The peonies in the palace have bloomed.
This is Liu Chunjia's thirteenth year in the palace. She has gone from the emperor's personal maid to his empress.
The emperor loves the favored consort, so she must be a virtuous empress.
On the day the kingdom falls and the capital is overrun, the favored consort is sentenced to death, and the emperor prepares a cup of poisoned wine for her, too.
She knocks the poisoned wine aside, removes her crown and fine robes, and kneels before the rebel leader, begging him to spare the life of the fallen emperor.
The peonies in the palace have bloomed again.
Only the person admiring them is no longer the same as before.
Theme: Even the finest things in this world do not last.
Madam, can you mark each book as be or he? 😭
This is the best ending I have ever seen for a female protagonist 😍
It's a bad habit for men to be scumbags [angry]