Noble as Gold and Jade

Lu Shou was the last disciple of Master Dongchan, a great Confucian scholar of the previous dynasty. He came from the most famous family in Wu Commandery, yet a nightmare his stepmother had when he was young drove him to hide away in Longyin Mountain.

That is, until a girl of noble birth crossed the wilderness and brought him to the imperial capital, a place no ordinary person could set foot in.

"A Shou, do you see? That is the end of power."

Everyone in the capital knew that, besides the two sons of the Dingbei Marquis Jiang family, who had already earned great renown on the battlefield, there was also a young daughter. When she first arrived in the capital, the soldiers accompanying her stretched for miles.

Then one day, Jiang Heng and Jiang Yan learned from a letter that their beloved little sister had brought a boy not yet of age down from a remote mountain, and declared with absolute conviction, "Lu Zishan knows agricultural texts by heart. With his help, my three thousand mu of land will surely become fertile fields next year."

The two brothers watched helplessly as their delicate little sister rolled up her sleeves and plunged her hands into a bucket of mud.

The Jiang brothers, who had rushed back from the border with their army: "..."

Jiang Yun had a truly comfortable life.

Her father was a powerful general who protected the nation, her mother was the youngest daughter of a respected scholarly family, and both of her brothers were her own. She thought that although there were occasional wars at the border, with her parents getting along and her brothers in good health, she could be content with a peaceful, uneventful life.

Until the emperor's birthday celebration, when the pampered young daughter of the Jiang family accompanied her mother to the capital to offer birthday congratulations. Everywhere she looked were sights of worldly splendor she had not seen in more than a decade at the border, and... the brilliant peach blossoms on the mountain.

So she decided that staying in the capital might be nice, too.

This is a story about a heroine whose father has power, whose mother has skills, whose brothers excel in both letters and arms, and who enjoys wealth and glory at every turn. (The emperor and the heroine's family genuinely get along. There will be no suspicion that her family is too powerful and plotting rebellion. Her parents and brothers, along with the imperial family's affection, are her biggest golden finger.)

Noble daughter of a marquis's house vs. the last disciple of a great Confucian scholar. The heroine transmigrated. No angst.

Please add my upcoming novel, Lin Daiyu's Crown of Glory in the Capital, to your reading list

Li Zhihe was the most beloved heir of the imperial clan. Born in the Prince of Hexi's palace, he died in the capital in the tenth year of Yongzhen.

After death, he met an old man in the endless darkness. The old man told him, "My Lin family has lasted five generations, and now only one orphaned girl remains. I entrust her to Your Highness from this day on."

The Prince of Hexi's heir opened his eyes and found himself back in the first year of Yongzhen.

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When young Daiyu was carried through a side gate into the Rongguo Mansion, she never imagined that one day she would stand beneath the vermilion palace walls and receive the people's homage.

(Male lead's perspective, no angst, many original interpretations.)

Theme: Peace and prosperity for the nation and its people