" Love in a Fallen City " was a novel written by Feng Menglong, a novelist of the Ming Dynasty. It was about the love story between the male and female protagonists of a rich merchant's family in Jiangnan during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The main plot of the novel was as follows: The protagonist of the story was a wealthy businessman named Fan Liuquan. He owned a large and small enterprise and lived a good life, but his heart often felt lonely and empty. He met a young woman named Bai Xiuzhu by chance. The two of them fell in love with each other, but Fan Liuquan did not dare to confess. After that, Bai Xiuzhu was pursued by a rich man named Wang Sun, and Fan Liuquan was forced to leave Bai Xiuzhu. In the later story, Fan Liuquan and Bai Xiuzhu met again and decided to start a business together. However, in the process, Fan Liuquan had a dispute with the royal grandson. In the end, Fan Liuquan and Bai Xiuzhu teamed up to defeat Wang Sun Inder, but the two broke up because of business interests. The novel took the love story of Fan Liuquan and Bai Xiuzhu as the main line, and interweaved with the stories of other characters such as Fan Liuquan's father, Bai Xiuzhu's cousin, and the company's competitors. It showed a complicated business world and the complexity of human nature. At the end of the novel, Fan Liuquan and Bai Xiuzhu returned to each other's side, but their love was no longer the original pure feelings, but contained more interests and entanglements. The whole novel is full of romantic and suspense elements, but also reflects the commercial and human situation of the Ming Dynasty.