Rebirth of the Phoenix Empress
Amid the softly falling snow in the Cold Palace courtyard, Princess Xianlan drew her final breath—silently.
She had been falsely accused of poisoning the Crown Prince, brutally flogged until her body was torn, and imprisoned without a shred of mercy—
all part of a cruel scheme orchestrated by Noble Consort Su Zhen, her stepmother, whose gentle appearance masked a heart of poison.
Meanwhile, the Emperor of Li—the very man who claimed to love her above all—never realized that the only daughter he cherished had been crushed to death by the hands of the one he trusted most.
But the heavens showed mercy.
Xianlan opened her eyes once more, reborn into her eight-year-old self—
in the time before everything shattered.
This time… she would not be a worthless pawn in a game of power.
She would become the master strategist, toppling each of her enemies one by one.
With icy composure and razor-sharp wit, Xianlan hid in the shadows, slowly gathering evidence, allies, and influence within the palace.
And fate brought her an unexpected ally—
Feng Yuhan, Crown Prince of the Southern Yan Kingdom, known as the “Winter Tiger.”
Cold, brilliant, and seemingly heartless—yet from their first meeting, something in her eyes held his gaze.
Together, they moved in the darkness.
Xianlan laid the plans. Feng Yuhan executed them.
As the Kingdom of Li fell into the depths of political games—
As vipers hissed behind silken smiles in the inner palace—
As even a father’s love could be twisted by deceit—
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When the phoenix returns to her nest—she will never again let anyone trample her.
The will of the heavens may be written in ink…
But Xianlan will rewrite fate in the blood of her enemies.