Tired Of Seeking Fragrance

The original title of this book was "Phoenix Dance: Breaking into the Dragon's Veil". Upon publication, it was renamed "Weary Search for Fragrance" and is also known as "Tears of the Palace"

Once, she was an arrogant and proud young lady from a noble family, while he was a young swordsman who stood up against injustice. They stumbled into a tender youthful affection; upon their reunion, she had become the princess of the Southern Dynasty, usurped by her elder brother, and he was the young heir to the throne of the Northern Dynasty. That pure love song amidst the green mountains and bamboo turned out to be a masquerade encounter between two favored children of heaven

How could she know that the Southern Dynasty royal family, who regarded her as precious as a jewel, would treat her as a sacrifice when the enemy was at the gates? How could he know that when he sought his brother's help to find the beloved, she was being bound as a hostage, offered up to his brother's dragon throne?

When she was being ravaged, she heard her former lover laughing lightly as they left outside the door

When he treated her with heartfelt sincerity, she turned against him, capturing him as a prisoner at her feet

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, four rulers perished one after another because of her

She said, the prophecy is predetermined, I am the demoness of a fallen nation

He said, I must conquer the world, solely for the sake of having you in it