"One day, I will stand beside you openly and honorably, as a woman."
[Ambitious, brilliant top scholar × aloof, proud female physician]
[Disguised as a man / Marriage before love / Upcoming: Nine Daughters Vie for the Throne]
1. Lu Qiubai thought she might spend her whole life like the daughters of other civil servant families, confined to the women's quarters until her days were over.
Then, an unexpected calamity struck. Her brother was framed, her father imprisoned, and her mother brutally killed. Gravely wounded and on the brink of death, she was rescued by Jiang Lin, a female physician who devoted herself to healing the sick and saving the dying.
Forced to conceal her identity, she wandered in a foreign land. The image of her mother's death haunted her.
So Lu Qiubai decided to disguise herself as a man, take the imperial examinations, and enter officialdom, waiting for the day she could clear her family's name.
When they met again, she had topped the imperial examinations, a spirited young scholar full of ambition. Jiang Lin, who had once aspired to help the whole world, was now confined to the inner quarters, with no freedom of her own.
Lu Qiubai decided to seek her hand in marriage as a man, giving her half a lifetime of freedom and happiness.
Later, on the long flight of steps, she denounced the crimes of corrupt officials and, with her own strength, tried to shake the century-old rot entrenched in the previous dynasty. She was willing to die for her cause, and lay forever beneath the seat of imperial power in the capital.
It was Jiang Lin who gave her a glimmer of hope.
Reform the system, support a female emperor, and establish schools.
"One day, I will stand beside you openly and honorably, as a woman."
"The customs of this dynasty are already unfair to women. Those in power rule over their officials, the government controls the common people, and the nobility oppresses those without status. The rites and laws confine women, pushing them into the inner quarters and blocking their view of the world. The rites and laws they keep invoking are nothing but fear!"
Women, too, can make their mark on the world.
[Blurb 2]
They say the newly appointed top scholar of this year's imperial examinations is as handsome as Pan An. Even the famed courtesan of Tingyue House mingled with the crowd to throw him her scented sachet.
"That new top scholar Lu Bai in court is nothing but a loyal dog for the emperor, barking wildly on his behalf in court," said a certain minister.
"I don't want you trapped in a mire, confined to the inner quarters. You should be a crane among the clouds, not a sparrow in a cage. I want to protect your freedom and peace of mind in my own way," Jiang Lin said sincerely to the graceful "young man" before her.
"There are far too many advantages to being a man in this world. Even openly spending my whole life with you would be easier if I were a man. Yet I still dare to hope: when will I be able to stand beside you openly and honorably, as a woman?"
"If we're going to resist, then we must resist to the end! If we're going to fight for our future, then we must stand united! Anyone who wants to withdraw today can walk straight out that door, and never come back. There is no turning back from this path! From this day on, if anyone inside these doors has ulterior motives, I'll kill them!"
"The Six Classics and all the other books teach people to cultivate virtue, recognize goodness, improve themselves, and bring order to their families. Were they written only for men?"
With ten thousand miles beneath my feet and ten thousand poems in my heart, I once dared to believe my ambition could surpass any man's!
"I may revise the text from time to time. I am only responsible for the official version. The sole place of first publication is Jinjiang Literature City."
Please check out my upcoming works:
1. Political intrigue and power struggles, aloof, frail strategist vs. founding female general: [Seizing the Realm]
2. Time-traveling across eras, historian vs. regent empress dowager: [The Deer Crying Yo Yo]
3. Political intrigue in a fictional setting: [Nine Daughters Vie for the Throne]
Theme: Stand on your own and grow stronger.
It is said in the essay that Yang Shengqing hides her identity, so is she also a woman?!!!!!
I was really moved when I saw this... If there really was such a person in history, how wonderful it would be.
The author is great, can you make each chapter 5,000 words?
I followed the author Dada from the article "Lan Shanhe" and spent one night to read the article "Dawan", which was very enjoyable. This comfort is reflected in two aspects First of all, the finished article looks really cool! (Hahaha, I don't mean to urge you to be bigger. Of course, the update must follow the rhythm of DaDa's writing, but DaDa will be happier if it can be done faster.) Secondly, it is reflected in the very comprehensive and intuitive improvement of the foreshadowing, details, and layout of the two articles from "Dawan" to "Lan Shanhe" (at least in terms of the plot of the main drama). It is mentioned in the epilogue of the last chapter that this is the first time she has completely written a novel. She regrets that her writing power cannot support her ambitions in details, foreshadowing and structure. Indeed, during the reading process of "Dawan", I felt that some character settings and plot trends would have small incoherent fragments, and there would also be small changes in the rhythm that need to be adapted to. What seems intuitive to me, an unprofessional reader, is that most people want to express a lot, and at the same time there are many elements they want to add, as if inspiration is spurting out like lava from their brains. But!!! This is the first novel completed by an author! This novel has 300,000 words! And it's a serious plot! Wow, that's amazing! Moreover, from the small flaws or regrets in the above reading, the article "Landing the Mountains and Rivers" has been greatly improved and upgraded. It uses a more mature and steady writing style to construct characters and plot foreshadowing, and then uses the character's personality display and world view to express one's own attitudes and concepts. I personally think that this kind of writing based on the characters and world view makes the character creation in the article more stable and soulful, and the plot is more smooth and smooth. This is my first time to write a long review hhh. I am not very professional in reading and writing novels. I just want to express my reading experience. Finally, I would like to thank the author again for his wonderful words and long-term companionship.
It's good-looking, I love watching it, it's awesome?? Looking forward to the extra episode?(?? V??)?
The writing is really good and I am pleasantly surprised. I have been looking for such articles in WCP before. When Lily saw it for the first time, I was very surprised. But it's a pity that I didn't read enough. There are still stars and seas that need to be conquered by Xiao Lu and the Empress.
This chapter made me a little excited
Throwing thunder can make you update, I will also vote O_o
Why are there so few comments?
The writing is already very good. Although it is not perfect, the story is wonderful. Thank you to the author for the story [Three Flower Cat Head]