During the Xuantong period of the late Qing Dynasty, Shen Qingci, the legitimate daughter of Jiangnan Embroidery Workshop, went to Peking alone to seek help from her father, who brought the family's embroidery score of "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" to save her father who was wronged and imprisoned. In troubled times, she meets Lu Jingyuan, a progressive young man who has returned from studying abroad and cares about his country. One is gentle and tough, using the embroidery needle as a blade; the other is passionate and sincere, using pen and ink as a spear. Due to an unexpected connection, the two became involved in court disputes and revolutionary waves. They experienced family obstruction, betrayal, and war separation. In the turbulent era, they supported each other and remained deeply affectionate. Their love sprouted in the broken mountains and rivers in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, was tempered in the light of swords, and used persistence and sacrifice to write the most touching life and death agreement in troubled times.
