Ascending Phoenix Terrace

[A General Bearing the Burden of Her Country's Vengeance VS a Brooding, Unhinged Power Minister] [Childhood Friends] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Revenge] [Political Intrigue] [Two Strong Leads]

Pei Qingyan and Yun Zheng had known each other since they were young. In the eyes of everyone in Chang'an, they were a perfect match. But a sudden upheaval turned childhood sweethearts into sworn enemies. One stayed in Chang'an, the other went to the frontier, and they vowed never to meet again.

Five years later, war broke out at the border. Pei Qingyan went from a celebrated female general to a prisoner on the brink of death, while the once-spirited Yun Zheng became a brooding, unhinged minister of power, feared by all.

They meet again in prison. One tests the other again and again, intent on using him; the other, constrained by circumstance, dares not reveal a shred of his feelings...