The Harem of Princess Huaishu

One Empresses in the Palace, and a hundred flowers bloom in splendor before falling into a vast, spotless whiteness. All those beauties share the same sorrow, yet like fallen blossoms, they nourish new life.

While reading the story, I could not help but feel sorry for Ying Guiren and Huai Shu Dijie, this silent mother and daughter. Through their eyes, this novel watches Zhen Huan, who gains everything and loses everything; Duan Guifei, whose heart is knotted with a thousand concerns; and the harem consorts newly entering the palace and competing to outshine one another. It presents readers with a magnificent panorama of the new dynasty, bringing to mind the saying: year after year, the flowers remain alike, yet year after year, the people are different. Huai Shu is fortunate to have been born into the imperial family, yet in the end, she is only a passing guest in that family. She will find her own happiness.

P.S. Huai Shu Dijie is a character from the old version. Officially, she is Xuan Ling's sixth daughter, though Lu Li may also be her biological father. I am writing fan fiction based on the novel.