The plot is based on the counterattack of Shen Yan, a boy from a poor family in the Qing Dynasty: orphan from a poor family → servant in the county magistrate's mansion → son-in-law of the county magistrate → county magistrate.
Through the emotional story of the male protagonist Shen Yan in the mansion with the county magistrate's wife, daughter and maid, his identity transformation, emotional bonds and grudges are completed.
It integrates power struggles, emotional entanglements, the ups and downs of officialdom, as well as ambiguous pulls and interest games to show the core context of "counterattacks from poor families, exploration of power and sex, and benefiting the people", with both a sense of excitement and depth of humanity.
