Elvira, a Spanish painter based in Paris, receives news that her husband has died in his house in Shanghai. Accompanied by her niece, she leaves Marseille by boat to go and recover Rémy’s body, unaware that this journey is the beginning of a stunning quest through China in search of the treasure of the first emperor. After an eventful voyage, they finally arrive and Elvira and Fernanda soon become involved in an adventure that is beyond their wildest dreams.