In 1925, in Pingjin, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, Shen Nianqing, a girl from a declining scholarly family, and Gu Beichen, a young marshal from the north, had their fates intertwined because of a yellowed contract. Old and new trends of thought collide, and their home and country are in turmoil. Where will their love go amid conspiracy, prejudice and the torrent of the times?
