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

Song Gao, leading his men, worked fervently. The water buffalo had been chosen, and construction had begun on the shacks atop the manor, with the measurements taken for the thatched bedding and seeds already sowed.


Song Yuan kicked the grass frame beside Song Gao with impatience. He truly took himself to be the one in charge.


"Why did you kick that?" It had not been easy to earn the Prince's favor, and it would be even better to catch the Monarch's eye while at it.


"What's the use fussing over this? The Empress Dowager has already issued an imperial edict. How are we to explain this to the Princely Heir?" Song Yuan's eyes blazed with anger. Just as they saw a glimmer of hope, this curveball was thrown. The Princely Heir had returned to Nanmen and the situation was not progressing smoothly. In the midst of mediating the various powers, it was not hard to imagine the desperate situation.


Chapter 239: First Update