The Romance in Shanghai City

Plot Synopsis

Miss Ye Qingwan, the seventh miss born into a family of Manchu loyalists, is the most proper young lady in Shanghai. However, beneath her端庄美丽的平静表象之下 (a calm appearance of dignity and beauty), is a fierce and crazy personality developed from being oppressed by the feudal family. Being used as a substitute for her sister and given to the cruel inspector who虐杀少女 (murders young girls) on that day, she set up a scheme herself, seduced Du Fengqi, the powerful young marshal of the northern province, and lured him to become her lover. With his help, step by step, she completely shattered the feudal and dirty Ye family! In this amorous affair under the misty rain of the Republic of China era, she thought it was just a love game full of ambition and exploitation. Little did she know that while she was fishing and baiting, he was the willing one to take the hook.