Zhou Mingde is the second eldest son of Zhoujia Bufang, and he is married to Xinyuan, the eldest daughter of the Zhao Ju family in the neighboring township who is famous in the township. They fell in love at first sight at the poetry competition. On the night of their wedding, Mingde's brother Zhou Wangde took advantage of the opportunity when Mingde went to Bufang to deal with urgent matters and raped the drunken Miss Zhao, whom he had long admired. When the old lady of the Zhou family found out, she concealed the matter and transferred Wangde to another house. According to the rule that brothers cannot share wives, Mingde was not allowed to touch Xinyuan. Xinyuan had no idea that it was Wangde who had sex with her. After marriage, Miss Zhao was extremely virtuous, gentle and generous, and took good care of Mingde. However, no matter how good Xinyuan was, Mingde never entered her room again. Mingde gave her good food and clothing and asked her to take care of things. It wasn't enough to collect all the pretty maids around her, so she went to the colorful garden to marry Fang Ruyi, the servant girl there. The old lady told Xinyuan to know the three obediences and the four virtues.