The Peony Blade
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MatureComplete Sun, Jul 27, 20257h 8m
A chinese Historical Drama because I was bored.
Lady Shen Lian, once a noble daughter of a high-ranking official, loses her entire family in a political purge orchestrated by the imperial court. Surviving under a false identity, she is raised in the shadows of the Jianghu by a secret sect of assassins. Her ultimate target: Prince Li Zhaoyuan - the ambitious, intelligent, and enigmatic fourth son of the emperor, rumored to have played a role in her family's downfall.
But as Shen Lian infiltrates the palace as a court lady and draws closer to her target, she finds that the truth behind her family's demise is more complex than she imagined - and the man she is meant to kill may be the only one capable of saving her soul.
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