Synopsis
Coming soon: The Brocade Heist, Taikang
Completed: Contending for the Court
Peasant girl x young nobleman
In the third year of the Qingtai era, a great flood struck Hanyang.
Peasant girl Song Zhi went to the county office to ask for grain, but unexpectedly became embroiled in a murder case.
To stay alive, she knocked out the coachman and took the disaster-relief envoy hostage inside the carriage.
The envoy was a strikingly elegant man with a wonderfully pleasant voice. Unfortunately, his words were so cutting they could make you choke.
"Who do you think you are?"
"And you want to be my retainer? Do you think you're so beautiful you could topple a kingdom? You're a peasant girl. I wouldn't give you a second thought..."
Song Zhi wasn't betting on love, either. She only wanted to avenge her father's death and bring down the aristocratic clans.
She turned a simple case of fighting into one of corruption and bribery,
and transformed an ordinary embezzlement case into a deadly treason plot.
One was the Crown Prince's secretary, born into a noble family. The other was a lowly peasant girl carrying the burden of a blood feud.
They married for no reason but to make a deal and get by.
But Gu Huan fell hopelessly in love with her, and ended up in her hands.
After an accident, Song Zhi was imprisoned for several months.
"Shiyi, why do you always have to go against me? Wouldn't it be better to stay in your place and be my wife?"
Gu Huan pinched her face and forced medicine down her throat, leaving Song Zhi weak and damaging her meridians.
Song Zhi lay on the bed, repeatedly digging her fingers into her throat.
What he didn't know was that Song Zhi had only one thought in her heart:
Gu Huan, hurry up and die.
After the new emperor ascended the throne, Gu Huan was implicated in the Splendor Case and sent to the Censorate.
Song Zhi became a minister of the new dynasty, appointed Director of the Secretariat, and was at the height of her powers.
The balance of power had shifted, and now she looked down on him.
Gu Huan's crimes were unforgivable.
Killing her husband to prove her allegiance would be enough to show the new emperor how loyal she was.
Reader's guide:
1. Both leads are virgins. 1v1, happy ending.
2. The perspectives differ, and both the male and female leads are fully developed. Read without worry.
3. Set in an alternate Western Jin dynasty. Don't take the history too seriously.
4. The leads have varying moral standards. Their actions and opinions are not the author's, and their values do not represent the author's. Please don't apply this to real life.
Coming soon: The Brocade Heist
Clear-headed, clever, quick-witted heroine x cold-hearted, sensitive, obsessive hero
The heroine, Xu Yan, lost her father and was separated from her mother. She was swept along by the ravages of war, sold several times, and eventually became a guest girl in the Yu household of Pengcheng. She kept saving money, hoping her master would free her and restore her status as a commoner.
Just as Xu Yan had saved enough to buy her freedom, she overheard her master's shocking secret. As she prepared to flee, someone locked the door first. She and fifty maidservants were stabbed by men in black and fell to the ground.
As she was about to close her eyes, she saw her master ordering the men in black to clean up the scene. His face showed nothing but disgust and contempt.
She had been such a fool. Her master had been kind to her only because he enjoyed teasing a kitten or a puppy.
In the mass grave, she held on to her last breath and somehow managed to claw her way back to life.
She would have her revenge!
The hero, Yu Shi, was born into the Yu family of Pengcheng and appointed a gentleman of the palace.
He fell for a guest girl. She was clever, conscientious, and resourceful, and he truly liked her.
But she knew his secret, and he knew perfectly well which mattered more: power or a woman.
So she had to die.
But Xu Yan's body was never found, alive or dead. One corpse was missing from the mass grave. He searched all of Yidu and still couldn't find her.
Where was she? Was she dead, or alive?
In the tenth year of the Jianchu era, General Yu Zhong of the Palace Guard and Gentleman Yu Shi launched a coup and seized control of the capital, Yidu. It became known as the Taichu Palace Coup. The Yu brothers held power over the entire court: Yu Zhong became Grand General of the Pacification Army, and Yu Shi became General Who Pacifies the West. Their good fortune didn't last. A few months later, Grand General Yu Zhong died when an infected carbuncle on his back flared up. Yu Shi was promoted to General Who Conquers the West. When his headquarters called for staff, he spotted a familiar figure among the recruits.
The woman wore an apricot-colored robe with crossed lapels and cupped her hands in greeting. "Xu Yan, disciple of the Gao family of Jiankang, pays her respects to the General Who Conquers the West."
Yu Shi looked at her, grinding his teeth. "Xu Yan. What a lovely name."
Reader's guide:
1. Both leads are virgins. 1v1, happy ending.
2. This is an alternate setting, loosely inspired by the Three Kingdoms or Western Jin period. The setting is still tentative and may change.
3. The hero usurps the throne by killing the emperor. There's no redeeming him, and he's stuck in unrequited love for a long time, resenting the heroine for not loving him.
4. The heroine loves and respects herself and strives for power and status. She doesn't realize she loves the hero.
Blurb dated August 20, 2026
Theme: In the biting winter wind, the writer stands strong.
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The wife writes very well, it is not a fast-food online novel. The background and system are written in great detail. The heroine does not have any golden fingers and relies solely on her own talents to carve her own way in this world. The hero does not use his power to give her any protection (at least not on the surface). It is really great to see the heroine working hard to move forward step by step. Everyone is doing things according to the rules, a group of vivid characters that are very realistic.
The author's wife seemed to be trying to teach me what the ninth-grade Zhongzheng system and the noble family were... [Tan Shou] [Tan Shou] explained it very reasonably. It can be seen that it is difficult for the heroine who was born as a peasant girl to reach the upper class. The orphan order is a partial display of the heroine's talent. My wife's knowledge reserve is very sufficient, and she must have done a lot of preparations! I feel like I'm studying history 🥺 I really like the heroine's independence and intelligence. The male protagonist starts to trick her right from the beginning. No wonder the heroine plans to kill him in the copywriting [changed]
The heroine is very smart, brave and resourceful, and is a bit strong in citing classics. The transition scene is a bit confusing, the slave is attacking the hero, where did the slave come from? What did he bring originally? Or did he rush out suddenly?