世纪之交的年代，我国沿海的东海市。由WO环球贸易开发公司融资兴建的太平洋娱乐城落成，董事长兼总经理司马洛奇从海外飞抵东海市，市中院执行局局长赵杰根据法院判决，前去查封娱乐城，遭到不明真相的群众和保安的殴打。《东海日报》记者谢亮报道了此事，市长金海涛批评中院对司马洛奇一案判决，记者谢亮找赵杰道歉，为自己的失实报道深感内疚并表示愿做赵杰的同盟军。司马洛奇行贿原省委书记夫人苏影，通过苏影的巴结上了
早年丧夫的孙妈妈（归亚蕾 饰）怕孩子受委屈未再嫁人，独自将三个女儿拉扯长大，如今她们都己先后嫁人。大女儿孙菲（秦海璐 饰）嫁给了政府官员郑奇（侯天来 饰），孙妈妈很是满意。二女学的法律专业，丈夫赵启龙（姜彤 饰）是商界大亨，这更使孙妈妈称心。唯独小女孙茜（冯一非 饰）嫁给了的哥李琼（孙涛 饰），这使孙妈妈大为光火，大女婿二女婿抓金子抓银子，这三女婿不是抓土么。于是，一场长达十年的岳母和姑爷没有硝烟的战争拉开了帷幕。孙茜为使妈妈感觉自己并没嫁错人，鼓励丈夫学外语，无奈李琼根本不是那块料，孙茜恨铁不成钢。天有不测风云，大女婿二女婿相继东窗事发，孙妈妈急火攻心瘫痪在床，三女婿关健时刻方显好女婿本色，他要为岳母养老送终......
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.
