Here are the positive answers to various questions you encounter in movies and TV series——
Did Zhen Huan really exist in history?
Is the emperor's power in the harem as bloody as the outer dynasty?
Was Yongzheng a sentimental person or a diligent emperor? …
There are also jokes about the harem of the Qing Dynasty that you haven't learned about in history textbooks: Kangxi's role as an actor, Qianlong's health secrets, Zhen Huan's "red apricot affair", Cixi's fear of her daughter...
Same harem, different style. Let Li Yin, an expert on Qing palace history and director of the Cultural Relics Management Office of the Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty, explain to you the front and side of the Qing harem.
Reader comments
Moreover, the jokes in the book are also very novel, like Kangxi being an actor, which is eye-catching. The author's evaluation of the characters' personalities and experiences was spot-on, and it gave me a deeper understanding of the life of the emperor and the harem. However, I kind of hate the idea of women being used as reproductive tools, but luckily that's just history. All in all, this book is worth reading!
Moreover, the jokes in the book are also very novel, like Kangxi being an actor, which is eye-catching. The author's evaluation of the characters' personalities and experiences was spot-on, and it gave me a deeper understanding of the life of the emperor and the harem. However, I kind of hate the idea of women being used as reproductive tools, but luckily that's just history. All in all, this book is worth reading!