The Empress Dowager in the Seventies

Main story complete, extras in progress

Upcoming story: The Emperor's Life in the 1970s. Take a look if you're interested! The blurb is below.

Lin Shu, the champion of palace intrigue who defeated the imperial harem's consorts and successfully rose to the throne of Empress Dowager, passed away. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a young military wife in the 1970s.

She had ignored her husband,

Who treated her with icy indifference.

She had given birth to a child but never raised him,

And he was now as distant from her as a stranger.

Empress Dowager Lin said, "Don't panic. This is nothing! I've been an Empress Dowager. What is there to be afraid of?"

She had her eye on this handsome man who didn't even have a concubine!

And she might as well raise that little one, too!

Everyone in the army knew that the wife of Song Wenhua, commander of the 13th Regiment, was a lazy woman.

She never lifted a finger or took care of anything. She even made Song Wenhua bring her meals before she would eat.

But could someone explain why, lately, such tempting aromas had been wafting from Commander Song's kitchen? His children also often brought out all sorts of rare-looking treats, making the little kids in the compound cling to the Song family's gate every day, begging for a bite.

And why had Commander Song's wife gotten prettier and prettier?

She was becoming more and more lovable, too!

Young women, wives, army officers, and young men all had nothing but praise for Lin Shu!

Commander Song: What do I do when my wife is so popular? Asking online, and it's urgent!

It's just a slow-paced farming story... No golden finger. The heroine's palace-intrigue skills are her biggest advantage.

There are quite a few liberties taken with the setting, so history buffs, please proceed with caution~

I'll read all your comments and suggestions!

Hope you enjoy the story!!!

The Emperor's Life in the 1970s

Blurb One:

As an emperor, Chu Yue thought he was doing a decent job.

He rose at five in the morning and went to bed at eleven at night, diligently fulfilling his duties.

As a result, he successfully died young. T_T

When he opened his eyes again, he had become an overly dutiful son in the 1980s.

As it happened, the day before, he'd been kicked out of his family home and sent away with nothing but his wife and children.

A thatched cottage, a thatched bed, and a drafty window hanging on the wall.

Not enough food or warm clothes, and two more mouths to feed.

Chu Yue: I can't put up with this hardship!!!

Wait, hold on!

There might still be hope. He can still enter his own imperial study!!!

Blurb Two:

The late emperor has returned as a spirit!!!

The new emperor, Chu Yuan, discovered that lately, every memorial he'd left behind was reviewed by the next morning and laid out neatly on his desk. The handwriting was unmistakably his father's!

But it seemed this wasn't free. His father was asking him for payment?!

Fortunately, none of the requested items were anything unusual.

Just ten jin of flour, a few plates of pastries, and a few chickens and ducks. He could easily afford to provide them every day!

So Chu Yuan happily coasted along the road to being emperor and lived a comfortable, carefree life!

Then his father wrote him a long, scathing letter, and he got thoroughly chewed out. Q_Q

Blurb Three:

There's big news in Chu Family Village!

The Chu Yue family, who were kicked out of their home, are doing better and better!

They're eating and drinking well every day, and are even moving to the city!

Chu Yue: Honestly, there's nothing to envy. I just happened to have a useless son in my previous life. =.=

Chu Yuan: Q_Q

Theme: Empress Dowager's little life