This series traces the rise of a famous Naxi Chieftain and his beloved wife in 16th century southwest China. The highlight of this drama is the battle between hate and love. In sum, this is a classic Cinderella story mixed with Romeo and Juliet elements, except with some very different outcomes.
Set in the Ming Dynasty, the Mu clan is the administrative and governing authority of Lijiang Prefecture. Its family members used blood and violence to reach the pinnacle of power. A casualty of this bloodshed was a young girl by the named of Aleqiu who was ingrained from childhood to exact revenge against the Mu clan for the extermination of her own family. As a child, she infiltrated the Mu clan and became a maidservant to the family's matriarch. Her mind is filled with schemes and manipulations, but Aleqiu still possesses her youthful innocence and kindness. She also unfortunately falls in love with her young master and heir to the governorship of Lijiang, Mu Zeng. Just when the two lovebirds feel the hopelessness of their love and decide to be together in death, hope appears on the horizon. Aleqiu succeeds in becoming Mu Zeng's concubine, but her problems in the Mu household have only begun...
该剧围绕着在历史上木氏家族的风云变幻为题材，以丽江木府为背景，讲述了明代云南纳西木氏土司在当地统治的时期，木氏家族内部腥风血雨的争权夺势和权力更迭的的恩怨情仇。
木府家族的女当家人也是血刃仇敌阿勒邱，她身负家仇潜伏木家十年，心机城府极重，却褪不去天生的善良纯真。与木家嫡孙木增不能相爱就相约殉情，却在最后一刻悬崖勒马救人性命。经历重重磨难嫁给爱人木增后忍辱负重与各色势力人物斡旋暗斗，带领木家突围困境，最终获得信任和尊重，化解仇恨成为木府当家女主人，书写了一段传奇女子的情仇爱恨故事。
