[Western Jin] Shattered Jade Forged into a Blade

This story is also known as The Phoenix's Grand Entrance.

A Yao had always been an ordinary girl.

But she had a very extraordinary younger sister. Her sister was a brilliant physician, full of ingenious ideas, and even knew how to improve farming tools. A Yao always proudly believed that the most gifted person in the world was her sister.

Before her sister was deceived, A Yao's only wish was for her to grow up safe and live a happy life.

Then she witnessed her sister's death with her own eyes.

Zhang Yu was a transmigrator with a Plagiarism System. She had read many romance novels and was especially enamored with the elegance of the Wei and Jin dynasties. Only after arriving in this dynasty for real did she understand that happiness belonged to the upper classes. The lower classes had only one path: death. The only question was whether they would starve to death or be eaten by someone and die in their belly.

But Zhang Yu still held on to her dreams of beautiful love. She wanted the kind of exclusive, lifelong devotion described in novels.

She gave her life to prove just how ridiculous that notion was in ancient times.

Before she died, she saw her older sister, who held military power but was being forced to surrender it.

Sister.

My sister.

Only now do I understand that love cannot make a woman complete.

It is ambition that should be a woman's defining quality.

Let me do one last thing for you...

One day, your abilities will be worthy of your ambition.

Reader's guide:

1. The protagonist grows from childhood through the end of her life.

2. The protagonist is native to this world. There is no romance, only a cold, numb procession of events. [After careful consideration, this silly author ultimately placed it in the no-couple category. If you can't accept the story's course, please don't read.]

3. There are daughters, but their fathers are unknown.

4. Readers who like heroines with an exceptionally strong moral compass or extreme, sophisticated self-interest should be cautious.

5. Read for fun; readers who insist on historical accuracy should be cautious.

6. If there are any basic factual errors, please point them out, dear readers. This silly author will fix whatever can be fixed! But the things that can't be fixed... will have to be taken as this silly author's made-up details. Please forgive me in advance, dear readers. QAQ

7. I don't know what else to say, so I'll perform a handstand for you, dear readers.

Theme: She and the women like her set their sights on the land and its rivers.