A Phoenix Sings in the Capital

[Woman Disguised as a Man] [General] [Political Intrigue] [Yandere Princess] [Serious Tone] [No Romance] The peerlessly beautiful Ninth Princess was known throughout the court as a sickly invalid. She gasped for breath every three steps and coughed every five. The imperial physician admitted she wouldn't live to see her fifteenth birthday. She went out of the palace to have fun every day. The Vermilion Bird Gate was on her way. Everyone knew that Wei Zhao, the officer stationed there, was a cold-faced tyrant. He always wore a stern expression and killed without spilling a drop of blood. His colleagues all said he'd never find a wife in his life. Then one day, the cold-faced tyrant met the sickly princess. Everyone waited to see how Wei Zhao would be tormented until he wished he were dead. But... The moment the princess coughed, Wei Zhao brought the entire Imperial Medical Bureau to her. When the princess frowned, Wei Zhao tossed the noblewoman who had offended her into the moat that very night. When the princess wanted to kill someone, Wei Zhao handed her a blade. When the princess said she wanted to try being emperor, Wei Zhao had a dragon robe ready. Later, in court, someone pointed at Wei Zhao and cursed: “You're nothing but that witch's dog!” Wei Zhao wiped the blood from the tip of his spear and glanced at the corpse on the ground. “A thousand gold can't buy something I don't want. If I'm willing, that's all that matters.” … Later still, the civil and military officials knelt before their new emperor and called out, “Long live!” And at the head of the court stood a woman wearing a great general's armor. Oh, right. She was a woman. Only then did the entire court finally understand... The young General Wei they'd been calling “him” for three years was actually a woman.