During the reign of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianliang City remained prosperous, but undercurrents surged. There were partisan disputes in the imperial court, and civil water transport and commercial wars were fierce. As a water transport family in the south of the Yangtze River, the Lin family controlled the important lifeline of water transportation; the Chen family passed down poetry and calligraphy and was well-known in the court and literary circles. Two seemingly unrelated families, due to a sudden change, the fates of Lin Qingqing and Chen Ya are closely linked.
