She was born a princess, only to become a concubine. Her peerless beauty draws the covetous attention of the most powerful men in the land. Caught amid sinister palace schemes and an ever-shifting political landscape, she wants no part of it, yet time and again she is forced to get involved. Relying on her sharp wits, she overcomes one crisis after another and climbs step by step to the summit, until she reigns over all beneath the heavens...
