在马新贻(郑浩南)的祭台下，赤裸的凶手黄莲(甄楚倩)惨被凌迟。事缘马与莲兄及未婚夫不打不相识，马、莲更互相倾慕。原来马为两江提督，表面正人君子，却趁机向莲嫂加以淫辱，莲目睹一切……
书生宗湘若把一神秘女子，带回宗家长住。一和尚看出宗湘若被女妖所迷，教宗湘若家人用一灵符对付女妖，女妖即现真身被灵符制服，但宗湘若不忍而将其放生，后来宗湘若大病快死，宗湘若家人再遇该神秘女子，并给灵约救活，并指示找一帮手。后宗湘若和，并诞下儿子。但这原是报恩而来，亦从此消失，留下白纱给宗湘若，让他只剩下一段浪漫的回忆…
After marriage, a woman struggles to be the submissive wife that her husband and his family expect her to be. The story follows her journey, as she changes herself and, even more so, changes the household.
Acomicdramaaboutrage,doubt,lust,madness,andotherbrotherlyhand-me-downs.
