The Imperial Bride

~ Princes Lì Huá ~
I was the Forgotten Blossom, the daughter of a disgraced concubine. My worth lay only in how my Emperor father could use me, and he intended to use me as a political pawn in a peace treaty with the Kingdom of Donghua, a kingdom we had been at war with for decades. I was to be the bride to the Crown Prince of Donghua, a sacrifice for peace.

There was only one problem. I didn't intend to be anyone's sacrifice. I may have grown up in the Cold Palace, but I'd spent that time learning to be a weapon for my own survival. Crown Prince Xuanye might think he was getting a foreign bride he could forget, but I was determined to become unforgettable.

~ Crown Prince Xuanye ~
The life of a crown prince is seldom his own as I learned when I was married off to a woman I had never met before simply to bring peace to our two kingdoms. She was a foreigner, the enemy, and probably a spy sent to kill the entire Imperial family. I had no intention of giving her the chance.

Princes Lì Huá surprised me at every turn. She wasn't like the other ladies of court I'd met in the past. She didn't hide in her carriage when bandits attack, instead standing at my side as we fought for our lives. Before we even reached home, my unwanted bride was becoming unforgettable, something I had never planned for, but maybe what I needed.