"Ten thousand taels of silver. Are you in or not?"
"Come on, are you kidding? That's Young Prince Jiang Jingshi. I've only got one head. Two thousand taels is my final offer."
"Fine!"
At that moment, Yun Tao is betting with the young commandery princess that she can win Jiang Jingshi over.
Jiang Jingshi is the current emperor's youngest brother, raised in the lap of luxury and all but omnipotent in Bianjing. Though blessed with unparalleled looks, he has never let any woman get close to him, until one day the most notorious womanizer in Bianjing, "Hualiu," takes his innocence.
And Yun Tao, an orphan whose parents are both dead, is Hualiu.
After taking advantage of him and taking his innocence, Yun Tao packs her bags and runs off in the middle of the night! All she leaves behind is a letter for the princess.
"Confirmed, he's still a virgin. The top pick on Bianjing's must-eat list lives up to the hype."
The princess hasn't even had a chance to mourn her lost money before the young prince, his face dark with anger, tears the letter to shreds.
"Hualiu, just you wait."
Five years later, Yun Tao returns to Bianjing, bringing back a little young prince!
She takes a new name and goes back to her old trade, only to find the young prince getting in her way at every turn.
Furious, Yun Tao goes to confront him.
"You took my innocence. What's wrong with me getting in the way of your business?"
Yun Tao is even angrier. It's been five years, so why is he still so petty?
"You can keep doing it, but first, give me a kiss."
Yun Tao unclenches her fist. What is he getting at?
"Kiss me once, and I won't interfere with your business. Spend a night with me, and I'll find you clients. Marry me, and I'll pull strings to make you an imperial merchant. How about it?"
Yun Tao gives this impossibly handsome man a once-over and ventures, "I'll kiss you, skip the business, and take five hundred taels. Deal?"
"Deal."
And so, that day, Jiang Jingshi's face is covered in lipstick marks, and everyone in the land says the young prince has finally fallen.
That day, Yun Tao counts ten thousand taels of silver with shining eyes, then runs off again, leaving the child with him this time.
"Dad, where's Mom?"
"I'd like to know too."
But this time, she comes back soon.
Theme: World peace
