In the final years of the Great Zhou, the late emperor dies. The Empress Dowager of the West supports the young emperor's ascension to the throne and continues to hold the reins of power herself. But as the young emperor grows up, conflict between emperor and empress dowager grows ever fiercer. Then, just as foreign enemies invade, undercurrents stir both at home and abroad. At this moment, the second daughters of the Chang Xu family are both selected to enter the palace. Amid the shifting fortunes of the inner court and their love-hate entanglements with the emperor, they are drawn into the struggle between emperor and empress dowager almost without realizing it, and become more deeply entangled with every step...
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