Reborn: The Phoenix’s Plot for the Nine Hells

She wants this dynasty as her offering, and he willingly bows as her subject.

In her past life, Xiao Zhuohua was the daughter of a regent, yet her beloved, Crown Prince Li Jing, betrayed her and had her entire family slaughtered. Reborn, she hides her sharp edge behind seductive charm, stirring up the court with one hand and orchestrating deadly schemes in the harem with the other. Everyone says the Xiao family's legitimate daughter is ruthless and vicious. She only smiles at them all. “In this life, I will kill the emperor and seize the throne!”

Until she meets Xie Wujiu, the sinister power broker who oversees the prisons and is known as the “Lord of the Ninth Hell.” Inside his black iron ring, he keeps a lock of her severed hair. He closes in on her at every turn in court, then grips her waist before the phoenix bed and demands, “Xiao Zhuohua, take a good look. Who is it that has you now?”

She sneers. “Lord Xie, I'm not someone you can control.”

But he tears away her false mask, his gaze burning. “I don't want to control you. I want to rule this world by your side.”

[Mad Beauty × Madly Devoted Hound | Two Alpha Rivals at the Top of Their Game]

She wields poison as a blade; he uses power and intrigue as a cage. She lays a trap, he breaks it. She starts a fire, he adds fuel. When the Crown Prince kneels to beg for mercy and the emperor's blood splashes across the throne, he grips her waist and demands, “What is it you want?”

Her bloodstained fingertips brush his Adam's apple, and she smiles like a flower. “I want you to bow your head and serve me.”

“Xie Wujiu, what if I want to burn the imperial city to the ground?”

“Then I will light the fire with my own hands.”

The male second lead turns dark and rises to power + a battle of wits and power between strong leads. Two mad souls fall in love and tear each other apart, going from using one another to saving one another. HE.