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Chapter 9: A Startling Encounter at Fan Lou Prologue: "The moment I stepped into Fan Lou, the scent of perfume overpowered the stench of sweat, and the melodies of silk and bamboo replaced the shouts of battle. I thought I had arrived in paradise, until I discovered that the rules here were even more unforgiving than Liangshan, swallowing people whole without even spitting out the bones." --- A month later, dust-covered Yan Qing finally stood on the streets of Eastern Capital Bianliang. The prosperity…-
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Chapter 8 Guest Boat, Night Rain Epigraph: "Leaving Liangshan Marsh was like a bird escaping its gilded cage. But the world outside this cage was even more tempestuous, with fiercer winds and rains. When the boatman's murky eyes roamed my neck, I finally understood that the law of the jungle, the strong preying on the weak, was the only rule in this world." --- Three days later, a small boat departed the waters of Liangshan Marsh, heading downstream directly towards the Eastern Capital. Yan Qing…
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Chapter 7 Chapter 7: The Golden Bell Cord Prologue: "When Lu Junyi pushed the string of golden bells, representing past achievements, before me, I knew it was the final test. If the bells ring, one must return. But I only wish for this bell's chime to be the opening drumbeat for my grand departure." --- Lu Junyi returned from the Hall of Righteous Gathering with the lingering aura of killing intent, dusk already deepening. In the study, Yan Qing maintained the posture he had been in when Lu Junyi…
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Chapter 6 Chapter 6: Black Hair Raises Suspicion Prologue: "I thought I had hidden all my flaws until Lu Junyi picked up the strand of long hair I dropped. At that moment, time froze. In an era where all men kept their hair short, this strand of black hair was more fatal than any sword." --- The lingering aftermath of bringing down Yu Bao Si had subtly shifted Yan Qing's position in Liangshan Marsh. No one dared to openly provoke the "frail" yet sharp-witted Little Yi Ge anymore. Even a brute like Li…
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Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Intelligently Breaking the Scheme of Sowing Discord Epigraph: "To bring down Li Gu was like extinguishing a spark. But on Liangshan, more than one person feared the name 'Wanderer.' It was only when new rumors pointed to Lu Junyi himself that I understood the real survival game had just begun." --- The disposal of Li Gu was like throwing a massive stone into the deep waters of Lu Family Manor, its ripples spreading far and wide. The manor's retainers discussed it in hushed tones,…
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Chapter 47 Chapter 47: A Vision of a Prosperous Era Prologue: "When the tenth Women's Medical College was completed in Lingnan, the urgent imperial report still carried the sweet scent of lychees. Li Shishi smiled and pointed to the southernmost tip of the map: 'Look, even the ends of the earth are blooming with the flowers of women's academies.'" --- In the twelfth year of the New Dynasty, just after the summer solstice, the lychees of Lingnan were beginning to blush red. A swift horse, kicking up…
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Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Let History Be Told by Future Generations Foreword: "She erected a wordless stele at the Imperial Academy, saying that merits and demerits would be judged by posterity. That night, we stood side by side before the stele, snowflakes falling on our shoulders: 'We don't seek eternal fame, only a clear conscience.'" --- The first snow of the ninth year of the new dynasty arrived earlier than in previous years. It was barely past the winter solstice, yet fine snowflakes began to…
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Chapter 45 Chapter 45: Red Candles and Warm Curtains Pass a Spring Night Epigraph: "She hung golden bells in the four corners of the sleeping chamber, saying that the chime would change each time I approached. That night, she blindfolded me and led me to identify them one by one: 'This is the steadiness when you review memorials, this is the joy when you see me...'" --- The first snow of the eighth year of the New Dynasty arrived exceptionally early. Not long after the start of winter, Bianliang, the…
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Chapter 44 The Deep Courtyard of Phoenix Trees Locks in the Clear Autumn Epigraph: "She wrote the epitaph of 'Emperor of All Ages' for me in the annals of history, yet carved 'My Love, Qing Qing' all over the palace walls. When I discovered those love poems hidden within the memorials, she declared with righteous indignation: 'Achievements must be recorded in history, and deep affection certainly should be too.'" --- The seventh year of the New Dynasty, and the autumn chill deepened. The phoenix trees…
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Chapter 43 Are My Eyebrows Drawn too Dark or Light to Be Fashionable? Quote: "She shielded me from all the overt and covert attacks in the court, yet in the imperial bedchamber, she’d pick up her eyebrow pencil and softly complain, ‘Does Your Majesty know, every time I see you frowning over state affairs, I wish I could just lock you away in the deep palace.’" --- Spring of the sixth year of the new dynasty. The storm stirred by the reform of the imperial examinations had finally…
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