She is an archaeology prodigy who transmigrates into the body of a disgraced minister’s daughter. He is an iron-fisted emperor who has bided his time for years, carefully plotting to rule the realm.
Yun Cijing bears the soul of an ancient phoenix. Seeking revenge, she enters the imperial palace, intending to use its power to uncover the truth. But step by step, she finds herself drawn into those deep, fathomless eyes. Xiao Jingheng says, “My realm is too heavy a burden to bear alone. Only you can stand beside me.”
From a low-ranking concubine to the empress who governs in the emperor’s stead, she reads people’s hearts, commands the stars, and unravels sinister plots, forging a path of reform amid bloodshed and turmoil. Even if the phoenix soul consumes her and the whole world turns against her, she will tear open the darkness shrouding the ninefold palace.
“Your Majesty, are you afraid the historians will condemn me as a wicked empress who brought ruin to the realm?” she asks with a laugh, sword in hand. “Then I’ll show the people what it means for the phoenix to cry over Mount Cangwu and bring peace for ten thousand generations!”
This is a romance between evenly matched opponents, and an epic about a woman rising to the pinnacle of power.
