The Golden Abacus

Please check out my ongoing novel, The Landlady’s Love Story, and my completed novel, The Concubine’s Guide to Staying Alive. Your support means a lot. Thank you! *bows repeatedly* Jin Wuniang, nicknamed Manpen, grabbed an abacus at her first-birthday ceremony. From then on, her reputation as “Golden Abacus” spread far and wide, leaving her unmarried and unwanted as she approached sixteen. Jing Yuanzhao, Prince Zhao, was the youngest son born to the empress dowager when she was nearly forty. He was reserved and mysterious, and commanded half of the Great Jing army. The two could hardly have been less connected, but an imperial decree of marriage tied them together. The heroine is lazy but skilled at calculation and scheming. The hero is ambitious, sharp, and perceptive. A little scene from years later Emperor: Manman, help me calculate this year’s tax revenue for Great Jing. The empress, reclining on a chaise: Your Majesty, the harem must not meddle in state affairs. Emperor: Manman, help me calculate the army’s pay. The empress, watching a play: Your Majesty, the harem must not meddle in state affairs. Emperor: Manman, let’s have another daughter. The empress pauses with a melon seed halfway to her mouth, then sighs: All right. 1. The story is set in a fictional era, with the official system based on the Ming dynasty. 2. Please don’t make personal attacks in the comments. My ongoing contemporary romance, The Landlady’s Love Story, could use your support! Ma Xiaonan: At eighteen, she hit the jackpot and won ten million yuan in the lottery. Because she loved the landlady in Kung Fu, she used the whole sum to buy houses. At twenty-five, she met the man of her dreams. When her best friend told her, “People who do scientific research are all poor,” she got bold and started pursuing him, confident that she owned property and had a little money. By the time she was holding a chubby baby in her arms, she stared at her husband’s bank account in a daze. What was going on? Weren’t people in scientific research supposed to be poor? Xue Ziyi: I’m poor???? My completed novel: The Concubine’s Guide to Staying Alive My upcoming xianxia cultivation novel, The Earth-Type Girl, is open for preorders. Please support it! *bows repeatedly* Heroine: Han Muwei Spiritual root: Earth Personality: Endearingly simple-minded Favorite thing: Saving face Hero: Mu Yao Spiritual root: Wind Personality: So brilliant he borders on the supernatural His greatest headache: He owes Han Muwei his life Theme: