The Phoenix Holds Sway Over the World: The Caged Phoenix

She was an orphan of Zhou. Elevated to consort in a single day, she became empress of Yan, yet remained a pawn in the game between two kingdoms.

He was a domineering regent who saw her as a caged bird, never realizing that he would be the first to fall in love.

He was a hostage prince from an enemy state. They depended on each other, and though he professed his love again and again, he personally destroyed her homeland.

On the day Zhou’s capital fell, she burned the hundredth love letter he had written her with her own hands.

“Duo Erqi, from now on, between us stand the souls of the countless people of Zhou who have died.”

On the night of the coup in the Yan palace, she presented him with a cup of poisoned wine, smiling like a flower.

“Your Highness, drink this, and your empire will belong to our son.”

He tipped his head back and drank it all, willingly.

Later, she ruled from behind the curtain, wielding power over both kingdoms, yet no one ever called her “Zi An” again.

It turned out that the first step on this lonely road to ruling the world was losing everything...