PETALS OF DECEIT: UNDER THE FORBIDDEN BLOSSOM

QING LAN PAVILION: the silent shadows.

CHAPTER 1.

Many many years ago back in the Zhou Dynasty in the year 1046 BCE, was a Kingdom ruled by the long-standing dynasty of the Bai family. During these years was when the Bia family immensely ruled in the reign of the great Emperor Bai Huang Li. The state was at a complex and evolving period. The country was quiet from turmoil and was at its flourishing period. At that time, Emperor Huang Li was a wise ruler, under his guidance and reign, the state was at the time of great change and upheaval.

The state had the strongest and wide number of soldiers commanded by the greatest Generals of times.
The Zhou dynasty was a dynasty with a mixed force, comprising chariot-based armies, cavalry, and infantry into its military organization. Their warfare often involved siege warfare and strategic alliances, increasing power and protection.
With his wisdom, Emperor Huang Li was fighting to put the world in a state of peace and tranquility.

On the outskirt of the Capital City of Haojin behind the vast second mountain of Mount Hua was a Qing Lan Pavilion of female disciples.

The Pavilion was mysterious like a secluded and ancient pagoda, hidden from the face of the world.

The stories of the Pavilion were grand and magnificent, but also frightening. The Pavilion was owned by the legendary, enigmatic host, Fang Hua. who was one of the best Swordsman to ever live the surface of the earth. She was the eldest daughter of the once esteemed Fang family, who were known for their strategic brilliance and martial arts prowess.

Some of the people who had an honor of meeting her, acknowledged that she didn't quiet look her age. she had a smooth, glowing un-aging face. She was as beautiful as the heavenly goddess under a raining plum blossoms tree.
She was a middle aged woman but her appearance, strength, physique and skills were of a young woman. The number of those who had actually seen her appearance could be counted with only one hand.

From when she was a young girl she had immensely admired the work of Martial Arts and any Swordsman. She was a fearless woman, her greatest inspiration was her late grandfather. who was the greatest Swordman of all times and had his name going down into history books. Many young Swordsmen looked up to him and held his honor. He was the one who trained and molded Feng Hua into the legendary woman that she was.

Along the years of her adulting days after her coming of age ceremony. A terrible tragedy that turned her into a despairing woman forced her to grow before time. The tragedy turned her into a hopeless woman that felt like she had lost the senses of direction, purpose, or optimism in life.

Her whole family clan was massacred in a cruel and brutal manner, leaving no survivors except herself. Her grandfather tried by all means to hide her away.
She felt helpless and powerless. Watching from far, her whole family being killed, with no means to help them. Her grandfather had told her to run and not seek vengeance for them.

With her whole family clan gone, she lost all hope or expectations of a better future. She was unable to change her circumstances, but she was certain she could improve her situation by seeking vengeance to those who dared to harm her family. The news of the massacred of the Fang Family clan shocked the entire nation. Everyone believed that the crimes against the Fang family were framed against them. They believed that the Fang family would never succumb to greed nor evil.

Fang Hua putting aside her trauma and past experience, she collected her mental health and was determined to bring justice upon those who framed her family.
With an assistant of a friend, as they delved deeper into the mystery of her family clan's deaths, they encountered a complex web of alliances and rivalries between her family and some officials, each with their own agendas and secrets, that her late grandfather was aware of.