She died for her country. When she opened her eyes, 280 years had passed.
The mighty empire she had built with her beloved was now losing its imperial power. The court was corrupt, and the nation’s future hung in the balance.
And the royal descendants she had raised with such hardship had turned into a bunch of good-for-nothings who did nothing but fight crickets, squabble among themselves, and let treacherous ministers manipulate them!
Kicked in the chest and strangled by her incompetent, foolish great-grandson from the start, then humiliated without restraint?
Rong Yu, founding empress of the Great Yong and Grand Empress Dowager Zhaosheng Guangxian… smiled.
I won your empire with every swing of my blade and every shot of my gun.
I made your rules, word by word, with my own hands.
And I risked blood and fire to snatch your lives back from the King of Hell.
Now I’m awake.
It’s time to put this rotten mess in order!
Later
The court officials: “A crazy girl from the harem thinks she can comment on state affairs?”
Not long afterward, they knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably. “Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is wise! We are fools!”
The general: “This woman can’t even kill a chicken. What gives her the right to direct the fate of the realm?”
Not long afterward, he dropped to one knee, his gaze feverish. “Y-You… how do you know the Lu family’s closely guarded secret from three hundred years ago?!”
The emperor, trembling: “Ancestress, please stop smiling. I… I won’t do it again!”
