Flowers Falling in the Deep Palace

Lin Wan'er, a princess of the previous dynasty, flees after refusing an arranged marriage and takes the assumed name Ali to blend in at a music house. Pure and virtuous yet deeply calculating, she wields her musical talent like a blade as she navigates the world of the powerful. Hunted by the chancellor and caught up in palace conspiracies, she joins forces with Chu Yun, a down-and-out scholar, and Ying, a mysterious assassin, carefully plotting every move. From a sheltered songbird to a player shaping the fate of a chaotic age, she uncovers the mystery of her origins and restores order to the court. Rejecting a noble title, she sets off with her beloved to roam the land, beginning a new life. This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.