The Purple Jade and Golden Sand

Plot Synopsis

In the late Qing Dynasty, the "Great Pot King Competition of the World" was grandly held in Dingshu Town, the "Pottery Capital" where many masters of pot art gathered. Zhu Dehai, a rising star known as the "Pot-breaking King", unexpectedly won the title of "Pot King of the World", which aroused much envy and dissatisfaction among his peers. However, Pan Tianci, the instigator of the competition and the imperial envoy in charge of the salt transportation in Lianghuai, reaped both fame and fortune. Just when Pan Tianci was overjoyed and indulging in pleasure, outside the city of Yangzhou, at the waterway sluice, Yan Wu, the anti-smuggling captain, and other officers and soldiers were engaged in a bloody battle with the rioters who were smuggling purple clay and private salt. Yan Wu and the others, who narrowly escaped death, rushed to Dingshu day and night to report the military situation to Pan Tianci. Unexpectedly, at this time, Pan Tianci was obsessed with writing poems and painting on the blanks of several