Lin Zhiyun Is My Big Sister

The capital of the Great Qian Empire is located in the province of Yunjin. Although it's already summer, the city is still filled with the beauty of blooming flowers, lush greenery, and the melodies of birds.

Some ministers once proposed relocating the capital to the border provinces like Beijiang or Xiqi, suggesting that it would better allow the emperor to guard the nation's gates and deal with border threats. However, the Li imperial family of the Great Qian Empire never produced an emperor as ambitious as the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The proposal to move the capital was soon forgotten like a passing cloud.

During sunny weather, the shores of the Biyun Pond in the western suburbs of the capital are covered with lotus flowers. Among the towering and densely-packed lotus leaves, Yunjin's lotus-picking women, dressed in silk skirts, gracefully shuttle between them. They are often unseen but their melodious laughter can faintly be heard. As the poem goes: