Ten Lamps

In the residence of the Duke of Zhenguo, the legitimate young miss, known for her icy demeanor, had transformed overnight.
She, who usually regarded no one, woke up to confront anyone she saw with a few harsh words, using her frail body to intimidate so much that no one dared to touch her.
Afterwards, this legitimate young miss began taking on retainers, nurturing powerful officials, engaging in commerce, and recruiting troops… Every act so shocking and audacious, it defied the norms and provoked fear in all who spoke of her!
Yan Wanqing was seen as an enchantress and a disaster by the people, a thorn in the flesh and a nail in the eye that the ministers wanted desperately removed, an entity everyone shunned as if she were a venomous snake.
Only the Crown Prince Mingyue, descending from the divine altar, in the dark, godless alleys, grasped her neck and repeatedly asked her, "Will you marry me or not?"

She Holds the World After Being Reborn

Empress Zhang Lanyi sat by the window, a dagger in her hand.


Her slender fingers toyed with the dagger, startling the nursemaid beside her considerably.


"Dear heaven, why have you brought these things out again?" the nursemaid rushed forward.


Zhang Lanyi tossed the dagger into the air and caught it effortlessly, "It's not sharpened."


Hearing that it was not sharpened, the nursemaid heaved a sigh of relief.


Zhang Lanyi curled her lips, "There are too many unsharpened things in this place..." Her lips parted again, her voice extremely faint.


The nursemaid hadn't heard clearly and leaned in, "What did Empress just say? I didn't catch that."


"I said, a dagger without an edge can still kill a person." As the words fell, Zhang Lanyi suddenly hooked the nursemaid's neck, then fiercely stabbed her throat with the dagger, blood instantly splattering across her cheeks, some even landing on her slightly curled eyelashes.


Chapter 178: Strong Winds and Dark Clouds