Beneath The Golden Crown
{Volume One - The Duchess - Synopsis}
Peace was forged with blood. Now the cracks are beginning to show.
Long ago, the world was carved into dominions and bound under a single empire. The old kingdoms vanished, replaced by great ruling clans sworn to the golden crown. But peace in the empire is a delicate thing. Beneath the banners and silk lies a thousand buried rivalries, and the imperial court bleeds ambition from every wall.
In the countryside, where titles mean nothing and justice rarely arrives, a strange girl survives a massacre. Her hair, white as snow and stained at the ends with blood red, marks her as an omen of ruin. No one remembers her name, and yet everyone who meets her watches her too closely.
In the capital, the emperor prepares to choose new concubines. Families sharpen their daughters like blades, desperate for influence. Behind the brocade curtains of the palace, whispers travel like wildfire.
A girl from the provinces brought into the manor of the Minister of Justice. An ancient spirit said to have awakened.
No one sees it yet, but a storm is coming. One girl’s quiet war will unravel empires. Secrets will climb the thrones. And before the end, the golden crown will fall.
Not all power is inherited. Some of it is taken. And some of it is cursed.
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