All of the capital knew Princess Ming Weiwei to be clever, charming, and hopelessly in love with the brilliant yet distant Grand Tutor Liu Xi.... more>>

He was the untouchable flower atop the highest peak—elegant, aloof, and cold to her relentless affection.

For years, she chased him, only to be met with a frigid rejection:

"Your Highness and I are star-crossed by fate—never meant to be."

In the twenty-third year of the Great He Dynasty, Princess Weiwei wed—but not to the man she loved.

The night before her wedding, she walked barefoot to Liu Xi’s manor, removing her bridal garments one by one before him.

"Liu Xi, I'm getting married."

He stood frozen at his desk, never once turning to look at her.

When the morning drums signaled her departure, the brush in his hand snapped in half. <<less