During the Republican era, warlords carved up the country.
The Changsha governor was killed by his former deputy.
His daughter Qing Lian, a peerless beauty, was coveted by her father's murderer and forced to flee south to Guangzhou.
But Guangzhou, too, was engulfed in flames of war.
Just when she finally took a liking to a man, she discovered he was married.
Qing Lian meant to let him go,
but the married man belatedly fell for her.
See how the governor pursues his wife,
and how his daughter navigates a world in turmoil.
