The Courtesan General: Red Spider Lilies Bloom in Death

Bai Xiangguo, a celebrated statesman, had a daughter late in life. On the day she was born, auspicious birds gathered in the courtyard, and a phoenix circled above the eaves. So he named her Bai Chaofeng, meaning “all birds paying homage to the phoenix.” Yet fortune-tellers and the imperial Bureau of Astronomy alike marveled at the girl's extraordinary destiny, declaring she was sure to become a great figure of her age! But the emperor was debauched and tyrannical, the princes of the various fiefdoms commanded armies of their own, and the empress was even more monstrous. How could they allow Bai Xiangguo's daughter to live? Bai Xiangguo was nearing sixty and barely able to keep his family safe. After the Bai household was wiped out, Bai Chaofeng's life of hardship began...