The Phoenix's Splendor

She was a concubine-born daughter, yet destined to be queen of all phoenixes. Her medical skills were brilliant, yet she was the ugliest woman in the world.

A thin veil could not hide her wretched state. A heart full of devotion could not restore the vows of eternal love they had once made. He was as cold-hearted as she was disgraced. One decree stripped her title and banished her to the Cold Palace, while he grandly took her sister-in-law as his concubine.

To eliminate every last trace of her, they made her beloved child bleed to death in the Cold Palace. She was cruelly abused. Despite her medical skills, she could not save herself or her child.

Only then did she understand that she had been nothing more than a pawn, discarded once she was no longer useful. If she had another life, she would repay them a thousandfold!

Reborn from the flames, it felt like a lifetime had passed!

“I would rather wrong the whole world than let the whole world wrong me!” This time, her medicine would no longer cure all ills. It would bring death with every dose! If she was going to poison someone, she'd make sure they hated her to the bone! She would battle her husband and sister-in-law, punish evil servants, and poison every faithless man under heaven.

“My fate is mine to control, not heaven's! Whoever wrongs me, I will destroy!” Now that she was reborn, she would overturn her fate completely and swear to become queen of all phoenixes!