Introduction to the Plot of Northern Beauty
In the early years of the Republic of China, Xia Xizun, a newly appointed official of the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang Government, lost his son and daughter on the way to his new post. The brother and sister grew up with many difficulties under the care of their adoptive parents. The sister, Jiping, bore humiliation and studied Qinshu and Peking Opera successively in order to make a name for herself. Eventually she became a famous actress with excellent skills. However, in such a chaotic era, democracy and republic, deception and usurpation of state power, warlord strife, and Japanese invasion all affected the lives of the two siblings. Zhang Zongchang, with a mustache and an evil smile, and Han Fugu, a hero of the chaotic times, forced the stunningly beautiful sister to seek a way to survive. However, the brother, who was exposed to new ideas at school, embarked on a revolutionary path of resistance...