Love is Beautiful

LARINE and his father, LING TE, are blacksmiths. Although LARINE was born very ugly with pockmark, she is a very good blacksmith and is very kind-hearted. LARINE has a good friend, JOJO. JOJO bears the responsibility of breaking her betrothal engagement. She even makes her fiance, TAU and his family suffer injury. JOJO is responsible to guard the mortuary, but she devises to make LARINE volunteer to help her. LARINE is so exhausted and faints. JOJO discovers that LARINE’s pockmark is a disguise. She is very angry. In fact, LARINE’s pockmark had been disappeared after a serious illness and she showed her pretty face. However, LARINE decides to continue to pretend ugly in lest JOJO felt bad. JOJO fills with emotion. The temple curate predicts that JOJO will become very rich but ends up with pain. A performer, SIU TOU, knows the “switching face” skill. JOJO begs him to switch her face so that she can become beautiful……

JOJO and LARINE intend to slip into a garden party. However, the village headman does not allow them to join because they are ugly. EMPEROR helps them to get in. EMPEROR is being assassinated. He meets JOJO. JOJO threatens EMPEROR to pay her two thousand taels before she renders help. JOJO eventually left EMPEROR alone. Meanwhile, LARINE appears and saves EMPEROR. JOJO intends to seize wealth in confusion, however, she is caught by EMPEROR’s servant. LARINE tried hard to find some panacea to cure EMPEROR. EMPEROR is grateful for her help. In fact, the master man of the assassination is EMPEROR’s third brother, DAN. DAN buys over SHEUNG. SHAN even shows SHEUNG how they can locate EMPEROR. JOJO finds EMPEROR and asks for her two thousand taels. EMPEROR refuses her. JOJO then takes away his crystal and pushes him down from the cliff. SHAN locates EMPEROR with the crystal. He finds JOJO instead.

LARINE saves EMPEROR on the hill. She brings him home to cure his wound. EMPEROR tells LARINE about JOJO’s bad deed. LARINE decides to clarify the case with JOJO. TE posts an announcement with LARINE’s portrait to seek for a marriage for her. EMPEROR finds its weird that the portrait is a very beautiful girl which makes a big contrast to LARINE. All teases at LARINE since announcement post up. However, LARINE does not mind at all. EMPEROR appreciates her attitude. One day, some silly guys again tease LARINE. EMPEROR promises to marry LARINE for her good sake. Meanwhile, LARINE shows her real face. All are shocked. JOJO is so jealous that she tells SHEUNG EMPEROR’s trace. EMPEROR disappears on the wedding night. When SHEUNG is trying to kill EMPEROR, SHAN appears and rescues him. LARINE searches for EMPEROR but is in vain. JOJO bothers TOU terribly for the switching face issue……

EMPEROR tries to test DAN but cannot get a clue. EMPEROR grants LARINE to be his concubine. He sends officials to bring LARINE to the palace. JOJO is busy in finding a person to switch face with her. TOU thinks that LARINE is the right one. JOJO agrees. The loanshark, NGAU, asks JOJO to repay her debt in the street. JOJO kills NGAU unintentionally. She escapes away. The official arrives LARINE’s home and announces the imperial decree. LARINE and TE are very glad. TE celebrates. LARINE slips away and brings money to JOJO. JOJO is so malicious that she makes use of this chance to switch face with LARINE. TOU succeeds to switch their faces. JOJO becomes EMPEROR’s concubine. All are cheated. LARINE wakes up and is shocked to see that she has switched face with JOJO.

LARINE intends to clarify the case with JOJO. However, all think that she is JOJO and ignores her. The official chases LARINE for NGAU’s death. LARINE backs home. TE thinks that she is JOJO and informs the officials her whereabouts. LARINE meets TAU. TAU hates her. TE takes very good care of JOJO. JOJO hates LARINE more. JOJO goes to the prison to insult LARINE. LARINE eventually sees JOJO’s real face. JOJO cries and moans over her grievances on court. However, even TE cannot recognize her. LARINE is sentenced to death. JOJO deliberately flatters the palace housekeeper, YUNG. However, YUNG ignores her. LARINE attempts to commit suicide but is in vain. She witnessed extraordinary miracle and she decides to redress her grievance. The new highest graduate of the Hanlin Academy, LAW, is born honest and straight. He investigates LARINE’s case but he cannot imagine how LARINE’s face has been switched. He intends to stop the investigation……

A lady complains a goose stall changing another goose head. LAW is enlightened. He then asks a witch to check LARINE. When the witch touches LARINE’s neck, she is very scared. LAW knows that there is something wrong. He is determined to help LARINE escape away. LARINE backs home and complete a plate for celebration before she left. TE wakes up and discovers the completed plate. He makes up his mind. JOJO finds the rules and norms in the palace very annoying. DAN knows that JOJO is a person intended on worldly thing and power. He decides to use her. LARINE is cheated in the LAM’s village. Her horse is being poisoned. Doctor, LOK, suggests LARINE to sell her horse. LARINE does not want to see her horse die and rejects his suggestion. TOU meets LARINE. He sees her very depressed and moves his conscience. He gives her some noodle. LARINE regards TOU as her patron.

EMPEROR intends to designate JOJO the title of Queen. All officials object. However, DAN supports EMPEROR’s suggestion. EMPEROR is glad. LARINE again meets LOK. LOK has become a very popular letter writer. In fact, LOK is a swindler. LARINE thinks that LOK is a versatile guy and respects him a lot. LARINE asks LOK to write a letter to EMPEROR to disclose her bad encounter. LOK thinks that LARINE is mad. LOK proposes LARINE to give him fifty taels and he will bring her to see EMPEROR. LARINE then works very hard and gives LOK her money. LOK spends all money. A restaurant owner, WAI, is finding a worker. LOK betrays LARINE. LARINE is brought to a hut waiting to be chopped into pieces. In fact, WAI intends to use human fresh to make barbecue pork. LOK feels unease and decides to save LARINE. LOK is injured. Luckily, LARINE is all right. LARINE makes a wheel chair for LOK. LOK sees an imperial announcement and finds that LARINE is wanted……

LOK again betrays LARINE. LOK pangs of a guilty conscience, he thus asks LARINE to leave. In order to give LARINE sufficient time to escape away, LOK is beaten by the officials. LARINE finds LOK. LOK decides to bring LARINE to the palace. JOJO is excited to fool EMPEROR around. TOU demands JOJO to fulfil her promise. JOJO refuses. TOU makes JOJO’s face full of malignant ulcer. JOJO has no alternative but compromise. JOJO arranges TOU to meet EMPEROR. EMPEROR designates him the title of astrology officer. In order to strengthen his position, TOU is in league with DAN. The Lucky Inn holds a “ Marriage Celebration Promotion Campaign”. LOK and LARINE pretend to be husband and wife so as to have a free meal. The purse of arresting LARINE increases. LOK claims that he will denounce LARINE. EMPEROR goes to he Temple to worship the heaven. LARINE hides in the wine jar which is used in the worshipping ceremony sacrificing to heaven……