In the 23rd year of Guangxu's reign, Su Qingyao, a graduate student in Qing history, was transborn into Yaya, a peasant girl from Zhili, due to a laboratory accident. In troubled times, she relied on modern knowledge to improve her family's circumstances and resolve famines, and won the respect of her neighbors and the guidance of celebrities with her intelligence and perseverance. However, she was accidentally involved in the draft due to her Han army flag status, and stepped into the turbulent palace.
From humble promise to concubine Hui, she managed step by step amid the strife in the harem. She used her wisdom to resolve open and secret attacks. She also became Emperor Guangxu's confidant and helper with her clear mind, secretly delivering messages and mediating for the reform cause. During the Manchukuo period, she was trapped in a tiger's den but never changed her original intention. She used her royal identity to build a secret communication network, pass on military intelligence, rescue anti-Japanese comrades, and uphold the justice of her family and country in the dark.
During the ups and downs, she devoted herself to protecting the prince Puyi and accompanied him from the ignorant young emperor through his puppet career to the transformation and rebirth of the war criminals management center. After the founding of New China, she faded away from her glory and stayed with Puyi, who became an ordinary citizen. She spent her warm old age in the fireworks of the city and witnessed the end and rebirth of an era.
This is a legendary epic that spans from the late Qing Dynasty to New China, connecting the intrigues of the palace, struggle in troubled times, and the warmth of the public. Taking Su Qingyao's life as the main line, it describes a woman who broke through with wisdom and persevered with love in the torrent of the times. From a peasant girl to an imperial concubine, she finally returned to the ordinary but lived an extraordinary and magnificent life, interpreting the power of love and perseverance that transcends identity and time.
