Sixteen years ago, Victoria Kane avenged her eldest daughter Sophia, who had been assaulted and murdered. She killed the real culprit and her husband, who had helped cover up the crime. To shield her young daughter Emily from the vengeance of their enemies, she took full blame and went to prison.
Sixteen years later, Victoria is released at the end of her sentence. Fellow inmates and guards line up to bid farewell to this legendary queen. Ava, CEO of Scepter Capital, arrives with a convoy of a hundred luxury cars to welcome her. Possessing a fortune of 300 billion US dollars and a vast power network, Victoria turns down the chance to reclaim her throne of wealth. All she wants is to return to her daughter before Christmas, as an ordinary mother.
When Victoria tracks down Emily, she discovers her daughter has long been abused by her husband Ryan and the Heywood family. Worse still, Emily believes her mother is the killer of her father and the one who abandoned her. To uncover everything Emily endured over those sixteen years, Victoria first settles scores with the Grants, who embezzled 100 million US dollars of Emily’s guardianship fund. She reveals herself as the true owner of Scepter Capital, then faces relentless attacks from her traitorous subordinate Ethan, Adrian, head of the Financial Alliance, corrupt state troopers and the governor.
She rebuilds the Crown Alliance, seizes back stolen equity, and counters treason charges by exposing her historic merit: she once traded 100 billion US dollars to secure core technology for the nation. Adrian threatens Victoria with Emily’s life, only to perish at the queen’s hands.
Victoria then pays 10 billion US dollars to settle the so-called debt of gratitude the Heywoods claimed for raising Emily — before exacting bloody retribution for the abuse her daughter suffered. Adrian’s brother Lucas teams up with Ryan. Using forged DNA reports and doctored case files, they drive a wedge between mother and daughter, manipulating Emily into poisoning Victoria at the Christmas charity gala. The governor tries to prosecute Victoria over Adrian’s death, only to learn she is also the founder and sitting director of the Federal Special Investigation Bureau.
Just as the tide turns, Victoria collapses, poisoned. Ryan and Lucas step forward and smugly reveal the whole truth of what happened sixteen years prior. In reality, Victoria had seen through the poison all along and played along as part of her plan. She finally takes down Lucas, the governor and every accomplice. Emily ends her toxic marriage to Ryan with her own choice. Beside the Christmas dinner table, after years of misunderstanding and betrayal, mother and daughter clasp hands once more.