In the 1930s, Tang Shuisheng, a rural teenager, came to Shanghai to seek refuge with his sixth uncle (played by Li Xuejian). Under his recommendation,[Expand All]
In the 1930s, Tang Shuisheng, a rural teenager, came to Shanghai to seek refuge with his sixth uncle (played by Li Xuejian). Under his recommendation, he became the personal servant of the queen of singing and dancing, Xiao Jinbao (played by Gong Li). Xiao Jinbao is the woman of Tang Laoye (played by Li Baotian), a powerful figure in Shanghai. However, she has an affair with her subordinate, Song Erye, who has long been eyeing Tang Laoye's position. The sudden death of Uncle Liu made Lord Tang alert. He took Xiao Jinbao, Shuisheng and others to a small island where only the widow Cuihua and her two children lived for refuge, and ordered that all familiar and unfamiliar faces on the island be killed without exception. During her time with Cuihua, Xiao Jinbao gained a different understanding of life and gradually became very dissatisfied with Lord Tang's cruelty. However, her fate was also in Lord Tang's hands.[Collapse]
