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It is not just a romance novel, but also wants to use Chen Yuanyuan and Wu Sangui as clues to draw out the picture of the withered country in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties - the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, the sudden rise and fall of the Dashun, and the iron heel of the Qing Dynasty moving south. In the competition between the three parties, there is the sadness and helplessness of that era, but also the resistance that has not given up in the desperate situation, and the faint hope hidden in the cracks. I want to take "keeping one's heart" as the root of this story. Just like Wu Sangui in the late Ming Dynasty, who struggled repeatedly between surrendering and not surrendering, but never lost his obsession with "protecting the family"; Chen Yuanyuan was labeled as a "beauty is a disaster", but did not wear off the expectation of "confidant love" in the rumors - those moments when they "wanted to protect themselves and each other" in troubled times can actually shine into the present. Nowadays, it is difficult to work in all industries. Many people are trapped in the anxiety of "industrial decline". The low employment rate and the inflation of academic qualifications make it difficult for young people. This kind of confusion of "being pushed by the times" echoes the involuntary actions of the people in the late Ming Dynasty, even Wu Sangui and Chen Yuanyuan, and has echoes across time and space. I have seen many of my friends, some of whom squeezed their way into universities and governments that were regarded as respectable by everyone, and became civil servants or teachers at a young age, but were squeezed out by the involution day after day; some of whom made an annual income of three to five million in a large factory, but lived like a "cow horse" and were riddled with diseases. Even weekends are occupied by work, leaving no time for themselves; there are also girls who are obviously thin enough, but in order to cater to the "white and thin" aesthetic, they insist on starving themselves, and end up looking pale and depressed - everyone seems to be following "the way the world should be" He ran away, but slowly lost the life he really wanted. So I hope readers can see from Chen Wu's story: Even if you are in a trough, if you stick to what you really want to do, maintain a positive attitude, and don't be pushed away by stereotyped "success" such as "respectability", "high salary" and "standard aesthetics", it is always possible to move forward. I would also like to tell everyone that in many cases it is not because of insufficient personal ability or ambition, but because the trend of the times and the actual situation will bring too many restrictions. Don't fall into internal friction just because things don't go your way. Being able to keep your heart amidst complexity is already very valuable.