Rouge and Splendor: The Legend of a Merchant Woman in Ancient Times

The Yan family of Yangzhou is brought to ruin overnight. The eldest daughter, Yan Ruyu, takes her grandmother's secret rouge recipe and sets up a little stall on Dongguan Street selling Yan Family Face Powder.

"A woman in business?" Faced with mockery, she dazzles the entire city with her Four Seasons Rouge. When framed, she defends herself in court and clears her name. When a business war threatens, she opens a trade route through Shu, a thousand miles away.

Ning Yuanzhou, young master of the Ning family, watches coldly from the sidelines. But when he sees her cleverly crack a counterfeit-goods case, he falls for her. "Does Miss Yan's rouge sell beauty or skill?" "Why not try it for yourself, Young Master Ning?"

From a street stall to an imperial merchant by decree, from a sheltered young woman to the founder of a merchant guild, she wields rouge like a sword and carves out a brilliant future for herself.