A sudden change occurred in the Hua Mansion, and all the families were exiled, leaving only the weak in the boudoir. The eldest lady Huazhi (played by Zhang Jingyi) sheds her disguise and leads the female members of the clan to survive in desperate situations - from pawning dowries to selling hawking on the street, from not touching the spring water with their fingers to setting up their own rouge shop. These ladies use hairpin rings as abacus and embroidered handkerchiefs as account books. The cold-faced Yama Gu Yanxi (played by Hu Yitian) was ordered to monitor, but was moved by Huazhi's tenacity and transformed from an iron-blooded supervisor into a flower protector. When the court is in trouble again, this "women's army" must not only fight against the crisis of survival, but also clear the grievances of the family...
