The Phoenix Rises by the Qingyi River

"If you had the chance to choose your own fate, would you still marry me?" Qingyang Hao had asked himself this question more than once.

"If you had the chance to choose your own fate, what would you do?" Looking back on the road she had traveled, Li Chuyou asked herself the same thing. She had risen as high as empress, fallen as low as prison and become a condemned woman, fallen and risen, then risen and fallen again. She had thought about it countless times, but had never found an answer.

The realm was in turmoil. The Great Yu Dynasty's more than six hundred years of rule had produced countless heroes and ambitious men. Faced with a choice between family and country or personal ambition, the rising generation of talents had to decide which path to take. The borders were unstable, neighboring nations were poised to strike, and unrest was spreading throughout the Great Yu Dynasty. In this world, who would ultimately claim the throne?