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“Evidence of treason” from the old Shen family case suddenly resurfaces, wronging the entire family. The old poison case Xiao Che is investigating is rife with hidden currents, and the two cases are inextricably linked. No one could have imagined that the legendary “fake death drug” was actually a lost ancient elixir, one tied to a secret royal trove. Behind the smuggling of medicinal ingredients lies a horrifying scheme to “make medicine from living people.”
The Northern Guard Army’s bronze seal brings a buried past to light, while the shadow of a royal bloodline curse falls over the court. The “Bone-Eroding Worm” requires a specific bloodline as its catalyst, and only the combined bloodlines of the Shen and Lin families can cleanse it. The old shopkeeper faked his death to escape, but behind him lies a secret organization called the “Tomb Guardians,” which even has an empress dowager’s spy in its ranks. The curse-breaking pill demands half the life span of the person who refines it. The Third Prince may seem naive, but he is secretly laying out his pieces and waiting to reap the rewards.
The founding emperor’s betrayal of the Tomb Guardians gave rise to a cycle of curses bound to the bloodline. Xiao Che and A Wan break free of fate through a “blood pact,” using their combined bloodlines to cleanse the Bone-Eroding Worm, a vessel of resentment. The empress dowager and the Seventh Prince die consumed by their obsessions, while the crown prince is imprisoned. Xiao Che and A Wan choose instead to protect the realm and serve its people, bringing the cycle of hatred to an end.
White hair at the temples marks the years of life lost, while the new life growing in her womb carries hope free of the curse. The end of hatred does not lie in revenge, but in breaking the rules. The power of love lies in becoming the person who helps the other break through the deadlock, so that flowers may finally bloom over the ashes.
