Chapter 9: The Poisoned Plum

1 Chapter 1: The Butcher’s Ledger 

2 Chapter 2: The Iron Command 

3 Chapter 3: The Crucible of Ash 

4 Chapter 4: The Hovel of Broken Glass 

5 Chapter 5: The Carriage of Silken Sighs 

6 Chapter 6: The Voice Behind the Screen 

7 Chapter 7: The Minister of Rites 

8 Chapter 8: The Blood of the Midwives 

9 Chapter 9: The Poisoned Plum 

10 Chapter 10: The Ghost Concubine 

11 Chapter 11: The Weaver’s Snare 

12 Chapter 12: The Iron Coronation 

13 Chapter 13: The Secret of the Iron Pass 

14 Chapter 14: The Barracks of Bone 

15 Chapter 15: The Audience of Ash 

16 Chapter 16: The Divided Crown 