One-inch golden lotus
In the late Qing period in Jiangnan, Shen Qingyan, the Shen family's legitimate eldest daughter, stubbornly tore off her foot-binding cloth, leaving both feet deformed and causing her to limp slightly. Su He, a household slave born into servitude, endured the pain and bound them into perfect three-inch golden lotus feet. Their fates were reversed: Su He entered a wealthy household as a concubine and rose to become the principal wife, while Qingyan became the wife of an impoverished, down-and-out