The Phoenix of Destiny Defies Fate in Huadu

Name: The Phoenix of Destiny Defies Fate in Huadu
Author: Half a Hu of Pearls

天命之凤逆华都

by Half a Hu of Pearls (半斛珠)

Status: Completed
Length: 606k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
Updated: 3y ago
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He was a wild boy from the Marquis’s household, a nuisance to everyone, doing as he pleased from heaven to earth. Everyone said the esteemed Marquis of Boling had raised a rebellious son! But at a literary gathering, a faint silhouette behind a folding screen captured the boy’s heart. From then on, he laid his whole heart before her, hoping to win even the smallest favor. He didn’t care if it meant offending the Crown Prince. Just as he began to believe she felt the same way, she cruelly humiliated him in front of everyone, telling him not to “let a toad dream of eating swan meat.” Humiliated, he left her behind and kept his distance. He fought through bloody battles on the field, risking his life, and even caught a princess’s eye. Then he learned the truth: everything she had done was to save his life. For his sake, she had defied her grandmother’s dying wish and abandoned years of careful planning, all so he could leave Hualing City alive. For three whole years, she faced the Crown Prince alone as he smeared her name because he could not have her. She silently endured her mother’s constant cruelty, all because her mother favored her cousin and wanted to drive the true Phoenix destined by fate out of the Chancellor’s residence. At last, just as she was about to become the laughingstock of the capital, he came as the heir to the marquisate, offering his remarkable achievements as a betrothal gift and marrying her in a grand procession of red. They should have lived in love, grown old together, and left the affairs of the world behind. But the Crown Prince knew she was the one truly destined to be empress, and relentlessly hounded her, wanting nothing more than to kill her! So be it. Even if there is no way to heaven and no door to hell, my heart will beat for you alone. What does it matter if I make an enemy of the whole world? If you are destined to be a phoenix, and destined to be empress, then I’ll rebel against this world for you. Be my empress, and mine alone!

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