The Blue-Gray Horse

Twelve years after laying down his sword, Shi Wuhen returned to the martial world to collect the body of his most hopeless female disciple. He stormed the imperial palace and slaughtered everyone who had harmed her. Then he curled up inside his disciple’s coffin and followed her into death. As he lay dying, a voice asked him, “If you could do it all again, would you let her roam the world with you instead of forcing her to become empress?” Shi Wuhen curled his lip. “No.” He murmured coldly, “She would still become empress.” Only this time— “My empress.” After twelve years in retirement, sect master Shi Wuhen returns to avenge his female disciple’s death—and follows her into the grave. Then fate gives him another chance. To Feng Yihuan, her adoptive father has suddenly abandoned his quiet life just as her birth family comes to claim her. His plans draw them into the capital, where a prince with dangerous ambitions seems to know far more than he should. As old grudges and palace intrigues close around them, Yihuan must decide whom she can trust and what kind of life she wants. Shi Wuhen once tried to make her an empress. This time, he is determined to keep her alive.