Jews fleeing the spanish inquisition were welcomed to istanbul . Christian converts became key figures in the bureaucracy , armed forces and the harem .
The heroine , zhen huan ( sun li ) , initially a kind and innocent young lady , enters the emperor 's harem of concubines .
女主角甄(孙俪),起初是一个善良单纯的少女,进入皇帝的后宫成为妃嫔。
The berliner kurier claimed that for years burke had been a secret agent of the sublime porte that in exchange for the rifles he was promised a principality of his own and a fully stocked harem .
It distributed bribes liberally : the merchants offered to provide an english virgin for the sultan of achin 's harem , for example , before james I intervened .