Shen Jinzhu

Name: Shen Jinzhu
Author: Orchid Boat at Dusk

沈今竹

by Orchid Boat at Dusk (暮兰舟)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.6M Words
Genre: Romance
Era: Alternate History
Updated: 1y ago
Source: JJWXC

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Synopsis

A city that showcases the splendor of the Six Dynasties.

A fierce woman who writes a Ming Dynasty legend.

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Set in a Ming Dynasty that's only partly historical, this is the story of a girl from Jinling. She goes from a mischievous child to a woman who seems demure but is fierce beneath the surface, then flees overseas and embarks on a series of adventures. She leaves the inner quarters to become a merchant, is made a countess and then a marquise, and travels between four countries to negotiate, turning the tide and changing the fate of the nation. After choosing the wrong side, she is stripped of her title, her family is ruined, and she is exiled to the frontier. But she rallies, earns merit in helping install a new ruler, and is made Grand Tutor, seemingly reaching the pinnacle of her life. Then the ruler uses imperial power to force her to become a consort and empress, making her give up her ideals and sending her life plummeting to rock bottom. She bounces back, takes up her ideals again, seizes power, ascends the throne as an empress in her own right, rebuilds the navy, reclaims lost territory, and establishes dominance over the seas.

This is a very long epic with a large cast, and even the supporting characters have their own growth arcs. If it's not for you, please stop reading.

Also, the heroine has four romances, and the first three all end badly!!!!! In the first, they love each other but cannot stay together. In the second, they spend their lives together but aren't in love. In the third, the heroine is forced to marry and then strikes back, going so far as to seize the throne and become empress. The author is ruthless with the heartbreak, so readers who can't handle angst will have a very hard time. To protect those readers, the author kindly warns you: please don't open this story. Don't click. Don't!

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