Incandescent: Chinese Novel Recommendations

The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

Author: Qian Shan Cha Ke

Chapters: 231 Chapters & 4 Side Stories (Completed)

Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Josei, Martial Arts, Mature, Romance

English Translation: Completely Translated

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Description

Shen Miao, the Di daughter of a military family, was pure, quiet, gentle, and gracious. Because of her foolish love for Prince Ding, she forced her way into becoming his wife.

After six years of assisting her husband, she finally became the mother of the world: The Empress.

She had stayed with him during the fight for dominion over the empire and during the efforts to expand its territory. She even went so far as to put herself in danger and be taken hostage by a neighboring empire. In spite of this, when she returned to the Imperial Palace five years later, she no longer had a place in the Imperial Harem.

That beautiful woman he kept in his embrace gave her a bright, stunning smile and told her, "Older Sister, the country has settled down. It is time for you to step back as well."

Her daughter died tragically and her son the Crown Prince was deposed. No one in her Shen family, who had been completely loyal to the Emperor, were spared. With arrival of a new reign, everything was overturned!

Shen Miao never thought that all of the perils they encountered as husband and wife, all of the assistance they gave each other mutually, were nothing but a joke in his eyes!

He told her, "Because you have been with this Emperor for more than two decades, this Emperor will allow you to keep an intact corpse. You should be grateful for this kindness."

Beneath a meter of white silk, Shen Miao established a malicious oath: Once the day of reckoning arrives, every single one of you will die!

Once reborn, she returns to the year when she was only fourteen years old, a time when tragedy has not yet befallen, when her family still lived, and when she was still the pure, quiet, gentle, and gracious Di daughter of a military family.

Close relatives conceal evil intentions, her cousins are vicious and merciless, the new concubine is like tiger watching its prey and that scum wants the previous life's events to be repeated?

Her family must be protected, the great enmity must be avenged, and the prize must include the empire's imperial throne. In this lifetime, let us see who comes out on top!

But that Xie Family's young marquis, that tyrannical and arrogant spear-wielding young man on horseback, stays stubbornly on her side and proudly declares, "It is merely toppling the Imperial Family. Do not forget, the world belongs to you, and you—you belong to me!"

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The Thirteen Capitals of You Zhou: This belongs to you.

The Ding Yuan City in the North Desert: This belongs to you.

The Southern River of Yu Zhou, the Eastern Sea of Ding Xi, the Green Lakes of Lin'an, the Ancient City of Luo Yang: All of these belong to you.

"Xie Jing Xing, if all of this belongs to me, then can you tell me what you want?"

"Alright, you."

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Comments and Remarks from NU (Novel Updates):

Never have I thought that I wouldn't enjoy a novel about all the machinations and political intrigues amongst the noble and imperial families of an empire.

If you're sick of all the stereotypical female MC novels that seemingly retextures of the exact same format, then this is the novel for you.

What this novel can offer:

* no endless cultivation and grinding that seemingly serve no purpose other than to become the strongest

* no cheesy and overused faceslapping bullshit

* a set purpose that the MC wishes to achieve

* ruthless, cunning, and intelligent MC

* suspenseful and interesting plot that keeps you wanting to read more and more

* to the point (no bullsh*t filler chapters that serve no purpose, this novel is short and to the point)

* sweet, sweet revenge                                                                                                                   

 - porkbuns

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I know I've read this. I think it was one of the very first novels I've ever read, but I can't remember it since it was a long time ago. I just know this shit is exceptional and good. Planning to reread it again.