In the twenty-sixth year of Shaoxing, Lin'an Prefecture.
A cloth merchant's wife sounded the drum of grievance. Her pleading was so well written that it made the prefect Zhou Changli restless - twenty-four years ago, he had seen the same writing style, written by Li Qingzhao.
She was the most famous female poet in the Song Dynasty. She once broke into the Taixue Poetry Club with her hair tied up, and amazed the audience with her song "Like a Dream"; she also once poured tea on books and spent the best time in the Return Hall. Then a party member monument was erected, her father was exiled, her husband fled the city, and she suffered domestic violence after remarrying. She studied ink and wrote a complaint in the middle of the night with her fists on the ground, using the crime of "reporting on her husband" to send herself to prison, and she also wanted to drag that person to hell.
She won the case and lost her freedom.
Twenty-four years later, the same charges, the same evidence, and the same siege were staged again in the courtroom. But this time—the pipa girl in the audience, the embroidery workshop owner on the street corner, and the wife in the prefect's backyard—the four women who had been saved, changed, and entrusted by Li Qingzhao spent ten years laying out a chessboard.
They want history to repeat itself.
Then - rewrite the ending for her.
Intention: Talent itself is not guilty. What is guilty is an era that does not allow women to have talents. For a long time, Li Qingzhao has been stereotyped in the eyes of the public as a delicate and sentimental "boudoir poet" who is deeply in love with her children. However, her concern for the country and the people and her bold and unruly true character have been selectively ignored. This misunderstanding is not only her personal experience, but also the label and shackles imposed on women by traditional society. Focusing on the most controversial and representative stage of Li Qingzhao's life, it uses "Rashomon"-style narration to restore his true and legendary life like a puzzle. By reshaping this outstanding female lyricist who is smart, brave, and critical of current problems, it reflects how women throughout the ages have broken away from secular prejudices, bravely broken through stereotypes, and finally lived out their own lives.