Weaving Mist into a Phoenix

Su Wanqing, daughter of the former Minister of Works, saw her family wrongfully accused and was cast adrift in the martial world. She became the youngest honored guest of the underground intelligence network Hundred Crafts Workshop, known as “Mist Weaver.” With a flick of her fingers, she could craft mechanisms that killed without a trace or draw up city defenses as impregnable as a fortress.

The seventh prince of the current dynasty, Xiao Jingheng, was seen by the world as a useless, carefree prince. In secret, however, he was “Lone Swan,” leader of the Shadow Pavilion. He had lain low for years, waiting for the chance to clear away the mists and rebuild the realm.

A plan to rob the treasury of Qin Song, the powerful chancellor, brought their parallel paths crashing together. She was the sharpest blade in his hand, and he was the strongest shield at her back.

From the shadowy chambers beneath Hundred Crafts Workshop to the resplendent halls of the Spring Examination; from the Northern Di cavalry poised to invade to the bloody turmoil at court.

She wove a vast, inescapable net for him, and he promised her a world at peace.

When the realm was restored, he took her hand and asked, “Does this vast land still please Mist Weaver’s eye?”