Due to the long process of creation, the publishing process lasted more than two years. Empresses in the palace 1 was published in February 2007, and empresses in the palace 7 was published in September 2009. Seven books are published by three publishing houses: empresses in the palace (1, 2,3) is Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House; Empresses in the palace (Volumes 4 and 5) was published by Guangxi Normal University Press. Empresses in the palace (Volumes 6 and 7) was published by Chongqing Publishing House.