
A wealthy merchant's daughter marries General Yuan Yichen with a dowry of twelve shops. The Yuan household and mother-in-law despise her for background and childlessness. The general returns with a pregnant mistress. Unfazed, the female lead divorces him, taking her entire dowry, even trees from the courtyard. The Yuan family finds an empty house; the old madam faints. The female lead lives carefree, while the scumbag ex-husband and concubine face declining fortunes and domestic conflicts.