In the early years of the Ming Republic, Li Xingren, an outstanding and patriotic young man and a rising officer in the Beiyang Army, meets a princess of a princely household by chance during the war. Their exceptional romance crosses ethnic boundaries. Together, they revitalize the nation's industries and protect the national treasures in the Forbidden City, continuing all the way to the founding of the People's Republic of China. The story is expected to run to two million words; one million have already been written.
