Secrets of the Forbidden Court

Blurb:

Shen Qian lost his mother when he was little, then his father in his youth. He was raised in the imperial palace, where he was treated with cold indifference.

At twelve, a revered monk guided him onto the path of cultivation. He left the palace and followed the monk to a temple. He was supposed to formally take his vows at twenty, but that absurd incident happened just days before the ceremony.

Afterward, the woman straightened her rumpled clothes and sash, then swept away. Just before leaving, she turned her head and sneered, "So the Imperial Uncle isn't as chaste as the rumors say."

Buddhism teaches: A single angry thought opens a million doors to evil.

He knew he shouldn't have. He shouldn't have given in to that anger, much less let it overturn the bonds of morality and proper order.

Theme: Treat others with sincerity