Above the Phoenix Throne, He Bows in Submission

I'm a fake prince, a woman disguised as a man, and all I want is to lie flat and coast through the succession struggle.

> Until I crossed the one person I should never have provoked: Lu Jingci, the Imperial Tutor who held sway over the entire court.

> I deceived him into loving me, took his sincerity for granted, and used him as a pawn until there was nothing left to exploit.

> He took arrows for me and gave me everything he had. I thought he was already in the palm of my hand.

> On the night of the palace coup, he pinched my chin and smiled. "Your Highness, a heart won through deceit must be repaid with your life."

> In this vast realm ruled by the phoenix, guess who will bow and submit in the end?