The Phoenix Sacrifice

Born into a prominent family, she is nevertheless framed by others. Her kind nature lets a wolf into her home. Her son is torn apart by chariots, and her daughter is brutalized to death. All 990 members of the household are executed. As the sole girl of the Feng family for three generations, she was destined to be the phoenix seated in the empress's place, but in the end she dies in tears, her wandering spirit unable to be reincarnated.

She wakes from a horrifying dream, outwardly warm but inwardly cold, quietly cultivating her vitality. She mixes aconite into the medicine and hangs herself in shame. Exiled to Taizhou, she arranges for the lecher to be sent to a rendezvous. She thought she had no more phoenix dreams in this life, but again and again she falls into dreams and into familiar arms. He helps her find the light through the cracks, cultivate the Dao beneath the moon, arrange secret meetings across the wall, and amass wealth and power.

Who is behind the mask? He says, "Qiu'er, I can only blame myself for coming too late. Luckily, this time I've arrived just in time..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.