Her fiancé tears up the marriage contract in public and calls Shen Zhiyan a husband-killing chatterbox. She sets up a storyteller's desk in the shabbiest teahouse in the capital instead — trading lost classics for the audience's applause and real skills for telling them well — until her tales are worth more than his family's fortune, and he kneels at her door begging her to cut a chapter. A complete 100-chapter historical rise.
被未婚夫当众撕了婚书、讥她“嘴碎克夫”的落魄商户女,转头在最破的茶楼支起一张书案,靠“听客彩声换失传话本、讲透话本得真本事”的金手指,把满城闲话讲成银子,讲到负心人跪在书场门口求她删书。
Chapters Chapter 1: Tearing the Marriage Contract, Storming the Stage Chapter 2: Local Bullies Grab the Stage; the Storybook Shows Its Power Chapter 3: Bai Shouzhuo Lays a Trap Chapter 4: Terror in the Wine Cellar; the Bone-Examination Record Opens Chapter 5: Three Days of Telling; Her Craft Takes Shape Chapter 6: A Trap at the Hall Gathering, Turned to Her Use Chapter 7: The Court of Judicature Audits the Accounts Chapter 8: 地痞围剿,彩声反噬 Chapter 9: A Stranger Appears, Identity Unknown Chapter 10: A Night Visit to the Cold Temple; Bones Bear Witness Chapter 11: Fire in the Study; the Storybook Pavilion in Peril Chapter 12: A Public Performance; a Skill Revealed Chapter 13: The Stolen Page, Turned to Her Use Chapter 14: Scholars Apply Pressure; Rumor Closes In Chapter 15: An Emergency Treatment; Her Reputation Turns Chapter 16: A Poisoning Fails; Hunting the Traitor Within Chapter 17: Swords Pointed at the Powerful; the Court's Order Chapter 18: Supply Lines Cut; an Economic Blockade Chapter 19: A Crisis of Trust Chapter 20: Secrets of the Archive; a Thunderclap Chapter 21: 书场扩招风波 Chapter 22: The Salt-and-Iron Trade Route Emerges Chapter 23: A Rival Troupe Crashes Her Stage Chapter 24: A Noble Patron Graces the House Chapter 25: The Ink Blockade Chapter 26: A Craze for Hand-Copied Books Chapter 27: A Bone-Examination Dream Chapter 28: 官面庇护 Chapter 29: 书坊易主 Chapter 30: Recognition after the Fire Chapter 31: The Jade Pendant Mystery Chapter 32: Turned Away at the Door Chapter 33: The Minister's Hall Gathering Chapter 34: The Story House Is Inspected Chapter 35: Willow-Snapping at the Villa Chapter 36: Vice Minister Lu Leaves the Capital Chapter 37: A Sealed Letter by Lamplight Chapter 38: The Lone Minister's Stratagem Completed Chapter 39: The Talk of the Capital Chapter 40: Storytelling in the Golden Hall Chapter 41: 周家请帖到门 Chapter 42: A Sudden Cold House Chapter 43: Two Powers Clash on Stage Chapter 44: First Joy: the Applause Condenses Chapter 45: An Invitation to a Night Banquet Chapter 46: The Zhou Family Strikes from the Shadows Chapter 47: Official Reason over Human Feeling Chapter 48: Debate in Open Court Chapter 49: Zhou Jingxing Breaks the Contract Chapter 50: Rumors Fill the Sky Chapter 51: The Old Beggar's Testimony Chapter 52: Blockade at the Zhou Mansion's Lane Chapter 53: Interrogation in Prison Chapter 54: A Fatal Bait Chapter 55: Summoned to Perform before the Throne Chapter 56: Pursuit down the Long Street Chapter 57: An Echo for the Shen Story House Chapter 58: An Imperial Edict Bestows Her Title Chapter 59: Old and New Story Societies Ally Chapter 60: The Snowball Starts Rolling Chapter 61: An Invitation from the Capital Story Society Chapter 62: The Cornered Beast Still Fights Chapter 63: The Pedantic Old Man's Trial Chapter 64: The Zhou Family's Bronze Key Chapter 65: The Brocade-Clad Old Man's Identity Chapter 66: Terror in the Abandoned Salt Warehouse Chapter 67: Someone Above Is Protecting Her Chapter 68: Reading Lies in Micro-Expressions Chapter 69: Stepping Willingly into the Abyss Chapter 70: A Storytelling Pact at the Mortuary Chapter 71: The Battle for Her Innocence Chapter 72: The Zhou Family's Total Collapse Chapter 73: A Poison Test and Composure Chapter 74: 天下祸端的谣言 Chapter 75: 一夜三千客 Chapter 76: Pointing at the Hand Behind the Curtain Chapter 77: Crisis: the Ministry of Justice Reviews Her Case Chapter 78: A Debate of Life and Death Chapter 79: Facing the Emperor Chapter 80: A Design of Golden Sound and Jade Resonance Chapter 81: The Zhous Pull Their Money and Smash Her Stage Chapter 82: Ahe Listens at the Wall Chapter 83: An Obscure Book Unlocked Chapter 84: 三书连讲破局 Chapter 85: Stage-Smashers Meet a Hard Case Chapter 86: Lu Yanzhou Protects Her in Secret Chapter 87: The Zhou Family's Debt Comes Due Chapter 88: The Storybook Sweeps the City Chapter 89: The Witness Vanishes Chapter 90: The Bone-Examination Record Clears Her Name Chapter 91: A Feigned-Death Trap Chapter 92: The Witness Is in the Zhou House Chapter 93: A Gathering at a Noble House Chapter 94: The Story House Burns Chapter 95: Rebirth from the Ruins Chapter 96: Storytelling amid the Ruins Chapter 97: The Last Struggle Chapter 98: The Suicide Note's Secret Revealed Chapter 99: The Blood-Stained Family Letter Chapter 100: The Richest in the Capital