During the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Shimei went to Beijing to take the exam. After winning the first prize in the exam, he was recruited as the consort. However, his hometown suffered from drought for many years and his parents died. His first wife, Qin Xianglian, brought her two children to Beijing to find her husband. Qin Xianglian went to the Prince Consort's Mansion to look for her husband, but was turned away by Chen Shimei. Even when she broke into the palace, she was expelled. After Prime Minister Wang Yanling learned about this, he took pity on Qin Xianglian and asked her to dress up as a singer and play and sing at the banquet on Chen Shimei's birthday, hoping to help them reunite, but Chen Shimei was unmoved. Chen Shimei was worried that Qin Xianglian would ruin her good deeds, so she secretly sent general Han Qi to hunt down their mother and son. After Han Qi caught up with Qin Xianglian, she asked why and couldn't bear to take action, so she finally let Qin Xianglian's mother and son go.
