A dropped hairpin can speak louder than a speech. In Against the Current (兰香如故), Xu Lanxiang (许兰香) lets a small floral ornament fall in front of her grandmother. She says nothing. The old woman understands at once: be careful of Du Cuique (杜翠雀). That tiny object is not a pretty extra. It is a warning, […]
In Against the Current (兰香如故), the New Emperor barely appears, yet his shadow falls over every choice. Lin Jinqi (林锦岐) returns from six years on the frontier with military merit, asking only one reward: permission to marry Xu Lanxiang (许兰香), a maid just freed from military registration. Jinling (金陵) calls it madness. The Lin family […]
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