Title: The Jade Princess

Author: candylaura

Characters: Sooyoung, Luhan, Yoona, Kris, Victoria, Zhoumi; Exo, SNSD, f(x)

Genre: Romance, drama, fantasy, angst

Status: Completed

Description: 

When you try and reach for the stars,

Don’t forget your feet are still on the ground

7th century. 650. Chang’an, the halcyonic capital of the Tang Dynasty, hostilely welcomes a young Shilla princess to marry the Crown Prince. Five years later when the Emperor and Empress are newly coronated amidst the merger inimically formed between Shilla and Tang, a maiden by the name of Song Qian steps into the imperial palace, delivering jade to the members of it. But when she trespasses, treading a little farther than necessary, she finds herself wound into the secret internal battle between the devious young empress and the people of the imperial palace. A battle of malice, betrayal and deceit emerges, of which there can only be one winner… Song Qian is yet to realize that the imperial palace conceals skeletons, and no amount of jade brocading imperial palace will appease the greed that will engulf the once-prosperous capital in complete pandemonium.

"The royal family stays in the palace, usually."

"And they don't go out?"

"Nope."

"What