The novel tells the love story and affair between Li Yu, the Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his Empress Zhou.
Li Yu was born in the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He showed literary talent since childhood and disliked political affairs. After meeting Emperor Zhou E for the first time, the two got married and started a courtly love affair with the music of music and music.
Li Yu had a deep love with the Queen of the Zhou Dynasty after their marriage. They were obsessed with the creation of poetry and music, and they jointly revised "The Song of Colorful Clothes and Feather Clothes".
During the period when Da Zhou Hou was ill, Xiao Zhou Hou frequently visited the palace and spent time with Li Yu day and night, and ignorant feelings quietly grew. Li Yu struggled with the contradiction between his beloved being seriously ill and his new love who was just beginning to grow up. He finally passed away after the big week, and Li Yu was devastated. Later, he reunited with Xiao Zhouhou and was officially enthroned as the queen. Xiao Zhouhou is cute and smart, and her love with Li Yu is passionate and lingering. The two spend a luxurious and romantic time together.
The Northern Song Dynasty frequently went south to exert pressure, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was in danger. Although Li Yu had a peaceful mind, he had no talent for governing the country. The harem is still singing and dancing, and Li Yu and Xiao Zhou are escaping from reality in a state of drunkenness and dreams. In the end, the Northern Song Dynasty army broke through Jinling and the Southern Tang Dynasty was destroyed.
Li Yu and Xiao Zhouhou were captured, and the former emperor became a prisoner and suffered humiliation. During Li Yu's imprisoned life, his thoughts about his family and country were intertwined with the pain of his country's subjugation, and he wrote a large number of sad and desolate famous sentences through the ages.
On a misty and rainy day in the south of the Yangtze River, Li Yu was given poisonous wine and died. Xiao Zhouhou was devastated and died in depression soon after. Li Yu's poems have been passed down through the ages and became the last swan song of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Concept: Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the splendor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The novel tells the love story and affair between Li Yu, the Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the Empress of the Zhou Dynasty.