The Phoenix's Beauty: Princess Liuyun

A solitary white hare,

Running east and glancing west.

Clothes may be better when new,

But people are dearer when familiar.

She is the Jade Hare Princess of the Moon Kingdom. Forced to flee her homeland after its fall, she arrives in the state of Wulei, one of the five great powers of the Cradle Sunny Realm.

Disguised as the third young master of the Qi family, a man of great influence at court, she is well versed in military strategy from childhood and excels at deploying troops. At fifteen, she is appointed Grand Marshal, a key military minister of the kingdom.

She befriends the court officials and wins the favor of her many older brothers. She carefully plots every step toward restoring her country, exhausting her wits and making every effort, only to have it all become a tremendous joke.

...The throne, family bonds: it is impossible to tell who is sincere and who is false. What lies ahead for her? Who is the one who will truly cherish her and walk hand in hand with her?

Sima Gu Jian: Yan’er, phoenixes roost in parasol trees... So you can take your place in the palace, I would plant parasol trees throughout the entire imperial palace!

Sima Mingnuo: A Yan, even if I emptied my harem and sent away all three thousand beauties, you still wouldn’t give me another chance?

Ling Yimo: Yan’er, how much of your promise to me was true? I would rather never know the truth, and deceive myself for the rest of my life.

Xi Shi: Imperial sister, I never meant to use you, but you have never been willing to believe me...

The lowly and vile are no match for the noble. My days with him have grown distant, while his days with another have grown close.

Who can I tell? I look up and call to the heavens. How tragic, Dou Sheng. Clothes never grow tiresome when new,

Nor do people when they are familiar. Grief is unbearable, and resentment will not leave on its own. Who is that person, and why do they dwell in that place?