Five women, one city, zero patience for your outdated dating advice.
Season 1 • Episode 26
LatestThis series is composed of five stories written with comedic flair that all share a common central theme: humankind's never-changing pursuit of love and their passion for life. Naive scholar An Xiu Shi and courageous brothel beauty Zhao Pan'er must save their friend Song Yin Zhang from a life of entrapment and prostitution after she is tricked into marrying the charismatic scoundrel Zhou She.
Writing
Classical Chinese wordplay that absolutely slaps.
Costume
Brothel glamour vs. scholarly austerity, no contest.
Acting
Fan Bingbing's side-eye could end dynasties.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapts Guan Hanqing's Yuan dynasty zaju plays — 700-year-old source material about sex workers outsmarting men.
Fan Bingbing was 21 here, already commanding scenes opposite veterans. This preceded her 'Fan Ye' empire era by mere years.
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