I helped Consort Hua become empress. From then on, men in the Great Qing gave birth, women could take the imperial examinations and serve as officials, a women's federation was established, foot binding was forbidden, and domestic abusers were sentenced to divorce and imprisoned for ten years. Stop fighting over the emperor's favor all day and get to court! I am Xingling, wandering at ease through the boundless galaxy, my whole being shining with dreamlike light. For ages, I have listened to the prayers of mortals and used my divine power to grant them. At some point, the unresolved regrets people felt about the characters in Empresses in the Palace became threads that wound around me, drawing my gaze toward that little world. In the harem, the consorts fought one another to the death for the emperor's fleeting favor, while innocence and kindness were crushed beneath political schemes...
