The Legend of Han Xuan: Raising an Emperor in Prison

Neither transmigration nor rebirth, and no wild flights of fancy: this is a pure historical epic. With sweeping prose, it brings to life the turbulent, legendary story of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Bingyi, the ruler who revived the Han Dynasty.

He is the only emperor in China’s five-thousand-year history to have grown up in prison, and the most underrated emperor in the four-hundred-year history of the Han Dynasty.

Though raised in prison, he cares for all under Heaven. He puts the people first and makes the revival of the Han his duty. Under his rule, the Han Dynasty’s territory and economy reach their true zenith.

He is Liu Bingyi, Emperor Xuan of Han, the common-born emperor.

Her name is Xu Pingjun. An ordinary woman, she is also the most beautiful of them all. Their deep devotion to one another becomes the most beautiful love story passed down through the ages.

His name is Huo Guang. A powerful Han minister with command of the empire’s armies, he can depose or install an emperor in a fit of anger and make his political enemies vanish with a single scheme. Yet he still cannot prevent his clan’s downfall. Was he loyal or treacherous? Let posterity judge his merits and faults.

Her name is Huo Chengjun. The daughter of a powerful minister and a true heaven-blessed noblewoman, she is destined to become empress, just as she expects. Yet the path to becoming empress is far from smooth. What secrets and schemes lie behind it, and what price will she have to pay?

Witness the glorious reign of revival under Emperors Zhao and Xuan, and the turbulent, legendary life of a Han emperor.

A son should be like Liu Bingyi, and a wife should be like Xu Pingjun!