Upcoming: After I Became a Strategist for My Peasant-Born General Father, and The Duke's Household: Everyday Management. Blurbs below. Please add them to your reading list.
Blurb:
Wen Susu wakes up in the body of a woman who is three months pregnant.
She is neither a wife nor a concubine, not even a kept woman. She is merely a wife sold under contract.
As the term suggests, her original husband, Li Da, signed an agreement selling her off to bear a child for someone else.
Because she was young and beautiful, Wen Susu was contracted out for five years.
Her yearly fee was one and a half taels of silver above the going rate, bringing her price to two taels a year.
By the prices of the Great Qi dynasty, that was enough to buy two shi of rice.
Under the agreement, the child she gave birth to would belong to her current temporary husband, Chen, the richest man in the county.
The agreement promised that if she bore a son, she would receive an extra ten taels of silver, and after her death, she could be buried in the Chen family graveyard.
Wen Susu has always done as she pleased, putting freedom above all else.
Being turned into a tool sold off to bear children, then living another life, means nothing to her.
Even if she can't kill them, she'll drag them all down with her!
Wen Susu, ruthless to herself and even more ruthless to others, fights her way from the county seat all the way to the capital.
She takes down the Chen and Li clans, renounces love and affection, and schemes her way to power, reducing two emperors to figureheads.
In the end, she abolishes the law that allows wives to be sold under contract, and seizes power over the realm.
Also known as The Behind-the-Scenes Battle for the Throne Among the Great Ladies
An alternate universe. Please don't scrutinize the historical details.
There is a romance, but the plot is the focus.
The heroine is not perfect. She is ambitious and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
A stand against feudalism and the unjust law of selling wives under contract.
Upcoming story 1: After I Became a Strategist for My Peasant-Born General Father. Blurb:
Meng Xiyi is reborn as the daughter of a family that runs a coffin shop in the capital. Her family loves money above all else, but they are remarkably united.
When she grows up, her parents can't bear to marry her off, so they plan to find her a husband who will marry into their family.
Then one day, a government matchmaker arrives with gongs and drums, proposing on behalf of Zhou Zhaolin, the young master of the Duke of Weiguo's household, who wishes to take Meng Xiyi as his wife.
A revered monk has read Zhou Zhaolin's fate: his legal wife must be born at noon on the fifth day of the fifth month, or her life will be in danger.
The Duke of Weiguo's household and Zhou Zhaolin are equally notorious. Everyone under heaven knows their names.
Zhou Zhaolin: a combination of Duan Zhengchun and Jia Baoyu, the prized son of the duke's household. A womanizer, sentimental, and good for nothing.
The Duke of Weiguo's household: a den of decadent wealth, with a whole family of scoundrels. They specialize in bullying their way through business and oppressing the locals, and set and still hold the record for the largest baby boom during the mourning period.
Meng Xiyi is cursed by her birth chart and has no choice but to marry him.
The Duke of Weiguo's household is at the height of its power. Zhou Zhaolin's aunt is an imperial consort, and his cousin is the crown prince.
The crown prince is the old emperor's only son, and the Duke of Weiguo's household will be the future emperor's maternal family.
Meng Xiyi to Zhou Zhaolin: No talk of love, no talk of sharing a bed. We can still be good friends.
To Zhou Zhaolin's beloveds: I'm not here to break you up, and I'm not here to join you. I'm just here to make money.
But Meng Xiyi soon realizes that the Duke of Weiguo's household is so dreadful that it's practically a guaranteed future customer for the coffin shop.
Even making money, enjoying the gossip, and watching the drama leave her on edge, terrified that the family will be raided and beheaded.
When the responsibility for managing the household falls to her, she has no choice but to take charge of this mess if she wants to survive.
Meng Xiyi's speech when she takes over the Duke of Weiguo's household: As everyone knows, the Meng family runs a coffin shop. Only the dead are completely exempt from trouble.
Reform is painful. I can only promise that I won't suffer, not that you won't.
Under Meng Xiyi's management, with bloody purges as the main approach and modern corporate management as a supplement, the Duke of Weiguo's household becomes a rare example of wealth and virtue, earning the title of the Great Yong's Model Family.
Reader's Guide:
An alternate universe. Please don't scrutinize the historical details.
The heroine is no saint, and was born into this world. She is ruthless, wielding an iron fist, and skilled at singing, acting, reciting, performing, throwing tantrums, and pretending to be possessed, among other things.
Upcoming story 2: The Duke's Household: Everyday Management. Blurb:
Meng Xiyi is reborn as the daughter of a family that runs a coffin shop in the capital. Her family loves money above all else, but they are remarkably united.
When she grows up, her parents can't bear to marry her off, so they plan to find her a husband who will marry into their family.
Then one day, a government matchmaker arrives with gongs and drums, proposing on behalf of Zhou Zhaolin, the young master of the Duke of Weiguo's household, who wishes to take Meng Xiyi as his wife.
A revered monk has read Zhou Zhaolin's fate: his legal wife must be born at noon on the fifth day of the fifth month, or her life will be in danger.
The Duke of Weiguo's household and Zhou Zhaolin are equally notorious. Everyone under heaven knows their names.
Zhou Zhaolin: a combination of Duan Zhengchun and Jia Baoyu, the prized son of the duke's household. A womanizer, sentimental, and good for nothing.
The Duke of Weiguo's household: a den of decadent wealth, with a whole family of scoundrels. They specialize in bullying their way through business and oppressing the locals, and set and still hold the record for the largest baby boom during the mourning period.
Meng Xiyi is cursed by her birth chart and has no choice but to marry him.
The Duke of Weiguo's household is at the height of its power. Zhou Zhaolin's aunt is an imperial consort, and his cousin is the crown prince.
The crown prince is the old emperor's only son, and the Duke of Weiguo's household will be the future emperor's maternal family.
Meng Xiyi to Zhou Zhaolin: No talk of love, no talk of sharing a bed. We can still be good friends.
To Zhou Zhaolin's beloveds: I'm not here to break you up, and I'm not here to join you. I'm just here to make money.
But Meng Xiyi soon realizes that the Duke of Weiguo's household is so dreadful that it's practically a guaranteed future customer for the coffin shop.
Even making money, enjoying the gossip, and watching the drama leave her on edge, terrified that the family will be raided and beheaded.
When the responsibility for managing the household falls to her, she has no choice but to take charge of this mess if she wants to survive.
Meng Xiyi's speech when she takes over the Duke of Weiguo's household: As everyone knows, the Meng family runs a coffin shop. Only the dead are completely exempt from trouble.
Reform is painful. I can only promise that I won't suffer, not that you won't.
Under Meng Xiyi's management, with bloody purges as the main approach and modern corporate management as a supplement, the Duke of Weiguo's household becomes a rare example of wealth and virtue, earning the title of the Great Yong's Model Family.
Reader's Guide:
An alternate universe. Please don't scrutinize the historical details.
The heroine is no saint, and was born into this world. She is ruthless, wielding an iron fist, and skilled at singing, acting, reciting, performing, throwing tantrums, and pretending to be possessed, among other things.
Theme: Having weathered the rain myself, I will do my best to leave an umbrella for those who come after.
I think it is necessary to legislate that the crown prince must be female for generations, otherwise everything Wen Susu has done will be in vain. Gender determines interests, and votes can never choose a male successor. Whenever a male successor becomes the emperor, the patriarchal society will fight back, and men will not give women the chance to be emperors.
Women in a patriarchal society tend to value love more than other things. I think it is because they have low self-esteem and put themselves in a lower position that they become obsessed with a man. In fact, he is just a man. No matter how handsome he is, he will grow old. No matter how smart he is, he will have limitations in his thinking and knowledge. There are thousands of flowers and grass in the world, don't give up the entire forest for a single grass.
Before the male supremacy in society is completely reversed, the selection of empresses in previous generations must be very cautious. Empresses cannot help but know the tricks of governing the country and the world, and they must be hard-hearted and decisive with principled bottom lines. They must not be stupid in love when facing men. If they are a little weak and careless, they will definitely face the crazy counterattack of feudal male power. I read a novel before. In order to avoid the possibility of heirs becoming obsessed with love, the descendants of the royal family, both male and female, began to have countless beauties at the age of fifteen or sixteen. There were beauties of various styles in the backyard. If they saw too many of the opposite sex and slept too much, they would naturally be disenchanted with the opposite sex and lose their love.
Yes, perseverance and continuation, several little ladies who want to get married can't do it. They can't persist and don't understand the choice. The sweet words of men go to their heads. When the king of a country, the little lady who gets married is not worthy. At present, it is better for the king of a country not to get married. After three or four terms, the situation will improve and he can get married, but he still does not want his biological children to succeed him.
Ambition is not scary. What is scary is that women have no ambition. This is the second generation. If you keep it, you will be dragged to death.
I supported Wen Zheng before, but I found that Qi's scheming methods are deeper and her actions are more purposeful. I guessed that it would be Qi. She is not afraid of confronting the law-breaking and conservative ministers.
I can't help but watch the ending first. Also - although the idea is very crude, I still want to watch the sequel QAQ
Why do I think Qi is the most scheming one? I've felt this way from the past few chapters.
I thought she was the seventh lady from the beginning
At first I was dissuaded by the title of the book. I thought the author was too whimsical. A married woman who became an empress would still think more about it than a peasant girl who became an empress. Is this logic sound? I came back to read it because I was nervous about reading it. The result is really good and the writing is very good overall. However, I skipped some chapters in the middle and it didn't affect the reading experience.
I also want to talk about the empress' partner. Well, I wrote Yin Xiang so well but didn't let him be with the heroine. It feels like a waste [Milk Tea]
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I think it is necessary to legislate that the crown prince must be female for generations, otherwise everything Wen Susu has done will be in vain. Gender determines interests, and votes can never choose a male successor. Whenever a male successor becomes the emperor, the patriarchal society will fight back, and men will not give women the chance to be emperors.
Women in a patriarchal society tend to value love more than other things. I think it is because they have low self-esteem and put themselves in a lower position that they become obsessed with a man. In fact, he is just a man. No matter how handsome he is, he will grow old. No matter how smart he is, he will have limitations in his thinking and knowledge. There are thousands of flowers and grass in the world, don't give up the entire forest for a single grass.
Before the male supremacy in society is completely reversed, the selection of empresses in previous generations must be very cautious. Empresses cannot help but know the tricks of governing the country and the world, and they must be hard-hearted and decisive with principled bottom lines. They must not be stupid in love when facing men. If they are a little weak and careless, they will definitely face the crazy counterattack of feudal male power. I read a novel before. In order to avoid the possibility of heirs becoming obsessed with love, the descendants of the royal family, both male and female, began to have countless beauties at the age of fifteen or sixteen. There were beauties of various styles in the backyard. If they saw too many of the opposite sex and slept too much, they would naturally be disenchanted with the opposite sex and lose their love.
Yes, perseverance and continuation, several little ladies who want to get married can't do it. They can't persist and don't understand the choice. The sweet words of men go to their heads. When the king of a country, the little lady who gets married is not worthy. At present, it is better for the king of a country not to get married. After three or four terms, the situation will improve and he can get married, but he still does not want his biological children to succeed him.
Ambition is not scary. What is scary is that women have no ambition. This is the second generation. If you keep it, you will be dragged to death.
I supported Wen Zheng before, but I found that Qi's scheming methods are deeper and her actions are more purposeful. I guessed that it would be Qi. She is not afraid of confronting the law-breaking and conservative ministers.
I can't help but watch the ending first. Also - although the idea is very crude, I still want to watch the sequel QAQ
Why do I think Qi is the most scheming one? I've felt this way from the past few chapters.
I thought she was the seventh lady from the beginning
At first I was dissuaded by the title of the book. I thought the author was too whimsical. A married woman who became an empress would still think more about it than a peasant girl who became an empress. Is this logic sound? I came back to read it because I was nervous about reading it. The result is really good and the writing is very good overall. However, I skipped some chapters in the middle and it didn't affect the reading experience. I also want to talk about the empress' partner. Well, I wrote Yin Xiang so well but didn't let him be with the heroine. It feels like a waste [Milk Tea]