A boy from Manchester returns to his hometown, after his mom inherits his grandparents' second house. The boy does not know that the past will soon come back to haunt him, in ways he never dreamed of.
Two new concubines, Gu Ningqing and Gu Zixian, plunged into despair by their husbands' rebellion, now face a physical examination by Emperor Cao Shengchen. Filled with fear and shame, they can only silently accept their fate and become members of the harem.
Jenny is struggling with her husband's layoff and her new business. She is offered a series of lucrative jobs for the banker that holds their mortgage. It's a moral delima of sticking for her own convitions or doing what is best for their family.