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

"You lowlife, what trouble have you caused now? You've ruined your brother." Mother Wen wished she could spit on Wen Ying, preferring to have her buried along with her own son. She knew exactly the kind of person Wen Ling was—stable and reliable, except when it came to his sister. When had he ever caused her anxiety?


Wen Ying clutched her beaten cheek, frozen with fear. She hadn't done anything wrong. But seeing the look in her mother's eyes, as if she wanted to devour her, Wen Ying panicked and crawled towards Mother Wen.


"Mother, Mother, I haven't done anything wrong, nothing at all," Wen Ying hastily said.


"Slap—" Mother Wen was not so easily deceived. Seeing Wen Ying's state, she knew there must be something wrong, "Wretch, if you utter one more false word, I will kill you today, to accompany your brother's death. Didn't you go out two days ago? What did you do? What exactly did you do?"


Chapter 320: Second Update