The Lost Dream of the Southern Tang Dynasty: Beauty in Troubled Times

"The Lost Dream of the Southern Tang Dynasty: Beauty in Troubled Times" is a novel that combines history and fiction, telling the legendary life of Li Shixuan, the last princess of the Southern Tang Dynasty. From an orphan girl who was predicted to be an unlucky person, to the bead of the Southern Tang Dynasty that was teased by fate, to the forbidden love with Zhao Kuangyin, her life was full of dramatic turns. Between the demise of the Southern Tang Dynasty and the rise of the Song Dynasty, Li Shixuan's love, hatred, family and country feelings were intertwined into a magnificent historical picture. Three-quarters of the history and seven-cents of the plot take you into that turbulent era and experience a woman's struggle and growth in troubled times.