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

"Commandery Princess, if we follow the lakeshore and go up from the west, we can reach Listening Maple Pavilion directly. Commandery Princess, let's hurry," Xing Yu ran back and pointed at the path behind her.


"What's the rush?" Fu Dong saw Xing Yu's anxious expression. Didn't she see that the Commandery Princess was in a bad mood?


"Commandery Princess, there are people over there." Xing Yu pointed towards a lush, dense patch of reeds.


Zong Yunqian and Gu Dao immediately retreated into the reeds, exchanged glances, and wondered if they had been discovered.


Zheng Nianru glanced in the direction Xing Yu was pointing but didn't notice anyone.


"Let's go this way." Zheng Nianru pointed towards the route they had come from and spoke immediately, with Fu Dong nodding quickly and helping Zheng Nianru to turn and walk away.


Chapter 181 Additional Update