COLLECTION · Series · 2011

百媚千娇

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The story opens with a masked thief taking Hong Xiunu hostage and demanding the Hong family's ancestral embroidery, "A Hundred Charms and a Thousand Beauties." While protecting his sister, Hong Haoran is injured, and his fiancee breaks off their engagement as a result. Hong Haoran's eyesight cannot be restored, and his life falls apart. To address the family's troubles, Mrs. Hong asks a go-between to arrange a marriage for Hong Haoran. At the same time, Mrs. Du, hoping to reform her son Du Xiaohai's misbehavior, is also looking for a match. Matchmaker Song Xiniang sees her opportunity and proposes an exchange marriage between the two families: Hong Xiunu is married to Du Xiaohai, the elder brother of her beloved Du Xiaoyun, while Du Zhizi is married to Hong Haoran. Although Du Xiaoyun tries to flee town with Hong Xiunu, the plan fails, leaving him in danger of being burned alive as punishment. To protect Du Xiaoyun, Hong Xiunu endures humiliation and stays with the Du family. To rescue Hong Xiunu and Du Zhizi, Du Xiaoyun begins to resolutely resist the feudal marriage system, the feudal clan system, and the feudal patriarchal system.