故事发生在宋仁宗时代. 一天, 仁宗狩猎遇见八姐, 并深深爱上她, 遂派亲弟宋贤王往杨家说亲. 贤王与八姐曾有一面之缘, 互相吸引. 八姐心系贤王, 拒嫁仁宗. 仁宗误以为贤王从中作梗, 横刀夺爱| 便向八姐迫婚. 八姐宁死不从, 被仁宗收监候刑. 另边厢, 外族入侵宋境, 宋兵不敌, 仁宗只好命兵将世家出身的八姐领军杀敌, 贤王从之. 二人凯旋, 岂料仁宗听信谣言, 以为二人在军中行为不轨, 因爱成恨, 拒纳他们回国. 八…。Katherine of Alexandria, brought up as a nomad and living in the desert, was aged just 11 when Emperor Maxentius saw her whilst out on patrol. Consumed by her beauty, impudence and uncanny talent for languages, he abducted the child, killing her family. The slaughter was witnessed by her young friend, Constantine, who would later become Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. He never lost hope of finding Katherine. As a young woman, Katherine refused to submit to Maxentius' offers of marriage and she continually denounced his brutal enforcement of pagan religion upon the masses. Still obsessed with her beauty, Maxentius brought Katherine before 50 of Rome's finest scholars in an open court in Alexandria, where she eloquently demolished their arguments. When Constantine learned of Katherine's whereabouts and imprisonment at the hands of Maxentius, he led his army from York in a desperate bid to save her.。