Empresses in the Palace: A New Era of Splendor

The chill of the Cold Palace execution had yet to fade when Zhen Huan opened her eyes and found herself back at age seventeen in Shattered Jade Pavilion. The crabapple hairpin still gleamed in the bronze mirror, but the bloodstains of her family's ruin and her dear friend's death in her previous life were etched into her heart.

She kept her sharp edges hidden and willingly took the lowest place in the selection, yet secretly allied herself with Consort Hua in the imperial garden, using her fiery force to stand against the Empress's honeyed words and hidden daggers. An Lingrong entered the enemy camp with a silver hairpin in hand, becoming Zhen Huan's sharpest hidden weapon.

The Emperor's favored nameplates were turned over one after another. Amid the curling incense, she shared a secret with Prince Guo, who came to her beneath the moonlight. The three children recorded as the Emperor's were both the fruits of love and weapons in disguise.

Behind the palace's red walls, alliances concealed schemes, and masks hid true feelings. Given another life, she planned every step, seeking not to rule the Six Palaces, but only to protect those she loved and see the crabapples bloom again. Yet the winds in the inner palace were fierce. Would that white-clad figure arrive as promised? In this life-or-death game of chess, could she truly make the flowers bloom again?