金虎（罗维 饰）和雪里红（李丽华 饰）本是一对非常恩爱的情侣，不幸的是，雪里红遭到了马啸天（王元龙 饰）的玷污，迫于舆论压力，雪里红不得不离开了深爱的金虎，嫁给了自己的仇人马啸天。
之后，小荷花（葛兰 饰）爱上了正直勇敢的金虎，看到自己曾经的爱人即将被人夺走，雪里红被嫉妒冲昏了头脑。她游说小荷花的父亲将她嫁进大地主家做妾，但是地主的妻子并不同意这门婚事，雪里红只能作罢，眼睁睁的看着金虎和小荷花结为夫妻。恨毒了小荷花的雪里红又和马啸天联手想要陷害金虎，甚至准备了毒酒想要取金虎的性命。

Perhaps the most notorious concubine in Chinese history, Yang Guifei set a pudgy standard of beauty in her days of glory during the Tang dynasty. The Emperor Minghuang was so besotted with the woman that when An Lushan stages his rebellion against the empire, the ruler takes Yang Guifei along with his imperial entourage in an escape to the mountainous area of modern-day Sichuan, and sanctuary of sorts. But the concubine had roused the jealousy of the court and unfortunately for her and to the great sorrow of the king, her brother and others among the king's retainers demanded she be strangled to death while they were still in the mountains. This is the story told in this interesting Taiwanese adaptation by director Li Han-hsiang (Li Hanxiang).

1973 film by King Hu

张一卿原本是堂堂一届公司总经理，却因为投资失败而欠了一屁股的债无力偿还。一次偶然中，张一卿在报纸上看到了华侨富商之女范如华（李丽华 饰）的征婚启事，于是开始觊觎起她的家产来。张一卿自己其貌不扬，于是找到了样貌英俊的发廊小弟小毛（石挥 饰）顶替自己前去应征。
实际上，范如华亦是骗子，她根本就不是什么千金小姐，而是同样经济拮据，渴望通过婚姻来摆脱困境的寡妇。就这样，范如华和小毛相约见面了，两个人都提请吊胆的生怕露馅。幸运的是，一切都在按照两人的计划进行，他们即将携手步入婚姻的殿堂。

阴兆时（石挥 饰）是一名铁齿铜牙，格外有正义感的律师，他的好友魏卓平（石羽 饰）是孤儿院的院长，虽然拥有一颗金子般善良的心，性格却十分的软弱怕事。富豪金焕吾（李健吾 饰）觊觎孤儿院绝佳的地势，想要买下这块地作为他屯集走私货品的仓库，刚开始魏卓平坚决不肯，但无奈他有把柄落在了金焕吾的手中，最终只能就范。
没有了孤儿院，可怜的孩子们又一次流落街头。阴兆时得知此事非常的愤怒。没过多久，金焕吾走私的事情败露，仓库被封，孤儿院又回到了魏卓平的手中，但是金焕吾觉得自己这次马失前蹄是阴兆时搞的鬼，他发誓要报仇。