The story takes place in the fictional Chinese kingdom of Caiyun. According to legend, a young man, aided by the power of the Eight Immortals, founded Caiyun. Consequently, Caiyun's territory was divided into eight provinces: Hongzhou, Huangzhou, Bizhou, Lanzhou, Zizhou, Heizhou, Baizhou, and Chazhou. Approximately 600 years ago, the king of the time ordered the nobles of each province to adopt one of these eight colors as their surnames (for example, the Marquis of Lanzhou became Lan, the Marquis of Hongzhou became Hong, and so on). Commoners were prohibited from sharing surnames with these eight marquises. Consequently, those bearing these eight colors were considered the most aristocratic of the nobles. Furthermore, because the Marquis of Zizhou, where the capital was located, also served as king, the Zi family became the royal family's surname. Despite being born into the prestigious Hong family, Hong Xiuli lived in poverty. She had to work extensively to support her family. Having experienced the turmoil of the throne struggle as a child, she deeply understood the suffering of the people. From a young age, she diligently studied, hoping to pass the imperial examination, become an official, assist the king, and build a prosperous and peaceful nation. However, as a woman, she cannot take the imperial examination. One day, Xiu Li accepts a high-paying commission from Grand Tutor Xiao and enters the harem as a noble concubine to teach and assist the incompetent emperor. This opportunity leads Xiu Li to a career as an official, and she encounters a variety of people.

This path has many ups and downs. People come, people go.

Jiang Ling did not have the makings of a martial artist. She once felt inferior, but with a heart full of optimism, she sought another path.

In the world on top of the mountain, all she had were her shifu, shijie, and shixiong. When she entered Jianghu, she had to start over from the beginning, and He Xi bursted into her life. This was the first time she had met a foreign woman, and sure enough, she’s as different as the books say. In her ignorance, Jiang Ling did everything with her until she finally started to panic.

⸺ What in the world is wrong with me?

“Don’t avoid me, I grew up on the mountain, and I haven’t seen much of the world.”

From opposing each other across a sea of blood to finally joining hands to walk the same path, Jiang Ling has hated and she has loved.

Su Min'an's powerful ex-husband, the regent prince, has been poisoned and lost his memory.

His memory is stuck in the ten years when he loved her the most.

He brought her back to the capital from Yangzhou, doted on her, and even let her trample on his empress.

But he forgot that he had already casually given her away to another man, discarding her like a worn-out shoe.

Her former mother-in-law threatened her with the lives of her current husband and son, forcing her to stay with her ex-husband for three months until he recovered from the poison.

She counted down the days, playing the role of the regent's beloved wife, waiting only for the three-month term to end so that her ex-husband would remember how much he hated her and kick her out of the palace gates, allowing her to return to Yangzhou with her husband and son to live a peaceful life.

When the regent regained his memory, he indeed kicked him, but it was his beloved one who got kicked?

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When Jiang Yuanmo fell on hard times, his maid Su Min'an accompanied him from poverty to his restoration as regent.

He vowed to make Su Min'an the happiest woman in the world.

But ever since she returned to Beijing from Yangzhou, she has become a different person, shrouded in secrets.

With her legs crippled, ribs broken, and clumsy acting skills while desperately trying to survive, she plays the role of a submissive wife, and secretly has a lovely baby with another man...

When she attempted to escape for the fifth time, he cornered her at the palace gates, saying, "We need to have a serious talk; you seem to have a deep misunderstanding of me."

Previous works "Tang Zhuan", "The Wisdom of the Great Song Dynasty", "Silver Fox", "Hanxiang", "Tomorrow" and "I'm Not a Savage" are classics, welcome to read.

The people in the world and the affairs of the world are just dishes on the table of my Tang people.

Although the original ingredients have the original style of food, Yunchu still believes that the most delicious food still needs to be divided, cooked, processed, and the food that is finally served on the table is the food that is most suitable for the stomachs of Datang people.

Steaming, stewing, stir-frying, stewing... There are as many cooking methods as there are things in the world.

Whether it is Goguryeo, Turkic, Tubo, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Tiele...or long whales, tigers, giant sharks, hungry wolves, all of them can cook peerless delicacies in the melting pot of Datang...

Coupled with Li Zhi, Wu Yan, Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and other peerless seasonings, there will always be one thing that will make you unforgettable regardless of the color and fragrance.

Yunchu hopes that at such a luxurious banquet, he should definitely have a seat for himself!

Now, the delicacy has been cooked——Yunchu laid out the napkin, picked up the deer knife, and closed his eyes slightly, ready to enjoy an unprecedented meal to satisfy his hungry stomach.

Yang Tian: "Amo, remember this: what belongs to your brother is your brother's. I won't give it to you, and you can't take it from me."

Yang Guang: "But what if I like it?"

Yang Tian: "That won't work either, otherwise the world will be in chaos, you will be condemned for all eternity, people will curse you for being disloyal and unfilial, for being inhuman, for... In short, you will die without a burial place in the end."

Yang Guang: "..."

After a long pause, Yang Guang asked timidly, "Brother, would it be that serious if I ate an apple?"

I recommend Lao Mao's completed book, *The New Biography of Li Zicheng, the Rebel King*, ISBN 93534.

In the fifth year of the Tianyou era of the Han Dynasty, a renowned surgeon unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Jia Yun, a nobody in the Dream of the Red Chamber. Originally, Jia Yun only wanted to be a wealthy man through his own abilities. Given the chance, he also hoped to flirt with Qingwen and Ping'er, and perhaps even encounter Daiyu and Baochai. But this wasn't the prosperous and romantic Grand View Garden of the Han Dynasty; instead, the world was in turmoil! The Jurchens in Liaodong were eyeing the land covetously, bandits in the northwest were rising up in the chaos, and the White Lotus sect in the southeast was spreading deceitful rumors—the Han empire was already teetering on the brink of collapse. Having been reborn, Jia Yun knew the principle that no egg remains intact when the nest is overturned. But with neither a system nor a powerful backer, only his knowledge and experience, hundreds of years ahead of his time, he had no choice but to pick up his pen and, in a desperate gamble, carve out a bloody path through the imperial examinations! From a child scholar to a licentiate, from a provincial graduate to a tribute student, from a metropolitan graduate to a metropolitan graduate… Jia Yun raced through the ranks, from the periphery of the Grand View Garden straight to the heart of the empire's power. Destroy the Jurchens…

In 1994, the domestic machine tool industry fell into a comprehensive loss. Superiors dispatched veteran director Zhou Heng and young college student Tang Zifeng to the Linhe No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, to help the company turn around losses. After hard work, Linyi Machinery was reborn and continued to grow bigger and stronger. The "Changying Brand" series of machine tools it produced entered the international stage, outperforming the crowd and becoming a shining business card of China.

Today I have a long tassel in my hand, when will I be able to bind the blue dragon?

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Dreaming of returning to Chang'an, the Xuanwu Gate was stained with blood, and the depths of the Taiji Palace were filled with endless sorrow. The resounding words "The people are the water, the ruler is the boat" still echoed across the land of Chang'an, but the iron hooves of foreign tribes once again trampled through the Jade Gate Pass. How can this hatred be satisfied?

What kind of fury must Li Shimin, lying in his tomb, have uttered upon witnessing the suffering of his people? He pounded on the railings, only to see the land sinking into ruin!

My heart was filled with frustration, and I wished I could cross the river of history, pluck stars from the sky, grasp the sun and moon, and turn the world upside down.

So be it. I hear ghostly cries and the autumn rain pattering outside the window. I'll cut a worn-out pen and continue the story of the glorious Tang Dynasty, removing the dark parts. My Tang Dynasty has no sorrow, only the heroic spirit of war, emperors with the ambition to swallow the sun and moon, fierce generals who have fought countless battles, scholars in high hats and wide belts, gentle and virtuous empresses, loving fathers and filial sons, and a prosperous era that continues. This is my Tang Dynasty, my "Tang Brick".

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The Great Sui Dynasty was a big chess game laid out with the rivers of the Nine Provinces as rivers and the Kunlun Mountains as boundaries, inviting chess players from all over the world to play chess for the whole world.

Li Shimin was brave, decisive, ruthless, and had the ambition to conquer the world, but he had no steps to reach the top. He wanted to turn his chariot into a commander.

Dou Jiande was blessed by God but was imprisoned in a small area. He had thousands of miles of fertile land, but like a prime minister, he could not leave the fields in Hebei.

Yang Xuangan was like a cannon, sharp and powerful, able to call upon thousands of people. Although he had the courage of a charioteer, he lacked the foresight of a fortune teller. He was also shackled by his family background, and he jumped left and right, ultimately achieving nothing.

Li Mi was like a horse that could travel a thousand miles a day. In the morning he was a counselor and at night he was the King of Wagang. Although he had great ambitions, he was ultimately unable to escape from the snares he had set.

Du Fuwei, Xiao Xing, Wang Shichong, Liu Wuzhou, and Liang Shidu all considered themselves powerful chess players, and they were in chaos, with one person taking the stage after another.

Everyone in this world wants to be a chess player, but they don’t know that the heaven and earth are the chess players, and all things in the world are chess pieces.

But Xiao Xia just wanted to be a quiet pawn, a pawn that could move forward and backward.