In the forty-fifth year of the reign of Emperor Taiping of the Dayan Dynasty, Jinling fell into the Garden.
A century-old noble family with a history of poetry and calligraphy, there is an undercurrent within the wealthy family.
The eldest grandson Shen Mingxuan misbehaved during the ancestor worship ceremony, exposing the crisis of the family's imperial examination inheritance;
The concubine Shen Shuan secretly introduced Western looms in an attempt to save the family industry that was on the verge of collapse;
The young girl Shen Huixin wrote "How deep is the courtyard" in the boudoir poetry meeting, expressing the helplessness and awakening of a woman living in a house.
This is a story about the rise and fall of a family, reflection on the imperial examination, and the fate of women.
Here are the thoughts and questions that belong to this era.
The red door is locked, and the spring beauty is hard to retain.
Let's see how everyone in the Shen family finds their own way out in the changing times.
Within the high walls of the deep house, they compose a symphony of their destiny.
Purpose: to tear apart the blood, tears and struggles of women in deep houses, and write about the awakening of women under feudal ethics. Rather than being pawns in marriages or vassals of men, they want to live their lives as their own light within the high walls of wealthy families. It also writes about a forbidden love that spans identity and worldliness. He is her salvation, and she is his weakness.