《血观音》描述在女人组成的棠府里，住着3位不同世代但一样懂人心的女性，由棠夫人（惠英红饰）主持大局，穿梭权贵间，靠着高超手腕与柔软身段，在复杂的政商关系中生存取利；个性如刺猬般的大女儿棠宁（吴可熙饰）为求母亲肯定，勉力配合；乖巧的小女儿棠真（文淇饰）多半静静观察，唯母命是从。直到某天，棠家亲密友人惨遭灭门事件爆发，三人各自被牵扯其中，一向以大局为重的棠夫人，为了守护一切，费尽心机，却让三人走向不同的命运。Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.