The narrative of an innocent girl destined to be one of the Emperor's concubines. Initially, she suffers from a loss of purity and the intrigues of the other concubines, but she gradually loses her scruples and is eventually impregnated by the emperor, becoming the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once-virgin soul, and as a result, she controls the nation with terror upon the emperor's demise.