summer in 1985, Zhao Peking Opera Troupe of the month red lover as a young man of the famous Tsing Yi Xiao He Zhongxin back, Xiao month red clown actor Zhao Mingliang husband filed for divorce, and go to court for the custody of the child Zhao pear . Zhao Mingliang in court by virtue of the clown actor nothing more than taking on the effort, to own the grounds of a child custody right perfect, won the judges approval. Xiao month red emergency situations, in order to get custody of her daughter's willing to fabricate a daughter is not a natural Zhao Mingliang lies. Their case has been jealous of Xiao month red troupe head of the wife of Wu Zhiqiang Ma Yanli poke to the tabloid, one-time sensation.

Xiao Yue-hong farewell performances, usually near the play because he sympathized with Zhao Mingliang are not willing to play a supporting role for her. The expected, Zhao Mingliang offered to accompany Xiao month red performed her hit "Drunken Beauty". Then, the play is, so Zhao Mingliang fascinated Xiao month red, and her as a concubine, like wait for so many years. On the stage they do not have a fondly into, so we moved. Unprecedented exciting, this farewell concert a great success. Night, Xiao month to see her daughter the last one leave to the daughter of the cosmetic case, out of the house.

night, Zhao Mingliang renamed Zhao Castle Peak (played by Li Baotian), daughter renamed Zhao Xiaoping (cattle Showtime played), he wanted to start a new life and her daughter. However, the daughter of non-self "has been like a poison to penetrate his heart, so that he can not reconcile himself with his lingering shadow ...... love his daughter will not be discounted? Daughter love will not change? He Zhao, "the first ugly" with Beijing opera talent and love of Peking Opera daughter, What will happen to touching people lament, is convulsed story. ?

"harlequin father" to the main line to the ethics of his daughter two generations of family as well as the fate of disputes, from the unique perspective of art integrated into the family, love, friendship and loss, stick to struggle and so on many connotations , full of personality conflicts, witty representation of the texture of life which shows the trajectory of the rise and fall of the revitalization of reform and opening up of Chinese opera troupes to shape a number of unique personality, the image of the live image of opera actor, the performance of the opera actor heritage of the Peking Opera, struggling journey, struggling to explore, the persistent adhere to the sense of responsibility and noble character.