和坤（陳展鵬）才智過人， 深得乾隆帝寵信， 權傾朝野， 營私植黨， 人稱「二皇帝」。
皇十五子永琰（譚俊彥）看似平庸， 與世無爭， 遂得和坤相中， 扶植為皇位繼承人。 嘉慶四年，乾隆駕崩，嘉慶帝先後說服和坤兒子豐紳殷德（何廣沛）以及心腹福長安（陳山聰）倒戈相向，意圖以雷霆手段將和坤及其黨羽一舉殲滅。 然而老謀深算的和坤早有對策， 不但化解嘉慶連番攻擊； 更反客為主， 揭出皇貴妃（李施嬅）一段不可告人的秘密， 令家慶腹背受敵！
和坤二夫人長媚（姚子羚）和紅顏知己豆蔻（唐詩詠）亦在宮中與江湖上分頭行事， 令一向支持家慶的親弟永璘（張穎康）與之反目成仇， 而白蓮教也在江湖上與風作浪， 令家慶陷入絕境。 豈料天命難違⋯⋯
HESHEN (Ruco Chan), brilliant and favoured by EMPEROR QIANLONG, has influence over the throne. He forges extensive factional alliances for shared venality and is dubbed the “Second Emperor”. PRINCE YONGYAN (Shaun Tam), the 15th son of the Emperor, appears mediocre with no ambition, so is selected by HESHEN as first line to the throne. After the death of QIANLONG in the 4th year of EMPEROR JIAQING’s reign, JIAQING manages to convince HESHEN’s son FENGSHEN-YINDE (Matthew Ho) and confidant FUCHANG’AN (Joel Chan) to turn their coat, seeking to sweepingly eliminate HESHEN and his cronies. But, wily HESHEN comes prepared. Facing JIAQING’s attacks, he not only manages to solve this crisis, but also turns the tables, exposing the unspeakable secret of ROYAL NOBLE CONSORT (Selena Lee). Suddenly, JIAQING is caught in the crossfire!
HESHEN’s second wife CHANG MEI (Elain Yiu) and female confidant DOUKOU (Natalie Tong) act separately inside and outside the imperial court, turning JIAQING’s longtime supporter/own brother PRINCE YONGLIN (Jonathan Cheung) into his enemy. With the White Lotus Sect wreaking havoc nationwide, JIAQING is plugged into despair. However, he is a man with a mandate from heaven……

嫁到馬來西亞做大嫂的李夢露（陳煒）因身負巨債，逼不得已回港投靠姪女李樂怡（岑麗香），二人性格南轅北轍，不時發生齟齬，但意外得知親兄本有一檔果欄被馮大堅（黃光亮）及其姪子馮寶（黃浩然）私侵，為要搶回業權，展開一連串軟硬兼備的攻勢，鬧出不少笑話與風波。樂怡同窗黃有財（楊明）是麻油地熱心社工邂逅奇女子陳玉敏（馮盈盈），且糾纏於果欄於江湖的是非之間，夢露、樂怡及玉敏三女子經歷多翻轉折，令到本來守舊缺乏朝氣的果欄起了翻天地覆的變化……

Once married into wealth but now debt-ridden, LEE MUNG-LU (Alice Chan) returns to Hong Kong from Malaysia to seek refuge with her niece LEE LOK-YEE (Eliza Sam). They are poles apart, often bricking. By chance, MUNG-LU learns that the fruit market owned by her elder brother was seized by FUNG TAI-KIN (Wong Kwong Leung) and his nephew FUNG BO (Rayong Wong). She seeks to reclaim the property by hook or by crook but ends up in hilarious chaos. LOK-YEE and her schoolmate WONG YAU-CHOI (Mat Yeung) are social workers devoted to helping others in Yau Ma Tei. They encounter legendary CHAN YUK-MAN (Crystal Fung) and get caught up in a controversy surrounding the fruit market and the society. Having gone through many ups and downs, MUNG-LU, LOK-YEE and YUK-MAN eventually bring significant change to the out-of-date fruit market……