Xiao Jingming, Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, is implicated in the "Red Flame Case" and sentenced to death at Hanshan Temple. To protect the Crown Prince's orphaned child, his younger brother Xiao Jingyan makes a "twin swap" pact with Huo Zhongda, commander of the Imperial Guards: Huo's young son will die in the child's place, while the Crown Prince's heir is taken into the jianghu. Twelve years later, the heir returns under the name "Mei Changqing"...
