Celebrating More Than Years: the Legend of Ye Qingmei

This is a spin-off novel featuring the legendary woman Ye Qingmei in "Celebrating More Than Years" as the protagonist. She comes from a highly civilized world and wakes up from a mysterious temple. With her desire for freedom and the ideal of changing the world, she joins hands with the guardian Wu Zhu to get out of her imprisonment. She went through the business struggle in Dongyi City and met Si Gu Jian; she got involved in the power disputes in Northern Qi and became sympathetic to Zhan Qingfeng; she finally arrived in Kyoto of the Qing Dynasty. With her wisdom and courage, she established the Inspection Institute, controlled the internal treasury, promoted innovation, and tried to break the decadent hierarchical order. She once worked side by side with Emperor Qing, Fan Jian, and Chen Pingping, sharing the same ideals; but she also encountered betrayal from her former partners because she touched the bottom line of the imperial power and vested interests. The worries of pregnancy and childbirth put her in a desperate situation in the crisis-ridden Kyoto, and she eventually died with regret. But the spiritual fire she left behind has never been extinguished. The inscriptions of the Inspection Institute, the resources of the inner treasury, and the child Fan Xian guarded by Wu Zhu will continue to write legends on the land of Qing with her ideals. This is a story about ideals, betrayal, protection and inheritance, recreating Ye Qingmei's short but dazzling life, and revealing the unknown secrets and deep feelings behind the main story of "Celebrating More Than Years".