The Tang family, one of the wealthiest in Shu, has only one daughter: Tang Xiaotang, twenty years old and breathtakingly beautiful. With both her parents dead, she commands a dowry worth a million. The news shakes the land, and suitors come from every direction.
This is something Cui Pingyuan, the celebrated gentleman known throughout the realm, simply cannot understand:
Tang Xiaotang has no regard for a woman's proper conduct. She causes trouble and takes on lawsuits every day, from the southern frontier to the capital, from divorce cases to murder trials. There isn't a court she hasn't entered or a case she won't take, making her a major menace to the Great Zhou courts.
How could anyone travel a thousand miles to escort such a woman with devoted care, then beg for her hand with such unwavering determination?
Tang Xiaotang has a question of her own: all she does is enjoy taking on lawsuits, so how did she manage to attract the foremost figure of a family renowned for its legal scholarship, who now relentlessly pursues her to challenge her in court?
At last, one day, the two of them stand side by side at the entrance to the Dali Temple. She draws her fox-fur cloak close and politely yields the way. "Senior Brother, after you?"
Cui Pingyuan brushes nonexistent dust from his clothes and slowly raises his eyes. "Junior Sister, I concede the honor."
Theme: Women should be self-reliant
