Culinary Chronicles Of The Court Flower Volume 8

Both the Quinary Dragon and Rimi, the empress to be, have vanished from the palace! While Emperor Shohi has Jotetsu and Hakurei search for her, Shusei follows his own hunch and pursues a man who has both the motive and the means to make her disappear: Shu Kojin. When Shusei confronts his cruel adoptive father, he’s told that...Rimi is dead?! Precious memories mix with hostility in this exciting eighth volume!

The month of diplomacy is upon Konkoku, and countries from all over are sending delegations. All seems calm when Emperor Shohi and Lord Shusei establish a temporary cease-fire...until the Saisakoku delegation arrives, and it turns out Princess Aisha is with them! The court is immediately abuzz with whisperings of whether a wedding to seal diplomatic ties between their lands is on the table. In other words, Rimi might be about to lose her place in the world a second time! She can entertain and cook for the delegation, but can she safeguard her position as future empress?