The Secret History of the Qing Emperor

How many mysteries can three hundred years accumulate, and how many unsolved cases can twelve emperors and empresses give rise to? You may know that the Shunzhi Emperor was a hopeless romantic, but not that he dug up a grave and exposed the corpse to vent his private grudge, flogging it for three days and nights. You may know that the Qianlong Emperor gave grand speeches about governing the realm and penned stirring prose, but not the secret history of how he was nearly assassinated after secretly leaving the palace, then fell ill from fright. You may know that the Jiaqing Emperor was so beset by the difficulties of governing that he nearly lost his head, but not the ridiculous spectacle of him hiding away in the palace to drift into a sweet dream and enjoy a pleasant little drunken spell... These are mysteries of history, and even more so, mysteries of human nature! Without knowing history well, you cannot solve these mysteries; without understanding human nature, you cannot hope to solve them!