The Sigh of the Cloisters of Versailles

QunxiangwenWestern CenturyFamily Court In the gorgeous cloisters of the dazzling Versailles Palace of the Sun King Louis XIV, several daughters and female relatives of the de Montmorency family (or similar prominent court nobles) were like roses in the garden. Sophia, extremely talented but sensitive and melancholy, like fragile glass; Charlotte, dignified and virtuous, is the hope of family marriage; Margaret, fierce and decisive, is comfortable in palace intrigues; Elizabeth, who sees through the world and seeks religious comfort; and the innocent little cousin Emily... They struggle in the complex palace etiquette, endless balls, secret affairs and fatal power games. Love is a bargaining chip, marriage is a transaction, beauty and wisdom are weapons, but they may also be shackles. When the undercurrent of royal power changes, when the family faces overthrow because they are on the wrong team, when the shadow of the plague quietly approaches, how will the fate of these "roses" swept by the torrent of the times bloom, and how will they wither into ashes? This is an ukiyo-e depicting the survival of palace women, full of extravagance, scheming, talent and inescapable fate.