The Azure Phoenix Enters a Dream

[My next book is The Reborn Eunuch Helps Me Seize the Throne. The blurb is at the end. Please add it to your reading list.]

Blurb

In the spring of Zhaolan Year 13, the capital was rife with intrigue. A bizarre murder took place, gripping the hearts of countless commoners.

Jiang Yan was a highly skilled constable at the county yamen, but she was unable to solve a murder case for a long time. When the county magistrate died, she was entrusted with the post in a crisis and became the new magistrate.

Luo Chuan had wanted no part in worldly affairs, but a murder case dragged him in. He had no choice but to step up and solve the case with Jiang Yan, only to uncover an even bigger conspiracy.

Before one crisis could settle, another arose. Just after they wrapped up the case, a neighboring county saw another murder. Luo Chuan hurried to Qingli Town, never expecting Jiang Yan to be there too.

As one murder after another took place, Luo Chuan gradually sensed that something was wrong. He began investigating in secret, but before he could find any answers, a letter arrived from the imperial capital. He learned that the emperor's uncle had launched a coup.

Luo Chuan immediately headed to the imperial capital and put down the rebellion. There, he unexpectedly learned the truth about the past and reconciled with his mother.

[Blurb for the upcoming book, The Reborn Eunuch Helps Me Seize the Throne]

In her previous life, Mu He was gentle and mild-mannered, never competing for anything. The emperor had her raised in the countryside from childhood.

He did not bring her back to the palace until she came of age at fifteen.

But after she returned to the palace, an imperial edict ordering her to marry into another country shattered the dream Mu He had built for herself.

Only then did Mu He realize that she was nothing but a pawn the emperor planned to use to secure his rule.

Mu He cried, threw tantrums, and even tried to run away.

In the end, the emperor caught her every time, and she could only resign herself to her fate.

Then, on the day of her political marriage, Chi Huai suddenly led his troops into Bianliang.

The emperor died, and Chi Huai seized control of the government. The whole court was filled with resentment toward him.

Mu He thought she had escaped her fate of being sent to another country in marriage.

But she never expected Chi Huai to imprison her in his residence.

She thought she would live out her days in the Duke's mansion,

until a band of assassins broke in on the Shangsi Festival and cruelly killed her.

As she lay dying, Mu He watched a figure hurry toward her through the raging flames. To her surprise, it was Chi Huai.

Ignoring the flames devouring his clothes, Chi Huai clutched Mu He tightly. His lips moved, but she couldn't make out what he was saying.

Upon being reborn, Mu He returned to the day she turned fifteen, just as she came of age.

She looked at her youthful face in the mirror and smiled.

This time, she would not be a pushover for others to manipulate as they pleased.

Forget those absurd rules and all that decorum. She would throw them all aside.

All that mattered was making herself happy. Taking revenge on anyone who wronged her was simply her nature.

This time, she would make everyone who had hurt her in her previous life pay.

So the first thing Mu He did after being reborn

was go to the Lingjian Bureau and pay a fortune to have Chi Huai released, making him one of her greatest assets.

Chi Huai's decisive methods were even more ruthless than in his previous life.

Still, they helped Mu He deal with quite a few problems.

Theme: Only by being strong and brave can we become better versions of ourselves