Civil Empress

Author: Zhou Siyuan
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: A naive and innocent girl, trapped in the boundless and unfathomable struggle for power due to a family catastrophe. Thus, her ordinary status gradually becomes unreachable through "arrangements," and her simple heart learns to face intricate challenges. Her political talent matures and shines brilliantly through handling a series of intense events—emperor assassination by eunuchs, usurpation of the throne, foreign invasion, emperor abdication, ministerial rebellion, etc. However, what she truly longs for is to be a free swan, enjoying the true happiness of being a woman and spending her life with her beloved. But her deeply loved husband dies young, leaving her heartbroken and even contemplating suicide by fire. Only love is the balm for her wounds, so although her status is an obstacle, loneliness should not be her language. She finally bravely breaks through taboos, but as a result, her first lover is falsely accused to death, and her second lover is forced to become a monk. This highly individualistic woman is destined to suffer in the pursuit and loss of love—she is Feng Yan, a woman, but also an outstanding politician—the Civil Empress of Northern Wei.