玉儿（袁姗姗饰）和海兰珠（张檬饰）虽然是同父异母的姐妹，但是她们的感情比嫡亲姐妹还要亲，她们最开心的事就是在草原打猎放羊，过着自由自在无忧无虑的生活。在一次叼羊大会上，她们遇到了各自心爱的男人。玉儿姐妹的姑父皇太极(刘恺威饰)认识了这一对姐妹花，他向玉儿许下承诺，一定要帮她完成一个心愿。海兰珠的爱人卓林（钱泳辰饰）外出打仗，海兰珠在草原上苦苦等待，结果等来的却是他战死沙场的噩耗。海兰珠失去了生的动力，她想为卓林殉葬，而玉儿拼死救下了她。海兰珠的痴情感动了皇太极。在这乱世里，姐妹俩最终嫁给了同一个男人，经历着战乱，政权的相争。后来玉儿的儿子福临登基统一了天下，但是又因为爱妃董鄂氏的去世动了出家的念头，玉儿极力阻止，最终福临因病驾崩。玉儿经历了白发人送黑发人的人间悲剧，将全部精力用在扶持孙儿玄烨的身上，为后来的康熙盛世打下坚实的基础

Although Yuer (played by Yuan Shanshan) and Hai Lanzhu (played by Zhang Li) are half sisters, their relationship is stronger than that of real sisters. They still want to kiss each other. The happiest thing for them is to hunt and herd sheep in the grassland, living a carefree and carefree life. At a sheep gathering, they met their beloved men. Yu'er sister's uncle Huang Taiji (played by Hawick Lau) got to know this pair of sisters, and he promised Yu'er that he would help her fulfill a wish. Hai Lanzhu's lover Zhuo Lin (played by Qian Yongchen) went out to fight. Hai Lanzhu waited hard on the grassland, but what he waited for was the bad news that he died in the battle. Hai Lanzhu lost the motivation to live. She wanted to be buried for Zhuo Lin, but Yu'er saved her with all her might. Hai Lanzhu's infatuation moved Huang Taiji. In this troubled world, the two sisters finally married the same man, and experienced wars and power struggles. Later, Yu'er's son Fulin ascended the throne to unify the world, but because of the death of his beloved concubine Dong E, he moved the idea of becoming a monk, Yu'er tried his best to stop it, and finally Fulin died of illness. Yu'er experienced the human tragedy of a white-haired man giving away a black-haired man, and devoted all her energy to supporting her grandson Xuanye, laying a solid foundation for the later Kangxi prosperity