She Refused to Be a Plaything and Won the Warlord's Heart by Cracking Codes

Shen Manqing is the Peerless songstress of the Paramount, a beauty with skin like ice and bones like jade, born with irresistible charm. But she catches the eye of the city's deranged, obsessive young Marshal Lu. To force her to submit, Marshal Lu shuts down her theater and arrests her fellow performers. He presses a gun to her forehead and sneers, “Manqing, you'll never go anywhere in this life except to my bed.” Everyone thinks this canary has no chance of escape, but Shen Manqing turns around and tears up the script. When she gets the chance to perform for the military government, she puts her fluency in foreign languages and exceptional skill in deciphering intelligence to use. Alone, she breaks into the study of Governor Fu, a cold-blooded man who holds power over three provinces, and slaps down a top-secret telegram that could determine their fate. Her beautiful face set with resolve, she says, “Governor, how about trading an enemy deployment map for your protection?” Later, Young Marshal Lu surrounds the governor's residence with a large force and demands that she be handed over. The gates swing open with a crash. Governor Fu, who has always kept women at a distance and dealt ruthlessly with his enemies, is bent over lighting Shen Manqing's cigarette. Then he shoots Young Marshal Lu through the ankle and says, his voice cold as a prison cell, “How dare you point a gun at my wife?”