Legend of Qinglan in Phoenix Tower

In the first year of Jingde in the Song Dynasty, at Fengque, the highest point of the Bianjing Imperial Palace, a bronze phoenix turned in the wind, overlooking the capital city that was about to welcome its mistress. The Phoenix Tower was originally a tower built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for the Jianzhang Palace. The bronze phoenix on it could rotate with the wind and was regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness and power. At this moment, a singer from a humble background is stepping towards the pinnacle of power. Su Qinglan, whose parents died when she was 12 years old, was kicked out of the house by her uncle. She once made a living by hunting and singing. The twist of fate began when she met Zhao Yan (the fictional prince) of Xiang. However, Taizong's thunderous wrath, the contempt of the courtiers, and the dilemma of being childless pushed her into the abyss one after another. She was kicked out of the palace and hid in the home of the commander Zhang Heng, but she did not sink - she used her dormant years to study history books and analyze the court situation, turning humiliation into a blade and sharpening her edge in the dark. After Zhenzong ascended the throne, Su Qinglan returned to the court. Faced with Empress Guo's suspicion, Yang Shufei's conspiracy, and Prime Minister Kou Ying's obstruction, she used her astonishing political skills to break through each situation one by one. Childlessness was her biggest weakness, so she used the strategy of "borrowing a child" to take the son born to the maid Shen Yunhua (the fictional character of Concubine Li Chen) as her own - this was the future prince Zhao Zhen. After twenty years of forbearance, she finally ascended to the position of queen, but the real test of her power came after the death of Zhenzong. After listening to politics behind the curtain for eleven years, Su Qinglan killed the powerful minister Ding Wei, demoted Cao Cao, balanced the party struggle between the ruling and opposition parties, issued the world's earliest banknote "Jiaozi", improved the imperial examination system, opened warehouses for disaster relief, and rectified the frontiers. With her iron fist and wisdom, she ended the party struggles in the early Northern Song Dynasty and laid the foundation for a prosperous era.