Wielding the Imperial Seal to Subdue Ghosts and Monsters

PS: Past and present lives + crime solving + ghost hunting and demon slaying + devoted romance + coming-of-age

I was born into the royal family, the youngest legitimate princess of the Liang emperor. A once-in-a-thousand-years South Sea pearl was discovered in the royal pearl beds just as I was born, so Father bestowed upon me the name Baozhu, meaning “precious pearl.”

But I was unlike ordinary people. From birth, I could see things no one else could. The palace maids who served me said it was called “yin-yang eyes.”

Fortunately, Father did not treat me like a freak. Instead, he had the Imperial Preceptor take me on as his disciple. When I was three, I began living at his residence. He also gave me a red jade pendant and warned me never to take it off, because it could save my life.

Ever since I put on the pendant, I have had the same dream.

I dream that a red fox is cooling off inside my belly. Whenever he is burned by fire, I exhale a chilly breath to help cool him down.

I told the Imperial Preceptor about it. He told me not to dwell on it, that it was nothing bad, and that I would understand when the time came. The causes of a past life bear fruit in this one.

But as I grew older, I stopped having the dream. Then, after my coming-of-age ceremony, I sneaked out of the palace and met “him” at a funeral home.

From that moment on, my fate became bound up with his…