the story takes place in the late qing dynasty, when yun xiang ge (played by huo siyan) and actor wen liangyu (played by chen jianfeng) dared to elope. it happened that the capital was in chaos and the two were dispersed by the rioters. yunxiang was rescued by his enemy fang tianyu (played by yan kuan), while liangyu was wandering in the capital. although it was close to each other, it was difficult to meet each other. later, in order to save the mad mother yunxiang fell into the brothel,
