{"product_id":"jin-hua-blossom-angelina-luo-9781764473309","title":"Jin Hua Blossom: Vows of Tears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn a court where silk conceals blades, innocence is a death sentence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir story is not a romance, but a debt - one whose due is paid in blood and silence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXiao Lingyu feared losing everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo preserve her family legacy, \u003cstrong\u003eJin Hua Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e, and secure its lineage, she made a radical choice: she laid a trap for an unknown scholar in order to obtain an heir. Bao'er was born of that deception. 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