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

Prince Duan got on the carriage, and as soon as it started moving, he couldn't wait to ask.


"Nian Ru, what does this letter you sent mean? Did Zong Yunqian say something to you?" Zheng Boding thought of this possibility, and it must be so, otherwise, how would Nian Ru know about this lad coming to Prince Duan's Mansion to ask for her hand in marriage?


Thinking of that lad daring to meet Nian Ru in secret, Prince Duan felt like tearing this scoundrel apart immediately.


"Father, is Heir Zong not good?" Zheng Nianru tilted her head, her gaze clear and puzzled, "He saved me at Siyan Lake, claiming he would take responsibility."


Prince Duan looked at his daughter, her gaze so clear and watery that he couldn't doubt it. But he was no longer the naive young man he once was, having lived through those years.


For a moment he felt the illusion of "as deep as shallow streams," pure and clean, yet there was a sense of backlash...


Chapter 222 Second Update