Qingyan Ci: Nirvana of Zhuqiang

"Qingyan Ci: Nirvana at the Zhuqiang" is an ancient story about the rebirth and growth of a Machiavellian heroine in the Chinese style. It is a benchmark for the high-quality Machiavellian narrative style. It is set in the fictional Dajing Dynasty with shackles of ethics and family divisions. It integrates traditional Chinese elements such as Duan inkstone carving and Suzhou embroidery weaving. It tells the transformation story of Shen Qingyan, the legitimate daughter of a general, who died in the fire, avenged her wrongs, and broke the world. In her previous life, Shen Qingyan abided by etiquette, was meek and courteous, and devoted all the military power and secrets of the Shen family to assist her fiancé, the third prince Xiao Jingyan. But her wholehearted trust eventually resulted in the tragedy of annihilating her entire family. The stepmother was framed by greed for money, the concubine was harmed by jealousy, and the powerful officials in the court took the opportunity to seize power. After Xiao Jingyan took advantage of the Shen family's value, he cruelly buried her alive in a mass grave. Shen Qingyan, who was lucky enough to be rescued by a secret guard, escaped from death and completely broke away from the shackles of feudal ethics. She changed her name to Su Yan and hid in the embroidery shop in the market to accumulate strength. Relying on her own resourcefulness, she worked step by step and gathered orphans from the bottom, business craftsmen and Shen family's old members to create a women's autonomous chamber of commerce and a secret intelligence force to build a territory of power unique to women. After lying dormant for several years, she circled between the market, the business world and the court, accurately dismantling the enemy's forces, and uncovering the truth about the unjust case of extermination of the family. When the palace changes in the end, Su Yan reveals his identity and presents irrefutable evidence to clear the wrongs for the Shen family. After her great revenge was avenged, she no longer loved power and glory, refused the shackles of royal marriage, broke the bad secular rules, pushed the court to abolish the old laws that restricted women, opened girls' schools, and relaxed the ban on women's employment in the military. She single-handedly created a path to freedom and new life for thousands of women who were trapped in the house.