Lu Shan and Xie Yu go from “knowing people,” to losing their way while “reading the tides,” and finally return to “knowing people.” Their love is neither sugary romance nor tragic love. It is… standing side by side. Even as their era bears down on them, they still choose to see each other and stay by each other’s side.
When they first met,
she asked him, “Who are the people?”
He had no answer.
Later, he became a Tanhua, served as a vice minister, and promoted equal distribution of land, yet still submitted evidence of his father-in-law’s crimes.
She said, “This era has placed me on the opposite side from the common people.”
Their separation was not because they didn’t love each other. It was because their era gave them no choice.
Every year, he brewed pear blossom wine and buried it beneath a tree, waiting for her.
When the plague came, no one at court volunteered. He stepped out of the ranks.
“I am here.”
