"Rouge Tears" is a love novel describing the love story of Zhu Shuzhen, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhu Shuzhen was a noble lady, and she was betrothed to her cousin Shangguan Fengdu since she was a child. Later, due to the death of Shangguan Fengdu's father, Shangguan Fengdu's mother ruined this marriage. Later, Zhu Shuzhen married another man, Cheng Weili, a grocer. He had a small family fortune, but he was ten years older than Zhu Shuzhen, and the two of them had almost nothing in common. After Zhu Shuzhen came to the Cheng family, she lived a life of abundant food and clothing, but her emotional world was like a pool of stagnant water. In the Cheng family, Zhu Shuzhen met Hua Muchun, a gardener in the house. Hua Muchun was a smart and handsome young man with a skill in gardening. Zhu Shuzhen and Hua Muchun fell in love with each other. After Cheng Weili died, Zhu Shuzhen married Hua Muchun, and her love life seemed to be smooth sailing. But not long after, Hua Muchun also passed away. Zhu Shuzhen's mother was a feudal parent. She could not tolerate her daughter living in her natal family like this. After being introduced, Zhu Shuzhen married a common official, Qi Guocai. In addition to being an official, Mr. Qi was also a prostitute. He lived and drank, so Zhu Shuzhen stayed alone in the empty house. Later, Qi Guocai died in an indulgence. Zhu Shuzhen lived a lonely life without happiness in the empty life of wealth, so she devoted her energy to writing words, poems, and paintings, which were later compiled into a collection called "The Heartbroken Collection". Zhu Shuzhen committed suicide by throwing herself into a lake on a rainy and windy Mid-Autumn Festival night.