The Phoenix Returns to the House of Power

The heroine, Shen Wanying, was a modern-day elite who unexpectedly transmigrates to the Great Zhou dynasty, becoming the daughter of a disgraced official sentenced to exile and struggling to survive in the lowest rungs of the slave market. At first, she only wants to protect herself. By a twist of fate, however, she enters Prince Han's residence and becomes bound by destiny to Xiao Jingheng, a sidelined prince. Amid turmoil within the prince's household, political infighting at court, and struggles for imperial power, she uses accounting, trade routes, grain policy, and human nature to devise her plans, repeatedly turning crises around and helping Prince Han rise during major calamities such as drought, plague, and palace coups. As events unfold, Prince Han gradually grows into a crown prince capable of ruling the realm. Amid palace coups and power struggles, he defeats the Crown Prince's faction and stabilizes the court. At last, when Emperor Chengping abdicates, Xiao Jingheng ascends the throne as the new emperor, and Shen Wanying is appointed empress in recognition of her achievements. From testing one another to facing life and death together, they endure political intrigue, war, and reform, guiding Great Zhou from an age of chaos into an age of prosperity. She not only changes her own fate, but also drives institutional reforms and a turning point for the entire dynasty.