
Disguised as a commoner, Jade escapes with the help of her beloved Amah (nursemaid) and a handful of servants still loyal to the true heir. Jade quickly discovers her stepmother’s plot to poison the emperor and murder Jade using blood magic from the sinister Serpent God.

Pure-hearted Jade is the daughter of Emperor Jun’s first wife and a descendant of the Dragon King-in other words, a constant threat to her evil stepmother’s rule-and is summoned back to the Imperial City for her 18th birthday celebration. Upon Empress Xifeng’s dark and violent rise to power, Princess Jade was sent to a monastery to be raised in meditative simplicity.

A young princess finds the courage to usurp an evil queen.
