A Daughter of the Chancellor: Born with a Phoenix's Fate, Yet Unable to Escape Her Destiny

Cheng Jinle thought she was the happiest, freest girl in the world. Her father was the Left Chancellor, her older brother was a victorious general, and her fiance, the Crown Prince, loved her dearly.

But on her wedding day, a coup d'etat tore her family apart and left her with nothing.

Overnight, the once-esteemed eldest daughter of the Cheng family became a prisoner.

And she had Regent Shen Yin to thank for all of it.

She stared at the man before her, dressed in a black dragon robe, and demanded, "Besides using my brother in the west to threaten me, using Xingren to threaten me, and even... using Qi Heng's corpse to threaten me... what else can you do?!"

"I can do anything, as long as you stay by my side."

So she wreaked havoc in his harem, even defying all convention by going to court and taking a seat on the imperial throne to participate in government.

She became the demon consort everyone despised and reviled, the woman who brought ruin to the country.

"Now my brother is dead, Xingren is dead too, and I even burned Qi Heng's corpse with my own hands. You have nothing left to threaten me with..."