A Hairpin of Snow

There is a little-known secret in the Ji family of the Imperial Academy: the eldest daughter of the Ji family, unloved by her parents due to an inauspicious birth date, has a twin sister who has been lost and living elsewhere. The two sisters, living vastly different lives, have developed contrasting personalities. The elder sister is weak and easily bullied, simple and unsophisticated; the younger sister is vengeful, ruthless, and kills without blinking. In the political turmoil of the court, disaster strikes the innocent. The elder sister is schemed into marrying her father’s archenemy—Huo Xian, the infamous Commandant who recognized a traitor as his father. Huo Xian is notorious for ...