Schemes in the Deep Palace: The Phoenix's Game for the World

No System, no rebirth, no golden finger: pure mind games, human nature, and political scheming.

At sixteen, I entered the palace because my eyes resembled the late empress's, becoming the lowliest substitute.

At twenty-one, a set of old clothes exposed the truth. I was deposed and banished to the cold palace, where everyone despised me.

For three years at Ciyun Temple, beside the lamp and the Buddha, I concealed my strength, studied political intrigue, and forged an alliance with the cavalry, waiting only for the day I could return.

At twenty-seven, I returned in full force with twins at my side, military power in my hands, and the phoenix robe on my shoulders!

The empress poisons my food? I slip the evidence into her prince's swaddling clothes.

A favored consort accuses me of adultery? I make her father and brothers kneel and call me their master.

What I want has never been the throne. I want the power to move the pieces on this board: the entire realm!

When the northern tribes invade, I take the city walls in red, with the Jing Prince's cavalry, hidden for ten years, at my back.

In this game, I won't just win the harem. I'll win the whole realm!

[Strong female lead and political scheming | Substitute's rise | Nation and family | No cheats, pure mind games]