"Phoenix Palace" is set in the Daqi Dynasty and tells the story of the heroine Ling Zuoyue's ups and downs and magnificent legendary life. As a princess, Ling Zuoyue has struggled to survive in the vortex of strife and intrigue in the court since she was a child. She has gone through many hardships, but she has also honed her perseverance and wisdom far beyond ordinary people.
An unexpected incident completely changed Ling Zuoyue's life trajectory. She walked out of the palace and went deep into Minshengfang, where she witnessed with her own eyes the hardships of folk women struggling to survive in difficult situations. In agricultural schools, women are eager to learn agriculture but encounter many obstacles; in dyeing workshops, weavers are exploited and live in poverty; in medical clinics, female doctors' desire to treat illnesses and save lives is ruthlessly suppressed by secular prejudice. These injustices and sufferings deeply hurt Ling Zuoyue's heart and ignited a raging fire in her heart to fight for equality and dignity for women.
Ling Zuoyue was determined to change all this on her own. In the agricultural school, she encouraged women to delve into agriculture, and worked with them to explore the characteristics of grain seeds, improve planting methods, and experiment with planting "Pearl Valley", and promoted the methods of "returning straw to the field" and "crop rotation" to help increase food income; in the dyeing workshop, she helped the women improve their tools, increase production efficiency, and strive for reasonable returns for them; faced with obstacles to female doctors practicing medicine, she argued hard to promote the revision and implementation of new laws and rectify the name of women's medical practice.
With the gradual implementation of Ling Zuoyue's reform measures, her influence is increasing day by day, and more and more women are inspired to stand up bravely and fight for their own destiny. However, all this also touched the interests of the conservative forces, who obstructed Ling Yue in every possible way and even tried to kill her. But Ling Zuoyue was not afraid, and relied on her extraordinary courage and wisdom to avoid danger time and time again.
In this process, Ling Zuoyue also gained precious friendship and family affection. The fourth prince grew from cowardice to strength and became her most capable assistant; women such as Chuntao, Qiuhe, and Medical Officer Li fought side by side with her, sharing life and death. Their friendship is like a beacon in the darkness, giving Ling Zuoyue warmth and strength.
After numerous hardships and obstacles, Ling Zuoyue finally succeeded in ascending to the throne. At the coronation ceremony, she declared to the world that women, like men, have the right to pursue their dreams and the ability to contribute to their family and country. Since then, under the governance of Ling Zuoyue, the Daqi Dynasty has ushered in unprecedented prosperity. The status of women has been significantly improved. They have shined dazzlingly in various fields. Under her leadership, a new era has slowly begun.
Purpose: Based on Ling Zuoyue's practice and struggle, we tear apart the era's prejudice that "women are useless", demonstrate the original power of women in fields such as farming, medicine, scholarship, and governance, reveal the core of "ability has nothing to do with gender, and value lies in practice", and ultimately point to an equal world where every life (especially women) can stand on their own merits and live with dignity.