The Wager
The eldest daughter of the Smiths confronts her father about the malicious intentions of his concubine, the Ding woman, and proposes a wager to prove her point, risking the family's reputation for justice.Will the father finally see the truth behind the Ding woman's schemes before it's too late?
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