The Delicate Moon

[A frail, dependent flower in the beginning, then a ruthless man-eating flower: a princess of a fallen kingdom] [A possessive, brutal, dazzlingly beautiful young emperor]

Liu Yi should have been the Moon Kingdom's supremely honored Princess Yaoyue.

But when her kingdom fell and her family was destroyed, she became a lowly slave. Drugged and left with a damaged mind, she remembered nothing of her past.

She wandered from place to place, tasting both kindness and cruelty in the world.

When she was on the verge of death, Chu Huan saved her and took her back to the general's manor.

Her proud spirit had been broken, and she was like a withered flower.

Yet Chu Huan cherished her. He taught her to read and write, to ride and shoot, took her on campaigns in the northern deserts, and showed her the scenery beyond the frontier.

He picked up the fragments of her pride one by one and pieced them back together.

Liu Yi tied up her hair, took up her spear, and revealed her brilliance. She became a valiant young general, following Chu Huan on campaigns across the land, cutting a dashing figure and showing none of the weakness of her past.

At a palace banquet, the young emperor rewarded those who had distinguished themselves. But from beginning to end, he stared at Liu Yi in her men's clothes, his eyes roiling like stormy seas, a smile blooming on his lips like a poppy.

Li Chengjin saw through Liu Yi's disguise and discovered she was a woman. Using Chu Huan's life as leverage, he forced her into the palace.

On their wedding night, Li Chengjin sat alone in the room all night, his expression hard, his beautiful features dark with murderous intent.

Meanwhile, Liu Yi, dressed in her undergarments and holding a long sword, practiced on the rooftop beneath the moonlight, her brows furrowed with icy resolve.

From then on, the palace had a bold and headstrong general's consort.

She was arrogant and domineering, treating virtue and decorum as nothing, yet she made the women of the imperial harem's hearts race and their cheeks flush.

She had thought she would waste her life away in the palace, until word came from the court that Li Chengjin had imprisoned Chu Huan on charges of treason and colluding with the enemy.

Liu Yi's eyes reddened as she stormed into the palace with her sword and confronted the emperor.