The play takes the post-90s generation as the entry point and focuses on the healthy growth issues of this generation. The strong conflict between the outlook on life and values of those born in the 1980s and those born in the 1990s makes them both contradictory and resonant.
During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Princess Jieyou is sent to Xiyu to act as a form of Heqin. There she must learn to adapt to her new life as well deal with her husbands harem. It is through her efforts that, the Han prevail over the Xiongnu tribe, and Han culture begins to spread throughout Xiyu.
In 1776, the 41st year of the reign of Qianlong (Ni Dahong), the court is in urgent need of money for war, and official Akezhan (Zhang Zhijian) is sent to Yangzhou to collect donations from wealthy salt merchants. Instead, Akezhan uncovers a massive case of corruption that shakes the very core of the nation. Fortunately, merchant Wang Chaozong (Zhang Jiayi) appears to help deliver funds to the frontline and propose reforms to combat corruption. The fallout of the salt corruption case, however, is far-reaching and far from over, touching off a deadly power struggle that plays out amid the danger and excitement of Qianlong's southern inspection tour.
In 1977, childhood friends Yang Chunxue and Liang Maicha dream of taking college exams together, but Chunxue is forced into marriage due to a family crisis, prompting Maicha to leave home. After enduring hardship, Chunxue finds a new beginning by starting a sewing business in her village, while Maicha returns with brick-making skills to revive the local kiln. Together, they transform their poor village into a provincial model of economic growth.
Nurhaci rises from tragedy and betrayal to unite the Jurchen tribes and challenge the Ming dynasty. Guided by five women who soften his heart, he builds a powerful empire but is haunted by personal loss and regret.
EMT's president tries to force his daughter, Ai Mi Er, to marry Long Ke Company's He Yi Kun, the eldest of the president's sons for a business alliance. Ai Mi Er runs away to receive help from her boyfriend, Peter, and coincidentally ends up as the housemaid for He Kai Xin, the younger brother of He Yi Kun
Na Min Kook was a spoiled brat and was sent by his father to his company branch office in China to learn the business. He ran away and befriended a Chinese student Yang Xue and her family. Friendship blossomed into love and Na Min Kook gradually learned to be a responsible person worthy of his father's expectations.
In the late Qing Dynasty of ancient China, the city of Tianjin was also influenced by the Restoration of 1898. The Great Qing Dynasty declined. Tang Qing Shan was also influenced by the new thoughts; however, he had been doing a booming business and engaged with Shi Pei Zhen, who was a gifted girl. She had dressed up as a boy and sworn to be brothers with Tang Qing Shan and his best friend, Fei Yong Jia. On the wedding day, armies abruptly flooded in to search houses and confiscate the property under the name of "collusion with parties and coveting the royalty". Tang Qing Shan and his father were arrested. The father died, and Tang Qing Shan was condemned to be in jail forever.
A university teacher unexpectedly becomes a community director, and with the help of a local policeman, social workers, and residents, transforms an old factory district into a thriving neighborhood.
Set in 1930s Shanghai, Bai Liusu, a woman from a fallen aristocratic family, endures a loveless marriage before meeting Fan Liuyuan, whose love offers her both escape and transformation amid war and social upheaval.
In the spring of 1992, the No. 7 Milk Factory in Daqingshan City is on the verge of closing down. Wang Zhongtian wants to save the factory, but first they need to move the conservative forces from the company. But will the new managment succeed better?
