The Prince Consort Plotting Rebellion? The Fallen Princess Takes Control!

Political Intrigue + Two Powerful Leads + Revenge + Coercive Love + Tormented Romance

On her wedding night, the princess's husband launched a rebellion. The entire imperial clan perished, leaving only Princess Xiao Zhirou and her young sister, Xiao Huaiyue, alive.

The rebel's younger brother threatened Huaiyue's life and imprisoned Zhirou in a gilded cage, tormenting her day and night until she could neither live nor die in peace.

Once a princess born to riches and honor, Xiao Zhirou became a captive phoenix. In her lightless cage, she ground away her pride and concealed the sharpness in her eyes. She planned every move carefully, hiding deadly intent beneath a gentle facade, and at last escaped with her younger sister.

The court was a treacherous place, its fortunes ever shifting. Using her broken body as a chess piece, she navigated the forces vying for power. Watch as the captive bird of the past rises step by step through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, crowned as an empress who rules a vast empire.