Si Jin

The day the city fell, Feng Yun was treated by her father as a spoil of war and presented to the enemy general.
Everyone pitied her, soon to be a captive, plunging into a fiery pit.
Yet she veiled the little donkey cart that took her out of the city tightly, daring not to let anyone see the secret delight in her heart…
As a child, she behaved oddly and spoke startling words, once predicting a war in which the whole army was wiped out, nearly being burned to death by her clan as a demon.
When she grew up, her beauty was out of the world, but she was rejected by her husband's family.
In the period of chaos and disorder everywhewe, where could a female captive go?
"I do not seek a devoted partner to grow old with; I merely wish to rule unrivaled in this life."
In her previous life, Feng Yun was always the one being scorned by others; in this life, she decided to strike first, turning the tables on each and every one of them, those so-called unreachable flowers and beasts in gentleman's clothing, those degenerates… all to be scorned in return.

The Slender Waist

In the first year of Tian Shou, October, the Dajin Imperial Court in Xijing initiated a water conservancy project, digging the Changhe canal to reach the Huaishui River, connecting with the Mingquan spring. The project involved dredging and expanding the existing river channels and constructing artificial canals, as well as building docks at Huaxi and expanding the Mingquan dock. The entire construction period was estimated to be five years.


This time, alongside the local garrison, each county and village was required to provide labor. The Imperial Court issued strict orders, drafting able-bodied men from every household to serve in the water conservancy labor. Whether living by the river or not, none could escape this duty.


To avoid arousing public resentment, households that provided labor were exempted from the poll tax for a certain period.


Chapter 404: Marital Tacit Understanding