A Tough Side of a Lady (Chinese: 花木蘭; Jyutping: faa1 muk6 laan4) is a 1998 Hong Kong, ancient costumed comedy drama produced by TVB.

The drama is a rendition of the legendary folklore of Hua Mulan, a brave girl who took her ailing father's place in the army to fight in battle.

Original broadcast of the series began on January 12 till February 6, 1998, on TVB's Jade channel, Monday–Friday during its 7:30–8:30 p.m. timeslot.

Muk Lan's father tells her that while he was in the army he had made a marriage arrangement for her to marry a man named Tsui Sam Gong (Lau Wing-Kin), Muk Lan did not mind the arranged marriage since she has secretly admired Sam Gong for a long time.

One night while the government official and his son was transporting the stolen money they noticed Muk Lan's father and thought he had witnessed what they were doing.