Novels like The Number One Courtesan
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Number One Courtesan, best match first.
- 51 A Popular History of the Five Dynasties 五代史通俗演义 [A Classical, Accessible History of the Entire Era | A Beginner's Guide to History | A Complete Overview of the Ten Kingdoms] Can't get through dry official histories? This popularized retelling of the Five Dynasties uses a story-driven, episodic format to make this lesser-known period of turmoil easy to understand. Its sixty chapters cover the rise and fall of all five dynasties, Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, while also tracing the history of the Ten Kingdoms' r 82Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 52 Danger! The Powerful Official I Wronged Has Become My Brother 危！渣过的权臣竟成了兄长 [Controlled, unhinged Vice Minister of Justice × calculating, flirtatious, sweet-on-the-outside, sinister-within heroine] (Faux siblings + possessive obsession + flirtatious push and pull + secret midnight watching) Six months ago, Xie Wanyu seduced the local prefect, Pei Lin, to save her own life. But once the crisis passed, she decisively abandoned him and headed to the capital to find her father and take revenge. On the way, she met the Pei family's real daughter. Who could have guessed that 30.9kReads9.1Score5.7kShelves
- 53 Taking Power While Pregnant, So Step Aside, You Crazy Little Uncle 带球掌权，疯批小表叔靠边站 [A Powerful Alliance + Unhinged Cousins + Hatred and Political Scheming + Workplace Power Struggles + Corruption + Power Struggles in a Wealthy Family + Marriage for Mutual Benefit] Pregnant with twins, Wen Canlan takes over the Jing Group in a crisis. Just as she finds her footing, she falls into a series of deadly traps laid by her unhinged younger cousin, Bo Jinlin. A trap involving hundreds of millions in funds, a stolen bid, sabotage at a construction site, and a deadly car crash come one 81Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 54 The Black Lotus of Great Ming 大明黑莲花 [Female con artist × hypocrite] The year the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Magellan's fleet completed its circumnavigation of the globe. It was only decades later, along the eastern coast of Zhejiang, where the sea ban was in force, that a country woman happened to hear the Western theory that “the world is round.” Suddenly, she realized: If all four seas are round, then wherever you stand, you can be the center of the world. But when she looked around, women had no pa 5.9kReads9.3Score1.1kShelves
- 55 Palm Bait: A Record of Taming the Pampered One 掌心饵，驯娇记 [Gloomy eunuch ✖️ a palace maid who grows over time] Behind the deep palace walls, two broken souls become entangled and find a way to keep living amid the gray shadows of imperial power struggles. "Though the moss flower is tiny as a grain of rice, it still blooms like a peony." We may live humbly, hidden from the light, but we still live. A somewhat realistic story, not a wish-fulfillment novel. If you enjoy its subtle, tense atmosphere, step inside. 212.6kReads9.5Score38.5kShelves
- 56 Relax and Hum a Tune 放松哼首歌 A white-collar employee working in the back office of a Hong Kong-funded bank encounters all sorts of things every day. Some make her happy, others don’t. Different moods call for different songs, and humming to herself helps her relax and deal with all kinds of problems. 43Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 57 Reborn, I Turn My Fate Around with the System of Noncontention 重生归来，我凭不争系统扭转死局 Reborn on the eve of the palace banquet, Su Wanyuan's fingertips brushed against the secret drug hidden in the lining of her gown. In her previous life, she was tricked into making a scene, lost her reputation, and saw her entire family executed. This time, she stayed calm, waiting to tear away her half-sister's gentle facade in front of everyone at the banquet. Before the trouble had even settled, a wooden token etched with a whirlpool pattern led her to a decades-old secret plot involving a 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 I Quit Being the Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter and Took My Space to the Countryside 相府嫡女不当了，带着空间去种田 [Transmigration + both leads reborn + personal space + spirit spring + mastery of both medicine and poison + revenge + two powerful leads + building wealth + mystery of her origins] Meng Nanyi lived for fourteen years before learning that she wasn’t the real daughter of the Left Chancellor’s household. She was the child of a farmer surnamed Chi. Unwilling to return to the Chi family and live on scraps, she willingly became a stepping stone for the chancellor’s real daughter. One wrong step left 22.2kReads8.3Score2.5kShelves
- 59 A Curious Adventure on Flower Isle 花屿奇遇记 Adventures on Flower Isle 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 60 I Don’t Want to Hear It 哀家不想听 Young Empress Dowager x Powerful Eunuch A burned-out office worker transmigrates as the Empress Dowager, and Yu Qixiang wants to retire early. Anyone who tries to persuade her to rule from behind the curtain gets a tearful breakdown they'll never forget. But the chief eunuch, who looks adorable despite his cold expression, takes a dislike to her and insists on hauling her to her post to work like a pack mule. Fine. I worked myself to death in my last life. You think I can't work you to death to 23.1kReads9.3Score3.7kShelves
- 61 A Spring Night Too Hard to Get Through 春夜难渡 [Signed for Print] Bright and spirited heiress x ruthless fake gentleman Beijing elite circle | Powerful man lowers his head | Possessive | Both leads are each other's first and only, happy ending Song Li first met Liang Jinnian in Aocheng. He was strikingly handsome and came from a noble family. At the gambling table, he didn't even turn over his hole cards. With perfect gentlemanly composure, he said calmly, "Miss Song wins." He had let her win on purpose. It was only a few days later that Son 70.8kReads9.2Score10.8kShelves
- 62 Spring Boudoir Romance 春闺娇 Ten-year-old Qin Zijin has just lost her mother when her aunt takes her to the capital. She thinks she's headed for a life as a dependent who'll die far from home, with no way back. Little does she know she's stepping onto a bright road where she and her mother-in-law will team up to take down scumbags, childhood sweethearts will shower each other with affection, and she can learn new skills and make money! Mother-in-law: I can do without a son, but my daughter-in-law is my own daughter. Husband 3.2kReads9.0Score458Shelves
- 63 The Messiah Game 弥撒亚游戏 [No Female Lead · No System · No Golden Finger · A Genuine Triple-No Story] [Anti-Trope · Infinite Flow · Everyone’s Gone Crazy · A Doomsday Gods’ Gamble] Losing your job is bad enough, but when you’re down on your luck, who’d have thought a game would show up before a six-yuan meal deal? Hu Li stared at the madman in black holding a two-meter-long watermelon knife and forcing him to choose between joining the game or getting hacked to death on the spot. He fell silent. “So you’re saying that 13.3kReads8.9Score2.1kShelves
- 64 Exclusive Claim on Rouge 独占胭色 When the powerful lower their heads | Sky-high sexual tension | Overwhelming possessiveness | Fiercely protective Bright, pampered heiress x powerful man at the helm Gu Yan is bright and headstrong, raised in the lap of luxury and free to live life to the fullest. Her only problem is that all the marriage prospects her family arranges are dull and boring. Then she gets involved with someone who isn’t boring at all, just a little older and a little too possessive. But with a face that handsome, s 44.3kReads9.0Score6kShelves
- 65 I Transmigrated into a Book, So Why Would I Settle for Being the Secondary Wife? 穿书了，谁还稀罕当平妻 Transmigrate into a book + cannon-fodder + everyone’s favorite + feel-good power fantasy + strong female lead Song Ruozhen transmigrates into a book and becomes the male lead’s short-lived first wife. Her vast family fortune lets the main couple live in luxury for the rest of their lives, while her entire family becomes the tragic foil, every last one of them meeting a grisly end. She arrives on her wedding day, only to find two bridal sedan chairs entering the gates at once. Not only is she dem 14kReads8.6Score1.8kShelves
- 66 The Foolish Beauty Was Doted on by a Mad Prince After Her Substitute Marriage 笨蛋美人替嫁后被疯批王爷宠上天 [The short drama adaptation of With You, We Journey Beneath the Bright Moon is now open for reservations. Original novel of the Spring Hues series of animated dramas; print edition signed] [Swapped bridal identities + marriage for good fortune + love after marriage] [An adorably clueless beauty who charms people without realizing it VS a double-standard, mad prince] Qiao Yun fell and injured her head as a child. Her father showed her no affection, her stepmother had no love for her, and she beca 56kReads9.1Score5.1kShelves
- 67 I Awakened a Dao Companion Synthesis System 我觉醒了道侣合成系统 (Not a mindless power fantasy. Don't read if that's not your thing.) Ten years after transmigrating, Zhou Ding finally worked up the courage to send a message to the campus belle of the "Chosen One University": Hey, want to become cultivation partners? I've got plenty of yang energy! That night, the campus belle died… 58.7kReads7.9Score5kShelves
- 68 Reborn Before My Family's Tragic Demise: In the Capital, I Take Down the Worst of Them 重生全家惨死前，进京后杀疯极品 She is the current empress's most beloved cousin, and the wife of the serving Minister of Revenue, a high-ranking court official. One told her he would never harm her, while the other promised never to take a concubine! But it turns out she was nothing more than a pawn in their hands! When she pushes open that door herself, the naked truth is gradually laid bare before her. Her younger brother's fall, her mother's grief-stricken death, her elder brother's fall from his horse... Every single trag 4.4kReads9.0Score547Shelves
- 69 After Passing Myself Off as the Real Heiress, I Married into a Wealthy Family 冒名顶替真千金后，嫁入了豪门 Yan Zhi opened her eyes and found herself in a book, as the villainess who had impersonated the real heiress. In the original story, after discovering that her roommate was the real heiress who had been lost to a wealthy family, the villainess stole her hair, assumed her identity, and returned to the family to claim her place. She also married the male lead, Jiang Silian, one of the most powerful men in the capital, through a marriage alliance, becoming Mrs. Jiang. Before long, the deception 128.8kReads8.6Score13.2kShelves
- 70 A History of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 五代十国史 A focused analysis of the briefest and most chaotic period of division in Chinese history. The book reveals how, behind the military men’s grip on power, society struggled to rebuild its order, and how this turmoil gave rise to the civil official politics of the later Song dynasty. A profound study of social transformation and the patterns of power changing hands, it offers a distinctive perspective and rigorous reasoning. 71.1kReads9.6Score9.6kShelves
- 71 Danger! I Just Ascended, and I Already Killed the Heavenly Emperor? 危！刚飞升我就杀了天帝？ Ding Jiu had only just ascended to immortality when she represented the new arrivals and toasted the Celestial Emperor. The Celestial Emperor took a drink... and dropped dead. Ding Jiu: "?" She tossed aside her cup and spun around in fury. "Who killed my beloved Celestial Emperor? Guards! Seal off the Southern Heavenly Gate, find the real culprit, and avenge His Majesty!!" Long afterward, no one in the immortal realm could figure out how Ding Jiu, a freshly ascended newcomer, had managed to take 124.4kReads9.3Score19.3kShelves
- 72 The Horse Slave Son-in-Law Destroyed My Motherland. Reborn, I Locked Him in a Military Brothel 马奴驸马灭我母国，重生后我把他锁进军妓营 The Horse Slave Prince Consort Destroyed My Motherland. Reborn, I Lock Him in a Military Brothel 270Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 Blood of the Spring Champion 春魁血 [Republican-era setting + gloomy warlord male lead + earth-mother-style assassin heroine] [Happy ending + dark humor + ensemble cast + everyone is a little crazy] [Business before romance + no good men or women + high-stakes warning] Long Chun was delighted when she married Han Ziyi. At last, she thought, she was no longer the unlucky assassin who made a living taking lives. With Han Ziyi’s army protecting her, she could pursue lucrative ventures without holding back and become a respectable bus 10.5kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves
- 74 Severing Worldly Ties 斩尘缘 The sister novel to The Xie Family’s Short-Lived Ghost Has a Long Life, the second book in the Duology of Death. [Film and television rights sold] Wei Dongjun’s uncle left behind a letter of denunciation, then suddenly hanged himself. Because of that letter, the illustrious Wei family fell from the heights to the depths. Everyone else accepted their fate. Wei Dongjun alone refused. She would search the heavens above and the underworld below to ask her uncle one question: Why? On the seventh day 29kReads9.2Score4.2kShelves
- 75 Dungeons & Dragons: My Sect Master Is the System! DND：我的宗主是系统！ DND 5e 2014 rules. Also known as From the Start, a Useless System Girl, So I'll Raise My Own Cheat; The System's Too Weak to Fear, I'll Turn It into a Superpower; You Called the System Garbage, So How Did It Become Invincible for Me?; DND: My Sect Master Is a System; The Legacy Is Broken, But I Have the Full Rulebook. One female lead. There will be factional disputes, but no harem... Volume One: Spring Winds of the Northern Frontier, complete. Volume Two: The Lost Gods, complete. Volume Three: T 3.8kReads5.5Score458Shelves
- 76 High-born Matriarch’s Husband-Taming Manual 高门主母的驯夫手册 Cheng Zhao was granted in marriage to Zhou Yuanshen, the youngest duke in the realm. Zhou Yuanshen had a favored concubine with a powerful family backing her, and he was also entangled in an ambiguous relationship with his widowed sister-in-law. He despised the stiff, dull manner of noble-born ladies. And Cheng Zhao had received the most orthodox upbringing of all. Faced with the endless infighting in the Duke’s household, the concubine’s provocations, and her sister-in-law’s covert meddling, Ch 167.2kReads9.0Score25.4kShelves
- 77 After Prison, I Erased My Identity 出狱后，我注销了身份 After Getting Out of Prison, I Erased My Identity 15.8kReads—Score624Shelves
- 78 You Want a Platonic Relationship? Don't Make Your Big Brother Laugh 想搞柏拉图？别逗你哥笑了 (Not a power fantasy with a strong female lead. A funny, meme-filled story set in a CEO romance. Complete.) [Academic workhorse x love-struck assistant who throws herself at him] Age gap / comedy and memes / happy ending Wen Xing suspected she was the second female lead in a CEO romance. The heroine was her best friend. Her friend’s family fell on hard times, and the CEO swept in to marry her by contract. Her friend twisted her ankle, and the CEO appeared in a flash, wrapping an arm around her w 144.3kReads9.3Score24.8kShelves
- 79 After Reincarnating as a Seductive Fox Spirit, I Became the Beloved of Beijing’s Buddhist Heir 钓系魅狐穿成真千金后，我成了京圈佛子的心尖宠 After Reincarnating as a Flirtatious Fox Spirit in the Real Heiress’s Body, I Became the Apple of the Capital’s Buddhist Prince’s Eye 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Republican Era: The Divination Was a Disaster! 民国，卦了！ [Entirely handwritten] [No System] [No harem] [A story for readers who like to think] [A panoramic portrait of Republican-era China] By Heaven’s decree, may he live long and prosper. His destiny belonged to Heaven. Yuan Fan took a furtive peek at it, only to stir up chaos across the Republic of China. Our story begins in 1923. That spring was quite lively… 48.7kReads8.9Score4.9kShelves
- 81 A Half Cup of Peach Oolong Appeared at Home, So I Ruined the Lives of Those Two Cheaters 家里出现半杯蜜桃乌龙，我让这对狗男女身败名裂 When half a cup of peach oolong appeared at home, I ruined the lives of that cheating pair 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 Become a God by Tasting Blood: The Unhinged Junior Sister Lays Low in the Villain Sect 舔血成神：疯批师妹苟在反派宗门 [An entire sect of villains + cultivation + a scheming little rascal of a disciple on the Path of Love vs. a sinister master on the Path of Ruthlessness] From the start, she tricks a god in a demon lair. Faced with a whole cast of wicked people, Li Yueyin decides to become the most devious of them all! To survive long enough to become a god, she poses as a top genius while being tested, despite her useless talent. Tough people don’t complain about their circumstances. With a sweet face and a vil 26.6kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 83 Little Brother, If I Call You Dad, Do You Dare Answer? 弟弟，姐叫你一声爹你敢答应吗？ [Transmigration + imperial examinations + martial world + farming + sister and brother + ensemble cast + playing the fool to catch the tiger off guard + feel-good + comedy + getting rich + transmigrating into a book] Transmigrated? Turned into a six-year-old little girl? Not bad. It’s like getting to grow young again. That troublesome little brother came along too? Not bad. At least I’ll have some company. My little brother turned into my dad? Not bad. I can accept that. Accept it, my foot! 36.5kReads9.1Score3.9kShelves
- 84 A Hundred Acres of Fertile Land: The Princess Consort Is Richer Than a Nation 空间良田百亩，王妃富可敌国 [Pocket dimension with spirit spring] + [farming] + [master of both medicine and poison] + [adorable children] + [two powerful leads] + [Transmigration] + [face-slapping] Wen Xiangwan, heir to a hidden family in Z Country, is tricked by her own older brother and thrown off a cliff. When she opens her eyes again, her soul has entered the body of a widow in Lushan Village who shares her name. She’s alive? And saddled with two scrawny little dependents? They live in a broken-down shack and eat 4.1kReads8.4Score446Shelves
- 85 Kill That Tomato Writer 杀死那个番茄作家 [Many years later, facing the firing squad, Kareni Na Ka will recall the afternoon when I dragged him into the book.] “Can I really write the blurb like this...?” “Tsk, I’m imitating One Hundred Years of Solitude.” “Who even reads One Hundred Years of Solitude these days? Do you read it?” “Then... should we change it?” “Never mind, let’s keep it. Nobody reads blurbs anyway.” 1.5kReads—Score148Shelves
- 86 Spring Brewed in Snow 雪酿春 Snow-Brewed Spring 288Reads—Score—Shelves
- 87 After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Are Bound Together for Good 弑君后，我和死对头锁死了 [Mutual Purity] [Uncle and Sister-in-Law] [Emotional Push and Pull] [Mind Games and Steamy Romance] [Bickering Couple] [Two Strong Leads] [Happy Ending] The comic is now available. Search Tomato Novel for "After Killing the Emperor, My Archenemy and I Were Bound Together" to read it. -- Empress Su Li had a dream. In it, Emperor Jingchang took her on a trip south of the Yangtze, then poisoned her at an inn and made it look like suicide. After her death, Emperor Jingchang also schemed to have her 20.6kReads9.2Score3kShelves
- 88 After Being Banished to the Cold Palace, I Cling to the Imperial Preceptor 被打入冷宫后我赖上了国师 [Transmigrate into a book + Subverting tropes + Light political intrigue + Devoted to each other + Not a wish-fulfillment story] Jiang Dai was just a busy modern office worker. She clicked on a political intrigue novel to investigate a case, but before she could finish reading it, she opened her eyes one day and found herself as an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace who wouldn't survive three chapters... No, not even one. Where was the essential System for someone who'd transmigrated into a bo 130.4kReads9.5Score20.2kShelves
- 89 Mistakenly Climbing into a Life of Luxury 误攀浮华 I just got a notification from the platform that this is being adapted into a comic drama! This is not the same old story!!! You'll be captivated by the protagonists' charm, especially the male lead! [Guiding male lead | Not a domineering CEO | Realistic | Down-to-earth | Not over-the-top | Slow burn | No angst | Funny] [Sharp-dressed, devilishly handsome boss with a thousand schemes & pure, obedient girl who refuses to cling to the powerful] Original title: Mistakenly Climbing into the World of 33.6kReads9.1Score4.2kShelves
- 90 The Farmer’s Daughter Refuses to Marry, and Her Future Powerful Official Loses Control in Public 农女拒嫁，未来权臣当众失控 [Romance first, career second] Since the heavens have given her a chance to start over, Xie Qinglian wastes no time. She decides not to give Shen Xingzhou any chance to grow up: she'll drown him in the river, push him off a mountain, or poison him with a poisonous fruit! [Shen Xingzhou: a mad beauty] When he discovers that Zhenzhen, the woman he loves, is actually Xie Qinglian and that she wants to kill him, he decides that if they cannot be husband and wife in life, then they can be a pair of g 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 Five Thunderbolts, True Heart Art 五雷正心诀 This work is entirely fictional. It features everyday urban cultivation, twin senior sisters who are both masters, daily couple life, distinctive tribulations of lightning, and a disciple-recruiting System. I'll do my best to tell every story well! 38Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Su Tu: The Su Family Arc 苏屠之苏家篇 The protagonist, Lin Feng, transmigrates to a world of magic and struggles to survive alone in the Su household. There are quite a few hidden plot threads, and the pace is a little slow, so it may take some brainpower to read. Feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts and opinions. 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 93 Kill Them All. There's No Need to Act Normal 都杀了，做人没必要太正常 [Now being published; a motion comic is out. The heroine is invincible, no romance, no nation-building, plot-focused, with male characters who may die.] Guan Zhiwei is forced to transmigrate. Countless Systems bind themselves to her, promising to send her home once she completes their missions. They all turn out to be liars. Our unlucky heroine decides to take down this world. Starting with killing the male lead. As she takes out one romantic male lead after another, she leads her neighbors 57kReads9.6Score10kShelves
- 94 The Fake Princess Stumbles into the Imperial Family, Leaving the Entire Dynasty Enchanted 假皇女误闯天家，全皇朝惊艳沦陷 [Political Intrigue and a Powerful Heroine]+ [The Perfect Imposture]+ [An Ensemble of Young Characters]+ [A Sage’s Selfish Desires] Ten years ago, foreign rebels stormed into Sheng’an. The empress sacrificed herself for her country and named Princess Wei Baoning crown princess, heir to the throne. That same year, lightning struck the imperial mausoleum, and the young princess was buried in a sea of flames. No body was ever found. The following month, a new emperor ascended the throne. Over the n 48kReads9.4Score5.3kShelves
- 95 The Blind Physician in the Capital: Schemes of the Imperial Court 盲医踏京：帝阙权谋录 She is a blind physician with clear-sighted purpose, lying low for thirty years, waiting to stir up the treacherous imperial court. He is the supreme ruler, commanding all beneath heaven and mastering every scheme, yet somehow failing to account for his own heart. One fateful red thread binds her bloody vendetta at one end and his vast empire at the other. When her celestial eye sees through his game, it also reveals her own fate. A tragic romance that begins in manipulation and ends in deep 100Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 At Dusk, the Child Returns 暮时子归 [Print edition now available] “Did you know Lin Daiyu is supposed to be paired with Sun Wukong? Nuwa arranged this ‘wood-and-stone bond’ as the destined match of the Goddess of the Xiao River and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.” Xiao Xiang has had enough of drifting around and wants to go back to her hometown and live off her family. But the place is a complete mess, and there's nowhere for her to stay. Then there's that crafty Great Sage with eight hundred tricks up his sleeve, constantly makin 158Reads—Score—Shelves
- 97 The Tycoon Game: The Beautiful CEO Chose Me 富豪游戏：美女总裁选中我 Yang Li was chosen by a beautiful CEO, given ten million, and invited to take part in a life-or-death game. Six players, each with ten million. After one year, whoever has the most assets gets to live. 132Reads—Score—Shelves
- 98 I’m Already Doing Quick Transmigration, and I Still Have to Please Men? 都快穿了，我还讨好男人？ Quick transmigration + plot-driven + subverting expectations + worker's gripes + manic one moment, triumphant the next, then absurd Meng Wan is an ordinary wage slave. After staying up late to make seventeen PowerPoint presentations in a row, she successfully puts herself in a coma in the ICU. The System, Ma Li, tells her she can return to the real world if she completes missions and collects life points across three thousand small worlds. Has capitalism really gone so insane that it won't even 19.8kReads9.3Score2.5kShelves
- 99 Never Let Anyone Find Out I Transmigrated 绝对不能暴露自己是穿越者这件事 “You must be the hero who transmigrated here, right?” The adorable priestess shyly lifted her head. The hero swallowed and replied, “Yes, I’m the one…” Before he could finish, his vision spun around, and he saw his own headless body. “Die.” The priestess’s eyes were ice-cold. The man who had just arrived in another world died with his eyes wide open: How could this happen… My wonderful transmigrated life had only just begun… #There is a heroine, and the tone is mostly cheerful 25.3kReads8.6Score2.1kShelves
- 100 Wei Wanqiao, the Village Girl 村女魏晚荞 In 1987, in Loess Village in eastern Henan, Wei Wanqiao learned to weave homespun cloth and dye it with plants from her grandmother as a child. Her weaving and dyeing skills were renowned far and wide. But in her parents' eyes, she was no more than a bargaining chip for a bride price. To raise the money for her younger brother's marriage, they secretly accepted a bride price from Zhao Erhun, a gambler from the neighboring village, and planned to force her into marriage. Refusing to accept her fa 84Reads—Score103Shelves
