She was the last princess of Great Yan, nailed to the throne in the Golden Hall by rebel forces as her country fell and her spirit perished.
A thousand years later, she is reborn in the body of Jiang Wan, a discarded daughter of a wealthy family. The moment she opens her eyes, they force her into a ghost marriage: she is to marry the Xie family's long-dead heir, Xie Chichong, to bring him good fortune.
The instant the coffin lid closes, a dragon's roar, unheard for a thousand years, erupts from beneath the earth. She discovers that the man in the coffin is a young general who died for his country in the previous dynasty, and that the imperial mausoleum she personally oversaw in life has become the living tomb that has imprisoned him for a thousand years.
The Xie family has dominated the capital for four centuries, building its power on the dragon veins of Yan. In every generation, the so-called "short-lived crown prince" has been a sacrifice to the dragon veins. The true dragon soul of Yan is sealed beneath the Xie family ancestral shrine.
Xie Chi has waited a thousand years for someone who can break the soul-binding curse.
Jiang Wan smiles. She will spare none of those who altered her soul-binding curse, slaughtered her entire family, or stole her dragon veins.
The Xie family thinks it has bought a dead woman to bring their heir good fortune. They don't know that the day the phoenix coffin returns to its rightful place will be the day the dragon soul of old Yan returns.
Very nice book, recommended!