### Story summary
-**Magnolia First Encounter**: The girl Cixi accidentally rescued Fu Lin who fell into the water in the Old Summer Palace. The two made an agreement in the fragrance of lotus, and the gears of fate began to turn.
-**Reunion in the Palace**: Cixi, who became a concubine, met the guard Fu Lin again outside the Yangxin Palace. Their eyes met and they had hidden feelings, but they could only restrain themselves due to the disparity in status.
-**Undercurrent of Love**: When Emperor Xianfeng was seriously ill, Cixi and Fu Lin met in the summer resort late at night. Zhuchai relied on each other to express their feelings and found true love in the whirlpool of power.
-**Blood Palace Change**: On the night of Xinyou's coup, Fu Lin risked his life to deliver a secret message. The two of them completed a fatal blow in the shadow of swords and gambled their lives in a chess game that would change the day.
-**So close to the end of the world**: The Queen Mother and the imperial guards looked at each other through the bead curtain. The hidden compartment of the Yangxin Hall became a moonlight treasure box for storing the past, hiding unsent letters and faded purses.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
