#general zhang

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my entry for Radiant Emperor Week, day 1: women's wrongs/kneeling!

rated E, ~3 k words

Esen/Ouyang/General Zhang

some of Ouyang's repressed fantasies in the form of a sex dream

(plot? what plot?)

enjoy!

[winter-wise]

Radiant Emperor Characters on the Barbie-Oppenheimer Scale

Zhu: Oppenheimer

Ma: Watched Oppenheimer with Zhu, then went to watch Barbie on her own

Xu Da: Barbie

Yuchun: Barbie

Ouyang: Oppenheimer

Esen: Oppenheimer. Brushed hands with Ouyang by accident in the darkened theatre. Thought nothing of it. Ouyang thought about it for the rest of the movie.

Baoxiang: Gathered his entire household for a public viewing of Barbie, watched Oppenheimer alone in private, then gathered everyone to watch Barbie again just to really drive the point home.

General Zhang: Watched Oppenheimer and then Barbie with Madame Zhang.

Madame Zhang: Watched Oppenheimer and Barbie with General Zhang. Then felt insecure and watched Oppenheimer again, alone.

Rice Bucket Zhang: Oppenheimer

Chen Youliang: Oppenheimer

Lady Ki: Barbie

Third Prince: Wanted to watch Barbie, but watched Oppenheimer with his friends instead.

[xiao-zhen]

Incorrect Quotes #2 Reborn for Revenge (RFR) ______________________

Xiaozhen: Dandelions symbolize everything I want to be in life. Jinzha: Fluffy and dead with a gust of wind? Xiaozhen: Unapologetic. Hard to kill. Feral, filled with sunlight, bright, beautiful in a way that the conventional and controlling hate but cannot ever fully destroy. Stubborn. Happy. Friends with bees. Highly disapproving of lawns. Full of wishes that will be carried far after I die. Macaque: Edible.

Jinzha: . . .

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Xiaozhen: What are you eating? Macaque: You wouldn't like it, it's really salty. Xiaozhen: I like you, don't I?

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Jinzha: Are you alright? Xiaozhen: Short answer or long answer? Jinzha: Short? Xiaozhen: No. Jinzha: Long? Xiaozhen: Nooooooo.

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Pif: As your best friend— Xiaozhen: Jinzha is my best friend. Pif , holding a knife: As your best friend—

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Macaque: What’s up? I’m back. Jinzha: I literally saw you die. You died. You were dead Macaque: Death is a social construct.

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Xiaozhen: Fight me! Pif , standing behind them and holding a knife: *mouths* Do not.

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Macaque: I hate to say ‘I told you so’— Jinzha: No, you don’t. You would marry 'I told you so’ and have a baby with it and buy adjoining burial plots.

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General Zhang: I was born for politics. I have great hair and I love lying.

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Macaque: Why aren’t you sleeping? Xiaozhen: I’m too busy plotting your murder to sleep, Macaque. Macaque: Xiaozhen: ...The nightmares. Macaque: *wrapping their arms around Xiaozhen * Awwww, Princess-

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General Zhang: Isn't it amazing how I can feel so bad and still look so good?

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General Zhang, staring lovingly at Xiaozhen: I would die for you. Xiaozhen , doing their own thing: Then perish.

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Macaque: *fast-forwards all the way through the movie* Jinzha: You can't just skip to the happy ending! Macaque: I don't have time for their problems.

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Jinzha: You're pathetic! Macaque: You're pathetic-er! Xiaozhen: You're both losers.

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~ For those wondering why General Zhang Cheng doesn't have a color. it's because he's not good enough for that. ~ :]

[winter-wise]

In historical China, women did not take their husband's names on marriage, yet we never learn Madame Zhang's name. Only the names she was known as, as the wife of Rice Bucket Zhang, and later as the Empress.

She based all her power around attaching herself to men, and as a result of that, we only know her name in relation to the men she'd attached herself to - Madame Zhang for Rice Bucket Zhang and General Zhang, and the Empress when Baoxiang is Emperor.