In 1852, a 17 year-old girl Empress Dowager Cixi is selected into the Imperial Chinese harem system#Qing at a triennial selection. Although her beauty is outstanding, she is never given any chance to get closer to the Xianfeng Emperor because an ancestor of her Yehenara clan once vowed to destroy the rival imperial Aisin Gioro clan at a woman's hands. One day, while the Emperor is walking in the Old Summer Palace, he is attracted by a song which turns out to be sung by Yulan nearby. Falling in love with her temperament, the Emperor first promotes Yulan to the rank of concubine, and further elevates her as a noble consort when she gives birth to Tongzhi Emperor one year later.
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