That Year Begonia Returned Home in Spring

With the gift of marriage, she transformed from a young lady from the south of the Yangtze River to a princess from the northern Xinjiang. In a conspiracy, she changed from a chess piece to a chess player. In the spring of the third year of Taiping's reign, a marriage proposal came to the Yushi Mansion. Mu Qingheng, a wealthy girl who grew up in the mist and rain of Jiangnan, was forced to marry Lu Yunchen, the rumored ruthless and murderous prince of Zhenbei. This marriage began with a cold conspiracy: the new emperor wanted to use the name of Qingliu of the Mu family to contain the powerful Zhenbei Palace. Everyone thought that she was just a weak pawn that could be bullied. It wasn't until she tore up her wedding dress on her wedding night, faced the murderous intention of the Queen Mother in the depths of the palace, and stood side by side with him in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood... That the world was shocked to realize that what was hidden in the sleeves of this imperial concubine was not only a sharp blade to cut off shackles, but also a resource that stirred up the world. However, what is deeper than the strife in court is the mystery surrounding her life experience. An old handkerchief stained with blood and a snowy begonia unique to northern Xinjiang lead to a blood feud that has been buried for fifteen years. When she finally saw clearly her Xiao family lineage, what lay before her was the legacy of her close relatives, the survival of Northern Xinjiang, and the husband beside her who had been arrogant with her but was gradually falling in love with her. When the truth tears apart tenderness, and when family and country crush personal hatred, can she protect her true love in the tempering of blood and fire, and let the begonias, which symbolize hope, bloom all over this barren land? This is a soulful swan song composed in the midst of intrigue and war. It is a woman's awakening from a chess piece to a chess player. It is also an epic about protection, forgiveness and rebirth.