Just then, the bandit rebel Sun Fei-hu has surrounded the temple and is trying to take away our poor heroine. She is saved, but in the heat of the moment, Ts'ui's mother promised to give Ying-ying away to the hero who rescued her.
當時恰巧有盜匪孫飛虎圍寺搶親，崔母情急之下，允諾許配鶯鶯給解圍壯士，張生巧計向白馬將軍求援解困，沒料到崔母事後反悔，以鶯鶯已許配他人賴婚，從此兩人離恨千端，相思斷腸。