Yan Qing, clan leader of the Yan Clan of Yongzhou in the Wei Kingdom on the Desolate Cloud Continent.
The Yan Clan had endured for a thousand years because its family traditions were upright, its members dealt with affairs fairly and impartially, and it knew how to educate its people. Its ranks had produced 108 chief ministers, 36 generals, and 72 poets, both men and women.
All of this was thanks to the "earnest guidance" of Yan Qing, the Yan Clan's first clan leader.
When the clan leader passed away, more than ten thousand clan members built a shrine for her, burned incense, and worshipped her for the rest of their lives. A thousand years later, the tradition endured.
After living out her natural lifespan and ending up in another world, Yan Qing once again became the Yan Clan leader. The whole clan now had 49 members, just enough to make a small village.
Yan Qing wanted to restore the Yan Clan's integrity, but she never expected that beneath its humble roof, chaos would reign. The clan members were one oddball after another, a sight rarely seen in a thousand years.
With muddleheaded clan members within and natural disasters and human calamities without, fortunately, a divine treasure descended from the heavens: "Joyful City and Town." With its help, she could repel outside threats, bring order within, and rebuild the Yan Clan's glory.
Scene One:
"Clan leader, I've been married to Chun Ya for over three years, and all she's done is give birth to girls. I'm divorcing her today!"
A certain clan member was eager to cast off his wife. He planned to sell off his daughters and buy a couple of pieces of jewelry for his sweetheart, Xiao Taohong.
On one side stood a smug, unkempt man. On the other, a ragged woman holding her three daughters.
Yan Qing swept her hand through the air. "Take him away. Forty strokes of the cane, then expel him from the clan!"
After punishing the culprit, Yan Qing turned to the mother and daughters:
"My Yan Clan has failed to discipline its members. You may divorce him and return to your family. You may take your dowry, compensation, and daughters with you. If you don't wish to return to your family, then you and your daughters can become members of the Yan Clan and take the Yan surname. The clan will care for your children.
If you wish to remarry, you may choose a man of good character and appearance from the Yan Clan. If no one suits you, you can also take in a son-in-law..."
Scene Two:
"Clan leader, Miss Du is the daughter of a wealthy family in the prefectural city, and she wants to come home with me. Please officiate our wedding..."
"Smack!" A slap landed across his face.
"Marriage is a union between two families. You have neither matchmakers nor betrothal gifts, and no ceremonial bridal sedan. You're committing marriage fraud!
A true man born between Heaven and Earth should never victimize an innocent woman like this.
You wretch, you've ruined the Yan Clan's good name. Take him away and give him twenty strokes!"
Years later, the Yan Clan became a highly sought-after family in the area, and matchmakers were eager to arrange marriages with its members...
Theme: Lead the clan to prosperity
