In the third year of Jian'an, Xie Lingxuan was chosen to enter the palace as a candidate for the position of empress. But life in the inner palace was lonely. After she bore her nominal husband a legitimate son, he never set foot in her chambers again.
At long last, the emperor died and ascended to heaven. She defeated the scheming women around her and finally became empress dowager. She was just about to hire handsome companions and reach the peak of her life.
Who could have guessed that her joy would trigger a stroke? She spent most of her life bedridden, never getting to enjoy even one day of the empress dowager's splendor. She had to stare at that dead man's portrait all day and suffer at the hands of her wicked daughter-in-law. Life was simply not worth living.
After enduring decades of misery, Xie Lingxuan finally breathed her last. Just as she was gleefully hurrying off to be reincarnated, a ghost messenger kicked her back to the day she first entered the palace.
Reborn, Xie Lingxuan wants nothing more than to quietly enjoy a good life. Every day, she hopes the dead man will hurry up and die so she can be promoted to empress dowager.
But maybe that dead man is just too stubborn to die. Decades pass, and he's still alive, clinging to her every day and even demanding they share a bed???
Watching the man put on one ridiculous act after another, Xie Lingxuan wonders: why does this feel so wrong?!!!
Xie Lingxuan: Get away from me! I only want to be empress dowager!
Theme: Reborn, I only want to be empress dowager
