The mysterious Forbidden City, a remote corner, and an ancient well took me back in time to the Guangxu period, the last period of the Qing Dynasty. I became Emperor Guangxu's precious concubine. In this precarious period, should I help the emperor usher in a new era? Or flee to a certain village with him?
The last generation of concubines, with their grievances and hatreds, sinking with the times...