Angela Lansbury returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, and more people are turning up dead wherever she ventures! From killer fashion to ancient curses to death at the rodeo, Jessica Fletcher is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody knew were there.
时为满清雍正元年，结束了血腥的夺位之争，新的君主（陈建斌 饰）继位，国泰民安，政治清明，但在一片祥和的表象之下，一股暗流蠢蠢欲动。尤其后宫，华妃（蒋欣 饰）与皇后（蔡少芬 饰）分庭抗礼，各方势力裹挟其中，凶险异常。在太后（刘雪华 饰）的主持下，一场盛大的选秀拉开帷幕。以 此为机缘，美丽善良的女孩——大理寺少卿甄远道长女甄嬛（孙俪 饰）意外得到雍正的赏识，从此步入皇宫。在皇后和华妃两方势力的夹击下，甄嬛小心周旋，忍辱负重，命悬一线。她不得不用自己的智慧保护自己，又一次次被卷入残酷的宫闱斗争之中…… 本片根据流潋紫的同名小说原著改编。
