S01E01 Episode 1
Accompanied by his female chef HONG PO-KEI, the Prince is delivering a batch of royal rice to the city of Wuxi. On the way, they are under siege by a group of famine victims but...
Rosy Business
S01E02: Episode 2
YEE and PANG KIU ask MAN to call the police without causing any disturbance to the Prince and the feast. KEI gets caught and is brought to the front of the Prince. The Prince states that he will have KEI executed upon confirmation of her identity. KIU begs the Prince to release KEI. He emphasizes that KEI’s father was a good official and that he did not open the Royal Rice Store for his own benefit but only for the sake of thousands of famine victims. The Prince points out that anyone who has broken the law should get punished and KIU continues to intercede for KEI by asking for punishment upon him. The incident is finally over… KIU proposes to KEI and KEI accepts, although she knows she can only be his fourth wife. YEE and the other two wives of KIU object to the marriage and go to have a word with KIU’s mother KWAI YUK-YUE. However their request is refused and they end up getting a severe telling-off……
Overview
Set in Eastern China in the mid-19th century Qing Dynasty, the mercantile Chiang family and the ambition and jealousy surrounding the issue of who will inherit the family business when Chiang Kiu dies. Hong Po-kei marries into the Chiang family as Chiang Kiu's fourth wife. She gains ownership of Hing Fung Nin, the family rice shop, and guides the ambitious coolie Chai Kau to rise in the social status ladder.
Episodes
S01E02 Episode 2
YEE and PANG KIU ask MAN to call the police without causing any disturbance to the Prince and the feast. KEI gets caught and is brought to the front of the Prince. The Prince states...
S01E03 Episode 3
The Yellow-breasted Buntings have posed a threat to the grain harvest. For this reason, MAN has launched a “Kill the Birds” Campaign and asks all the Wuxi citizens to join it. KEI urges MAN to...
S01E04 Episode 4
Members of the TSEUNGs are debating whether or not to pay the ransom. As everyone is at a loss of what to do, HANG tells the TSEUNGs not to worry and that he will get...
S01E05 Episode 5
KIU returns to Wuxi and decides to pay the ransom. KEI tries to stop him but in vain. KEI bribes HANG’s mistress HOI-TONG and finally manages to save KAU. KAU returns to the warehouse and...
S01E06 Episode 6
MAN makes a formal apology to KIU but KIU is still very angry and refuses to forgive him. During the breakfast, MAN discloses his plan to start a new business in Beijing, which, to everyone’s...
S01E07 Episode 7
Not wanting to be oppressed by HANG, KIU takes KAU’s advice and decides to go for land transport as an alternative means. As instructed by KIU, CHING is to manage and oversee the whole delivery...
S01E08 Episode 8
KAU has finally convinced TIN to send the rice back to Wuxi. KAU who has done a real good job comes back to Hing Fung Lin in great honour. KEI announces his promotion to the...
S01E09 Episode 9
YEE reveals to PANG KIU that KIU did not marry her for love, but PANG KIU does not believe her at all. YEE and PANG KIU bring FONG to the front of the Guanyin statue...
S01E10 Episode 10
KEI is grateful to YUE for her timely support. YUE says she understands that taking care of the whole family is too big a burden to be borne by KEI. TONG appreciates KAU’s courage and...
S01E11 Episode 11
While KAU is besieged by HANG’s followers, KEI gets into the hut where KAU has been hiding himself. She makes it clear that no one can harm KAU and that she will try her very...
S01E12 Episode 12
CHING gives in to FONG’s request and agrees to accompany her back to her hometown. To protect YAU MAN and her mother from further harm, CHING asks them to go with him as well. It...
S01E13 Episode 13
While MAN and KAU are quarrelling, millions of locusts have arrived, thus throwing the city of Wuxi into complete confusion. KEI asks the workers to go back home and stay with their families while she...
S01E14 Episode 14
MAN has got all the credit for leading the city out of the locust crisis. Thinking that it is too unfair to KEI and CHING, YAU MAN would like to tell KIU the truth but...
S01E15 Episode 15
To prevent MAN from being expelled from the family, YEE offers to give him a lecture by beating him repeatedly with a thick stick and finally manages to make KIU change his mind. PANG KIU...
S01E16 Episode 16
MAN hates KAU so much that he is resolved to seek revenge. TONG goes to see KAU again revealing how she is kicked out of her family home. KAU sympathizes with her and offers her...
S01E17 Episode 17
KIU learns from Magistrate LAM that the Taiping troops have been attacking Hangzhou. He gets so worried when he knows that MO and PANG KIU have lost contact with the family. KEI needs HANG and...
S01E18 Episode 18
MAN blames HING for spreading the rumor that he has murdered KAU, thus causing a great hubbub in the TSEUNG’s Mansion. To everyone’s surprise, KEI defends MAN and forbids anyone in the family from mentioning...
S01E19 Episode 19
KEI does a check on the family’s assets. She locks everything inside the audit room and passes the key to MAN. The following morning MAN discovers that all the assets and relative documents have gone....
S01E20 Episode 20
KEI reveals to MAN that KAU is still alive and that she has a feeling that the family is being watched. Knowing that KAU is going to take revenge on MAN, YEE forbids her son...
S01E21 Episode 21
KAU is going to take revenge on MAN. KEI and CHING have noticed that and do their best to stop him at once. YEE who is desperate to save her son takes KEI hostage with...
S01E22 Episode 22
CHING has finally decided to take over the family business. The TSEUNGs are very happy about this and hold a celebration party for him later on. YEE sneaks into KEI’s bedroom and does something to...
S01E23 Episode 23
KAU reveals the truth to everyone. Having realized how well-liked and respected KEI is, General CHIU finally decides to release her. Upon the instruction of General CHIU, KAU heads for HANG’s house to confiscate his...
S01E24 Episode 24
KAU runs into HANG who has just crawled out from the wreckage. He asks HANG about KEI’s whereabouts and HANG means to mislead him by advising him to go find KEI at the hut where...
S01E25 Episode 25
The Prince is amazed at how united Wuxi citizens are in supporting KEI. He is deeply touched by their sincerity and finally agrees to their request. Knowing that the Prince has lost a number of...
Cast
Sheren Tang Shui-Man
康宝琦
Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung
柴九
Elliot Ngok Wah
蒋乔
Susan Tse Suet-Sum
殷凤仪
Kiki Sheung
彭娇
Kara Wai Ying-Hung
刘芳
Ron Ng Cheuk-Hai
蒋必正
Suki Chui
丘敏
Nancy Wu Ting-Yan
孙海棠
Chan Wing-Chun
周广
Ngo Ka-Nin
蒋必文
Kelvin Leung
蒋必武
