Purple Hairpin Modern Storybook Edition

This work is based on "The Purple Hairpin" written by Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty, and is translated into modern vernacular and adapted in the form of storytelling. "The Purple Hairpin" is a legendary play written by the Ming Dynasty dramatist Tang Xianzu. It is one of the "Four Dreams of Linchuan" (the others are "The Peony Pavilion", "Nan Ke Ji" and "Handan Ji"). There are 53 episodes in total. It is based on the Tang Dynasty legendary novel "Huo Xiaoyu" by Jiang Fang. Li Yi, a talented scholar from Longxi, traveled to Chang'an to study. During the Lantern Festival, he found a purple jade hairpin left by King Huo's concubine Huo Xiaoyu. The two fell in love at first sight and got married with the purple hairpin as an alliance. After Li Yi became the champion, he was framed for refusing to marry the daughter of the powerful Prime Minister Lu Taiwei, and was sent to the border. Lu Taiwei also tampered with his family letters and falsely claimed that Li Yi had changed his mind and married his wife. Xiaoyu was filled with misunderstandings, despair of love, and became seriously ill. Later, Xiaoyu pawns off the purple hairpin to find out the news, but the purple hairpin falls into the Lu Mansion. Fortunately, the knight Huang Shike comes to the rescue and brings Li Yi to Xiaoyu. The purple hairpin reappears and the truth is revealed, and the two are finally reunited.