The Shame Is in Ashes: the Biography of Xi Shi

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Wu and Yue struggled for hegemony, and the mountains and rivers were in turmoil. Shi Yiguang, a girl in Huansha by the Zhuluo River, was originally an ordinary woman in the mountains. She went to Huansha by the stream every day, guarding the ordinary fireworks. She never thought that she would be involved in the chess game of her family and country, and become the most involuntary pawn in troubled times. When the country of Yue was defeated and surrendered, Gou Jian was forced to endure the hardships of his life. In order to regain his country, a beauty trick was used to break the situation. The most beautiful Xi Shi was chosen to shoulder the heavy responsibility of overthrowing the country of Wu. She bid farewell to her homeland, took off her civilian clothes, experienced harsh upbringing and polished herself, and stepped into the prosperous and dangerous Wu Palace. Serving the king with sex and maneuvering with wisdom, she captured the favor of King Wu Fu Chai, gradually alienated Wu Ting's government, weakened Wu's national power, and silently endured the loneliness in the palace, the criticism of the world, and the suffering in her heart. In the chess game of troubled times, she was the hero of the restoration of the Yue Kingdom and the witch who brought trouble to the Wu Palace, but she was not herself. The war ended, the state of Wu was destroyed, the state of Yue was resurrected, and all the glory returned to the court. However, this woman who had devoted her whole life to the veil was like a remnant of yarn, with her life ups and downs, and her ending a mystery. A once-in-a-lifetime dream, half a lifetime in ruins. This book narrates the tragic life of this peerless beauty who was trapped by fate and single-handedly inherited the rise and fall of two countries.