This book introduces those ladies in the harem of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, who had added a brilliant or melancholy touch to history: Empress Wang, Consort Wu, Imperial Consort Yang, Empress Yuanxian, Consort Zhao and Consort Mei, as well as Princess Taiping and Shangguan Wan'er who influenced the enthronization of Emperor Xuanzong, and even the familiar literary images in Tang poems such as the white-haired maid in the Shangyang Palace and the heroine in Zhangtai Liu. This book of popular history thus uses the tone of women to narrate the surging dynasty and adopts a feminine angle to witness the glory of prosperous Tang Dynasty.