***Upcoming novel: The Daily Life of Running an Ancient Cosmetics Shop. If you're interested, please add it to your favorites!***
Blurb: One day in June, at the Zhang family's pastry shop on Front Gate Street in the capital, Madam Shen spent five qian of silver and told the shop assistant Daxing to buy a roast duck, a fish, several kinds of greens, and a jar of Qinghe wine. She also took a qian's worth of chilled fruit-filled pastries from the shop. After laying out the feast, Madam Shen welcomed her youngest son, Zhuo-ge, home from his study tour in Hangzhou. The family of four drank and feasted beneath the full moon.
1. 70% anti-piracy delay, 72 hours
2. Has a female lead
3. The setting is fictional, inspired by the Song and Ming dynasties
4. Entered in the Science and Education Revitalize the Nation event; see above for the reason
Upcoming novel: The Most Noble Lady in Chang'an
Yan Miyue is the daughter of the prime minister of Great Xia. She has been raised in luxury and showered with affection.
She has the most loving father and the gentlest, most handsome fiance.
But the emperor's intentions are hard to predict. In three days, he issues twelve successive edicts demoting her father until he is exiled three thousand li away. Yan Miyue goes from a highborn young lady to a poor relation living in her uncle's home.
Her uncle and aunt, coveting the family fortune: "Jiaojiao, make yourself at home here. Think of it as your own house."
Yan Miyue smiles gratefully. "You're right. My maternal grandmother wanted to leave this house to me, after all."
Her jealous cousin: "Sister, your clothes are so pretty. What a shame..."
Yan Miyue leans lazily against her pillow. "With my moonlike beauty, those clothes are fortunate to have me wearing them."
Her insincere fiance: "I'm not worthy of you, miss. We should call off our engagement."
Yan Miyue scoffs. "That's true. You were reaching above your station."
After the engagement is called off, all the talented young men in Chang'an hesitate and weigh the pros and cons. Only Song Zhanjian is overjoyed, immediately petitioning the emperor to grant him a marriage decree.
From then on, they remain devoted to each other for the rest of their lives.
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In her previous life, Yan Miyue married Song Zhanjian by imperial decree. He was unwilling to accept it.
For three years of marriage, they treated each other with courtesy, but he remained cold and distant.
Song Zhanjian thought there was nothing wrong with that, until she became bedridden with illness and died in despair.
His heart was pierced with grief, and he was consumed by pain.
Only then did he face his own feelings and realize he had long since fallen in love with her.
Given another chance, he would cherish her like a precious jewel.
Premise: Reading can change your life
I have advised you to retreat and slip away.
There is no reward for evil. That grandmother did so many disgusting things, but in the end she was taken care of by her grandson.
The market sentiment at the beginning was quite well written.
The article is very good, but the ending is too hasty and leaves many things unexplained. It feels like an anticlimax. I hope the author can complete a complete novel structure, come on!
When will my concubine get her retribution?
The concubine hasn't been solved yet, but she finally came to power?
I hope that cousin will be punished for her evil deeds in the end.
Hum! I've already read Chapter 47, and I can't bear to give it up. It feels so uncomfortable to keep reading! I still prefer sweet stories where everyone is in harmony
Damn it, I always thought the male protagonist was called Zheng Zhuo...
Dad is a real lover. . .