The Mo and Lin families are both prominent clans in Jinyang Town. Mo Qishan, the young master of the Mo family, and Miss Lin, the daughter of the Lin family, grow up together and marry as adults. Their marriage is harmonious, and Lin becomes pregnant. But after the family patriarch dies and bandits raid the estate, she loses her child and is left unable to conceive. Mo Qishan’s affections change, and the maid Cui’er seizes her chance to rise in status. A mistress also arrives at the estate with her son. Rivalry among the wives and concubines intensifies, while tensions between legitimate and illegitimate heirs run deep. In her anguish, Lin resolves to take revenge. From then on, the Mo family mansion is swept into a whirlpool of schemes and feuds, with hidden forces stirring beneath the surface. Thus unfolds a gripping tale of love and hatred in an ancient family, with its tangled grudges and passions passed down to the next generation, where even more conflicts of love and hate await.
