步步惊心

Recently, I’ve been hooked on to a new drama serial tittled ‘步步惊心’. I like how it weaves fiction into facts, creating an interesting storyline. Also, there’s the element of time travel which makes it more exciting.

I got so intrigued by it that I actually went to read up more about the reign of Kangxi during the Qing dynasty to try separating fact from fiction. The most interesting titbit of knowledge I managed to garner from my short ‘research’ was that Kangxi had a harem of 64 women. My goodness! My brain did a quick calculation and that worked out to him spending an average of 6 days with each of the 64 woman in a year.