Only Plum Blossoms but No People

1. Introduction to the work **Book title**: "Only Plum Blossoms but No People" **Background**: The reign of Renzong Jingyou of the Northern Song Dynasty (fictional) **Genre**: Ancient romance·Sadomasochism·Uneasy feelings **Length**: About 100,000 words, four volumes in total, forty-three chapters, one volume of the final chapter **Content Summary**: In the late spring of the third year of Jingyou's reign, he was in Lin'an, Jiangnan. Shen Wanting, a daughter of a scholarly family, and Lu Jinglan, a young general, met for the first time in the plum forest on Xiaomo in the south of the city and fell in love at first sight. The two of them had harmonious poetry and calligraphy, and they knew each other well, and they made a private vow for life under the plum tree in the misty rain. However, things are unpredictable. Lu Jinglan was ordered to go north to guard the border, while Shen Wanting stayed alone in the south of the Yangtze River, sending letters sent by swan geese to express her lovesickness. In the past five years, war and longing have intertwined, and a letter from home carries the deep love between the two places. In the eighth year of Jingyou's reign, Lu Jinglan defeated Hu Qi and became a marquis. However, the imperial court issued an imperial edict to marry Princess Zhaoyang, and it was difficult to disobey the imperial order. At the same time, Shen Wanting's father was demoted due to party disputes in the court, and the Shen family fell into decline. The Zhao family took advantage of the situation to rob and coerce the marriage. Faced with many obstacles from imperial power, family, and family status, the two were forced to separate. Lu Jinglan got married according to the decree, but Shen Wanting stayed away from home and stayed away from home. For the rest of their lives, the north and the south looked at each other, never to see each other again until death. Many years later, Shen Wanting died of illness in her boudoir, and she left a final letter before her death: "If there is an afterlife, I would like to be a flower on the street, blooming and falling according to people." When Lu Jinglan heard the news, he shed tears and engraved his life's guilt on his tombstone: "I will bear the responsibility of one person in this life." On Xiaomo in the south of the city, plum blossoms bloom year after year, but only plum blossoms can be seen, but no old friends can be seen.