Tens of thousands of li away, within an endless mountain range, bleak winds howled in gusts, and from time to time came the miserable weeping of a woman.
Inside a hidden cave, a beautiful green-skirted woman stood atop a stone wall, with a delicate-featured red-clad boy standing beside her. Astonishing Yin Qi radiated from their bodies. Not far away lay a great number of scattered bones and tattered clothes.
The green-skirted woman's name was Sun Cuier. Because her family was poor, she had married a local butcher surnamed Li. By chance, Merchant Chen saw Sun Cuier and sent someone to tell Butcher Li to give Sun Cuier to him. Butcher Li refused and got into a brawl with Merchant Chen's underlings, only to be accidentally beaten to death by them.
Sun Cuier reported the matter to the authorities, but Provincial Governor Liu Xian took a liking to her instead. Liu Xian promised that as long as she agreed to become his concubine, he would avenge her husband's death. To avenge her husband, Sun Cuier agreed and became the Provincial Governor's ninth concubine. When she was heavy with child, the Provincial Governor went away on business, and Sun Cuier was thrown into a well by the servants and drowned.
Her corpse was discarded in a cave thick with Yin Qi. Having died with injustice in her heart, her resentment soared to the heavens. Nourished by the Yin Qi, she became a Ghost. At first, she only hated the Provincial Governor's wife, but by chance, she learned that Liu Xian had known all along and had deliberately left.
Liu Xian had no sons or daughters and constantly took concubines. After Sun Cuier became pregnant, his lawful wife was furious. Using Liu Xian's official position as leverage, she forced him to compromise, and