Phoenix Palace's Lament: The Legitimate Daughter Overturns the Empire
A hit historical fantasy synopsis
In the third year of Yong'an, heavy snow buried the capital.
The former dynasty of Great Liang fell in a single day, and all 371 members of the Shen clan were slaughtered at Wumen Gate.
She was Shen Qingci, the most honored eldest legitimate princess of Jinling.
When her country and family fell, she became a convict's slave, imprisoned in the cold palace and subjected to endless humiliation.
Her half-sister stole her title and her betrothal, trampling her underfoot without restraint.
The Regent Xiao Jingyuan, to whom she had given her heart, personally slaughtered her clan and looked upon her with cold contempt, as if she were no more than a weed.
The world laughed at her ruin and lowly status, thinking her life worth no more than an ant's and that she was only waiting to die.
No one knew that, trapped in the depths of despair, her ancient phoenix bloodline had awakened.
She held the hidden organization of the former dynasty, Phoenix Roost Pavilion, in her hands, possessed peerless secret arts, and concealed a heart as cold and ruthless as frost.
Everyone who had once bullied, humiliated, betrayed, or wiped out her family was on her list for revenge.
She lay low in the cold palace, planning every step as she threw the court into chaos and toppled the balance of power.
When the phoenix cried out, the whole world bowed its head.
Once she held power over the realm and her bloody vengeance was complete,
the Regent, once ruthless and cold-hearted, laid down his pride
and knelt before her, his eyes red with obsession, begging in utter humility:
“Qingci, the empire is yours, the world is yours. I ask only that you look at me once more.”
She looked back at him coldly, her expression indifferent and merciless.
“With rivers and mountains drowned in blood between us, there can be only hatred, never love.”
