Three of the Broken Flowers stand out for me:
I like her because her situation is very similar to what I suggested above about the high born woman and the kind of punishment and public humiliation she should receive: stripped naked, put in the cangue and forced to beg for food and water. For her execution she should be hung naked by her ankles over a cess pool and slowly lowered until she either is asphyxiated by the noxious gases or drowns in the excrement.
Any woman who can call snakes to fight for her you either want on your side or executed ASAP. Her flexibility should be tested with extreme bondage positions. For execution, may I recommend a few minor cuts of ling chi, then drip hemotoxic snake venom in the cuts.
I would defer to the Son of Heaven of Ten Thousand Years for the method of this woman's execution; I'm sure The Exalted One would have something to say about it. If asked, however, I would recommend that Yi Shao's younger sister be recaptured, and then tell Yi Shao that in order to save her sister this time, Yi Shao must perform ling chi on herself, and must make it last three days. And then, of course, execute the sister before Yi Shao dies.