Princess Tongchang

Princess Tongchang, the eldest daughter of Emperor Yizong of the Tang Dynasty, was the most favored princess by the emperor in Chinese history. She is ingenious, gentle and virtuous, but a beauty with a bad fate. The princess brought good luck to her father as soon as she was born, so she was regarded as the apple of Yizong's eye. The favor and wealth she enjoyed were unmatched by any princess. When the princess got married, the emperor moved almost all the valuable treasures in the treasury into the princess' mansion. Even Princess Gaoyang, Princess Taiping, and Princess Anle in the prosperous Tang Dynasty would be jealous if they saw her unique dowry. However, just one year after her marriage, the princess contracted a strange disease and died. Immediately afterwards, the more than twenty imperial doctors who treated the princess died. A bloody storm suddenly broke out in Chang'an City. Afterwards, the emperor held a grander funeral for the princess than her wedding. The jewels were scattered and elegy was heard. Her life, glory and death are unprecedented and unique in Chinese history. But is Princess Tongchang, who is loved by thousands of people, truly happy? What is hidden behind this luxury? Is her love and marriage happy? This book details the lifelong love affair of Princess Tongchang, interprets the tragic history of that period in the late Tang Dynasty, and reshapes the golden body of the beautiful and ill-fated Princess Tongchang.