Finding the Rat from Fifteen Strings of Cash<\/p>\n
You Hulu, the butcher, borrows fifteen strings of copper coins. He is robbed and murdered by gambler Lou A\u2019shu (Rat) in the same night. Neighbours are suspicious that Su Shujuan, You\u2019s daughter, is the murderer. They report her to the local government. Coincidentally, Shujuan is hanging out with her friend Xiong Youlan. Both are arrested, put on trial and sentenced to death by an overly stringent county magistrate. Execution supervisor and the Prefect of Suzhou Kuang Zhong is doubtful of the case. He personally investigates the crime scene and puts on the disguise as a fortune-teller to pursue the real culprit. He runs into A\u2019shu outside of the City God Temple, and gains his trust by giving A\u2019shu a reading. He obtains a confession and rectifies the wrongly trialled case.<\/p>\n
Kneeling by the Pond from Roaring of the Ferocious Wife <\/p>\n
The Prefect of Huangzhou Chen Jichang is always afraid of his wife. Yet, at the invitation of Su Dongpo, he goes to the Orchid Pavilion to enjoy the snowy views and meets Su\u2019s cousin Qincao. Betraying his wife, Chen pledges his love to Qincao with a jade coin as an engagement token. The affair is discovered by Liu Yu\u2019e, Chen\u2019s jealous wife. Chen is reproached under Liu\u2019s rosewood stick. He is punished to kneel by the pond and confess his wrongdoing.<\/p>\n
The Hunt from War and Never-ending Love<\/p>\n
She Hong (the garrison leader of Shetang Pass) and Yang Gun (chief of Fiery Mountains of Linzhou) become enemies when a corrupt minister, Cui Yinglong, instigates misunderstandings between them. Yang subsequently reaches out to make amends and the two reconcile. The two families go to hunt in the mountains. Yang\u2019s son Jiye and She\u2019s daughter Saihua appreciate each other\u2019s talents and fall in love. Yang Gun proposes on behalf of his son and asks for She Hong\u2019s blessing.<\/p>\n
Under the Umbrella from The Moon Pavilion<\/p>\n
Jiang Shilong loses his younger sister Ruilian as he is running away. Shilong calls out for his sister, but mistakenly attracts the response of Ruilan, the daughter of Wang Zhen, the Minister of Defence. The two meet and tell each other their stories as they walk on as companions. Sharing the same umbrella in the rain, Ruilan gives Shilong a golden hairpin as a token of love and the two become secretly engaged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373392,373316],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[365762],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1286994","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-xiqu-cantonese-opera-en","event_category-xiqu-en","area_type-local","event_language-cantonese","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1286994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1286994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1286994"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1286994"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1286994"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1286994"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1286994"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1286994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}