Was it a love that cut to the bone and broke the heart, or a regret that had endured for a thousand years? A devotion, hidden among poisoned hairpins, refined and crushed over a millennium, finally blooms into a flower without equal. This woman rose from a concubine-born daughter to an imperial consort, and then to the highest minister in the land. She had thought there was no love in the palace, only struggles for power. She had let go of everything before entering the palace, hoping only to live out an ordinary life, yet she found a love she had never dared hope for. Faced with a choice between her country and herself, power and love, what path should she take? The main story is complete. Read with confidence.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
