Set in the fictional Eastern Liang dynasty, circus performer Ye Ningzhi’s troupe enters the palace and stages a performance to celebrate the empress dowager’s birthday. The ambitious grand princess (emperor’s sister) decides to cause mischief by framing her for treason, though the heroine is saved by strategist Wei Guang, and falls in love at first sight with him.

• He Hongshan
• Cao Xiwen
• Xu Zhengxi
• Lai Yiu-Cheung
• Liu Min
• Cui Peng
• Luo Qiuyun
• Bai Hai Tao