Long Nights Beneath the Lanterns

[Tough heroine + super-powered space + revenge + adorable child]

When Sheng Ninghua woke up, she had transmigrated into the body of a deposed empress abandoned by her husband and confined to the Cold Palace.

And from the start, she even got a baby thrown in.

Sheng Ninghua thought, “Fate is on my side. Trample the emperor, kick the treacherous officials, raise a child and start a rebellion. That sounds thrilling.”

But life is full of surprises. She was minding her own business in the Cold Palace, so why did so many shameless men keep throwing themselves at her?

A man took off his imperial robes and blocked her door every day. When he saw her, he pressed closer, his gaze full of longing and his voice earnest. “What do you want? I’ll give you my life.”

She believed him, and she was wrong to.

After faking her death, Sheng Ninghua quietly built up her strength, staying in the capital and spending every day thinking of ways to make the emperor’s life difficult.

When the time was right, she headed to the borderlands, reclaimed wasteland, raised livestock, and developed military equipment, successfully turning a desolate region into a strategic military stronghold.

After Emperor Qian lost his memory, he stopped indulging in women and devoted himself to governing well. He reformed the bureaucracy and sent troops against Sheng. Every day, he thought about how to eliminate that shameless, ambitious madwoman.

Years later, on the battlefield, yellow sand filled the sky and thick smoke billowed.

Sheng Ninghua led a million soldiers, armed with a silver sword and riding a white horse, and charged right up to him. Her eyes were icy. “Qin Xuan, you said you’d repay me with your life. Today, it’s time to make good on that promise.”

A heroine who grows stronger over time. The supporting cast is intelligent, and the heroine’s plot armor is weaker in the early chapters. If that bothers you, don’t read.