Love Treasury - Oil Seller

Author: Zou Jingzhi
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: The lady Yaqin from Bianliang is abducted by villagers and mistakenly ends up in a brothel. Due to her exceptional beauty and talent, she becomes the leading courtesan of Fengyi Pavilion, attracting numerous high-ranking officials and wealthy nobles. Zhu Zhong was originally the adopted son of the oil merchant Zhu Shilao. The maid Lanhua fails to seduce him, and in her anger, she conspires with her colleague Xing Quan to frame Zhu Zhong, forcing him to live by selling oil on the streets. By chance, Zhu Zhong meets Yaqin and is instantly captivated, vowing to see her. To meet the leading courtesan at Fengyi Pavilion, Zhu Zhong spends three years saving enough silver to finally see the beauty. It is often said that wealthy young gentlemen lack the charm of an oil seller. How could a humble oil merchant marry such a flower of a woman?