Min Xian is the fourth princess of Northern Song, but art attracts her far more than politics—and that suits everyone. For now. Then everything changes: the middle brother dies on the border, the heir to the throne is accused of a criminal conspiracy and executed, and soon the old emperor dies as well. From now on, Min Xian is a puppet ruler at the hands of a group of ministers headed by her uncle Wei Shaopu and a childhood friend, Shang Yu…
1. Skillfully depicted life at court and palace intrigues.
2. A complex and multifaceted personality of the main heroine.
3. Many interesting and distinctive secondary characters.
4. Tense action that won’t let go until the very denouement.
5. A dramatic ending that doesn’t answer whether the lovers will have a happy ending until the last paragraphs.