A Beauty's Schemes: The Phoenix Rules the World

Shen Zhiyi was the daughter of a great general who guarded the nation. Her father and brothers died on the battlefield saving the emperor, and the empress dowager, pitying her loneliness, adopted her as her goddaughter and arranged her marriage to Zhao Zhen, the prime minister’s son. On the day of the wedding, Xiao Jingheng, the young prince most beloved by the empress dowager, seized the bride in front of everyone. He revealed that Shen Zhiyi had saved his life ten years earlier and insisted on taking her as his consort.

Forced into the royal family’s power struggles, Shen Zhiyi discovered a shocking conspiracy behind her father and brothers’ deaths. With intelligence and courage, she navigated the court and the inner palace, gradually building a faction of her own. Meanwhile, Lin Yiyi, the empress dowager’s niece, grew jealous and hateful over unrequited love and repeatedly plotted against her. Zhao Zhen seemed gentle and refined, but concealed his ambitions. Xiao Jingheng remained devoted to her, yet had schemes of his own.

In this game of power, Shen Zhiyi grew from a lonely orphan into a woman who controlled her own destiny. As she uncovered the truth, she also found someone who could truly stand by her side...