The Great Qi Scumbag Exterminator

In the Great Qi dynasty, patriarchal laws are as immovable as mountains, and for a woman, seeking a divorce is like having her skin peeled and bones pulled apart. Jiang Xingluo operates in the shadows of the law as the capital’s secret “scumbag remover.” Armed with a book called The Capital’s Men: An Illustrated Guide, she changes her face and voice, sets traps, and lures in scumbags who act like gentlemen in public but turn into mad dogs in private. She sends them plunging into ruin and forces them to give up their partners of their own accord. The hypocrite from the Hanlin Academy, the kept man from the marquis’s estate, the faithless lover from the Eastern Palace... Jiang Xingluo has never failed, until she catches the eye of the capital’s most carefree young heir. Xie Huailing, heir to the Duke of Anguo and an inspector for the Court of Judicial Review, gives her a sidelong glance with his peach-blossom eyes and loops his whip around her throat. “Painted-skin lady, you’ve turned the capital upside down. Don’t you think it’s time to come back to the Court of Judicial Review with me for a cup of hot tea?” Theme: Awaken women’s consciousness, resist feudal ethics, and realize one’s own worth.