Cao Zhi and Zhen Mi are in love. However, Cao Cao wants to make Zhi his successor, so he chooses Chen Dezhu to be Zhi’s wife instead of Mi for her being a captive. He further marries Mi to Cao Pi, brother of Zhi, to quench Zhi’s affection for Mi. On the wedding night, Pi, under the pretense of drunkenness, unleashes his hatred and jealousy towards Zhi. Overwhelmed with worries about Zhi’s safety, Mi falls into Pi’s trap by asking Zhi to meet her in private. As a result, Zhi is exiled to Linzi.

After Cao Cao has died, Pi becomes the king. He begins to purge his brothers to secure his rule. After the failure to summon Zhi back to the capital, Pi forces Mi to write to urge Zhi to return with the excuse that the Queen Dowager misses him.

On the Copper Bird Terrace, Pi orders Zhi to compose a poem within seven steps. If he fails, Zhi will be sentenced to death for his undeserved fame. To Pi’s surprise, Zhi accomplishes this challenging task with Mi’s encouragement. After hacking a foot off a clay tripod cauldron to illustrate how helpless Pi will be without his brothers, Mi drowns herself into the Luo River. Mourning her by the River, Zhi dreams of Mi ascending to the heaven and becomes the Goddess of the Luo River.

Tang Bohu’s Seduction of Qiuxiang is a chinese classic story describing how a talented and romantic scholar, Tang Bohu pretends to be a scholar’s servant in order to approach a beautiful maidservant, Qiuxiang. In order to attract Qiuxiang, Tang has tried the whole bag of tricks and he finally succeeds in winning her love.

A treacherous court official’s butler, Yan Nian receives an order to execute Du Wenxue and his whole family. Since Yan has been coveting the beauty of Du’s wife, Hu Xiuying for a long time, and he wants to occupy Hu through this opportunity. Before escaping from Yan, Du has asked his younger brother-in-law, Zhou Ren to take care his wife. Unfortunately, Du is caught by Yan and Yan discovers that Hu is under the protection of Zhou. After that, Zhou is forced by Yan to dedicate Du’s wife. Since Zhou owes Du a favor, he wants to try his very best to protect Du’s wife and does not want to dedicate her to Yan. Suddenly, Zhou discovers that his own wife, Li Lanying looks quite similar to Hu, and he starts planning to replace Hu by Li…

It is an age of chaos in the dusk of the Ming dynasty with all the rebels and invaders. Knowing the fall of the empire is inevitable, the Sung Zing Emperor slays his wives and daughters for the sake of their dignity. Princess Cheung-ping toughs through it, and hides herself in a nunnery, hoping to live in seclusion thereafter. But the royal son-in-law, Chow Sai-hin happens to find her in the nunnery. Sai-hin convinces Cheung-ping to fake surrender to the Qing court in exchange for the release of her brother and a proper burial for her father. After all is set and done, the two of them get married under a camphor tree and drink poison wine to sacrifice for their country.

Father of Dai is sick and the two elder daughters of the Dai’s family, scheme to seize the family’s properties. Since Father of Dai likes his youngest daughter, Sanjie the most, the two elder daughters decided to marry her off, even though the intended husband is a dumbhead. Although Liu Amou is slow-witted, Sanjie likes him for being simple and honest. After marriage, Liu keeps being bullied by others and they are so poor, but they are still having a satisfactory life. When Father of Dai’s birthday comes, the whole family goes back home to celebrate with him, while he decided to test how talented his three sons-in-law are during the birthday party. How will Liu perform in the test? And will he succesfully pass the test?

The wind blows away Li Sanniang’s handkerchief and leads her to the stable, where she encounters the down-and-out Liu Zhiyuan. Regardless of Zhiyuan’s poverty, her father approves their marriage. However, instigated by his wife, Sanniang’s brother, Hongyi forces Zhiyuan to divorce Sanniang after the death of their parents. This leads to the separation of the Li’s family. Hongyi allocates the poor melon field to Sanniang as her share of their parents’ legacy. Unexpectedly, Zhiyuan gets a sword and a book on military strategy in the melon demon infested field and he determines to join the army. This leaves Sanniang no choice but to live with Hongyi’s family. Being maltreated, Sanniang has to bite the umbilical cord off by herself in her delivery. Taking pity on his sister, Hongxin volunteers to take the newborn baby to look for his father. Hongxin arrives at Jiuzhou and reunites the father and son. Yue Xiuying, daughter of the Marshal, loves Zhiyuan but he loves his wife. Zhiyuan match Xiuying with Hongxin instead. Years later, Zhiyuan is ennobled and returns to his homeland with his son Yaoqilang. While hunting for a hare, Yaoqilang comes across Sanniang by a well. However, the mother and son don’t know each other. Learning Sanniang’s news from his son, Zhiyuan sets out to meet his wife and gives Sanniang a gold seal. Seeing Sanniang’s gold seal and Zhiyuan’s prestigious status, Hongyi and his wife try hard to flatter them but are reproached by Zhiyuan. Yaoqilang reunites with his family finally.