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This is a romance about a young widow. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the beautiful young widow peonyPeony is bold and brave.She revolt against the traditional ethicsto pursue the freedom of love and her "ideal man". She has fallen in love and cohabited with her first lover who is already married, her cousin in her hometown,Hanlin, Tianqiao boxer, Hangzhou's famous poets. sPeony 's personality of high independencemakes her a news figuresin the society.As she can't bear thecontroversial life as being a depressed mistress,she finally recovered her original simplicity and found love after being rescued.

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This is a romance about a young widow. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the beautiful young widow peonyPeony is bold and brave.She revolt against the traditional ethicsto pursue the freedom of love and her "ideal man". She has fallen in love and cohabited with her first lover who is already married, her cousin in her hometown,Hanlin, Tianqiao boxer, Hangzhou's famous poets. sPeony 's personality of high independencemakes her a news figuresin the society.As she can't bear thecontroversial life as being a depressed mistress,she finally recovered her original simplicity and found love after being rescued.
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