Peking Opera 《execute ChenShimei》 Tom and Jerry meme Provenance Ching Chen Hanji 京剧《铡美案》

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Chen Shimei entered the capital to take the exam, and was the number one champion, and was selected as emperor's son-in-law. His hometown has been drought year after year, his parents died, his wife Qin Xianglian and her children went to Beijing to find her husband, but broke into the palace and was expelled. Prime Minister Wang Yanling sympathized with her and tried to make Qin Xianglian play at the banquet dressed as a singer on Chen Shimei's birthday to help them reconcile, but failed. Wang Yanling sent Qin Xianglian a fan as a token and told her to go to Kaifeng Mansion to find Bao Zheng to sue (Bao Zheng was a famous, powerful and upright official in ancient China). Chen Shimei sent a private arm to Han Qi to hunt down. Han Qi let Qin Xianglian and her son go because he sympathized with them, but committed suicide because he failed to complete the task. Qin Xianglian fled and went to Bao Zheng's official office to accuse Chen Shimei of "killing his wife and child." Bao Zheng summoned Chen Shimei to Kaifeng Mansion to persuade them to reconcile, but Chen Shimei did not cooperate. Bao Zheng asked Qin Xianglian and Chen Shimei to confront each other. Chen Shimei relied on his noble status to argue with strong words; Bao Zheng was angry and prepared to execute Chen Shimei. The princess and queen mother rushed to stop the execution. In order to maintain the justice of the law, Bao Zheng continued to execute his sentence and executed Chen Shimei.
This video tells one of the stories above, what happened after Qin Xianglian arrived at Bao Zheng’s official office