When the Blossom Falls: 2 (When the Blossom Falls Trilogy)

In the year 473 CE, the Liu Song dynasty is plunged into tumult. Princess Liu Shuiyin cannot stand idle as her sadistic cousin is crowned prince and an attempt is made on her father’s life. To preserve the dynasty, she crossdresses and becomes the next emperor, even if she must put her own life in danger, attracting the attention of the immortals above.

Zhao Meishang, a poor peasant girl from the capital, is a master pick-pocket. Upon stiffing the leader of a notorious gang for a jade hairpin belonging to the imperial palace, she runs with her sister and a fugitive to start a new life, only for it to follow her across the nation as war breaks out.

Yu Hongzhen, despite being the only son of a gentry family, is illiterate. Torn between his obligation to care for his infirm mother and dreams of becoming a scholar, he shoulders both as his peers tyrannize him for his illiteracy. He soon discovers, however, that the master he has been assigned to is not looking to teach him the classics, but the ways of the supernatural—and how to combat the paranormal beings he’ll encounter.