Behind the marriage alliance between two of Jinling’s most powerful families lies a childhood bond between Lin Yan and Mu Shiqing. When a business conspiracy brings down the Lin family, Lin Yan is forced to become a warlord’s plaything. Mu Shiqing slaughters his way through a brothel to protect her, but is framed in a vicious plot and forced to work with the revolutionaries. Meanwhile, Mu Lianqing, who runs the Mu family’s trading company and is Mu Shiqing’s younger sister, enters into a business rivalry with Lin Yan, a down-on-his-luck scholar and Lin Yan’s older brother. Together, their stories paint a complex picture of commerce and romance in Republican-era China.
