The Empress Dowager's Rebirth

In her previous life, she entered the palace under a cloud of guilt, treading carefully at every step and shutting herself off from love, until she became the empress dowager with the highest authority. She did it all to help her benefactor's son ascend the throne, simply to repay the kindness of a meal from years ago. After dying a natural death, she was reborn fifteen years in the past as an ordinary official's daughter. Court politics, schemes and intrigue were now far removed from her life. The everyday squabbles of family life and the mundane concerns of food, clothing, and shelter made up her most authentic existence. Let's see how a once-powerful empress dowager, having shed all her former splendor, finds true love in an ordinary life. (Hey, you there, man, stop right there! How dare you run away from me? This story is a slow burn.)