There is an alley in Weiyang Palace that connects the residence of the concubines in the Eighth District of Yeting. This long alley is called Yongxiang.
The women in Yongxiang all have their own purposes. And Gao is the one with the greatest ambition. From a low-level commoner who was powerless and suffered persecution, he entered the palace and climbed up to the title of beauty and gave birth to a prince step by step. And this is not where she ends up.
As a woman, if you want to live well in a patriarchal feudal society, you must have absolute power. Winning over courtiers, consolidating power, and excluding dissidents—things that seemed impossible for women in the harem, Gao did it one by one with extraordinary will and skill, and with her desire for power and survival.
When the emperor finally prepared to use the "drawing money from the cauldron" strategy to save the son and kill his mother, he did not expect that the Gao family had already preempted the coup and launched a coup.
"People who are mediocre and incompetent in high positions are even more hateful." - Empress Dowager Gao