Twin Phoenixes, Unmatched

A collaboratively written story with two heroines, it tells of the love and hatred between the sisters Hailanzhu, Consort Chen (written by Lu Qianjin), and Da Yuer, Consort Zhuang (written by Junhao in the early chapters, then Qinglian and Zhuo), before the Qing army entered the Pass. Their fates revolve around Huang Taiji. Twin sisters, flowers blooming on opposite shores, each with her own measure of brilliance. They share the same fate, but their loves and hatreds are different. Within the golden splendor and chilling gloom of the imperial palace, they compose a magnificent final song. When sisterly affection meets palace intrigue, and passionate joy and sorrow meet schemes and treachery, they maneuver at every step through bottomless desire. Their original innocence and beauty are slowly crushed by fate, until what once swayed in the wind withers to ash. All love and hatred are a joke. Beneath the heavy tread of history and the thick strokes of the historical record, in the end, none of them spared the others. They were merely pawns controlled by fate, slowly reduced to clowns dancing about as the board dictated their moves. See how the twin sisters love and destroy each other, arriving with love and bound together by hatred. Amid glittering golden hairpins and lavish splendor, what is left clutched in their palms at the end, besides the cold power? I tell you this story from the past not to make you weep. Theme: