Court intrigue, for readers of both male- and female-oriented fiction
The ruler of one kingdom is defeated in battle and surrenders, becoming a prisoner. His stunningly beautiful consort is abducted as a spoil of war. But the consort is so bewitching that the new ruler stops attending court. The Jin Kingdom has fallen, and the victorious Gao Kingdom’s ruler makes the former Jin consort his empress. Once a helpless woman in a foreign land, she becomes a master of political intrigue. The court officials all bow before the empress, and within ten years she becomes the sovereign. The emperor and his former prisoner are reunited... 25
