Shattered Bones, Forged Phoenix

She was devoured alive by starving refugees in the coldest winter Longzhong had ever seen. Lu Jiuyao—daughter of a general, trained by the legendary Qingyun Daoist, master of sword, spear, medicine, and the mystic arts—was the finest woman in the realm. She risked everything to save the Crown Prince, escorting him back through enemy lines with half her face destroyed, clinging to his promise: when he took the throne, she would be his empress. Instead, he cast her into the cold palace while he reveled in his concubines' chambers. Betrayed by the man she loved, abandoned by the empire she bled f…