Step into the Forbidden City

If you like stories like "Memoirs of a Geisha", which describes customs and learning from a very closed environment, you'll like this book.
You will discover how life in the city was strict but refined. You will discover primarily its customs, the dérulement of life through the seasons; However, I regret that this story does not specifically talk about the life of this lady of court, how she got there, her life with the eunuch Liu, etc. In short this is missing to make it a true biography, but you can not blame this woman to be reserved on the subject.
In short, rather a picture of life at the Imperial court rather than a biography, but it does not diminish the pleasure to browse these pages.