I Traded an Ankle Cuff for Three Thousand Miles of Life

The spoiled young master Yao Yi sets out to find his missing younger sister, but mistakes Zheng Yue'e for his blood relative. With a single lawsuit, he exposes Quzhou's dark underbelly. Switched corpses, names carved into legs, retracted testimony in court: every case links to the next, sparks flying all the way. He doesn't find his sister, but gets himself sentenced to exile first. He hasn't raised enough money for redemption, but he's already brought a stand-in bride home. Shackles become rings, the cangue becomes a bridal sedan, and the two set off under guard for three thousand li. They flee assassins, enter mine shafts, and present evidence, forcing a corruption case into the headlines on the emperor's own proclamation. Corrupt officials lose their heads, and the young couple gain a hundred acres of good farmland. From Quzhou to Guizhou, from prisoners on death row to masters of their own land, they stumble along the way and make flowers bloom, turning their escape route into a wedding aisle and rust into sugar. After three thousand li, the debt is cleared, a child arrives, and a pear tree is planted. It turns out that staying alive isn't the goal: making a life of your own is what it means to win.