"Princess Changping"
It is an age of chaos in the dusk of the Ming dynasty with all the rebels and invaders. Knowing the fall of the empire is inevitable, the Sung Zing Emperor slays his wives and daughters for the sake of their dignity. Princess Changping toughs through it, and hides herself in a nunnery, hoping to live in seclusion thereafter. But the royal son-in-law, Chow Sai-hin happens to find her in the nunnery. Sai-hin convinces Changping to fake surrender to the Qing court in exchange for the release of her brother and a proper burial for her father. After all is set and done, the two of them get married under a camphor tree and drink poison wine to sacrifice for their country.

"Red Silk Shoes and the Murder"
The widow Yeung Lau-kiu (Yang Liujiao) has an affair with a yamen secretary Chun Sam-fung (Qin Sanfeng). He murders his sick lawful wife so that Lau-kiu can pose as his wife and follow him to his new post in Lin'an, leaving behind an embroidered shoe and a headless corpse. The county magistrate rules that Lau-kiu was murdered by Lau-kiu's sister-in-law and her lover, Yuk-kwai (Yugui) and Tsz-hing (Ziqing). Tsz-hing's teacher, Chor Wai-Ming (Zuo Weiming), rushes to Suzhou to save him. One night, a female ghost leads Wai-ming to a poplar tree where he digs out a severed head. Wai-ming finds out from Yuk-Kwai that the head does not belong to Lau-kiu and that Lau-kiu has an affair with Sam-fung. Wai-ming has Sam-fung transferred back to Suzhou. Yuk-kwai immediately recognizes Sam-fung's "wife" as Lau-kiu, her widowed sister-in-law. The investigation shows some promise and Wai-ming has a plan in mind...

"A Buddhist Recluse for Fourteen Years"
Yu Yuen-kei and Wan Cheung is a loving couple, secretly expecting a baby. To save her wandering lover from prison, Yuen-kei insists on selling the property despite her father's disagreement. Lee Yik, who admires her talents so much, offers help to Yuen-kei. Leaving the prison Cheung makes a visit to Yuen-kei, yet being driven out by her father. As Yik's father is critically ill, Yik earnestly requests Yuen-kei to marry him.
Yuen-kei gives birth to Cheung's baby right after the marriage. Luckily, Yik shows understanding for her situation. Surprised at his lover's marriage, Cheung tries to get back the token of love through the lover's maid Luk-kiu, who has loved him secretly for long. Taking return of token as an excuse, Luk-kiu tempts Cheung with wine and her beauty. Yet Yuen-kei just returns home and finds out their relationship. Feeling regret, Cheung mistakenly kills the maid and gets prisoned again.
Yuen-kei moves to a Buddist nunnery, living as a recluse with her daughter Siu-yin. After 14 years, Yik gets the first rank in the imperial examination. Yuen-kei rejects Yik's love and allows Siu-yin to reunite with her father, Cheung. Eventually Yuen-kei ends all the troubles from love with her death.

"Full Moon over Grand Realm"
Amid the war, Tong Tze-heung is scattered from her husband Ngai Hei-yin, which she then seeks help from her cousin Fong Yan-kit together with her brother. On the other hand, the rebel leaders King-wai, Siu-kuen, Lik-hang are spotted during their attempt to steal the documents from the Yuan government, which leads to a raid on their base. During the raid, Tze-heung tries to cover up for the rebels, which to her shock, the raiding commander is none other than her husband.
Hei-yin wishes to reunite with his wife, so he gifts her a military token and lies to her claiming his fake surrender to the Yuen. Tze-heung soon sees through his lies while probing him for information, which he spills out a lot of secrets and makes she realize that Hei-yin is now married to the daughter of the invader's general.
Little does she know, the leak of information is only a bait set by Hei-yin, only to lure the rebels into a trap, King-wai and Siu-kuen soon get trapped,. Luckily, Tze-heung risks her life to save them and she succeeds. After that they gather up in a remote village, planning to launch the revolution during the full-moon festival. After the launch, the rebels lead by King-wai crushes the Yuen forces. In the end, they defeated the Yuen, leaving a gravely wounded Hei-yin, the traitor passed away soon after.

"Farewell, My Husband"
In the late Song dynasty, a military official, Cheung-tat was demoted by the king of Song, and Cheung then became a commoner. Later, when Country Song was attacked by Country Yuan, Cheung-tat and his wife, Chan Bik-leung decided to cooperate with Hui Dai-leung in organizing an army so as to fight against Yuan. Meanwhile, Cheung received an imperial edict from king of Song requesting him to save the country with his new formed army. Even though Cheung did not want to serve the fatuous king, he was then persuaded by his army and decided to leave his wife for the military mission.

"The Marriage of the Top Scholar"
Yu Feng-sheng, a scholar, adores a courtesan called Hua Yan-hong. One day, he puts on his best clothes and pays a visit to her and the two fall in love with each other instantly. He promises to marry her after he has passed the imperial examination. Later they say goodbye at a riverside. He gives her a round fan made of gold as a keepsake, and the two vows to spend the rest of their lives together.
Feng-sheng's parents died when he was young, so he was brought up by his father's concubine, Si-jie. Now that he comes first in the imperial examination, as a devoted son and a loyal subject, he requests the emperor to honour Si-jie with an appropriate title. Returning home in glory, he is told off by his mother and his sister Ming-yue, both of whom have heard stories about his relationship with a courtesan. Si-jie has Ming-yue forge a letter and return the keepsake to break off the engagement. Yan-hong is so grieved by the thought that Feng-sheng has betrayed her that she decides to become a nun.
Seeing how lovesick Feng-sheng is, Si-jie and Ming-yue go to a nunnery to pray for him. There they catch sight of a poem written on the wall. Admiring the poet for her talent, Sijie wants to match Fengsheng and the poet together and asks the emperor for permission. It turns out that the poet is none other than Yan-hong and Feng-sheng is overjoyed. The story resolves in the marriage of the lovers.
*English translation source: Chinese Opera Information Centre, CUHK