For generations the Zhao family has wielded power, until their mortal enemy TUÔÇÖAN GU slaughters the entire clan, determined to wipe out their influence forever. But one Zhao baby survives hidden by CHENG YING the doctor who delivered him. When TuÔÇÖan Gu learns of the babyÔÇÖs escape he seizes every infant in the city, vowing to kill them all unless the Zhao baby is surrendered. As the tyrantÔÇÖs soldiers arrive at Cheng YingÔÇÖs home the frantic doctor hides his wife with their own baby whilst surrendering the Zhao child as his own. But his family is discovered; his baby is presumed to be the Zhao heir and murdered along with his wife for harboring the infant. Now set on revenge Cheng Ying enrolls the Zhao orphan into the service of the TuÔÇÖan Gu household, plotting to use him as an instrument of vengeance when he comes of age.
