A Weaver’s Everyday Life in the Western Han

In the eyes of Chang'an's elite families, Jin Yue was a regrettable figure. She was the daughter Empress Dowager had in the common folk before her second marriage, and the emperor Liu Che's elder half-sister.

But by the time she was found, it was too late. She had never received a proper education. She knew nothing of the refined pursuits of noble ladies or the social etiquette of aristocratic women. She was just a peasant woman who knew how to spin and weave.

And because her husband's family had mistreated her, she was unable to bear children and would have a hard time marrying again. This was all her life could amount to.

But as the years passed, the peasant woman who knew nothing but weaving came up with improved waterproof cloth, solving the problem of transporting provisions in the rain and helping the Han army win unexpected victories against its enemies.

Then she created light, warm feather garments that made winter as cozy as spring and protected people from the cold.

She introduced cotton and improved a variety of weaving and dyeing methods, enriching what ordinary people could wear.

With astonishing techniques, she produced all kinds of rare textiles, attracting merchants from the Western Regions and bringing the Silk Road to unprecedented prosperity, which strengthened the Han Empire.

She stopped a princess from marrying into Wusun, and instead used the enormous profits of the Silk Road as bait to form an alliance against the Xiongnu, dealing them a devastating blow.

Later, she was ennobled as a marquis despite being a woman, showing the world that a woman could take this path, too.

All those looks of pity, regret, disdain, and contempt turned into admiration and awe.

Reader's Guide:

1. The heroine was a university student majoring in textiles in her previous life. After she transmigrated, she lost her memories and grew up in the Han dynasty. Her memories of her previous life gradually returned later, though most of what she remembered was professional knowledge.

2. The male lead appears only in the middle or later part of the story, and romance takes up little of the novel.

3. Many details are fictional, and the story does not follow history exactly. Please don't nitpick.

Theme: Passion