The story of Bao Zheng is as follows:

Chen Shimei came from a poor family and was loving and harmonious with his wife Qin Xianglian. After studying hard for ten years, Chen Shimei went to Beijing to take the exam. After winning the first prize, she was recruited by Song Renzong as his consort. Qin Xianglian had not heard from Chen Shimei for a long time, so she took her son to Beijing to find her husband, but Chen Shimei refused to recognize her and sent Han Qi to hunt her down in the middle of the night. Han Qi couldn't bear to commit suicide and had to commit suicide in order to seek justice. Qin Xianglian was mistakenly accused of being the murderer and imprisoned.

Under Chen Shimei's instruction, Qin Xianglian was sent to the frontier. On the way, an official was ordered to kill her, but fortunately she was rescued by Zhan Zhao. Zhan Zhao went to Chen Shimei's hometown to find witnesses for the Qi couple. On the way, Aunt Qi died under a killer's knife. Bao Zheng found witnesses and material evidence and wanted to convict the consort. The princess and the Queen Mother both rushed to stop him, but Bao Zheng would eventually Chen Shimei presented the leading guillotine.

Introduction to Bao Zheng

Bao Zheng (999-July 3, 1062), courtesy name Xiren. A native of Hefei, Luzhou (now Feidong, Hefei, Anhui). Chinese politician of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the fifth year of Tiansheng's reign (1027), Bao Zheng ascended to the rank of Jinshi. Tired of moving to supervise the censor. After the failure of the Qingli New Deal, he advocated strict selection of officials and the elimination of redundant, corrupt and cowardly officials. Old officials should be forced to serve to solve the problem of redundant officials; the recruitment of soldiers should be stopped and the old and weak should be eliminated to solve the problem of redundant soldiers. , and select generals and train troops, train volunteers to prepare for the border; suppress the power of noble relatives and eunuchs, lighten corvees and reduce taxes, save expenses, etc.

He successively served as the judge of the Household Department of the Third Division and the transshipment envoy of Jingdong, Shaanxi and Hebei Roads. Later, he served as the deputy envoy of the Household Department of the Third Division and requested the imperial court to allow salt trading. When he was a member of the Remonstrance Court, he repeatedly discussed impeaching powerful people and made suggestions to promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages. He was then granted the direct bachelor's degree in Longtuge and the transfer envoy to the capital of Hebei Province. He was transferred to Ying and Yangzhou states, and had the power to know Kaifeng Prefecture, Quan Yushi Zhongcheng, and the third division envoy. In the sixth year of Jiayou's reign (1061), he was promoted to Deputy Privy Envoy. Because he was a direct bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion and Longtuge, he was known as "Bao Daizhi" and "Baolongtu" in his later generations.

In the seventh year of Jiayou's reign (1062), Bao Zheng passed away at the age of sixty-four. He was given the posthumous title "Xiaosu" by the Minister of Rites, and later generations called him "Bao Xiaosu".

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bao Zheng