Shen Zhiwei, the eldest daughter of the Taifu Mansion, was born with a "koi aura". However, due to the secret conspiracy of the family, her luck was forcibly deprived, and the aura became intermittently good.
For the benefit of the family, she was forced to marry into the Eastern Palace on behalf of her reborn concubine, and became a pawn for the frail prince Xiao Heng. She originally thought that she would be able to turn danger into danger as long as she held on tight, but she found that her halo was not only unreliable, but also dangerous in every way: the carefully prepared concealed self-defense weapon would suddenly jam, and the next second after she escaped the disaster, she would miss the step.
In the frightening depths of the palace, Shen Zhiwei finally understood: the so-called family is just a wolf ready to knock her bones and suck out her marrow at any time; the so-called halo is just a malicious mockery of fate.
When the Tutor's Palace tore off the mask of hypocrisy, colluded with foreign enemies to launch a rebellion, and pushed her to the guillotine, Shen Zhiwei completely abandoned all illusions.
Since destiny cannot be trusted, then go against it.
She formed an alliance with the sinister prince, competed with the cold-faced young prince, and relied on her extreme sobriety and calculation to step into the quagmire of her concubine and uproot the rebellious family in the fatal crises when her halo failed.
At the top of the Phoenix Tower, she does not ask for the blessing of gods or the protection of her family. She would use her own flesh and blood as a blade to split open this man-eating imperial power and reach the top.
Intention: "Become a phoenix from the cocoon, don't believe in destiny, only believe in the sword in your hand."
This story aims to break the stereotyped settings of "destiny" and "family backing" in traditional palace fighting novels. Through the koi halo of the heroine, who is "sometimes good and sometimes not good", it is a metaphor for the uncontrollability and absurdity of women's destiny under feudal imperial power. Real strength does not rely on illusory luck or family protection, but in the desperate situation of being betrayed by loved ones and teased by fate, stripping away all illusions and growing one's own flesh and blood and fangs. This is not only a harem survival game, but also a woman's path to nirvana from a "family chess piece" to an "independent chess player".