The Favored Consort Refuses to Play the Fool

She was a top assassin of the twenty-first century, but a conspiracy cost her life.

In a sudden twist of fate, the legitimate daughter of a general’s household in the White Tiger Kingdom, long bullied by everyone, came back from the dead.

When her phoenix eyes opened, her cowardice was gone. Proud as she was, how could she let others trample her and meekly play the sweet, silly girl?

She would take down the spiteful women and cruel men, unite the four kingdoms, and stir up the world. Splendor lay hidden within the realm, and even in the face of contempt, she would carve out her own place.

Along the way, one man would share life and death with her. He was proud and unruly, ruthless in his methods, yet treated her with tenderness alone, honoring her as his consort.

At the summit of the vast world, he would shatter an age of prosperity and bring down his empire for her, asking only that she say, “I have no regrets in this life!”