In the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, warlord's wife Shen Ruolan was forced by her mother-in-law Zhao Jinfeng to be cast aside and divorced because she continuously gave birth to two daughters. Her husband Lu Jingchuan publicly tore up the letter of divorce and broke the family rules, taking his wife and daughters to leave. Facing clan encirclement and the severance of financial paths, Shen Ruolan passed the lawyer's examination, used the law as a weapon to take the clan to court, fighting for her own right not to be divorced, and furthermore speaking up for oppressed women across the world.