Listening to Spring Rain All Night in a Small Tower

[Ensemble of women, historical household intrigue, arranged marriages] A historical version of Pride and Prejudice. The inner quarters aren’t just a place for scheming; they can also be home to deep sisterly affection. A beloved historical ensemble novel of the year, featuring a frail beauty with a scheming mind and a calculating, enigmatic top scholar. The everyday life of a prominent family, and the story of the three Lou sisters. The shrewd and capable Second Madam Lou was proudest of all of having three beautiful daughters. To marry them into “good” families, she traveled a great distance to the capital for the Huaxin Banquet. The eldest, Qingyun, had been strictly raised by her mother from childhood. She was the very model of a proper young lady: every smile and frown a paragon of noblewomanly decorum, winning the affection of all the elders. The second daughter, Xianyue, was breathtakingly beautiful and perceptive, but had been frail and sickly since childhood and was disliked by her elders. The youngest, Lingshuang, was independent and hated injustice. She loathed the prospect of marriage and swore to carve out a path of her own as a woman... All three daughters, each with a different personality, became famous in the capital for their beauty, talent, or outspoken views. Faced with the fate of being born to marry, they made different choices, and together they wrote a lively story of warmth and everyday life in a large family.