She is Princess Huan of Chaoyin City, peerlessly beautiful and beloved by all under heaven.
He is a refined, gentle prince, like red jade on a sheer cliff, bound to her by a promise beneath plum blossoms.
Yet when he faces her, his eyes turn bloodshot. He grips her arm tightly: “What are you trying to do? Become a favored concubine? Climb into the emperor’s bed? Become empress?”
He is a bewitching envoy from a foreign land, with nine beauties prostrating themselves before him and an allure beyond compare.
When these two formidable people meet, he reaches out and grips her chin: “So you’re Princess Huan, famed for your beauty? How about spending the night with me?”
He is a carefree young master who lives beyond the world, dressed in flowing white and standing with a flute in hand.
His silver robe is stained with blood. “Even if I have to die for you in this life, that alone is more than enough for me...”
A novel with a great storyline, worth reading in one sitting.