Princess Der Ling

Author: Bingbing
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: De Ling, a girl who entered the imperial palace from Paris, had countless dreams; Empress Dowager Cixi, the supreme ruler of a declining dynasty, had an inscrutable dual nature; Emperor Guangxu, a deposed emperor, had unspoken secrets. The beautiful and lively De Ling, daughter of the French Ambassador Yu Geng, returned to China with her father at the age of 17 and entered the walled imperial palace. She was granted an audience with Empress Dowager Cixi and won her favor, being appointed as an imperial lady-in-waiting. Under the influence of her and her sister Rongling, Empress Dowager Cixi began to engage with Western culture, yet her autocratic and tyrannical nature was fully exposed. Emperor Guangxu, heartbroken over the loss of his favorite concubine Zhenfei, found solace in Rongling. Yu Geng risked his life to save an American trapped in China, and the intelligent Princess De Ling refused Empress Dowager Cixi’s two arranged marriages, secretly falling in love with the American doctor Kevin, risking angering the emperor. The bloody and mysterious secrets of the Qing court, the poignant and moving love story, the intricate and entangled human relationships—all authentically depict the turbulent times of a declining dynasty within the Forbidden City. De Ling, a girl who entered the imperial palace from Paris, had countless dreams; Empress Dowager Cixi, the supreme ruler of a declining dynasty, had an inscrutable dual nature; Emperor Guangxu, a deposed emperor, had unspoken secrets.