The Silver Chamber of Sorrows

In celebration of the old master SHEUNG TSOI-SHAN’s seventieth birthday, the Sheung family is busy putting the final touches on the birthday party. CHOI SIU-TIP, the First Wife of SHEUNG HANG, takes care of all family matters, big or small. Everyone in the family show great respect towards her. LIN NIN-WONG, the Second Wife of HANG, is busy selecting premium fabric for making her new dresses. She scolds and beats maid YUK LAN. She grows arrogant and does not respect anyone in the family as she gave birth to the only son of HANG. She snatches the fabric away from CHING SAU-HANG, the Third Wife of HANG. Nevertheless, SAU-HANG does not get angry at all. WONG keeps stirring troubles in the family and eventually provokes her husband. SHAN is eager to see his younger son SHEUNG WAN again, who is living abroad in France. Soon, WAN returns from France together with his wife SHUM WING-TUNG to celebrate SHAN’s birthday.… ...

WONG puts the blame for SHAN’s sudden death on WAN and SAU-HANG. It is all because of the ambiguous relationship between HANG, WAN, and SAU-HANG. TUNG has a heavy heart when she knows she is cheated by her husband. WAN starts telling his wife frankly about the past between SAU-HANG and himself. They have known each other since they were young. SAU-HANG looked after WAN’s young son after WAN’s wife had died. Later, they fell in love with each other and were getting married soon. At that time, Sheung’s Chamber was facing serious financial difficulty, HANG and TIP plotted to cheat SAU-HANG. Soon, SAU-HANG became HANG’s Third Wife. Reluctantly, WAN was forced to marry TUNG whose family was operating a gold mine. Therefore, the financial problem of Sheung’s Chamber was eased. Nevertheless, WAN and TUNG left the family and lived in France for eight years.… ...

WONG keeps complaining during a breakfast. It turns out that she is not happy with FEI-FEI as she did not obey the rule to treat her as well as the other wives the morning tea. TSAU-KUK, a maid in the Sheung family, also the personal attendant to the Forth Mistress SAU-HANG, worries that her mistress will lose the position in the family if she does not have a baby. She wants to buy her mistress a god statue which most people believe it helps to bring offspring. She uses all her savings to buy the statue. For fear that TSAU-KUK is being cheated, CHOW CHI-SHING breaks the statue, nevertheless, he promises to pay her back. Then, SHING brings TSAU-KUK to Sheung’s Chamber. It turns out that SHING works for HANG and has just returned to the company after his further study. Being verbally attacked by WONG during a mahjong game, FEI-FEI fights back by revealing the dark side of her past, that WONG had been a maid in the Sheung family.… ...

SHING saves a man who lies on the train track and tries to kill himself from hitting by a train. The man called NGAU used to work in Sheung’s Chamber. He wants to kill himself because he is sacked after being accused of stealing. TSAU-KUK knows the secret that the young master CHO is connected with the old master's death when she finds LAN is making offerings to the deceased old master. FEI-FEI carelessly hurts herself when she is playing and drinking. While TIP is away, TSAU-KUK is asked to find FEI-FEI a doctor from a far place. Although FEI-FEI and her baby are fine, TSAU-KUK is beaten hardly by WONG. TSAU-KUK discloses the secret about the old master's death to TIP when TIP is visiting her together with YEE. CHO is angry at his mother for being cruel and inhuman to servant, he climbs on the house roof. TIP climbs on the rooftop to talk to CHO and asks him to get down.… ...

HANG does not take WAN’s advice to put a notice of apology in newspaper. Instead, he promises reward for arresting NGAU. WAN openly tells the staff of Sheung Jewelry that HANG has done NGAU wrong. FEI-FEI goes out with TSUI-CHUK although she is asked to stay home and rest. She ends up falling to the ground and getting hurt. SAU-HANG leaves the family ancestral altar after praying for TSAU, she carelessly knocks over a censer. FEI-FEI tells the family she fell because she had stepped on the ashes. HANG flies into a rage upon learning FEI-FEI’s miscarriage, he beats SAU-HANG to death. WAN leads a rescuing team to search for his missing son. Soon, he finds NGAU and realizes that all he wants is to prove himself innocent. NGAU helps to find young master TSAU. At this time, a group of people is coming to arrest him. At the end of the day, NGAU saves TSAU from falling off the cliff.… ...

SAU-HANG is in great pain after being beaten up, she does not eat nor allow TSAU-KUK to clean her wounds. TUNG visits SAU-HANG, gives her food and cleans her wounds. WAN goes to work at Sheung’s Chamber. He has meal with the staff together. In order to stop WAN from gaining lower-level support, HANG demonstrates his superb craftsmanship in front of his staff. WING’s younger brother SHUM SHUNG-HEI has just arrived with his girlfriend. HANG wants to arrange marriage for his daughter as he wants to find more gold sources rather than depending heavily on SHUM’s supply. TIP wants her daughter meeting KWONG TUNG-LEUNG, the young master of the Kwong family, for arranged marriage. YEE realizes LEUNG is just a useless man from a very rich family. Carelessly, she drops her handkerchief into the water. LEUNG instructs his servant to help. Instead, SHING jumps into the water and gets her handkerchief back. YEE secretly falls in love with him.