The story is a sequel to Dream of Red Mansions. After the Jia family fell into despair, Jia Baoyu regained his strength and counterattacked to recreate the story of Red Mansions.
1. The core conflict of the story
1. Identity shackles: Jia Baoyu's identity after being saddled with the crime, and the institutional discrimination he encountered on the road to the imperial examination
2. Emotional entanglement: The mirror image comparison between the real and fake Lin Daiyu shows the dual dialectics of fate and character.
3. Power game: Imperial examination fraud cases in the transition between old and new imperial powers reflect the structural corruption of the feudal bureaucracy
