On her 17th birthday, Meg learns she has 1 year to live unless she collects 1,000 joyful tears to grow a life seed. Helping others through magic, she discovers life's precious connections.

Obsessed with poison and medicine, a servant in the Emperor’s palace draws on her roots as a healer in the red light district to solve mysterious cases.

An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander. But the two learn more about each other, love may have a chance.