Hui Shang Fu

Author: Zhu Dongxu
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Publish Date: March 1, 2003
Features: The enchanting and peerless Suzhou actress Yanhong, with her captivating charm, is hidden away in the harem of Huizhou merchant Pan Ping. To compete for her position in Pan's household, she deliberately bears a daughter for Pan and engages in a passionate and sensational cross-cultural romance with the Japanese businessman Iida Yokozo, which shocks the entire city of Suzhou. The then Japanese translator for the occupying forces, Yokozo, forces Pan to divorce his first wife and throws a wedding so grand and unprecedented in Suzhou, officially becoming Pan's eldest mistress. However, she loses Pan's affection. Japan is defeated, Yokozo commits seppuku, and Yanhong drinks a potion of red powder, dying in Pan's arms with breathtaking beauty.