A mere girl of a common scholar class is swept from her peaceful life to something bigger. Now picked upon as a candidate for the second son of the emperor, she's thrown into a world of discord and trickery. Behind the illusion of a peaceful life, power struggles revolving around love and happiness are vital for survival. Nothing is simply easy and one must fight to make it to the top.

Suddenly removed from her life of peace and tranquility, Nyang is tossed into the inner court, the birth home of schemes and manipulations. Just as she tries to forget an old flame and reignite another, she is stabbed in the back when she least expects it and by who she never suspected. Again, she finds herself in another cage, dishonored and disgraced. This time she has decided not to stay down, she has decided to rise and make those responsible atone for the past. "It's a battle of wits and survival. It's a battle of bloody politics, mischiefs and schemes, a battle where you have no ally, where you can trust only your self. This is the palace, a place of grandeur and death"- Park Sungnyang.

The palace is a graveyard of dreams and hope. It slowly lures you in with its mesmerizing beauty, giving silky promises of power and wealth. But as soon as you take a step into the mirage, the doors snap shut. Then you realize... The high palace walls are nothing more than a cage of bones. The peaceful lotus pool is simply a resting place for thousands of lost souls. And laughter and smiles are a weapon to kill you before you can even mutter a single word. When lucky, a remain or two may find its way out - a fragmented jade or two bloody teeth, a remembrance that this indeed was history. From her birth, she was chained by the invisible strings of fate. What was the palace but another prison? Her bargain was her freedom, and his bet was the future of the empire. He favored the land over her, so she chose herself over him. But when she finally had the chance to escape, she found that she couldn't. For her hands were spotted with crimson blood.

At a young age Jiayang had always been told she was beautiful. She had gained everything that she has ever wanted, being the daughter of the late emperor Guozhi. After he died, her eldest brother Jianyu, ascended to the throne, building a new and powerful empire. Jiayang lived her life in peace and happiness, until one day her brother gave her to the neighboring empire, as a peace offering and as a concubine! Jiayang then faced a new problem, she was a concubine among many, trying to earn the favor of the emperor. She now has to face many challenges in her new kingdom to be happy!

*A Wattpad Featured Story * Synopsis: What will you do when you live in the history? When a California girl found herself transported into ancient China, she thought she was going to coast along. She learns quickly how wrong that was. She struggled to survive and to deal with poverty, discrimination, and the war between Han and Xiongnu. In the midst of all, she found love, or she thought so. Reviews： "I cried my eyes out. " ---Wattpad reader "This is a masterpiece." ---Wattpad reader "A fascinating read to an adventure into a tumultuous and defining period of Chinese history. Cultural and historical milieus made vivid and imitate through the eyes of a teenage girl." ----- Amazon reviewer "The author weaves and develops Shiaonu's character with these underpinning questions. Shiaonu's irrepressible personality powers her forward through fear, danger, and sorrow. Her kindness and smarts protect her. She touches and enriches so many lives. And yet, when the tsunami of history flows through, she finds her way, something transcends time and space." --- Amazon Reviewer "Who said the romance is dead?" --- Wattpad reader "If this book becomes a movie, I will watch it a thousand times." --- Wattpad reader "I love it!!! Thank you for making a beautiful story and I also learned so much. Your story makes me laugh and I like it so much. " --- Wattpad reader "This story has led me through a series of such emotional rollercoasters that I'm at loss for words. This book has truly been inspirational with a love story that sails through time. " --- Wattpad reader ||A Wattpad Featured Story || *All Rights Reserved *All pictures and videos belong to their rightful owners.

Being a peerless genius of the underworld was no sweat! But realizing her fellow friends were indeed her enemies, Mingxia Jie was not one to take it lying down. She had been nicknamed the Devil's maid for a reason, an since she has reincarnated don't blame her for not being ruthless! As a reincarnated noble, she had been bethrothed to the mysterious Kangxi wangye, but she had soon to realize that this wangye would walk hand in hand with her when she set her sights on destroying the very sect she called home. However; truth lies in legend. Her previous live would bring about her immortality. Her heart would be cold as her other half wakes. For it not for her husband she would be lost to time itself.

She was known as The Ghost, the most fearsome poison assassin in Bido Kingdom. No one lives after she attacks. No one can buy her loyalty. No one can control her. No one knows her whereabouts. She comes and goes as she pleases, blowing in with the eastern wind and leaving with the northern storm. But before she was The Ghost, she was just Du Hongmo. An orphan picked up by a family of farmers that raised her until an unfortunate event killed her foster family. Pitiful, alone, and betrayed by humanity, she survived on the knowledge that the only person she could rely on is herself. Du Hongmo meets a Goryo. A vengeful ghost who ties her soul with Hongmo and teaches Hongmo everything she knows. "The world never wanted you. You have a cursed fate. The world brought you into this world unwanted and now the world wants to throw you away without even a chance to fight for yourself." The Goryo whispered into her ear. "Meeting me is your fate bringing us together. Du Hongmo, do you know what your name means? It means Poison Iris. And before I became a Goryo, I was a poison expert. I'll impart on to you my knowledge so you'll have a fighting chance in this cursed world. And in return, you'll feed me the souls of those you killed." Forced into an unwanted life and death contract with the Goryo, Hongmo strives to live a conscientious life while walking on a thin line of good and evil. On her journey to find herself and her place in the world, she will encounter the men who will stand beside her as she takes revenge on the man who lied, chased, and broke her.

Would you like to play a game? The rules are simple... you just have to get someone to fall in love you, devote himself to you, and care for you until the end of his days. Think it's easy? Confident you'll win? Let's see how well you play the game. WARNING! Viewer discretion advised: story contains adult content that is unsuitable for children. NOTE from the writer: I'm an amateur writer so please overlook plot holes, grammar issues, or anything else a story is supposed to have. This is my original story so... as the saying goes "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all".

I am dying - it was inevitable. The poison given to me over the course of several months have spread throughout my veins and seep through my bones. I was alone. There was not one single person to hold me, to comfort me, or to cry for me... I am all alone... NOTE from the writer: I'm an amateur writer so please overlook plot holes, grammar issues, or anything else a story is supposed to have. This is my original story so... as the saying goes "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all".

Classical Chinese dance student Mei Yanran found her first love between the pages of a online novel. When a traffic accident grants her one wish, she seizes the chance to transmigrate into the world of her favorite story! Bright, bold, and beautifully confident, Mei Yanran's determined to win the affections of resident side character Ling Fengxiao. But can pure personality and knowledge of the plot grant her a happy ending? What about that pesky prince who keeps trying to make a love triangle? Deaths in the capital, chaos in the courts; the path to love is rarely a straight and easy road! 『An original story by Ruyi － Work in Progress with minimal edits | Cover art by the talented _iraseugin on Twitter!』