After Exile, I Became a Han Merchant in Dunhuang

"Listen to your aunt, death will bring peace. Don't be afraid, your aunt will go with you." These were the words that flashed through Sui Yu's mind the moment she regained consciousness. Struggling, she fell from the white silk noose. A pair of embroidered shoes dangled before her eyes—she hadn't been strangled to death but was nearly scared to death. Looking up, she saw a terrified little boy sitting on the bed. Implicated by her clan and facing confiscation of property, the original owner's aunt, in despair, had taken her own life along with her daughter. The original owner died, and Sui Yu took her place, surviving against the odds. Coinciding with a great victory in the northwest, the...