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My column novel, A Cup of Spring, is currently being serialized. Come check it out!

Blurb for A Cup of Spring:

Wei Wanyan died on her twentieth birthday.

In her previous life, she was the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Rites, and married down into the scholarly Lin family of Jiangnan. Who could have known that the Minister's household would be implicated in an imperial examination fraud case and fall from grace overnight?

The misfortune should not have affected married daughters, but she defied her husband's orders and went to the capital alone to plead for justice. To seek redress, she held an imperial decree from the late emperor over her head and knelt outside the palace gates for days.

But the decree had already been issued, and treacherous officials held power. Every man in her family was executed, and the women were forced into government brothels.

Because of this, her husband, who had once treated her with mutual respect, locked her away in a tiny, enclosed space. In the end, he sent her to her death with a cup of poison.

After dying, she was fortunate enough to be reborn, returning to the day she went to the capital to seek justice. Though her parents and elder brother were dead, her younger sister was still alive. She would save her from that prison, and clear the Wei family's name.

She would open eateries and restaurants, moving among royalty and the powerful. She would write popular stories and open bookstores, winning a fine reputation among scholars across the land.

She would use their influence to overturn the Wei family's case. Stepping over her enemies' corpses, she would climb higher, one step at a time.

Who says women are inferior to men? This time, she would no longer be Miss Wei or Madam Lin. From now on, she would be Madam Wei, a woman renowned throughout the capital's business world.

The blurb for this novel follows.

Serious Blurb One:

In the eyes of the jianghu, Liang Jingxian is a great hero admired by all. Later generations may have exaggerated or embellished the stories about him, but every account speaks well of him. Perhaps the only thing the world thinks he ever did wrong was fathering this son: Liang Mengjing.

Liang Mengjing had the background and talent that the jianghu envied, yet his life hit rock bottom from the very beginning.

Arrogant, self-important, and defiant: that was how the world described him.

In the first half of his life, he ended up with his martial arts ruined and his body crippled, though his resolve remained unbroken.

Ten years had passed. The world had changed, and he could no longer lift a sword with his right hand.

Not-So-Serious Blurb Two:

As a boy, young hero Liang Mengjing dreamed of unifying the jianghu. Armed with a battered, unsharpened sword, he dared to challenge the great sects one after another, dreaming of winning their wholehearted admiration and making them bow before his white robes.

As a young man, scholar Mu Qingming only wanted to stay in his courtyard in Jiangzhou, eating and drinking, and occasionally acting as a fortune-teller to read people's feng shui and earn a few coins to get by.

Who could have known that a girl in a crabapple-colored dress would keep showing up to bother him?

"Mr. Mu, come carry me outside."

"Mr. Mu, you have to help me with this."

"Mr. Mu, do you know Liang Mengjing?"

"Mr. Mu, Mr. Mu, why did you faint???"

He roared inwardly: I don't know Liang Mengjing, because I am him!

Also known as The Tragic Yong in a Wuxia Setting, From Dashing Young Hero to Scholar Who Can't Hurt a Fly, and The Adorable Princess Chases Her Husband

This novel is structured as a series of standalone arcs, with the plot taking precedence and romance playing a supporting role.

Theme: May we grow even in the face of adversity