In the late Tang Dynasty, the vassal towns were divided and wars raged. Shen Yi, the governor of Huizhou, was framed and escorted to the capital for treason. His family was overturned overnight. Shen Jinghong, the legitimate daughter of the governor, learned the tragic news of the sudden death of her brother Shen Yanqiu while on the run, under the cover of her family servants. In order to preserve the remaining bloodline of the family and to find out the truth about the injustice done to her father and brother, she was persuaded by her loyal servant to cut off her long hair, put on her brother's clothes, and returned to the crisis-ridden city of Huizhou under the name "Shen Yanqiu".
