The Phoenix Through Five Dynasties

When the blood and tears in the palace dyed the jade hands on the curtains red, and when the beacon fire burned the bones of the women at the border, a political epic named "Canglan Zhi" emerged from the scorched earth of the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. This is not an ordinary competition for favor in the harem, but Shen Qingchan - from the daughter of a guilty minister to the regent mother, a desperate counterattack when the empire is about to fall. The author uses thunderous pen power to outline a magnificent picture of blood and fire: Under the city of Bianjing, there are waves of rebels. She climbs the tower in black clothes and stabilizes the crumbling country with her female body; in the Zichen Palace, surrounded by powerful officials, she talks and laughs, playing with the world's chess game with unparalleled wisdom. There are also the mysterious shadows of overseas "candle dragons" and the star-and-moon puzzles of food scholars, pushing the game of intrigue to the unknown boundary where the vast ocean and civilization collide. There are the cold calculations of power here, as well as the mother-daughter friendship and the righteousness of family and country that are as good as gold and iron and are tempered in desperate situations. Between the lines, there is the heavy smoke and dust of history, but also the bright light of human nature under extreme circumstances. If you want to see how Hongzhuang reorganizes the world and how the phoenix's cry echoes across the sea, this volume is a must-read.