Deer Sixteen

Zheng Nianru went from being a Commandery Princess who could be killed at any moment to the position of the Empress Dowager, wielding power over the world. What she couldn't accept was that she didn't end up with a good fate. However, Zheng Nianru thought that no one would have been able to save Nanzheng State.
Yet, she was reborn and, having deeply reflected upon her pain, also considered several past mistakes. Firstly, she should not have married down into the family of Ju Nanyi, a man with a narrow mind who came from a minor house, who only thought about romantic affairs and entangled with her in desperate affection, incapable of assisting Nanzheng. Secondly, she should not have killed everyone in Qiandao Temple, which was the spiritual pillar of the people of Nanzheng State. After all, there were better ways, weren't there, like seduction? Thirdly, she should not have been so confident that the monarch of the neighboring country would fall at her feet, nor should she have trusted the promise of that fickle neighboring monarch, which led to years of drawn-out conflict between the two states.
Um, Zheng Nianru felt she was not wrong. She just wanted to live well and to be a good Empress Dowager. Since she had the chance to live again, why did she have this chance? Could it be that she was expected to once again turn Nanzheng State upside down?

Reborn as Powerful Minister's Beloved

"Imperial Sister, are you feeling better now?" Zheng Congyuan glanced at Zheng Tianxin. He never tried to guess her actions because they were unpredictable—she acted impulsively, never using her mind to think things through.


She came and went as she pleased, like now, taking a boat to board his, perhaps on a whim, utterly without a method to follow.


"You don't have to pretend to care if you're not interested, Fu Xun. What are you looking at?" Zheng Tianxin sensed that the moment he had walked in, Zheng Congyuan's mood seemed different.


Zheng Congyuan turned around with an unpredictable expression, not caring what Zheng Tianxin was looking at, and fiddled with the brush and ink spread on the table.


Zheng Tianxin glanced at the boat of Zheng Haoyuan, which was half the size of Zheng Congyuan's. Only when she saw Zheng Nianru standing at the bow did she feel relieved. Indeed, he had come, and Zheng Haoyuan had moved quickly.


Chapter 174 Update 1