In the sixth year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Shixi was already in her twenties when she was arranged by Empress Dowager Chen to enter the palace and be named Concubine Zhao. Facing the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old little emperor, she knew that there was no hope of favor in this life, but she did not want to be bullied. Therefore, although the palace was full of dangers, the two queen mothers, His Majesty, the concubines, and even the slaves in the palace were not easy to use, but they did not involve her much.
It's a pity that she is destined not to live an ordinary life in the palace. The death of the great concubine made her want revenge; the prince born by Concubine Gong forced her to be involved in this surging undercurrent...
During the Wanli period, the Ming Empire, which once became the most powerful country in the world, experienced its last resurgence and finally entered an irreversible decline. The former dynasty and the harem were full of bloodshed. The Ming Dynasty was in chaos. The Qing Dynasty took advantage of the chaos to build the country. Affected by internal and external troubles, the surviving empire was overwhelmed...
Read through the past events of the Ming Dynasty and see how Liu Shixi held the empress dowager's seal for two dynasties in troubled times, and managed to survive the four dynasties!
[Adapted from real history]