秦香蓮為妻賢淑, 雖家境貧困, 仍勉勵丈夫陳士美上京赴考. 美高中狀元, 獲皇姑招為婿, 美決隱瞞皇帝, 棄妻再娶. 家鄉旱災, 蓮翁姑雙亡, 攜子女上京尋夫. 美不認妻, 相國王延齡同情蓮, 願助夫婦重圓, 卻遭美羞辱驅逐. 美為斬草除根, 更派人追殺妻兒. 蓮向包拯告狀, 拯升堂開審, 下令將美治罪, 惟皇姑和太后趕至逼拯救人, 蓮無奈屈服返鄉. 皇姑卻又強奪蓮子女, 蓮再度鳴冤, 拯決維護國法, 怒鍘美.
Plot Summary:Sometime during the Song Dynasty, there was a couple, Qin Xiang Lian and Chen Shimei, with two lovely children. Later, Chen goes to the Imperial City to take part in the Imperial Examination.
