Title: Ink on the dagger (Book 1) Author: torontok Beta: xiusass Rating: NC-17 Pairing(s)/Focus: Tao/Kris Side Pairings: fem!Xiumin/Kris Length: 22233 Summary: The state of Eastern Wu is in constant skirmishes with its neighbouring states and war seems inevitable. The monarch has been growing increasingly more demented and is kept removed from the public eye. Prince Yifan is content to run the country from behind the scenes but the arrival of a new scribe to the forbidden city hints at a darker plot unfolding unbeknownst to them. Genre: Historical au Warnings: [spoiler] Mentions of violence, mentions of prostitution,harem/concubine system, sexual content, mentions of mental illness, Notes: This fic is so long overdue for the amazing fleurs. I'm sorry you had to wait so long and I hope you like it. Thank you to Josie, Hannah Csc and Nicole for their encouragement. My intial goal was to make this as historically accurate as possible but that plan kinda went to hell. Just take this as fiction and not an accurate depcition of Jin dynasty era China