Her Radiance Shines Across the Land

He married her because his father wanted control of three hundred thousand iron cavalry.

She married him because he was the future ruler secretly favored by all.

Her ten years were to be spent in splendor.

Her ten years were to be spent in forbearance.

Her ten years were to be spent in intrigue.

Splendor, forbearance, and intrigue: all of it was for the day, ten years later, when he would breathe his last and say:

“Empress, I’m leaving the crown prince, three thousand beauties, and the keys to my private treasury in your hands.”

All the palace intrigues of Northern Wei are here in A Thousand Years.

This is the fierce coming-of-age story of Empress Dowager Feng, a famous historical figure from Northern Wei.