The Empress Dowager Is Reborn and Only Wants to Live as a Widow

In my previous life, I ruled from behind the curtain, only to be poisoned by my own grandson.

Reborn, all I want is to marry a husband with a short life and spend my days as a peaceful widow.

But an imperial edict bestows me upon the crippled former Crown Prince.

On our wedding night, he tosses me a knife. “Kill me, and you’ll be free.”

I turn the blade on his injured leg instead. “If it hurts, then stand up. We’ll fight our way back together.”

He doesn’t know I was once the Empress Dowager who ruled the empire.

I don’t know he’s a great general reborn after dying in battle.

On the road to exile, we test each other at every turn.

The moment he forces himself to his feet, his gaze is like a blade tempered in fire.

“Your Highness, you’re far too cunning to be an ordinary young lady.”

“And you’ve been putting on quite an act, Your Highness. Your leg is fine. You’ve only been lying low.”

As our identities are peeled back, layer by layer...

I turn out to be the true daughter who was switched at birth, and he is a revenge-seeker reborn with two souls.

The powerful clans want us dead, the new emperor wants us gone, and the northern nomads are invading.

Then let’s flip the whole board!

Later, in the throne hall, he helps me sit beside him on the dragon throne.

I smile and ask, “Are you still going to make me a widow?”

He clasps my hand and gestures toward the vast realm:

“I want you to rule this world by my side, see every enemy destroyed, and build the golden age you deserve.”

[Double rebirth + secrets exposed on both sides + a comeback from the brink]