After Becoming a Widow, I Became Empress

Reborn + strong heroine + farming + general

Nan Zhi is the only daughter of the Marquis of Yongning. Her parents are devoted to each other, and there are no concubines in the household. No noble young lady in all of Dayu can compare with her in any way, except that she has poor judgment in men. When she was young and naive, He Qishan's peerless good looks dazzled her, and she insisted on marrying him.

Not long after the wedding, He Qishan began taking one concubine after another, even allowing his beloved concubine to plot against Nan Zhi's child!

Just as Nan Zhi is preparing to take her child and sever ties with He Qishan, the realm descends into chaos. Her father, the Marquis of Yongning, leads two hundred thousand troops in the northern frontier against foreign invaders, only to die on the battlefield. When Nan Zhi hears the news, she entrusts her child to her mother and rushes north to take command of the army. Facing formidable enemies and a weakened court, she is powerless alone, and dies alongside the northern army.

Unexpectedly, when Nan Zhi opens her eyes again, she has returned to the moment just after giving birth. The realm is still at peace, and her father is still alive!

Nan Zhi quickly draws on her past life's experience to prepare for what is coming. No matter what, she must be ready for everything. The northern frontier must not fall!

But first, there is something she has to do... Nan Zhi looks coldly at He Qishan, who has not changed at all. If he had not intercepted that shipment of grain, how could so many soldiers in the northern army have starved to death?

Before long, everyone in the capital knows that the Marquis of Yongning's son-in-law, He Qishan, has fallen gravely ill and is bedridden, beyond the help of medicine. Soon he dies, while Nan Zhi becomes a pitiful widow in the eyes of outsiders.