发妻已逝的镜花堂当家人祝满山（陈鸿烈）膝下有两子两女：长子祝有成（曾伟权）是他事业上的得力助手，被视为接班人；二子祝有业（陈豪）放浪不羁，对家中生意不闻不问；三女祝明惠（黎姿）人如其名聪明能干，但因是女儿家不被思想保守的他重用；四女祝明敏（曹敏莉）一身热血，常为社会不公事挺身而出。祝家尚有对镜花堂觊觎良久的祝满山之弟祝满田（李国麟）、其妻李雅仙（商天娥）以及投奔姐夫的祝满山的小姨子、其女吴以方（蒙嘉慧）。

　　祝有成与茶餐厅打工女宋云裳（向海岚）两情相悦，但碍于她的身份地位，一直瞒着祝满山，可是纸始终包不住火。祝满山勃然大怒之际，更爱美人的祝有成放下江山和宋云裳私奔，不幸遇难。祝满山经子女劝说，允许怀有祝家骨肉的宋云裳进了家门。祝有业成为家族事业继承人，其后镜花堂生意在他、吴以方、祝明惠及其夫黎国昌（蒋志光）手里几经沉浮。过程中，祝有业、吴以方及祝有业事业低潮时邂逅的温柔女子汪晓晴（陈敏之）之间，演绎了复杂的三角恋情，祝满田与李雅仙更是伺机夺到大权。而宋云裳一直对祝有成的死耿耿于怀，一心要将祝家报复。

CHUK MING WAI (LAI CHI, GIGI) is the third child of the family. She has two elder brothers, YAU SHING (TSANG WAI KUEN) and YAU YIP (CHAN HO, MOSES), and a younger sister, MING MAN (CHO, MANDY LEE).

In the 1930s, the CHUK family is rich and renowned. It runs a cosmetic shop called the “Charming Flowers”. WAI’s father CHUK MOON SHAN (CHAN HUNG LIT) plans to pass the family business to SHING. However, SHING dies young. His inheritance passes to YIP, who has no interest in running the business. After YIP takes over the “Charming Flowers”, he is forced to deal with politics and hypocrites...