Volume 1: Sheng Wanxiang, who was born into a noble family in Suzhou, fell into prostitution due to a crime committed by his family, and became the leader of the Red Tower in the capital. She deals with the powerful, but in her heart she always clings to the broken engagement with her former lover Yang Mingyuan. Xiao Daoyu, the eldest son of Prince Zhongshun, took her under his command, causing her to get involved in the undercurrent of Fusi in Beizhen and the game between the East Palace. With a marriage proposal, she married into the Yang family as a common wife, but fell into the estrangement of Zhou Jingwan's rejection by her wife, the cold eyes of her mother-in-law, and the estrangement between her husband Yang Ming, who was close at hand but out of reach. Within the high walls of the deep house, Sheng Wanxiang experienced the harshness of the world, his body was like floating duckweed, and his heart was like a withered lotus. Finally, he passed away quietly in the autumn rain, leaving behind a sad elegy about friendship, identity and the times.
Volume 2: In order to survive, Gu Xianyue carefully rehearsed "Nan Ke Ji" and touched Ivan's mood with the song "Tear-stained Makeup", but he was also deeply involved in the whirlpool of power desire and old love. Through the mouth of the perfumer, Mrs. Qin, he got a glimpse of Ivan's deep obsession with the regent Xiao Daoyu and the palace secrets behind Zhan Tangxiang.
