After Being Widowed, the Empress Dowager Was Doted on by a Powerful Minister

The emperor had only just died when Sheng Baoling began having frequent dreams. In her dreams, because of the emperor’s dying words, she sought advice on everything from Pei Ci, a loyal minister who looked so frail he seemed ready to collapse at the slightest breeze. She was determined to help the newly enthroned young emperor become a wise ruler. But the ruler was not wise, and the loyal minister was not loyal. The former wanted her dead, while the latter wanted her for himself. When she awoke, she saw the young emperor sitting obediently and dutifully on one side, and the gentle, magnanimous, all-powerful prime minister on the other. The young empress dowager, who had hoped to enjoy a life of luxury in the imperial harem, broke out in a cold sweat.