Contents

Foreword qian xinsheng
Fires in the forbidden city er si
The south palace coup and emperor jing-
Tai's death wang tianyu
An emperor born in the "cold palace" er si
A junior eunuch remonstrates with his
Emperor by feigning madness feng erkang
Palace maids attempt to strangle em-
Peror jiajing shang hongkui
A queen mother imprisoned for twenty
Years xu qixian
His imperial majesty falls overboard wan yi
The tyrannical eunuch wei zhongxian fu tongqin
Emperor kangxi arrests a vicious coun-
Cillor by strategy li zhiting
Emperor qianlong builds a gold stupa
To preserve his mother's hair liu guilin
Palace maid beaten to death by an im-
Perial concubine zuo buqing

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