During the heyday of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, everyone got married early and had children, but there was only one pair of strange leftover boys and girls in Bianjing.
Xie Jinse, the legitimate daughter of the Xie family, is nineteen years old and is an older unmarried girl who is laughed at by everyone in the capital. She hates fighting in the house, is afraid of marriage, and refuses blind marriage. She is devoted to running a business and establishing a women's school. She prefers to be short-lived rather than excessive, and to resist the urge to marry.
Shen Yanzhi, a king from a poor family, has not married since he was 24 years old. His lifelong obsession is only to take the imperial examination. He regards getting married as the biggest obstacle to his career. He is scolded by his clan for being an unfilial fool.
The two people, who were supposed to have nothing in common, were forced to meet because of the forced matchmaking by the official media of the Song Dynasty.
The two big fans of late marriage hit it off and formed an alliance to fight against the urge to marry, joining forces to fend off matchmakers, block marriage proposals, and avoid marriages.
The world laughs at them for marrying late, being withdrawn, and finding it difficult to have a good relationship. But everyone knows that only by being sober and marrying late can you find a good partner.
Let's take a look at the most transparent pair of young people who married late in the Song Dynasty. They first established a career and then fell in love. They overcame secular prejudice and lived the most perfect human fireworks in the prosperous age.
