Fragrant Concubine

The figure known as the Fragrant Concubine is commonly associated with Consort Rong, a Uyghur consort of the Qianlong Emperor. Popular legend transformed her into a resistant princess from Xinjiang whose body naturally carried a floral scent. Jin Yong’s Princess Fragrance is a romantic and political reworking of that tradition.

Jin Yong’s fiction uses this historical figure within a narrative that blends documented events, popular legend and wuxia invention.