Focusing on the "Shaoxing Peace Conference" in the 11th year of Shaoxing (1141) in the Southern Song Dynasty to the 2nd year of Longxing (1164), a period of troubled chess games intertwined with internal and external troubles. The Southern Song Dynasty was peaceful in Lin'an (today's Hangzhou), with "Xingzai" as the capital, but the humiliation of the Central Plains was never restored, lingering like cold smoke. This capital city with Zhulou, painted boats and endless music and music is like a handful of burning embers that are not extinguished, hiding the sorrow of family and country and the undercurrent of treachery. It is the "ember of Lin'an". Above the court, the two factions of the main war and the main and the hegemony are at odds with each other. Conflicts and liquidations are being staged every day, and the battle of power is dark. Outside the northern border, the iron hoofs of the Jin Kingdom crush the wars of the Central Plains, destroying the Han family's cultural heritage with iron-blooded high pressure, exposing the bones and burning the ancient books. The three parties fighting against Jin Zhongliang, the treacherous disciples, and the secret spies of the Jin Kingdom are at each step alarming. Everyone is either hiding in the market, lurking in the court, or fighting to the death on the battlefield. They all use forbearance to find a way to survive in the troubled times and plan to regain their land. This book uses the flames of war as its background, the intrigues of the court and suspenseful secret battles as its context, the fireworks of the city and the joys and sorrows of people's livelihood as its texture, and closely follows the sorrow of the era of "Lin'an Ember" and the forbearing struggle of "Hidden Front". It praises the people of the Song Dynasty for their unyielding character in protecting the country and adhering to its cultural heritage when the mountains and rivers were shattered; it exposes the cruelty of the catastrophe of war and the evil deeds of treachery that harmed the country; it outlines the deep connection between personal destiny and the rise and fall of the country; it reveals between the lines the struggle between people's hearts in troubled times, and the tenacity of Chinese civilization that will not be destroyed in the fire of disaster.
