[This novel depicts real historical events during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, including the Three Commoner Case, the Wei Jian Case, the Du Youlin Case, the Battle of Shibao City, the Battle of Dafeichuan, the Mawei Slope Incident, and the enthronement at Lingwu. It focuses on the women of the imperial harem, whose stories receive only a few hurried lines in the history books yet left a lasting mark, including Du Liangdi, Yang Guifei, Wu Huifei, and Empress Zhang.]
Also known as The Rise of the Crown Prince's Liangdi
Du Ruo is a delicate little white flower swaying in the city of Chang'an.
Her family name is prestigious, but her clan has begun to decline. Her father has not been promoted in twenty years, her younger brother has no hope of entering officialdom, and her beautiful elder sister is of marriageable age, left to choose among men of only the seventh or eighth rank...
But none of that matters. The whole family pulls together and spends everything they have to send her to a school for girls, so she can broaden her horizons.
From then on, she befriends the principal wives of princes and the daughters of princesses, humors the young son-in-law favored by a beloved consort, and even seizes the opportunity of a palace selection to ensnare a ruthless, calculating schemer. It seems she is about to rise straight to the top.
Du Ruo has it all planned out. She only needs two years to clear out Li Yu's inner household. Then, once he raises the standing of her family, she can retire with a job well done.
After that, she can choose a civil official if she wants, or a military general if she prefers.
What Du Ruo did not expect was that before she had spent a year in the prince's household, the world would change.
The emperor executed three of his sons in one fell swoop, his beloved consort died in terror, and the fight over the succession came into the open. And she turned out to be the most important piece in the conspiracy.
With a butcher's blade at her neck, Du Ruo could not help admiring her own judgment.
Everyone said the Li family father, sons, and brothers were impossible to deal with. How had she managed to pick the most formidable one at a glance?
What she expected even less was that years later, Li Yu would have to hide his face behind wine before daring to ask:
"If one day I fell from grace and lost all my power, would you still let me treat you so shamelessly, Erniang?"
This is the story of a woman who goes from looking up to her beloved, to standing as his equal, and ultimately living life on her own terms, taking control of her lover's fate and life in turn.
[Content notes]
1. The main couple are exclusive after they meet, and the ending is happy.
2. The story does not whitewash anyone, but the clever, self-serving shells of both leads will gradually crack.
3. Heavy political intrigue, with a large cast of women and political players of all genders competing on equal footing.
4. 80% of the novel is behind a paywall, with a 72-hour delay.
Theme: With a heart suspended among ten thousand moons, she rides the moment from the Wild Goose Pagoda; with feet treading among a thousand flowers, she answers fate's call from the Dragon Palace
When will the author publish a new article? After reading your main story and reading other ancient stories, it's really like chewing wax.
In fact, I didn't quite understand why Du Ruo was so resentful towards Sihui after the incident in the Du family. He was not as resentful towards Sihui as he was towards Li Yue, Du Heng and even Liu Xi, and he refused to even mention him. Later I thought maybe it was out of anger. Sihui was preoccupied with taking the imperial examination rather than becoming an official. Her stubbornness, stubbornness, pride, and intelligence were exactly the same as those of herself who had been preoccupied with marrying Li Yu. If Sihui had become an official earlier, the Du family would not have been in this situation; if she had married someone else, there would have been no disaster today. I thought that if Sihui wasn't so stubborn, he would be able to make up for her mistakes, but he didn't. Rather than saying that she resented Sihui, it was better to say that she resented herself twice as much. All the way to today, until he commits suicide, Sihui is still the good boy, the handsome young man who said he would only be a pure minister. It's a pity that both siblings are alive, but they have never seen each other again. Did Sihui think that Du Ruo blamed him before he died... When he went to the underworld after his death, he found that his second sister was not even there.
I had a lot of fun reading the whole book. I haven't read such a good historical article in a long time!
Sprinkle flowers ~ worth brushing again and again
The writing, structure, and characterization are all very good.
It's been a long time since I saw a real drama in Jinjiang. Was it good?
At the beginning of the draft, Guoer fawned over Gao Lishi, and at the end, Gao Lishi begged Guoer. The author showed mercy and left Xuanzong with dignity.
Wonderful. So wonderful. I have read a lot of online articles, but very few can reach this level. It's an honor to see such an article.
I have read the last two chapters several times and I dare not open Du Youlin's chapter... It is so well written. I hope there will be extra chapters... Historically, Li Tan died before Daizong succeeded to the throne. I want to know the follow-up in the article and Liu Lang.
Next door, "Snake Walking on the Spring River" is being serialized, a criminal investigation article, estimated to be 150,000 words, free of charge.