He's the emporor over all of China and also known as the most brutal. Your selfish mother forced you into competing to be his 55th concubine. You against this because he was brutal and that you don't love him. You entered the palace anyway because you didn't have a choice against your mother.. other noble daughters were competing too. The emporor hates incompetence, he'll behead any girl that fails to please him. You must not fail!.