故事发生在遥远的秦汉时代，貌美如花的吕雉（方舒 饰）在父亲的安排下嫁给了破落户刘邦（许还山 饰）。丈夫起事，率军东奔西走，征伐不断。作为家眷不仅无法随军，还时刻冒着被敌人当做人质杀害的危险。好不容易等来了刘邦一统天下的时刻，然而吕后的命运却迎来决定形的转变。刘邦宠幸能歌善舞的戚夫人，戚夫人（石兰 饰）所生的赵隐王如意又深得刘邦欢心。为了把持后宫，戚夫人接连设计谋害吕后，之后更点燃夺嗣之争的导火索。而为了让国家稳定，吕后不得不将自己变成铁石心肠的女人，她帮助皇帝除掉功高震主的韩信、彭越和英布，扫清一切异姓之王。在内则培植吕氏外戚势力，紧握国家大权。 这是一代皇后的传奇，也是一个女人的悲剧……
Returning from France, Jefferson strives to preserve the fragile new U.S. government and helps create the first political party, in bitter struggles with the Federalists. He becomes vice president in 1797, and the third U.S. president in 1801. His Louisiana Purchase doubles the nation's size, but he faces controversy and scandal, finally retiring to his beloved Monticello in 1809. His last years are spent founding the University of Virginia.
