Yuan Chun Enters the Imperial Palace
Role in this event: Protagonist
Jia Yuanchun enters the palace for talent and virtue as a female historian, serving at the Phoenix Palace. The Jias stake their political fortunes on her; the palace is both glory and a cage, matching the sigh "twenty years to tell right from wrong."
Related chapters: Ch. 2
Imperial Consort's Visit
Role in this event: Protagonist
Jia Yuanchun is named Imperial Consort; she visits the Jia mansion. The origin of the construction of the Grand View Garden; inscriptions at the Visitation Lodge and Grand View Tower.
Related chapters: Ch. 16、Ch. 17、Ch. 18
Yuan Chun's Death
Role in this event: Protagonist
Imperial Consort Jia Yuanchun dies suddenly in the palace (aged forty-three in some texts, thirty-three in others). The Jias lose their chief political shield; decline toward confiscation is unstoppable—her "twenty years" judgment is fulfilled.
Related chapters: Ch. 95