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

Zong Yunqian returned to the mansion late in the evening, and could hardly say he achieved anything all day, feeling somewhat disheartened, though it could just be his own misjudgment.


After all, according to his master, those people had not shown themselves for many years.


Zong Yunqian lowered his head in thought, and the companions Gu Dao and Xi Feng who were with him were also exhausted from the day's efforts.


"Heir, I'll go to the kitchen to see if there is any food, and prepare some..."


Xi Feng hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly knelt down with a thud.


Gu Dao promptly and astutely knelt down as well.


"Mother, it is so late, why are you not asleep?" 


Zong Yunqian quickly put on a smile, ready to minimize today's events as he had done in the past by pleading and sweet-talking, instantly signaling Lin Xiang with his eyes.


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