In Chenzhou, he endured for many years and finally killed his enemy; in Nanjing, he experienced ups and downs in officialdom and tasted the ugliness of the world; in the capital, he enjoyed all the wealth and honor, but was already disheartened.
Ye Yongjia, the heir of Ye Mansion, uses his perspective to see the end of the world where people live, hide, or die, and sings a sad song for the reformers of the times.