Back when women were not supposed to run businesses, when musicians and dancers had pariah status, Zhao Pan'er (Liu Yifei), a former dancer, owned a restaurant in a village outside the capital. When she got word that her fiance, who was in the capital taking the civil exam, wanted to break off their engagement to marry the daughter of a prominent family, Pan'er trekked to the capital with her best friends. Along the way, she got entangled with Gu Qian Fan (Chen Xiao), deputy Commissioner of the Capital Security Office.
How Pan'er and her friends, all pariahs, change their fates makes for an engrossing and uplifting watch. The romance is quite delectable too.
How Pan'er and her friends, all pariahs, change their fates makes for an engrossing and uplifting watch. The romance is quite delectable too.