. Even if there is no Wan Qing among the three, Rong Lan, who is so decisive and strong, may not be a good match for Jun Tang, who is equally strong but equally sensitive in his heart. I don't know where the love started, but it goes deeper and deeper. For Rong Lan, "the living can die", but there is no resurrection. All because the "Liu Mengmei" outside the dream is not Liu Mengmei who only belongs to her. Therefore, she would rather stay in a drunken dream, at least the Juntang in the dream is Liu Mengmei who completely belongs to her. Why should the love in dreams be unreal? How many people in the world are in dreams? But Rong Lan only got one dream in the end. Personally, it was the biggest disappointment in 2020. I really don't know if Rong Lan cherishes the present moment like Xue Yi and it's better to get out of the dream, or whether it's better to remain like this and indulge in the dream. But I think if she really walked out of the dream, she might not be Juntang's "Du Liniang" who died for love as she wanted to be.
I actually quite like the character Rong Lan and her decisiveness. But precisely because of this character, even though they met Juntang first, they were not destined to be together...
I don't know whether Rong Lan's ending is happy or unfortunate... I actually quite like Rong Lan's determination. Why can't we be together after we met Juntang first? Is it just because of his personality? Maybe…
Although I feel that the writing is a bit immature and not very good, the plot and characters are really clever and vivid. Among the online articles I have read in recent years, there are few that are as compact and non-delayed as this, and at the same time full of ups and downs and gripping stories. Such a large plot can be told in a hundred chapters. It is really powerful. According to the current speed of brainless cookie writing, it is simply impossible to achieve. This is probably the most impressive aspect of this article as a whole.
Xueyi is so happy There is such a person who has been waiting for her silently for eight years Seize the moment...
It's a bit cruel, at least some people have good endings, but I feel that Rong Lan is the most pitiful. She sacrificed and lost so much but did not get the desired result. It turns out that not all efforts are rewarded, and not all love is beautiful and smooth! !
I missed six years of good articles
After reading this, I don't know why I cried when I read this article. Maybe those who have not loved have been looking forward to someone to love, and they have been searching hard.
I read it in one breath during the day and into the early hours of the morning. I have to say that the writing of the novel five years ago was already so wonderful. The plot was full of ups and downs and was full of dangers. I read it thoroughly. I like Juntang and Wanqing the most. One is romantic and suave, cold-blooded on the outside and kind on the inside. The other is gentle and graceful, weak on the outside but stubborn and strong on the inside. It is everyone's expectation that such a couple can know each other and stay together for the rest of their lives. The least lovable person is Rong Lan. Although she is also a long-term woman, she is too infatuated. From the beginning when I resorted to all means for love to the end when I risked my life for the one I love, I never cried a single tear of sympathy. In the end, I was willing to live in a dream without waking up, which moved me a little. Hey, who says this is not a good result? Speaking of Xueyi, she is a well-heeled lady who only wants to marry a good man. She discovers her sincerity in the process of being hurt. Her wisdom and kindness make her not covet the love that is not hers. Instead, she chooses to silently protect and bless her, and finally chooses Chen Ning. I think this is also an explanation given to everyone. After all, such a beautiful and kind-hearted girl should have her own spring, right? Finally, I have a question, that is, Xueyi's talkative maid did not appear. She was so scene-stealing from the very beginning. I thought... I thought she could be paired with Xiao Kai. Finally, I want to say something to Chang Ning: We love to kill you!
Alas, I hope all the infatuated girls can find their own belongings.