Stillness in the Green: Flowers Lost to the Cold

Nobody could have guessed that the fourth imperial consort from the Luo family would be a master of poison.

Luo Yusheng was in a bind. Was the Empress Dowager of Xia Kingdom out of her mind, or just desperate to forge a connection? If she wanted a marriage alliance, she could have asked. There were more than twenty eligible, unmarried young women in the Luo clan. What did this have to do with her? She was fifth in line among the legitimate and concubine-born children of her branch, and her mother had died young. Who could help her refuse this marriage?

Even if she resigned herself to it, how was she supposed to win a man's heart?

Her eldest cousin said she didn't know. She was always the one being pursued. Her martial arts had once been the best in the world, until the fourth prince of Li Kingdom took an interest in her. He went to great lengths to defeat her and win her hand.

Her third cousin said, why not win him over with your talent? She had been secretly in love with the emperor of Jing Kingdom for years. She entered the palace as an ordinary palace scholar, earned recognition through her talent, and climbed step by step to the pinnacle of power.

Little Eleven, who was closest to Yusheng, said with confidence: Raise him as a pet. When she was nine, she found a young man and kept him as a pet. She let him read the Luo family's hidden books, fed him magical pills and tonics, and taught him the Luo family's martial arts. Four years later, the Imperial Guards of Yaoyan surrounded the Luo family to welcome the young man home. He turned out to be Hua Xiran, the crown prince of Yaoyan. Overnight, Little Eleven became the future empress of Yaoyan.

With these three successful examples right in front of her, Luo Yusheng felt a lot of pressure. Anyone else?

She entered the palace and was made Consort Luo. From the domineering An Qingyan to the sinister An Qinghuan, they both called her "Yi'an." Her wild, arrogant features were just like those of the woman in the heart of the Emperor of Xia Kingdom.

The legendary deadly poison, Cold Blossom's Bane, has appeared once more. Is this a shocking conspiracy, or an inescapable fate too cruel to bear?

If fate cannot be escaped, then kill me and take the throne of Xia Kingdom. I would be willing.

This man is always half sincere and half deceitful.

In the end, what will Luo Yusheng choose?