Film and Television Variety Show: The Jade Girl's Love Affair

Emperor Qianlong was the most ruthless instigator of literary inquisitions, far more so than Emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng.

The resulting ideological constraints were unprecedented, and the entire society was most distorted under Qianlong's rule.

It's so cruel and outrageous!

"Because you deserve to die!"

That same night, yet another Qing emperor died on the city wall.

[Someone mentioned gold and silver treasures in tombs, but Nurhaci and Huang Taiji's remains were burned during their cremations, so there wasn't much to be found. Tomb raiders weren't particularly interested, as they were quite poor in the early stages. It was probably only from the Kangxi era onwards that more treasures were buried with the deceased.]

Chapter 8, Step by Step, Heart-Stopping

The capital city was in chaos at this time.

The chaos was so great that no one was in charge of the palace anymore. Many palace maids and eunuchs ran out of the capital, trying to escape.

The next morning.

Tang Yu went to the laundry department again.

Ah Yue, who used to be on good terms with me, was packing her things and looked like she wanted to escape too.

Tang Yu still remembered the other person's background: both parents were dead, leaving only his older brother and sister-in-law.

However, her older brother and sister-in-law disliked her from a young age and often beat and scolded her.

Ah Yue herself said that she estimated she would be sold and married off after leaving the palace, so she wanted to stay in the palace for the rest of her life.

"Ah Qiao, you're actually back!"

A-Yue looked pleasantly surprised, and Tang Yu smiled and spoke.

"From now on, just call me Ayu. I've come here specifically to visit you. Do you have anywhere to go after you leave? If not, would you like to come with me? Let's go and do something big!"

"Did you do all those things?"

A-Yue didn't answer immediately, but asked in a low voice, which made Tang Yu laugh.

"I did it, are you scared!"

"I'm a little scared, but I also think you're amazing. I'm worried about where I'll go after I escape. From now on, I'll follow you!"

Tang Yu nodded. She had come to ask A Yue what she thought, and she would take A Yue away if the other party was willing.

However, before leaving, Tang Yu discovered that Ma'ertai Ruoxi was still in the laundry department.

"Didn't anyone pick her up before?"

"Who's going to take her out? The palace is in such chaos, emperors are dying one after another, who has time to care about her?"

In other words, the fourth prince didn't care about his women after he ascended the throne?

Originally, Tang Yu didn't care much about Ma'ertai Ruoxi's affairs, and the two didn't have much of a relationship.

However, in the past few months, she has learned the identity of this person, who actually said those words to Emperor Kangxi.

"It's a pity that Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han lacked literary talent, and Emperor Taizong of Tang and Emperor Taizu of Song were somewhat inferior in poetic flair..."

Having read that sentence aloud, how could Tang Yu not guess the person's identity?

Many years ago, she and that person took care of each other because of this identity.

There are many things that only that person can understand.

Those were wonderful times.

So many years have passed, and yet another time traveler has appeared.

Tang Yu couldn't feel happy; she didn't experience the joy and excitement of that world at all. Instead, she felt a sense of melancholy.

"I'm going to talk to her. Yue, wait for me for a moment."

"You seem unhappy. Is it because you're unhappy here, or because someone you loved died?"

Ruoxi was startled by the sound, and when she saw Tang Yu appear, her mouth dropped open.

"You're actually back! I thought I'd never see you again in this lifetime."

"Because I have a friend here who has nowhere to go, I'm taking her away. What about you? What are your plans for the future?"

This answer left Ruoxi confused.

When she first arrived here, she wanted to go back, but she couldn't find a way.

Then I decided to make the best of it, and that's how my life turned out.

I've had people I liked, and after breaking up, I liked people again, but actually, those feelings seem insignificant.

For such a long period of time, that person did not visit her, not even after he ascended the throne.

He had many things to do: to save the world and to preserve his throne.

Thirteen hadn't seen her either, nor had Fourteen; they were both very, very busy.

Compared to the affairs of the world, she was insignificant and held no importance in the hearts of these people.

She only recently realized this.

It seems that the love she cherished in her heart was actually nothing at all.

What's worse, she thought she loved him very much.

Upon learning of the other person's death, it seemed that he wasn't as devastated as he thought.

Ma'ertai Ruoxi now even doubts whether she ever truly liked the other person.

"I can't understand others, and I can't understand myself either. I thought I liked him."

But even though I knew you were a murderer, knew you killed them, I felt no anger when I saw you. I find that very strange.

Tang Yu couldn't help but laugh.

"So what are your thoughts on me killing Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong? Do you think I did a good job?"

Upon hearing this, Ruoxi was stunned for a few seconds, then looked at the person in front of her in surprise.

"You just said the name Qianlong, right? You know that the emperor after Yongzheng is Qianlong, right?"

"It's been so long, haven't you guessed my identity yet?"

Ma'ertai Ruoxi opened her mouth as if to say something, but couldn't utter a single word. Instead, she burst into tears.

"So...so I wasn't alone after all..."

"You're much better than me. I just find this world terrifying..."

"I don't know what to do in the future, I just want to go home..."

For Ruoxi, if it were a power struggle among the princes, she might feel heartbroken that these brothers were killing each other, and she would feel sorry for whoever died.

If it were the fourth brother who wanted to kill the eighth brother, she would be furious and think the fourth brother was cruel!

If it were the eighth brother trying to frame the fourth brother, she would think the eighth brother was cunning and treacherous.

But if a stranger had killed the princes, she would only be shocked, not angry at that person.

She experiences a range of emotions towards those deeply involved in the situation, but doesn't show as many emotions towards those outside of it.

Just like when Tang Yu appeared, she was always only shocked.

“My name is Zhang Xiao. I am not Ma'ertai Ruoxi. I am not Ma'ertai Ruoxi…”

Looking at the person who had collapsed in front of her, Tang Yu didn't know what to say.

Because this world is already devastating enough.

Aside from the fact that Ruoxi was dating a prince, which left her speechless, she felt sorry for the person in front of her in other aspects.

An ordinary person in the Qing Dynasty, who was a servant every day, was actually the daughter of a general. It was said that the emperor and princes liked him, but now he was washing clothes in the laundry department.

What kind of hellish journey through life is this?

"If I had a way, I would like to help you go back, but I can't."

Tang Yu did want to go back to the modern world for a while, but so much time has passed and he has never gone back.

She even asked Xiaoqi, who said that the ancient world had more plant information, which is why she traveled to various ancient worlds one after another.

After all, the modern world has advanced technology, so there is actually a lot of plant information left behind, and we can't collect much data.

"So you're killing them now to establish a new dynasty?"

Zhang Xiao asked blankly, filled with uncertainty about the future.

She used to be pushed along by fate, but now fate has become blurred. No one can force her to stay in any place, but she doesn't know what to do.

"The West is about to undergo the Industrial Revolution, but the people on this land don't know which path to take now. Should they establish a new dynasty that lasts for hundreds of years, and then allow the West to open its doors again?"

"All I can do in my lifetime is develop technology, seize military and financial power, and then, decades later, complete the power transfer ceremony to make them understand that this world no longer needs imperial succession!"

"Zhang Xiao, if you don't know what to do, why don't you go teach?"

I'm going to establish a school to teach many, many people to read. You should be considered quite cultured.

You are someone who can't go to the battlefield, can't lift a knife to kill, and sympathizes with both the common people and the princes and grandsons of the emperor.

I won't make things difficult for you because of your conflicted and indecisive personality.

"Go become a teacher."

Ruoxi's personality is conflicted. After breaking up with the Eighth Prince, she immediately started dating the Fourth Prince. At first, she thought the Fourth Prince would become the emperor in the future. Then, after going through a lot of torment, she realized that she was deeply in love with him.

But Ruoxi was definitely not a bad person. She couldn't do anything earth-shattering, but her crimes didn't warrant death either.

I'll write about many of the ancient worlds that everyone suggested, but I feel like the next world should be a modern one. The female lead is too outrageous, so she needs a quiet world to heal her mind.

Which modern dramas have a warm and caring male lead? Can you recommend one? I'm thinking of combining elements of "Ode to Joy." I think Tan Zongming is too old, and I don't like Zhao Qiping. I want to find a warm and caring man.

Chapter 9, Step by Step, Heart-Stopping