1. Dou E's grievance (Guan Hanqing)

Brief introduction of Yuan:

Dou, a scholar from New Zealand, was unable to repay Cai Po's usury and took her seven-year-old daughter as a child bride to pay her debts. When Dou E grew up, she married Cai Po's son. After two years of marriage, Cai Po died of illness. Later, Cai Po asked Dr. Sailu for debts. Dr. Sailu tricked her into killing people in the suburbs and was caught by the rogue Zhang Lver and his son. After Dr. Sailu left in shock, Zhang Lver and his son forced Cai Po and Dou E to adopt his son, but Dou E resolutely resisted. When Cai Po was ill, Zhang Lver gave the poison to Zhang Lver's father and poisoned him. Zhang Lver sued the government in the name of "poisoning his father-in-law", and Geng Tao, a corrupt official, persecuted and beheaded Dou E. Later, Dou was admitted to Jinshi, and went to visit the government and visited the officials. Dou E's ghost complained to her father, and Dou found out the truth and took revenge.

2. Autumn in Han Palace (Ma Zhiyuan)

Autumn in the Han Palace is Ma Zhiyuan's early work and the most famous of Ma Zhiyuan's zaju, which tells the story of Wang Zhaojun's departure from the fortress and marriage. In history, this incident was originally just that the Han Yuan emperor married the maid-in-waiting to the attached southern Xiongnu Khan as a means of netting, and the records in Hanshu were also very simple. The story of the Southern Xiongnu, however, has joined the story of Zhao Jun's invitation to leave the fortress, and Yuan Di was stunned by his beauty and wanted to stay but could not, making it a story. Later note novels, literati poems and folk singing literature all mentioned this matter many times, which greatly improved the historical facts.

3. Wu Tongyu (Bai Pu)

Brief introduction of Wu Tongyu;

An Lushan once failed to complete his military orders. Zhang Shougui, the envoy of Youzhou, wanted to behead him, spared his bravery and took him to the capital to plead guilty. Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling asked Ming Chengzu to kill An Lushan, but Ming Chengzu refused to obey and summoned officials instead. At this time, the imperial concubine was in favor and was ordered by Ming Chengzu to accept An Lushan as his adopted son. Later, due to disagreement with Yang, An Lushan went to Beijing to take office. On July 7th, the imperial concubine and Ming Chengzu gave a banquet in the Palace of Eternal Life. Ming Chengzu presented the golden hairpin box to the imperial concubine. When the wine was hot, the two were deeply moved by the loyalty of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and they swore to the stars and became husband and wife from then on.

The good times didn't last long. In the fourteenth year of Tianbao, the imperial concubine was tasting her favorite litchi. When the news of the Anshi Rebellion came, Ming Chengzu and the imperial concubine rushed into Shu. When they were stationed at Mayi post, there was a riot in the army. Chen Yuanli, the general of Longwu, asked Ming Chengzu to punish Yang, who brought disaster to the country and people, and Ming Chengzu did as he said. But the army still refused to move forward, so Chen Yuanli invited Yang Guifei, who charmed the king, to punish him. Ming Chengzu was helpless, so Gao Lishi took Yang Guifei to the Buddhist temple and asked her to commit suicide. This appeased the army and protected Ming Chengzu from fleeing.

After Su Zong recovered Kyoto, Emperor Tai Shang (Ming Taizu) lived in Nishinomiya, hung with a statue of the imperial concubine, facing it day and night, never forgetting it. One night, Ming Taizu visited the imperial concubine in her dream, but was awakened by the rain of phoenix trees. He recalled his past relationship with the imperial concubine and was extremely disappointed.

4. Zhao's orphan (Ji)

Brief introduction of orphan Zhao:

In Jin Linggong, Tu'an Gu, a military attache, was at odds with Zhao Dun, a civil servant, and framed Zhao Dun, accusing Zhao Dun of being a traitor in front of Gong Ling. As a result, the whole family was hacked to death, and only his son Zhao and Princess survived. Later, Tu'an Gu ordered Zhao Shuo to commit suicide from Gong Ling. The princess was imprisoned in the mansion, gave birth to a son, entrusted to Cheng Ying, a guest of the Zhao family, and hanged herself. Putting the baby in the medicine box, Han Jue, who was in charge of guarding, sympathized with Zhao's family and committed suicide after letting Zhao's orphans go. Cheng Ying took the baby to Gongsun Chujiu, an old friend of Zhao Dun.

At this time, Tu'an Gu was eager to kill the grass. In order to find the orphans, he gave a false order to kill all the babies under half a year and over a month. Cheng Ying negotiated with Sun to save the Zhao family's lifeline with his own son. Later, Cheng Ying reported to Tu'an Gu that Gongsun Chujiu had hidden the orphan of Zhao. Tu'an Gu, sent someone to find the baby, three swords hacked to death. When Cheng Ying saw the tragic death of his parents and children, he said nothing reluctantly. Gongsun Chujiu cursed Tu'an Gu, touched the steps and died. Being insane, he invited his son (actually an orphan of Zhao) as his adopted son and taught him martial arts.

Twenty years later, Zhao's orphan grew up, but she never knew her life story. When he saw the time was ripe, he was ready to tell him the details, so he drew a scroll and detailed Zhao's family hatred to him. Zhao's orphan was filled with indignation and determined to avenge himself. At this time, Aigong was in office. Because the military power was too great, they wanted to get rid of him, so they ordered Zhao orphans to secretly catch him, torture him, put him to death, and the whole family copied him. Zhao's family took revenge, Zhao's orphan was named, and all the people who saved Zhao were resurrected.