An ensemble story about women, set in an imagined world. The romance between the leads develops slowly, with the focus on the heroine’s growth.
Story background:
As the eldest daughter of the Wen family, Wen Xiangwan has received the strictest education since childhood. She is a young woman praised by all the noble ladies of the capital, and she is engaged to the eldest son of Minister Jiang, a match befitting her status. Her life seems ordinary yet perfect, until the Jiang family breaks off the engagement and things begin to change. Yan Chi, her childhood friend, becomes her fiancé...
(Most forms of address in the book follow Tang dynasty conventions, and the poems mentioned are all from the Ming dynasty or earlier. The etiquette and social systems are not based on any one particular dynasty, but are a composite.)
