During the Qing dynasty's golden age, when Emperor Kangxi was a child, Minister Ao Bai gathered his cronies to eliminate dissenters. After Kangxi grew up, in order not to cause internal turmoil, he had to pretend to be ignorant and secretly deployed his forces. At this time, in Jiangnan, there was a young storyteller named Wei Xiaobao who performed with his mother Wei Chunhua at Lichun Courtesan House for a living, enduring many hardships unknown to others. Fortunately, his affection with his lover Little Goldfish added warmth to his heart. On the other hand, southern patriots also formed the Heaven and Earth Society, led by martial arts expert Chen Jinnan. After Chen Jinnan failed in an assassination attempt on Ao Bai and got injured, he fled into the Lichun Courtesan House and was helped by Wei Xiaobao. In order to deal with Ao Bai, Emperor Kangxi sent Princess Jianning disguised as a man along with his trusted eunuch Hai Dafu to find experts in Jiangnan to bring back to the capital to kill Ao Bai.