Heroine
As a concubine in the Hou family, Minglan's life should have been like this:
Under the arrangement of her elders, she married a man she had never met, gave birth to children for him, took charge of the household, took concubines and maids, earned a reputation as a virtuous woman, and was buried in the same cave after her death. When others mentioned her again, they probably didn't even know her name, and only said "a certain surname."
Life can be summed up in just four words: "virtuous and kind".
But Xie Minglan did not take this path.
From the day she was born, she was raised as a "bastard".
He studied and studied, became an official, stumbled, endured hardships, and shed blood, but he never retreated even a step.
That day, the man who held huge power, bullied her, and risked his life to save her asked her, Minglan, I can make you my queen, or I can worship you as my prime minister. What do you want?
Xie Minglan just looked at the man and said word by word, "I want the sea and rivers to be clear, and the world to be prosperous. The old and the weak, women and children, will not suffer from hunger and cold."
Male protagonist
Lu Su has done a lot of ridiculous things in his life. He has monopolized power, stationed troops to rebel, he has done everything he can and cannot do.
But the most ridiculous thing among them is nothing more than one.
While inspecting the Imperial College, he drunkenly touched a student, and then, unrepentant, forced her to have a private meeting with him.
At first he just lusted after her body, but slowly, he wanted to marry her as his wife, provide her with gold and jade, and raise her with pearls and emeralds, so that she would not be exposed to the slightest bit of wind, frost, snow, rain, or take up any dirt in the world.
But, he didn't know that that woman's heart was in the world.
All she wants is a prosperous life.
The man who had never lowered his head in his life finally compromised, burned the edict of establishing the queen, worked hard to govern, and became her prosperous and wise king.
Intention: To achieve great things and benefit the world