Schemes of the Qing Palace: Complete in Three Volumes

She is the daughter of a notorious consort from the previous dynasty, a peerlessly beautiful woman condemned to a lifetime of servitude. She is the brightest “pearl” in the Qing imperial harem, yet a twist of fate leaves her confined to the Cold Palace. She is the celebrated “Fourfold Perfect Lady,” who becomes empress overnight and earns everyone's envy. Three talented and beautiful women enter the palace together in the fourth year of Kangxi's reign. Which of them will win the emperor's favor and become the one he loves above all others? In the Qing harem, where beauty rules the world, who can overcome every obstacle and rise to the top? The secrets of the Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng reigns are about to be revealed... After The Chronicles of the Six Dynasties, Lotus Stillcloth, a hugely popular author with tens of millions of clicks, returns after ten years of painstaking work with a tale of love and hate spanning the three emperors Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng!