The Fang family, a prominent clan in Henan, is framed by a treacherous official and executed to the last member. Only Fang Qing and her son escape, ending up in a cemetery shelter where they struggle to survive. Fang travels a great distance to Xiangyang to seek help from her aunt, Fang Duohua, but her aunt is mercenary and refuses to lend them money, even mocking them without restraint.
