Su Wanyue was reborn with the blood feud of her family’s massacre from her previous life, returning to the eve of the selection that changed everything. She knew she was nothing more than a stand-in for the late empress in Xiao Heng’s eyes. Meanwhile, Pei Lang, the hostage prince who quietly tended pear blossoms in the western courtyard, was in fact Pei Jin, the former crown prince who had died protecting her in her previous life.
Carrying the same memories and pain, the two formed an alliance in the treacherous depths of the imperial palace. From the terrifying hounds at Qujiang Pond to exploring the underground chambers of the royal temple, they gathered secret letters exposing Xiao Heng’s dealings with Great Chu, the remains of the poison used to kill the late empress’s brother, and testimony from old acquaintances. Every step was like walking on a knife’s edge: they had to conceal everything from Xiao Heng’s suspicions while evading the watchful eyes of Lady Li and the other spies.
When the jade pendant engraved with “Jin” meets the pear-blossom token, and old scars from the Cold Palace intertwine with present-day danger, can these two souls bound by the fate of two lifetimes expose the truth amid the maelstrom of imperial power, clear every injustice, and rewrite an ending steeped in blood? The pear blossoms bloom again in the palace. This time, they will take their fates into their own hands.
