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The author of this book, Princess De Ling, was the daughter of the Qing ambassador to France, and was later selected by Cixi as her personal female official. From the perspective of an "ordinary person" who has received Western education of freedom and equality, Princess De Ling describes Cixi's diet, daily life, clothing, hobbies, temperament, character, and inner world in a large amount of space, showing another side of Cixi that few people know. At the same time, the book also records a series of events such as the portrait of the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's birthday, the emperor's birthday, memorials to Xianfeng, the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the New Year. Many of the contents are mutually corroborated with major historical events that occurred, and are of great historical value for studying the court and social and political life of the late Qing Dynasty.

"The Empress Dowager Cixi and Me" is a memoir written in English by Chinese-American De Ling. The book adopts the perspective of Western culture and tells in detail the actual life in the Qing palace she observed while serving the Empress Dowager Cixi, including Cixi's diet, daily life, clothing, words and deeds, and her experience of traveling by train, etc. The characters involved include Emperor Guangxu, Empress Longyu, Li Lianying, Yuan Shikai and other officials, and some palace secrets of major historical events are mentioned. This book has both literary interest and historical value.

"The Empress Dowager Cixi and Me" is a memoir written in English by Chinese-American De Ling. The book adopts the perspective of Western culture and tells in detail the actual life in the Qing court she observed while serving the Empress Dowager Cixi, including Cixi's diet, daily life, clothing, words and deeds, and her experience of traveling by train, etc. The characters involved include Emperor Guangxu, the empress, Li Lianying, Yuan Shikai and other officials, and some palace secrets of major historical events are mentioned. It has both literary interest and historical value. Compared with the currently popular harem novels and harem film and television dramas, this book is true and comprehensive, rich in content and highly readable.

In the third dynasty of Egypt before the Christian era, the most controversial monarch was the first pharaoh to build the pyramids. That trapezoidal building is feared by time. How many unknown truths does it tell for thousands of years? Is it because of the inheritance of thousands of years of blood, or the entangled spin of fate? Is it because of the sadness of the inscription or the unknown darkness in the mural? The princess's conspiracy, the ambition of foreign enemies, the vicious curse, the truth ignored by history, what exactly is waiting for Situ? Is the happiness lost in time and space only the back in the sky and the untouchable sadness...

The Republic of China was a special era, with turbulence here, both the decline of the old and the emergence of new things. Love that broke free from the constraints also burst out with vigorous vitality. The Republic of China was an era when famous people emerged in large numbers. Master-level figures abounded. They were both unique and their love was vigorous and heart-stopping! Yang Jiang and Qian Zhongshu's day and night, Lin Huiyin and Liang Sicheng's mutual love, Lu Xiaoman and Xu Zhimo's ever-changing past, Lu Xun and Xu Guangping's teacher-student love... Masters do not express love because it is difficult, but through love letters, love poems, and love words. To express the tenderness in their hearts, their love was bold and avant-garde in the Republic of China. It was enviable and criticized by many people. However, they ignored it and still went their own way, making their love life climax one after another and soul-stirring!