Wife Trial

Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty was extravagant in his debauchery and exacted excessive taxes. One day, Yang Guang summoned the daughter of the minister Zhuang Tiandong, Mei Mei, to the palace to attend his bed. Su Niang, the wife of Wang Richeng, the Minister of Punishment, was Zhuang Tiandong's adopted daughter. In order to repay the kindness of raising her, Su Niang entered the palace in Mei Mei's place. She wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate Yang Guang and avenge her parents, but she failed and was arrested. Wang Richeng was appointed as the chief interrogator to interrogate Su Niang. When the couple met in court, their livers and gallbladders were about to break, so Wang Richeng had to torture Su Niang. Hou Su Niangzhi killed the traitor Jin Changsheng, and by chance found a way out of the city. Wang Richeng took advantage of the opportunity to hunt down fugitives and went out of the city to meet Su Niang, and together they defected to the Wagangzhai rebels.