A Political Marriage, and Then the Palace Crumbled

[High-stakes palace intrigue, historical romance, ensemble cast, tragic love, bad ending, novel adaptation.]

On the night of her political marriage, the emperor never came. She tried everything she could, but his heart was always set on another woman. The fire that consumed everything burned away more than just the two men’s indecision: it also swallowed a love with nowhere to go. (Part One: The Tragedy of the Political Marriage)

Born the daughter of the prime minister, she followed a fallen prince into exile across the land, only to become a political sacrifice. In an instant, she awakened and became the first spy and assassin. (Part Two: The Tragedy of the Realm)

These tragic princesses, whose lives and deaths moved different men to brave fire and flood for them, were forced to face the ruin of their palaces and their own destruction as their countries rose and fell.