Plot: The Tong family was framed 20 years ago and sentenced to death for treason. Tong Bik (Liza Wang) escaped with her life although she lost her infant son. Her husband Ling Fung (Adam Cheng) was plucked from death by Cheung Sing, a eunuch, and sentenced to a life of servitude, serving the eunuch as a captain of the guards as Cheung Sing schemed to gain the emperor's favour. Ling agreed to serve the eunuch so that he could remain in the capital to seek revenge on the Szema family that he believed caused the Tong family's downfall. He wears a mask to hide the tattoo that marks him as a death row convict.