Poisons
The Mourning Hall Mystery
In our village, a child who dies before his parents cannot be given a funeral—unless he dies in an unclean place.
When my drowned best friend is laid in the mourning hall, a seven-day vigil turns my guilt into terror, and the truth behind the hauntings proves more horrifying than any ghost.
Blood Rouge
I spent ten years in the imperial harem testing rouge, and not once did I fail to detect a single trace of poison.
That was until Consort Hua dropped dead after applying the “Drunken Beauty Red” I had personally verified.
It was then that a newly arrived talented lady told me: what truly kills isn’t the rouge, but the intent to murder.
