-Against The Current《adapted from He Yanshan's novel》Lan Xiangyuan《, the story begins with an accident in the Shen family.Shen Jialan is the eldest granddaughter of the Grand Scholar's Palace. She has been studying and learning calligraphy since she was a child. She was originally engaged to Lin Jinqi, the eldest grandson of the Lin family, the Minister of Civil Affairs.She thought she would get married according to the arrangements of her elders, but she waited until the Lin family broke off the engagement when she was still young.The new emperor pursued his old ministers, but Scholar Shen refused to obey. The Shen family was accused of treason and the entire family suffered.The female family members were sent to the Jiaofang Department. Before Jialan's mother died, she still managed to leave a way for her daughter to survive.
Xu Wanquan and Xue Guihua were rescued by the Shen family's mother and daughter when they were desperate.Their daughter Xu Lanxiang eventually died of illness. In order to repay their kindness, the couple took the risk of exchanging Jialan with their deceased daughter's body and took her away from the capital.Jialan lost a close relative and for a time did not want to live alone. The yellow paper left by her mother only had the word "%ALVI" written in blood.Under the name of Xu Lanxiang, she returned to Jinling with the Xu family and her husband. She changed from a young lady in a deep house to a daughter of a slave family. She learned to make fires, cook, and wash clothes, and regained the love of her parents in the poor days.
Xu Wanquan was working in Rongbao Pavilion. Lanxiang relied on the knowledge taught by her grandfather and saw that there was an authentic painting hidden under a fake painting, helping her father resolve the dilemma of losing money.The family lived frugally, hoping to collect enough money to redeem themselves together.Unexpectedly, the Lin Mansion wanted to choose a daughter from the family to be a maid, and Lan Xiang was brought in anyway.She didn't want to reveal her life experience, she just wanted to work cautiously and save her parents. She started as a third-class maid who boiled water in Zhichun Pavilion.Lu Jier is determined to climb up the ladder, Xiaolian only hopes to get married officially in the future, Yuchan was once assigned to marry a stupid man, Gantang is faced with the situation of being exchanged for her brother's gift from her family, and every girl around Lanxiang has unspeakable suffering.
After Jin Qi got married, he went to the military camp and spent many years fighting against the Japanese. His marriage to Zhao Xingtang only left family interests.After returning to his hometown, he traced his wife's loans, falsified accounts and extramarital affairs. The fight between the two also involved the maid.Lanxiang wanted to avoid her master's secrets, but also refused to leave her innocent sisters behind. She tried to save people in critical situations several times.Later, Delphinium Huasheng caused a misunderstanding, and Lan Xiang found out through the book, and borrowed a letter from the Fourth Young Master to resolve it; Jin Qi's army's cotton clothes were adulterated, and she found clues from needlework and leftover materials from poor households, ventured into the house, and lured out the hidden Lu Dalang.
The munitions case led to collusion with Japanese pirates, and the brothers and sisters Du Zheng and Du Cuixue gradually revealed their true colors.Many people in the house were poisoned, and there seemed to be a sudden epidemic. However, Lan Xiang discovered something fishy from the whereabouts of the bath water and the bell, and rescued Yu Chan, Xiao Lian and others.After the turmoil, she finally helped her family get out of the country, moved into the Lu Family Painting and Calligraphy Shop, and relied on her skills to make a living.Her neighbor Han Liang got on well with her, and the two elders wanted to get married.Lan Xiang started writing plays, thinking that she would be able to decide her future life by herself after leaving the Lin Mansion.
Jin Qi is already in love with her.In order to remove obstacles to the marriage, Zheng Manyi of the Duke's Mansion set up a trap to kidnap Lan Xiang and sell her to Yangzhou Qingyan Tower.Lu Ji'er, who had been rescued by Lan Xiang, recognized her there and took the risk to let her go.After Lan Xiang returned home, she raised money to save people, and used the wedding banquet at the Marquis Mansion to expose the Zheng family's evil deeds.At the same time, undercurrents surged in the court. Jin Qi and Yongchang Hou escorted the prince back to the capital and made great achievements.The new emperor granted a marriage, but Lan Xiang had no time to get engaged to Han Liang, so she was forced to reenter the Lin Mansion and became Jin Qi's wife.
Becoming a mistress does not mean that Lan Xiang is willing to accept this marriage.She blamed Jin Qi for taking advantage of the emperor's orders to arrange her life, and insisted on continuing to write plays to earn money and rescue Ji'er and A Zhi.She wrote plays under the name "Shen Ru Gu" that were loved by women. She helped her eldest sister who was abused by her husband to get a divorce, and supported her sisters to find their own way out through crafts, business and reading.After many arguments and adventures, Jin Qi gradually understood that the respect she wanted was not just food, clothing and dignity, but also the right to make her own choices.
Mutinies, pursuits and family troubles followed one after another. Lanxiang protected her family with courage and Jinqi gradually discovered her hidden origin.They went from resenting each other to sharing blessings and misfortune. Lanxiang took over the leadership of the Lin family, taking care of both the Xu family's parents and the sisters and descendants who grew up together.In her later years, she still kept writing, leaving behind the past events of the Shen family and the lives of many women, and wrote the Shen Family Records, waiting for the day when the injustice would be seen again by the world.
