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"Two Ideal Couples"

The Story

　　It is the “Lovers' Festival”, but King Fuh is unable to keep his "date” with his fiancee Yao Chu-ying, a lovely country girl, because he has been "mortgaged” to the House of Chaos as a sorvant, having borrowed money earlier to bury his dead mother, While Chu-ying has the sympathy of her kind father Yao Hsiang, she receives much consolation and comfort from Tsui-siang, a charming maid in the House of the Pais in the neighbourhood.

　　King Fuh is obliged to accompany the ugly Keh-sheng, son of the Chaos, to see a folk in the town's temple. A playboy himself, Keh-sheng could not resist the temptation of teasing the weaker sex amongst the crowds. He becomes acared and leaves, giving King Fuh an opportunity to see Chu-ying, who pretends not to believe his reason for failing to keep their “date”. Meantime, the only duaghter of the Pais, a fat, fiery girl, has just made a scene and were it not due to Tsui-siang’s quick action, she will have been mobbed by the crowds.

　　At the approach of Mme. Chao, King Fuh is forced to break his happy reunion with Chu-ying and as she is on her way home, Keh-sheng is so captivated by her charm and beauty that he literally falls into river from a boat where he has been gambling. Mme. Chao sounds an alarm and only then Keh-sheng is saved.

　　Keh-sheng is engaged to marry Miss Pai, but he seems to recent this match. To investigate into Miss Pai's character, Mme. Issues an invitation to Miss Pai to visit her son Keh-sheng who is pretending ill. On the other side Miss Pai herself is voicing her opposition to be married to Keh-sheng.

　　When the old Pai himself encounters Chu-ying, he takes a great liking in her, but his sinister motive is timely foiled by Taui-siang. Instead, Pai accept Taui-siang's suggestion that in order to fool the Chaos by covering the weakness of their own daughter, they send Chu-ying instead as a “stand-in" to counter Keh-sheng. The fact is, the Chaos, too, do not want the Pais to have a look at the real ugly appearance of their son, so Mme. Chao offers to set King Fuh free of all his debt obligations if only he would temporarily disguise as Keh-sheng.

　　And this exactly where the cute, little Cupid has a hand to play in this cunny game of marriage-cheating. Through the wise and intelligent scheme of Tsui-siang, a demand is put forth that the wedding of the two to take place immediately. There is no ground, nor reason indeed, for either side to raise any objection. And Tsui-siang manages to have King Fuh and Chu-ying “closeted" in a room during the first night of their topsy-turby marriage — with the Chaos and Pais playing right into her trap!

　　When a suit is brought up by the Chaos and the Pais, the Magistrate is irritated having to be disturbed early in the morning and, again thanks to Tsui-siang's very good recommendation, the Magistrate rules thet it is in the good name of justice and LOVE that only the rich marry the rich and the poor marry the poor: the Magistrate literally and romantically pronounces and confirms the marriage between King Fuh and Chu-ying that has taken place the night previous as both legal and fine.

　　And, of course, Keh-sheng is obliged to take Miss Pai as his lawful wife, too.

　　Are not they two ideal couples?