No one knows who the next emperor will be, but the empress will certainly come from the Chu family.
With her distinguished family background, the elegant and talented Chu Lingyan pushed Jun Ze, the fifth prince who was unloved by his father and had a weak maternal clan, onto the throne. Together, they formed a rare pairing: a wicked dragon and a dark phoenix.
After years of battling for power, Emperor Jing Jun Ze died from sheer exhaustion. Chu Lingyan then became empress dowager and used decisive methods and sharp political instincts to support the young emperor. She promoted farming, built irrigation works, reduced taxes, and expanded the empire's borders, ushering in the prosperous Huiyuan era. But the good times did not last. Five years later, the uncrowned empress who had ruled from behind the scenes died of illness.
Who could have imagined that Chu Lingyan would awaken in the modern world as Yan Xin, the most marginal and overlooked granddaughter of the Yan family, the foremost of the four great families?
Watch as the timid girl who started with everything stacked against her and squandered a winning hand becomes a wicked phoenix empress and reclaims her former glory!
Chu Lingyan curled her lips in a smile. “You were tricked at sixteen, lost your virginity, fell into despair, and even tried to kill yourself?
“Bah!
“I lifted a country that was a complete mess. You think I can't set one wayward girl back on her feet?
“Just you wait!
“Everyone who hurt her will pay it all back!
“If I miss even one, I lose!”
