During the Jiajing-Period of the Ming Dynasty, a minister named Yang Jikang offended the powerful authority Yan Song and was expelled out of his house. Yang had five daughters, and Yang Sanchun the third one was disliked by her parents because of her and her husband's poverty. After his exile, Yang Jikang and his wife soon found out to be banished by their most loved second daughter and first son-in-law, and soon expelled by the family of fourth and fifth daughters. In their desperate situation, Yang Sanchun the third daughter found and took them home and took care of them considerately. Later, Zou Yinglong the third son-in-law, managed to defeat Yan Song and helped to rehabilitate his parents-in-law.