Life and death card

During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, a couple of lovers Zhang Jinsheng and Wang Yuhuan met He Sanlang, the son of General Soldier He, when they went to Shanting to take shelter from the rain. He attempted to molest Yuhuan and fell into a ravine and died. Commander He ordered Huang Boxian, the county official, to behead Yuhuan. Huang could not bear to behead the innocent and released him. Huang daughter Xiulan and adopted daughter Qiu Ping were worried that their father would be in trouble, so they were both willing to die for Yuhuan; Yuhuan was also afraid that their benefactor would suffer punishment and refused to leave. Helpless, the three women competed for the "life and death card" in front of the statue. As a result, Xiulan won the "death" card. At the court, Commander He saw the flaw, ordered a suspension of sentence and inspection, and put Huang Boxian in prison...