She was the legitimate daughter of a noble family, still in her budding youth, when she fell in love with the one man she should never have loved. He won her heart and took her youth, making her the sinner responsible for her family’s downfall. When the phoenix rose from the ashes and returned to court, she became a bewitching courtesan. In this life, she would make him repay her for the love she had given by taking his empire. Once all the splendor had faded, she would look back in an instant and realize it had all been no more than a grand dream.
