The peony is one of the best flowers that likes coolness and is afraid of heat, but likes dryness and hates dampness. It has been praised for nearly a thousand years and continues to this day. In the Song Dynasty, there was a family in Yichuan Town, Luoyang, who loved peonies. However, this family was not considered prosperous and wealthy, but rather poor. I heard that the male of that family The master built a small house for his wife by a stream deep in the bamboo forest, and peonies were planted next to the house. The craft workshop turned into a silk and satin workshop overnight. The male owner and her children have never been seen again, and the Song Dynasty began to be replaced by the Yuan Dynasty. This young woman unexpectedly became a widow overnight. It was rumored that she began to lose her mind and often talked to the air. The silk and satin workshop that supported her family was also in decline due to strange events at home. Later, she sold her house and moved to the depths of the bamboo forest, where she spent the rest of her life among the prosperous peonies.
The heroine Mo Yuncai seems to have an unknown force guiding her to visit Xizhu Garden. Here, she is sketched out a string of memories. After experiencing various scenes with mixed feelings, she finally returns home holding a peony flower with a touch of sadness and the words "We meet tonight, we will be the same in this life".