I Gave My Wife A Red Tasseled Spear Episode 1 reveals his dilemma and his wife's striking change after three years. Seemingly weak and defenseless, he is humiliated and looked down upon by his brother-in-law, to whom he decides to give a large sum of money to throw a banquet for his wife's triumphant return after three years on the battlefield. But he sees a shocking change in his wife when she returns.