In the early years of the Republic of China, in a small place like Jiashan,
The local gentry and old families still dreamed of the abdicated emperor living in the palace. Unable to let go of the old feudal ways, they still wore mandarin jackets and long gowns.
Young people influenced by the ideas of the new age not only clashed ideologically with the old diehards in their families, but also fought them through their actions. It was a collision between new ideas and feudal thought.
Li Yang was one such progressive young woman, a newly returned student from abroad. Faced with her cold, stubborn grandfather, she had to save not only her aunt and cousin, persecuted by feudal ideology, but also the Li family that had raised her. It was her roots, and her responsibility. With her own strength so limited, how could she use her intelligence and the new knowledge she'd learned to save her ancestral family?
Theme: Save a feudal family
"Heart palpitations" are a big thorn in the side of the author~ Arrhythmia and palpitation are terms of traditional Chinese medicine. The disease names first appeared in the Western Han Dynasty and were first seen in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" and "Treatise on Febrile Diseases".
This is not a novel about women. Did the author make the wrong label?