Xiqu

The Manchus enter the Central Plains and general Lee Shing-tung lays siege to the resistance troops in Guangdong. The heroic fighter Chan Tsi-chong is badly wounded during combat with the invaders and hastens home to ask his concubine Cheung Yuk-kiu to take care of his family. Smitten with Cheung s beauty, Lee forces her to marry him; Cheung, determined to save the Chans, sacrifices herself and agrees to the marriage. Chan is sentenced to be tortured to death. On Lee s birthday, a visiting opera troupe performs the Cantonese opera Chronicle of the Loyal General Ngok Fei. Cheung talks Lee into donning the attire of Ming court officials and admonishes Lee in public. She finally commits suicide assuring her good name would last forever.