The Legitimate Daughter Returns: The Phoenix Rules the World

Shen Liyue's mother died in childbirth while giving birth to her. From the moment Shen Liyue was born, Second Madam slandered her as a harbinger of ill fortune. The marquis's household branded her an ill-omened curse and abandoned her in the countryside for sixteen years. She endured humiliation for years, all for the chance to return to the marquis's household and take revenge. When she finally came back, she faced persecution from her stepmother and relentless rivalry from her sisters, but she carefully planned every move, using her superb medical skills and exceptional intelligence to turn her desperate situation around. From a cast-off daughter everyone despised to an empress wielding power over the court, she staged an astonishing rise to prominence.