Great Qing Dream (Original Online Title: Ascending the Crystal Curtain)

Author: Liuli Baosu
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: Modern woman Baojing suffers a love injury and accepts the escape advice from a mysterious old woman, traveling through time to the Qing Dynasty during the Shunzhi era. Baojing's soul takes over Jueluo Shi Linruo and enters the palace through an imperial selection. In the struggles of wit and wisdom in the imperial harem, she rises from a minor concubine to Lin Fei. Meanwhile, she witnesses the rise and fall of fates of imperial consorts such as the Empress, Shufei, and Xwei. Originally simple human relationships become enigmatic and difficult to discern due to the entanglement of family, power, grievances, and selfishness. Can the modern woman Baojing adapt to the ever-changing dynamics of the Qing palace's inner courtyard? What gains and losses does she experience in this struggle for power and influence? Did she finally return to reality? Did she find true love? The answers lie in the reading--