Warriors of the Yang Clan

Though full of ideas and passion, Yang Yanhui, the fourth son of the Song general Yang Ye, never seemed capable to satisfy his father. After a serendipitous encounter, he fell deeply in love with Pan Yuyan, the daughter of the chancellor Pan Renmei. At the border between the Song and Liao empires, he saved the Liao princess Mingji twice, which initiated her obsession with him.

Meanwhile, Yang Ye's seventh son Yang Yansi helped his third brother Yang Yanqing propose to the housemaid and their best friend Yang Chuchu, until finally realising that her love was himself. Right before her wedding, Yang Chuchu was raped by Pan Yuyan's brother Pan Bao and committed suicide, and Pan Bao died in the ensuring brawl with the Yang brothers.

Yang Yanqing and Yang Yanhui were attacked by Pan Renmei's assassins in jail and had to flee. Yang Yanqing finally found love with the pure-hearted bandit Mao Xiaoying. Back home, Yang Ye's sixth son Yang Yanzhao's romance with childhood friend Princess Chai blossomed.

Yiyun, a Liao spy, succeeded in putting the Yangs in great danger, but eventually sacrificed her own life to save the family and Yang Ye's fifth son Yang Yande, whom she developed feelings for. To be with Yang Yanhui, Pan Yuyan parted ways with her vengeful father, who had plotted with the Liao army to lure Yang Ye and the Song emperor into a trap.

While the Song emperor escaped from the ambush at Golden Beach, Yang Ye and many of his sons died tragically one after another. Captured alive, Yang Yanhui was presented with a choice: die a hero like his father and brothers, or become a despicable traitor and marry Princess Mingji whom he did not love - the only option if he wanted to return home and unite with his family again.