Fox Bone Peony

This novel tells the legendary story of a pair of twin sisters who took different paths due to a trick of fate during the Wanli period, which ultimately led to a dispute between the court and the demon world. In the pouring autumn rain, a poor woman in Lijiazhuang gave birth to twin girls. Because she had no mole at the end of her eye, her younger sister was chosen as the legitimate daughter by the steward of the Duke of Rong, and was given the name "Peony"; while her older sister, Ah Mu, who had a cinnabar mole on her eye, was abandoned in the countryside. Ah Mu honed her perseverance through suffering, and became a ghost doctor to cure her father's illness. She gradually awakened to the power of the fox demon hidden in her body and the memories from three hundred years ago - she was originally a spirit fox, and had a pact with the monks to "protect you forever", but was tampered with by another fox demon Ahri and took her identity away. After becoming an adult, Ah Mu went to Beijing as a "beautiful-eyed female doctor" to investigate the truth, and found that the "Mudan" who replaced her identity was none other than her old enemy Ah Li. At the same time, she reunited with Shen Jinghan, who was reincarnated as the regent. The two work together to fight against the conspiracy of the Rongguo government and Ali, and expose the shady story of water transportation corruption and military embezzlement. In the final showdown on a full moon night, Ah Li activates the second soul seal of the parasitic queen mother, and Shen Jinghan protects Ah Mu from being seriously injured and dying. Ah Mu finally regained the soul seal and shattered Ah Li's conspiracy to steal the country's destiny. And Amu became the princess and jointly implemented the "Yuheng Rule" with Shen Jinghan. Shen Jinghan died young due to the relapse of an old poison. Amu inherited his ambition to save the world and saved the people from fire and water during the plague. The novel ends with "The moon can only be seen when the jade scale is broken, and spring begins where the fox bones are ashes." It shows that after going through disasters, benevolence will eventually transcend the fate of reincarnation.