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

The Zong Sheng Aristocratic Family originally had no external relatives except for one sister of an uncle of the Eldest Madam Zong Sheng, who had since become the Second Madam of the Yannian Aristocratic Family.


Although aristocratic families often interacted frequently, there was a very strict hierarchy behind the scenes. Groups like the Zong Sheng Aristocratic Family and Shiping Aristocratic Clan were leading the Four Great Families, interacting only among themselves. This order excluded the minor gentry who naturally couldn't even engage in conversations with them.


However, Second Madam Geng of the Yannian Geng Family had a very advantageous path. That was, she and the Eldest Madam Zong Sheng had fewer sisters, and they had interacted since childhood, playing together at their maternal grandfather's home, and had maintained affection for each other from childhood to adulthood.


Chapter 292: Second Update