在这部大辽太后剧情片中,大辽肖太后，名婵，字燕燕，史称太后。她辅佐景宗皇帝，决断军国大事十四年，签护年幼圣宗皇帝，临朝摄政二十七年，实际对辽代的统治长达四十年，是一位可与武则天类比的契丹族女皇。肖燕燕用自己的聪明才智，取悦皇帝，掌管后宫，执理朝政，抵御外来侵略，平息国内多种叛乱，深得民众的拥戴。经过12年的努力，肖燕燕终于登上了契丹女皇的宝座，并使大辽达到了鼎盛时期
In the 10th century the daughter of an official cannot be with the man she loves because two successive emperors desire her but finally as the empress dowager she is reunited with her only love.
太后与权臣的故事。
