The New Moon's 'Kind and Magnanimous' Yan Ji

In ancient times, where men could have three wives and four concubines and the principal wife's dignity was inviolable, someone has traveled from the modern era into Yan Ji's body. As the archetypal example of a marriage ruined by a favored concubine, with the principal wife cast aside, the mistress taking her place, the couple at odds, and the children alienated, she says: This is so stressful! Fighting wits and wiles with these idiots is really not a job for human beings...

A little aside: This is a household-intrigue story about fighting a mistress.

A deep bow and apology: Please don't wait for updates. I can't update regularly lately. Why is New Year so early this year? I was actually looking forward to it. There's an endless list of things to do every day: budgets, personnel, projects, performance reviews, and all sorts of odds and ends. As soon as I get to work, I sit there. Today I didn't even drink a sip of water or go to the bathroom once. I sat from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. I'm practically a mummy! Then I have to work overtime when I get home. *Sobs.* Is this really necessary just for a little salary...

I went to Xinjiang and learned how to tell good raisins from bad ones, so here's what I learned: The worst kind of raisin looks translucent when held up to the light, and is seedless. These raisins have been soaked in sulfuric acid. They look nice, but are completely inedible and harmful to your health. The second kind is the common one sold loose in stores, the green ones. They're all dyed. Normal raisins aren't entirely green. Soak and rub them in water, and the water turns green: that's the dye. Most of the raisins sold all over the country are dyed this way, shipped in bulk to other places by the train carload. They're inedible too. The jarred raisins sold in supermarkets, the yellow and black ones mixed with salt crystals, are made from spoiled grapes, damaged grapes that fell on the ground, and other leftovers. They're not fresh at all, so they're heavily flavored to hide their poor quality. People in Xinjiang don't eat any of these kinds. Even the sheep won't touch them. So if any of you like raisins, be careful when you buy them. The best raisins still have their seeds. They're not as easy to eat, but they're very good for you and help keep your skin beautiful and prevent aging. The finest parts of a grape are, in order, the seeds, the skin, and finally the flesh. The same goes for fresh grapes. If you want to stay healthy, don't spit out the seeds and skins when you eat grapes. But lots of grapes these days have been treated with pesticides, so the skins probably aren't safe to eat. Just eating the seeds is something, at least. Turpan in Xinjiang gets only 200 millimeters of rain a year. The climate is dry, with no insects, so the grapes don't need pesticides at all. The grapes there are organically grown and pesticide-free. If you ever get the chance, give them a try.

Thanks to Panda Police Station for helping make the cover. Hehe, I finally have a cover, so I'm no longer going bare!