TV drama about Li Lianying childhood poverty, adulthood, by the big eunuch Ann Dehai teaching, for the Empress Dowager Ci Xi side right, but feel helpless and people together except An Dehai, be Qinggong large duct, Guangxu ascended the throne, Jia Wu war risks in the Li Hongzhang both cut, so Ci Xi blessed, escaped; Wu Xu reform failure, Ci Xi, Guangxu contradictions, but Li Lianying in which sustain, the Eight-Power Allied forces to Beijing, Li and help Ci Xi killed Emperor Guangxu pet Zhen Fei; Queen Ci Xi and the emperor died, Li Lianying out of the palace, sigh a student honor, solitary zero or one to wake and Ci Xi.