半年间，SNK剧变，总监余英飞离职、门外汉古肇华空降。张家妍虽掌权却难服众。刘艳的公开平台崛起，动摇传统媒体地位，连已入官场的许诗晴亦被卷入新旧媒体的角力。文慧心于此时复出，昭告世人：新闻女王的地位永远不可撼动！
主要讲述了了一对母子二十多年来的情感纠葛，儿找母、母寻子的故事，折射出当今社会一些人在金钱和利益的驱动下失去对社会的责任感、家庭的温暖以及亲人的关爱。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
书生谢渊游历四方，偶然闯入施行一妻多夫制度的女尊国，因出众的样貌被长公主看中强掳进宫，被迫嫁给长公主做男宠，不愿屈服的谢渊设计出逃，途中却碰到“人美心善”的二公主仗义相助，本以为是场邂逅，却不曾想竟被迫卷入一场阴谋宫斗之中……
九一八事变爆发后，留学日本的青年沈云回国效力，却遭遇沈家被日本人竹上灭门的惨剧，而沈云也被日本人陷害入狱，死期不远。为了复仇，沈云假死逃过一劫，忍痛和初恋吴楚琳分手，并改名华明翰，加入中统，与救命恩人兰亭舒扮演假夫妻、收养十岁女孩晶晶后去往上海执行潜伏任务。 七年后，华明翰表面上是上海租界巡捕房的总探长，实则是让日本人闻风丧胆的“冰锋”，他带领华兴社成员周旋于波诡云谲的局势中，粉碎了日本人在华的重重阴谋。 与此同时，朝夕相处的兰亭舒爱上了华明翰，而华明翰心中却只有吴楚琳。然而，当吴楚琳再次出现认出他就是昔日恋人沈云时，为了大义，他只能再一次推开吴楚琳。直到吴楚琳被日本人炸死，他才知道她就是一直报道冰锋事迹的记者曙光。 祸不单行，养女晶晶和兰亭舒先后在抗日行动中牺牲，华明翰亦得知兰亭舒的真实身份是共产党，对国民党彻底心死的他毅然退出中统，带领华兴社加入新四军，开始了新的抗日征程。
