In the 1930s, rural boy Tang Shuishui came to Shanghai to seek refuge with Liu Shu (Li Xuejian) and, under his recommendation, became a personal servant of the Queen of Song and Dance, Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li). Xiao Jinbao is the woman of Tang Laoye (Li Baotian), a prominent figure in Shanghai, but she has an affair with her subordinate Song Erye, who has already coveted Tang Laoye's position
In the 1930s, rural boy Tang Shuishui came to Shanghai to seek refuge with Liu Shu (Li Xuejian) and, under his recommendation, became a personal servant of the Queen of Song and Dance, Xiao Jinbao (Gong Li). Xiao Jinbao is the woman of Tang Laoye (Li Baotian), a prominent figure in Shanghai, but she has an affair with her subordinate Song Erye, who has already coveted Tang Laoye's position