Beating a Dog and Exchanging His Wife

During the years of war and disaster, the Ding family in the ancient city of Xuzhou fled the chaos and took root in the wasteland. After several ups and downs, the land changed from the Ding family Jibin to the Bayi Ji, and was finally controlled by the domineering Cao family and renamed Cao Baji. In the hands of Cao Yinsan, the third generation of the Cao family, the family completely lost the benevolence and righteousness taught by their ancestors. Relying on their power in Yurou Township, they became a bully that the local people dared to be angry but dare not speak out. Old Tantou, a dog meat seller, lost his wife in the drought and raised his daughter Yingzi alone. Eighteen-year-old Yingzi is beautiful and sensible, but she is coveted by Cao Xiezi at her own dog meat stall. Old Tan Tou tried his best to protect his daughter and temporarily forced Cao Xiezi to retreat, but unexpectedly, the Cao family's ruthless plan was to beat the Cao family's big yellow dog to death to frame Old Tan Tou. With the arrogant pretext of beating the dog to pay for his life, they broke into Tan's house and committed violence. In order to save her beaten father, Yingzi was forcibly snatched away by Cao Xiezi, and Lao Tantou was brutally killed. A well-planned "beating a dog in exchange for a wife" pushed Yingzi into the hellish Cao family. Yingzi was forced to become the ninth concubine of Cao Xiezi. Although she wore gold and silver in the Cao family, she was depressed all day long and was bullied by other concubines and servants. Until she gave birth to her son Shunzi, her mother slightly improved her status based on the son's wealth, but the sadness in her eyes never dissipated. She only showed tenderness when facing her son. When Shunzi was six years old, Yingzi died of illness. Cao Xiezi held a grand funeral for her, but because Yingzi was a concubine, he insisted on letting her have the funeral through the back door. The young Shunzi knelt in front of the coffin and resisted desperately, forcing her mother to walk out of the front door of Cao's house in glory. This filial piety moved the onlookers. Shunzi has been smart and kind since she was a child, and is completely different from her cruel father...