Innocence carries no weight in the corrupt halls of justice, and no one knows better than the peasant girl who is sold and subjected to a barrage of depraved punishments. Methods of Chinese torture date back to the Yu and Sung Dynasties One of the most renowned cases found in history was the trial of Young Nam and Little Cabbage. Falsely accused of murder the two victims were forced to endure torturous punishments. Lovers Little Cabbage and a scholar are put on trial for the murder of Cabbages husband by overdose of aphrodisiac, which caused his massive member (the size of a donkeys) to explode. The real culprit is the magistrates son, who is committing adultery with the scholars wife, which was witnessed by Cabbage. The adulterous couple frame the platonic couple (Cabbage was still a virgin) to cover up their own affair. Most of the film is taken up with the farcical trial, where the judge uses torture to convince the framed lovers to confess. The scholars maid and nanny take the case to appeal in the imperial capital. But will anyone listen?

A girl has murdered her husband and lovers. Her punishment is to surfer the most painful torture in Chinese history before death.