A Heart as Refined as Orchids

A woman unlucky enough to be born in the late Qing, a woman whose life was full of contradictions. Faced with provocations from powerful Western empires, she chose to lead the people in a desperate resistance. Faced with a long-weakened nation, she chose to pursue change with the persistence of the Foolish Old Man who moved the mountains. In a country battered by storms, she bore the weight of the entire Qing Empire on her frail shoulders. Her marriage became a crucial bargaining chip in the political struggle between two factions. She married the most exalted man in the Qing Empire, yet with his tacit approval, she took lovers and bore an illegitimate child. She served two husbands and even violated the Seven Grounds for Divorce, yet the people still revered her as the “Mother of the Nation.” From a lowborn merchant to the mother of a great Chinese empire, her name was inscribed in the annals of history forever, and her life came to embody decades of the Qing dynasty's history. Looking back on her life, only eight characters can do her justice: “Yehenara brought greatness to the Qing!” She transmigrates into Empress Dowager Cixi. This is a partly fictionalized story, not a faithful historical novel. It doesn't follow the historical plot, and there are no clichéd plot twists. Expect plenty of unconventional surprises! A spectacular thank-you to Lucia for designing this gorgeous cover for Xiao Ka, complete with a 360-degree front flip, a 720-degree cartwheel, and a 540-degree spin before landing! Please admire it with reverence~ I've started a joint author group: 65535396. If you'd like to urge me to update, chat me up (blush...), get early plot spoilers, or find more great stories, come on in... ^^ The password is catia ~~ Click the image to visit my new story, The Top Starlet, Xiao Ai. This is a key project on the national to-be-completed list, with a huge backlog of chapters and daily updates of over 3,000 words. Jump in with confidence Theme: