From the Start, I Was in Hell, and the Empress Dowager Went Mad and Grabbed a Blade

[Transmigration + Unhinged Antics + Comedy and Face-Slapping + Nation and People]

Wen Mingzhu, an heir to a renowned traditional medicine lineage, was framed in a plot orchestrated by her ex-boyfriend, only to transmigrate into the empress dowager of a kingdom.

But her timing couldn’t have been worse: the empress dowager was being impeached by the court officials.

Wen Mingzhu went wild on the spot, intimidating everyone in court.

“I am the rightful and supremely noble empress dowager of Daliang! You lot dare to submit a memorial impeaching me? Go on, all of you, do it! I’ll wipe out your three clans, your nine clans!”

The eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside the court fell to their knees.

So wild! So wild! The empress dowager was outrageous! Daliang had never seen such a brazen empress dowager since its founding!

They were terrified! Absolutely terrified!

Later...

The empress dowager walked out of the palace wearing a veil and beat up foreign envoys who had insulted Daliang in full view of the public, standing up for the emperor; pummeled a minister who had proposed a political marriage, standing up for the princess; and trampled the powerful nobles who abused their influence, seeking justice for the people...

The court officials cried out, “Magnificent! Mighty! Who on earth is this woman?”

Wen Mingzhu pulled off her veil and smiled, her beauty dazzling. “Long time no see, my dear ministers. Your personal King of Hell is back. Are you happy to see me?”

The court officials: Who let her out?

Later, with her many talents, Wen Mingzhu improved weapons, increased grain yields, introduced new crops, built waterworks, developed the economy, and supported the emperor’s reforms... She turned Daliang from a middling power into the strongest nation in the Central Plains.

The aloof, scheming emperor called her “Mother Empress” at every turn and spent all day guarding against someone stealing her away!

The imperial consorts stopped competing for the emperor and started competing for the empress dowager instead, taking turns keeping her company every night.

Wen Mingzhu was utterly at a loss. Heaven knows, all she wanted was to stay alive, but could someone explain what on earth was going on?

She never meant to become famous!