description: Into China's Forbidden City in the last days of its imperial glory comes seventeen-year-old Tzu Hsi, known as Orchid. A minor concubine among hundreds of women vying to provide the Emperor an heir, Orchid takes matters into her own hands. Bribing her way into the royal bedchamber, she seduces the monarch, becoming his lover, the mother of his heir, the Empress, and, ultimately, the ruler of China.
language: English
title: Empress Orchid
titlecomplete: Empress Orchid
characters: Prince Kung, Tzu Hsi, Emperor Hsien Feng
genres: Fiction, Historical, Cultural, Asia, China, Romance, Adult, Asian Literature, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 24163
places: Beijing, The Forbidden City, China
series: Empress Orchid
publisher: Wheeler Publishing