"I want to marry someone who understands me, someone who won't look down on me for being a woman or despise me for having natural feet. We can travel together and see the beautiful mountains and rivers, read all kinds of books together by lamplight, and discuss philosophy. Then I'll open a medical clinic and take in only female students to study medicine."
"The world is harsh, and everyone is afraid for their own safety. Even sensible people have to pretend to be fools. But someone has to stand up and go against the tide. I didn't understand that before. I thought I might somehow escape disaster, but now I know that when the nest is overturned, no egg can remain intact."
"I spent my whole life fighting people, but I could never defeat the one thing called power."
When she wakes from a deep sleep, the young Qiu Xuan has lost both her parents and is left an orphan. She is taken in by He Li, a court physician. He Li treats her like her own daughter, but Qiu Xuan discovers that the mysteries surrounding her grow ever deeper, and that He Li may even have been involved in her parents' deaths. Is she a merciful bodhisattva, or a wicked woman with a heart of stone? What did she go through to become the person she is today?
In one sentence: The life of a woman out of step with her times. The outline is complete, so feel free to dive in.
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First kill! It turns out you have already posted it! I think the first chapter is quite well written hahaha. The background narrative is smooth and easy to read. It's also evident that you are neither anxious nor impatient nor humble nor overbearing. Wait for more, wait for more (