This novel is complete. Please add my upcoming story, The Years I Spent Setting the Record Straight for the Chancellor, to your collection. The blurb is below this one.
Recommended: my friend Zi Gui Sheng Sheng's The Snow Clears After a Heavy Fall.
Blurb:
Female lead's version: Chen Lu, a reporter, transmigrates by accident to the Northern Song era, during the reigns of Emperor Yingzong and Emperor Shenzong. She has no golden finger, can't change the grand course of history, and can't follow the example of earlier transmigrators by leveling up through monster fights. What can she do? Know what fate has in store and do everything in her power. As long as she keeps trying, she'll eventually reap the rewards.
Male lead's version: I want to reform the law and make history, but every minister under me is a handful:
Top debaters (arguers) in the Song Empire: Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Han Qi, Fan Zhen, Lü Hui, Wen Yanbo, Han Wei, Lü Gongzhuo
Top spreaders of gossip in the Song Empire: Zheng Xia, Su Shi, Wei Tai, Sima Guang
Top names on the History of Song's list of treacherous officials: Lü Huiqing, Zeng Bu, Zhang Dun, Cai Que (somehow, that list includes the very backbone of the reforms)
My Chancellor Wang is a proud little princess who threatens to resign at the drop of a hat. The person I love has abandoned me to pursue great causes again. Being a ruler is hard.
Reader discretion guide:
1. This novel is historically researched and focused on court politics, with romance taking up a relatively small portion. Events such as the Puyi debate, the Xihe border campaign, and the reforms mainly draw on the Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government and Song-era anecdotal writings. The story generally follows the historical timeline, with any changes to dates clearly marked.
2. A romance set against the backdrop of the reforms. The ideal love is one where two people understand one another, grow together, improve together, and depend on one another, much like Shu Ting's To the Oak Tree. Readers who prefer brainless doting romances or only want couples with no prior relationships should leave now.
3. Fans of the Wang Anshi and Emperor Shenzong pairing can rest assured. The author truly loves them.
4. Clean romance, sound values.
As an idealistic and ambitious transmigrator, Xie Ying has two wishes: first, to keep her secret identity as a woman disguised as a man safe; second, to become a worthy official remembered by history. But after meeting Gu Yun, all her plans go awry.
The chancellor, Gu Yun, has been judged a great traitor by the History of Qi, with enough charges to fill several pages: corrupting the emperor, undermining ancestral institutions, abusing power through stubbornness, purging loyal officials, and suppressing freedom of speech... Xie Ying has the misfortune of becoming his subordinate.
But the longer Xie Ying spends with Gu Yun, the more she realizes he is nothing like the stereotypical traitor. Before she knows it, she has become his fan and devoted follower. Unsurprisingly, she's labeled a member of his faction, and begins a long struggle to clear his name and defend his rights.
The censors: Gu Yun is a traitor who pretends to be loyal, hungry for fame and advancement!
Xie Ying: Those are baseless accusations. If you want to pin a crime on someone, you'll find an excuse.
The censors: Gu Yun doesn't know his place in the hierarchy of ruler and subject!
Xie Ying: The chancellor is simply informal and true to himself.
The censors: Gu Yun has undermined the laws of the ancestors and formed factions to seize power!
Xie Ying: The chancellor only acts for the public good. We were all inspired by him.
Little scene:
Xie Ying is assigned to a local post and bids Gu Yun a reluctant farewell: “The road ahead is long, and I shall no longer be able to look up to your radiance. Please take care, Chancellor.”
Gu Yun smiles at her: “Zining, have you really kept up this act all these years?”
Xie Ying is startled: “I don't understand what you mean, Chancellor.”
Gu Yun coughs lightly: “Don't bind your chest so tightly. It's bad for your health.”
Xie Ying blushes and stammers: “C-Chancellor, when did you find out?”
Gu Yun chuckles: “The moment I fell for you.”
Reader's guide:
1. The female lead transmigrates; the male lead is a native. Lighthearted tone.
2. Fictional setting, so no need to nitpick the history.
Theme: Doing what you know cannot be done
I finished reading it in one night... Many readers have commented on Wang Anshi in this article, so I focused on the relationship between the male and female protagonists. For me, while watching it, I always felt like I was watching a time-travel drama from the Qing Dynasty... It's not Ky. Please complain if it offends me. It is not easy to find an article with such a feeling at the turning point of many relationships. As for the ending, I am very grateful for the happy ending. But in my heart, it is the ending where we met on the Shangyuan Festival in ancient times and finally ended on the Shangyuan Festival. It only represents a person! I have said so much without saying anything about the content. I can only say that I really like it!
Second watch ~ The second time I watched it, I felt that some of the plot was too rushed, but the feeling of being wrapped up in fate was so sincere. It was actually caused by the industrial saccharine that is now popular.
I have read a lot of time travel articles, and I am often blinded by the endless golden fingers, but this article is like a weak candle. You know that it will eventually go out, but you still can't help but care for her with both hands, hoping that she can last longer.
An ordinary time-travelling woman who has traveled through time for eight years. The background of the opening chapter seems to have told us that the heroine may not have many modern characteristics left in her body. Don't expect her to do anything earth-shattering. However, she was reincarnated into an extraordinary family. Although there was no messy house fight, it allowed her to witness the treacherous history with her own eyes, and allowed her to meet and fall in love with the emperor whom she admired wholeheartedly.
The first time we met was during the Lantern Festival. The author's narration is light, like a friend narrating on a winter night. She lit a white gauze palace lantern in front of you. A cup of tea was served, and in the mist, the darkness behind her was like a film reel. The picture of life in the Northern Song Dynasty slowly unfolded, beautiful and flowing, and the girl and the boy met. At that time, she did not know that the boy behind her who picked up the peach charm was the emperor whom she had always admired and admired. He also had a romantic youth in white clothes.
Maybe it was always because of the admiration in her eyes that they fell in love with each other in the palace. She knew his ambitions, and knew all the setbacks and regrets he would eventually face. Perhaps it was this knowledge that made her admiration contain a sense of pity that she could not even detect. How could a young man who had experienced the warmth and coldness of the palace with his father since childhood, resist such fierce and profound feelings? So I was dissatisfied with his giving up so easily. Until I saw the scene where he rode out of the city, it turned out that the woman who understood him best had always been that woman. She knew the reason why he gave up, the country, the people. He was burdened with too many things and too heavy. His feelings were no less than hers, but he would rather walk alone in the boundless coldness than let the bitterness of this feeling become the guilt of thousands of people.
After reading this, I understand why the person who is said to love deeply can never bear to be entangled too deeply...
The author's writing is compassionate, and maybe she didn't want them to never meet again. When they met again, she thought that the past of her youth was gone, but she didn't expect that such a warm light like hers was the only one in her life. He never forgot and would never let go, and she finally stayed by his side with peace of mind.
I think from the beginning of their acquaintance, the two people have always been connected. After seeing it, you no longer need to care too much about whether they are together, whether they meet, and whether there is a happy ending. The author actually gives perfection, but for ordinary people, such perfection is too rare to come by. How many couples in the world have the same bed and different dreams? How many people know people but not their hearts?
Such mutual understanding and companionship, even for just a moment, is enough!
Thanks to the author, the pile of withered old papers can become so beautiful and radiant. It is not only the deep love, but also the dreams and passion of the scholar-bureaucrats who care about their family and country. Success or failure is written by people, but success or failure itself may not be finalized in an instant. The Song Dynasty left a strong mark on Chinese civilization. A stroke of color is still affecting the world to this day, affecting our understanding of beauty and love. From this perspective, the reform has never failed. The sighs of new flowers and old friends may also have hope for the future, but our short life needs an end after all, no matter whether it is as complete as the expectations of youth.
How should I put it? Wen Yanbo's words were actually the thoughts of those scholar-bureaucrats. He just said them nakedly, which is human nature. But I still like Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng. No matter what, they don't know that those who change the law will never have a happy ending, but they still did it! My sister is nothing. She is just a normal lady in feudal society. She is a virtuous lady who relies on her father and husband and has a good family. The people at the bottom do not need to understand and do not want to understand. They have different paths and do not conspire with each other!
It is said that the heroine has little experience, that she does not understand and does not want to understand, but she just stays in her comfort zone and refuses to look down. In the final analysis, they are different and they are not working together!
I felt a bit sad after reading it, but it was very well written.
New flowers and old friends forget each other, Wang Xianggong's final poem, reminiscent of his life experience and tears
After reading it, I was really touched. Maybe even plain things are beautiful. It's not the charm of Goldfinger's article. I really like the article.
I love this article, and my opinion of Wang Anshi has changed a lot. I don't know why from junior high school to high school, the Chinese teacher would belittle Wang Anshi whenever he mentioned Su Shi. As a result, before I read this article, I always thought he was a narrow-minded hypocrite.
This is the best result, but there is still some melancholy.
I finished reading it in one night... Many readers have commented on Wang Anshi in this article, so I focused on the relationship between the male and female protagonists. For me, while watching it, I always felt like I was watching a time-travel drama from the Qing Dynasty... It's not Ky. Please complain if it offends me. It is not easy to find an article with such a feeling at the turning point of many relationships. As for the ending, I am very grateful for the happy ending. But in my heart, it is the ending where we met on the Shangyuan Festival in ancient times and finally ended on the Shangyuan Festival. It only represents a person! I have said so much without saying anything about the content. I can only say that I really like it!
Second watch ~ The second time I watched it, I felt that some of the plot was too rushed, but the feeling of being wrapped up in fate was so sincere. It was actually caused by the industrial saccharine that is now popular.
I have read a lot of time travel articles, and I am often blinded by the endless golden fingers, but this article is like a weak candle. You know that it will eventually go out, but you still can't help but care for her with both hands, hoping that she can last longer. An ordinary time-travelling woman who has traveled through time for eight years. The background of the opening chapter seems to have told us that the heroine may not have many modern characteristics left in her body. Don't expect her to do anything earth-shattering. However, she was reincarnated into an extraordinary family. Although there was no messy house fight, it allowed her to witness the treacherous history with her own eyes, and allowed her to meet and fall in love with the emperor whom she admired wholeheartedly. The first time we met was during the Lantern Festival. The author's narration is light, like a friend narrating on a winter night. She lit a white gauze palace lantern in front of you. A cup of tea was served, and in the mist, the darkness behind her was like a film reel. The picture of life in the Northern Song Dynasty slowly unfolded, beautiful and flowing, and the girl and the boy met. At that time, she did not know that the boy behind her who picked up the peach charm was the emperor whom she had always admired and admired. He also had a romantic youth in white clothes. Maybe it was always because of the admiration in her eyes that they fell in love with each other in the palace. She knew his ambitions, and knew all the setbacks and regrets he would eventually face. Perhaps it was this knowledge that made her admiration contain a sense of pity that she could not even detect. How could a young man who had experienced the warmth and coldness of the palace with his father since childhood, resist such fierce and profound feelings? So I was dissatisfied with his giving up so easily. Until I saw the scene where he rode out of the city, it turned out that the woman who understood him best had always been that woman. She knew the reason why he gave up, the country, the people. He was burdened with too many things and too heavy. His feelings were no less than hers, but he would rather walk alone in the boundless coldness than let the bitterness of this feeling become the guilt of thousands of people. After reading this, I understand why the person who is said to love deeply can never bear to be entangled too deeply... The author's writing is compassionate, and maybe she didn't want them to never meet again. When they met again, she thought that the past of her youth was gone, but she didn't expect that such a warm light like hers was the only one in her life. He never forgot and would never let go, and she finally stayed by his side with peace of mind. I think from the beginning of their acquaintance, the two people have always been connected. After seeing it, you no longer need to care too much about whether they are together, whether they meet, and whether there is a happy ending. The author actually gives perfection, but for ordinary people, such perfection is too rare to come by. How many couples in the world have the same bed and different dreams? How many people know people but not their hearts? Such mutual understanding and companionship, even for just a moment, is enough! Thanks to the author, the pile of withered old papers can become so beautiful and radiant. It is not only the deep love, but also the dreams and passion of the scholar-bureaucrats who care about their family and country. Success or failure is written by people, but success or failure itself may not be finalized in an instant. The Song Dynasty left a strong mark on Chinese civilization. A stroke of color is still affecting the world to this day, affecting our understanding of beauty and love. From this perspective, the reform has never failed. The sighs of new flowers and old friends may also have hope for the future, but our short life needs an end after all, no matter whether it is as complete as the expectations of youth.
How should I put it? Wen Yanbo's words were actually the thoughts of those scholar-bureaucrats. He just said them nakedly, which is human nature. But I still like Wang Anshi and Zhang Juzheng. No matter what, they don't know that those who change the law will never have a happy ending, but they still did it! My sister is nothing. She is just a normal lady in feudal society. She is a virtuous lady who relies on her father and husband and has a good family. The people at the bottom do not need to understand and do not want to understand. They have different paths and do not conspire with each other!
It is said that the heroine has little experience, that she does not understand and does not want to understand, but she just stays in her comfort zone and refuses to look down. In the final analysis, they are different and they are not working together!
I felt a bit sad after reading it, but it was very well written.
New flowers and old friends forget each other, Wang Xianggong's final poem, reminiscent of his life experience and tears
After reading it, I was really touched. Maybe even plain things are beautiful. It's not the charm of Goldfinger's article. I really like the article.
I love this article, and my opinion of Wang Anshi has changed a lot. I don't know why from junior high school to high school, the Chinese teacher would belittle Wang Anshi whenever he mentioned Su Shi. As a result, before I read this article, I always thought he was a narrow-minded hypocrite.
This is the best result, but there is still some melancholy.