At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the family and country collapsed. The talented girl Huang Yuan lost her home in troubled times, but with a pen and an inkstone, she broke through the chaos and was reborn. She grew up from a down-and-out lady who sold paintings on a boat to a "boudoir tutor" traveling among wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. She relied on her talents and learning to settle down and face her destiny with her character. This is not only an epic counterattack by a talented woman, but also a magnificent elegy about women protecting their dignity with writing and ink amid the fission of the times.
