During the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, King Ning Wudao would send an envoy to pick up the moon flowers for him every month.
This novel is composed of several relatively independent stories. The first story is called "Moon Letter and Flowers Bloom".
The story tells the story of scholar Wang Hongjian who met the heroine Zhenniang when he was traveling in Dushan Mountain. In times of crisis, he wanted to be a hero to save the beauty, but he was saved by the beauty instead. In order to avoid trouble, the two went to Jiangxi with Zou Ji. Unexpectedly, Zou Ji was the messenger of the Moon Letter sent by King Ning, and Zhenniang was the Moon Flower they wanted to collect...