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With the fate of East Asia hanging in the balance, one Mongolian
woman manipulates her lovers, sons and grandsons through war and
upheaval to create an empire that lasted for 250 years. The Green
Phoenix tells the story of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, born a
Mongolian princess who became a consort in the Manchu court and
then the Qing Dynasty s first matriarch. She lived through
harrowing threats, endless political crises, personal heartaches
and painful losses to lead a shaky Empire out of a dead end. The
story is set against a turbulent canvas as the Chinese Ming Dynasty
is replaced by the Qing. Xiaozhuang guides her husband, her lover,
her son and her grandson - all emperors and supreme leaders of the
Qing Empire - to success against the odds.
The story is set in colonial Hong Kong and spans four decades from
the late 1940s. Historic events that took place in that period have
provided inspiration for much of the story background and some of
the episodes. Wendy and Diana are childhood playmates in the 50s.
From their early teens, their fates take divergent paths. They
become life-long enemies Wendy trudges through a miserable
childhood and youth in a broken home and the only solace in her
early life is the friendship of Edward, Diana's kid brother.
Stomaching one mischance after another, she promises herself that
there's nothing she can't overcome by sheer will. Diana seems to
have come to this world just to be pampered by luck, glamour and
wealth. Her father, a property tycoon whose wealth began heaping in
the pre-anti-corruption days, teaches her that there's nothing
money can't buy. No one has stronger faith than she in her glorious
destiny. As it turns out, Wendy and Diana are both proven wrong.
Before they take their final bow in the story, their paths take
life-altering twists and turns......
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