After transmigrating, Zhang Wanqing discovered that she had become the empress. Her husband was Emperor Hongzhi, the only emperor in history to uphold monogamy, and together they had two sons and a daughter, three adorable little bundles of joy. This was what it meant to be a winner in life, right?
But the on-screen comments warned her that her second son and eldest daughter would both die young. Her only child to reach adulthood, her eldest son Emperor Zhengde, would be debauched and reckless, dying young after indulging in play. After her nephew took the throne, she would spend her final years lonely and miserable.
Zhang Wanqing: No electricity, no internet, no travel, and a miserable ending? Please send me back!
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Years later:
The ministers: Has the Empress Dowager developed a third eye? She knows everything we do.
The people: The Empress Dowager is truly heaven-sent. She works for the people's benefit!
Historical records state: "Empress Dowager Xiaokangjing was a woman of great talent and vision. She reformed education and eradicated long-standing abuses, bringing the lands in every direction under the territory of our Ming Empire. She dispatched Princess Andong and the female official Dongning to explore overseas. During her reign, inventions and discoveries sprang up like mushrooms after rain, and foreign nations all admired the might and fame of the Great Ming. After the Empress Dowager's death, Princess Taikang took power. Her reign is known as the Prosperous Era of Jingkang."
Theme: The road to revival.
