Sword

On the morning of Miu Miu's fifteenth birthday, her mother makes a startling revelation: Miu Miu's fate is to travel to the faraway city of Chang'an, avenge her father's death, and find her true love. But the evil emperor has other plans for her. Defeating him will take all of Miu Miu's courage, wit, and martial arts experience.
Master storyteller Da Chen paints a vivid portrait of his native land in this classic tale of honor, adventure, and romance in ancient China. (goodreads)

This book was fantastic! I don't know many Chinese stories, but most that I do know have a good and wise emperor, makes sense though that at times the emperor was indeed evil. I loved the description of her kung fu fighting and would love to see what a real kung fu master could do in real life, ya know without the magic of story telling.

Anyway this story is full of surprises and certainly does not end as one would think a good honorable chinese story would, but then again, it is a "forbidden book" I loved Da Chen's storytelling and would love to read more by him also.