[Plot-focused] [I've been busy lately, so the novel is awaiting major revisions. The main storyline remains unchanged.]
In the seventeenth year of Qing'an, three border cities fell one after another.
Guan Ning traveled to Chang'an to seek help from relatives, but everything proved as fleeting as duckweed.
She later entered the palace as a female official, only to be pushed forward as a scapegoat when a case came to trial.
She refused to accept this fate!
From a pawn, she became the one moving the pieces.
From a female official in the imperial harem, she rose to the court.
From a lone orphan, she ultimately became Chancellor Guan, a minister of her generation.
[Romance]
On the twelfth month of the forty-third year of Qing'an, the emperor died.
I knew then that Zhao Huaishu was doomed.
He and I stood side by side for more than twenty years. We never once spoke of love.
But I wanted to save him.
"You can take me away, but you can't take this world with you, nor your ideals.
The late emperor is dead, and the crown prince has only just ascended the throne. There are still many obstacles ahead.
You must live, and see all of this with your own eyes."
He knew me too well.
I told him I regretted it.
I regretted not giving him a branch of red plum blossoms in the winter of Qing'an's twenty-first year.
He said, "That's all right. You can give me one this year."
I looked at him, and a sudden, sorrowful premonition rose in my heart.
We both knew the red plum blossoms had yet to bloom this winter.
[She was the sharpest sword at the emperor's side. He became the dirtiest shield in the history books.
He took the blame for the new policies; she guarded her confidant's tomb and its epitaph.]
[Reader's guide]
Third-person narration /// Soulmates ///
Story balance: 80% plot, 20% romance. Primarily plot-driven.
1. Volume One focuses on female officials in the imperial harem. From Volume Two onward, the story moves to the imperial court. This novel focuses on open political maneuvering.
2. Some supporting characters' dialogue does not reflect the author's views. Please don't conflate the two.
3. Alternate setting, broadly inspired by the Tang Dynasty, with a mishmash of other elements.
Theme: Ideals, ambition, and love
Come on, come on [Cat Claw] The author's writing is very good and happy May Day
Finished spreading flowers!! Congratulations! 🤩
After reading it, what moved me the most was Guan Ning and Mo Yunhua. I saw the power of women in them. I am very happy that the first book I read here is so powerful.
[Orange Candy] After waiting for several chapters, I finally got some candies, but they are so sour. Hey, two little bitter gourds~ Can you give me more candies when I grow up? Such a good hero and heroine 🙏
Support, support, don't give up on the article, I will always be with you.
Chong, there is an extra word you
"In the collapse, she was as usual" and gave the author a big worm~
Will my father never come back? 😭
"Thanks to my ancestors for taking care of me" is a big bug for the author~
"You come and stay with me for the first two years" is a big bug for the author~