The Rebirth of the Malicious Empress of Military Lineage

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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!”

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, I want you.”

Associated Names
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Chong Sheng Zhi Jiang Men Du Hou
Rebirth of the Malicious Queen of Military Lineage (Mànhuà)
RMEML
The Rebirth of the Vengeful Empress from a Military Family
Tướng Môn Độc Hậu
Venomous Empress Reborn (Webnovel)
นางพญาท้ารบ
将门嫡女之定乾坤 (重生之将门毒后)
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Jessicaaa
Jessicaaa rated it
February 23, 2018
Status: c126
This is currently my number one favourite novel but f there was.5 ratings I would have given it 4.5 which will be explained later on and it has nothing to do with the plot or characters!

The story is based on MC revenge and what I love about her is that are revenge and schemes are vicious and savage BUT very satisfying to read. As it does annoy me with other novels when the MC becomes kind hearted and does not take revenge or the revenge is not satisfying even though... more>> the people that schemed against MCs may have been really sickening and horrible to MC. Therefore this is one reason why I love the MC in this novel, I also love the fact she takes no nonsense from anyone and does whatever it takes to protect her family and making it clear she does not like the other related family household.

The villians obviously are not likeable and annoying but I like that not all villians are s*upid like some other novels. Even though the little girls that try to mock the MC are annoying but the MC always has a comeback which makes it satisfying to read. Apart from villians all characters are likeable, especially the MC and her family they are so adorable! This is also one of the only stories in this genre where MC has a protective and loving family. Her little friend Feng An is also likeable.

Ok so the reason why I would give it 4.5 is because of the ML not because I dislike him (in my opinion he is likeable and amazing match for the MC) but because of the author's need to always write a paragraph of his handsome and beautiful features and face every single time he appears. I GET IT HE IS HANDSOME AND BEAUTIFUL BUT there is no need to always provide a long paragraph for it. This leads me to say story the author is very very descriptive at times near the climax of a plot which does drag a bit but I guess that is to increase anticipation in what will happen. But overall the story does not drag on <<less
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yango
yango rated it
February 17, 2018
Status: --
This is my type of novel, I love revenge novels and I admit, I've read many disappointing ones that had a promising start. Fortunately, this one did not disappoint. Our MC can exact her plan well, she's ruthless and I really love the dialogues. Not to mention her interaction with the ML.
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shelvibie17
shelvibie17 rated it
February 8, 2018
Status: c116 part2
Yes, this one is the best novel I read so far.

Never disappointed since the first time read this novel.

Great Plot and storyline, amazing character.

MC is the one that the best ever, because the s*upidity in the past life give a harsh lesson for make the way that she's now. Someone that really have strong mind but not overpowered so that we can still feel humanity and life from this novel and the character.

There's so many novel but this is keeping give you the best feeling ever.

Really recommended this one.
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maiha-sama
maiha-sama rated it
January 9, 2018
Status: Completed
This book will ruin all the rebirth/reincarnation novels for you. Its so good. Most of the other novels I read before/after don't hold a candle to this, honestly. So please drop whatever else you're doing and pick up this one!

Adding a spoiler tag owing to the length ^^

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Spoiler

At the outset: theres no OP-ness, no cheats, no band of male leads falling for her. Its her smarts and a slooow burn. We have the regular family villains as appetizers and the stakes get higher as we progress. Thankfully we don't have many of those white lotus characters, fairies and what not. You can see why each of the villains/circumstances are challenging. The villains are reasonably smart but they do lack dimension.

What I really like about Shen Miao is that she is measured but ruthless. Other novels have the same villains that keep cropping up like c*ckroaches, hating for no solid reason. But when SM goes for the kill, its game over.. So I was very surprised at first. Our Empress was a s*upid fool in 'love' in her last life and had to learn things the hard way. In this life, she simply exudes majesty in everything she does. The things she managed to accomplish were without any outside help (her initial targets at least). She's just a girl (with a lousy reputation) without any power to speak of. The schemes she plays out are well planned and oh so completely satisfying. As badass as it gets.

I don't think that the romance is non-existent at all. In books like DWFGF, I failed to see why the ML likes the MC so much. Here, initially, XJX comes off as a carefree, flirty jerk but he sort of grows on you. Though he's got his own agenda, you can tell he cares for SM. He doesn't fall immediately.. It's slow and steady but you can feel the intensity ramp up. You know exactly why he got interested. So the romance is not cotton candy sweet but quite epic all things considered. The wedding bit is actually so sweet. A great power couple. All things said, he did make many things easier for her once he got involved.

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Also the side characters like the Su brothers, Shen Miao's cousin brother are so loveable and they grow on you. Extra points for female characters that actually like the MC, Tan and An Ning. I found myself completely supporting their love lines. I also liked Pei Lang's development a lot.

Well rounded, well balanced and hugely satisfying. <<less
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Phoenix2001
Phoenix2001 rated it
December 20, 2017
Status: c108
It's one my favorite novel of all the time what I love the most in the novel is absolutely the MC shen miao she's very intelligent and cunning love her, Everytime her opponents sets a trap plotted against her but instead they fall on there own trap like the saying goes " If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself " But in this novel shen miao from the dark shadow push them into there own grave, she solve her problems like a chess game... more>> she set a trap in it and no one who hurt her in her previous life can get away with it not a single person, there's truly nothing I can describe this novel just one word best of the best, love our empress shen miao you stole my heart girl!!!

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Khushi Blue
Khushi Blue rated it
December 11, 2017
Status: c106
This novel is one of best revenge and rebirth. I like how intelligent and cunning MC is. She did best to protected her family from step family that wanted MC family dead. I like how MC scheming them back. This novel has satisfying revenge. I enjoying reading this kind of good novel.
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LoveHime
LoveHime rated it
November 19, 2017
Status: c101 part2
Absolutely love it 10/10. My top asian novel; seriously read it. It's an amazing novel and if you like The Princess Wei Yang then you'll definitely love this one especially since the pace is faster plus I find her more brutal than Wei Fang. Additionally she now has her family with her and loyal people she can trust so in terms of completing her vengeance she's like at 15%. The man ML has already been introduced and frankly he's great in terms that he doesn't... more>> see her as weak or idiotic there's definitely some good respect for her. Although the main's in this story are not exactly good people so don't expect any goodness cause they're all pretty viscous ☺ <<less
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icecream
icecream rated it
October 8, 2017
Status: c92 part2
WOWOWOW!!!! This female is truly kickass. She literally rules over everyone and acts like it to without trying. She's a natural badass and I've never seen schemes like hers that are so intriguing and complex in a reincarnation novel. The translations and pacing of events is fantastic and you're always left in anticipation for the next chapter. Honestly I love this 100 times more than princess wei yang, not that princess wei yang is bad, but this story is just THAT BADASS!!!
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lacerem
lacerem rated it
September 8, 2017
Status: c85 part1
This novel is a good read, but I recommend you to wait until it is completed. If you decide to read it at all costs, I'll be welcoming you to the spoiler thread. You will not be able to stop asking what happens next.
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Alina Moktan
Alina Moktan rated it
June 15, 2017
Status: c84
One of best novel. Great and interested novel about revenge and scheming. With smart cunning cold female lead and handsome male lead destroy villian and evil step family life. Give five star⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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jkmessah
jkmessah
December 29, 2016
Status: c4
Will rate in the near future when more chapters are released!

If you can't get enough of revenge stories with second chance, then this should be added into your arsenal. We have yet to see how she will scheme and the ML has not shown his appearance yet but this is giving me some Wei Yang vibes. Going through life and death for the one she loved only to find that she was the fool and she was just a disposable pawn. So far it is similar to most others in... more>> the similar genre but I find that this is written quite well. I look forward to see how this story will unfold and how deep the schemes would be!

The translator has worked hard and I definitely recommend this if you enjoyed Princess Wei Yang, Chongfei Manual, and Mei Gongqing. <<less
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HiddenHermit
HiddenHermit rated it
March 19, 2023
Status: Completed
A good second chance novel worth reading. I was able to immerse myself into it most of the times. But sometimes some things or situations did not go with the flow of the "realistic" vibe of the novel and decreased my enjoyment.
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For example, being able to accurately shoot the princess' bow that is supposedly super difficult to pull. Yes, she did it a bunch of times in her previous life. But this life there's been no training with a bow. How'd her arm muscles get developed enough to do that? Even people who've had illnesses or accidents gotta get physical therapy to get their "normal" muscle functions back. Maybe those muscles were transported back in time with her soul?

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Overall the hours spent reading this novel weren't wasted.
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Katsubo
Katsubo rated it
December 16, 2022
Status: Completed
I'm happy that I found this novel.

It's really worth ur time.

Must say this is the best novel among this genre.

IDK how many times I cried and laughed and reread this novel.

It's great!!!
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Salomeh
Salomeh rated it
August 1, 2022
Status: Completed
This is one of the best Ancient China and Rebirth stories I have read. Great world building, character development, and relationship development. Love the relationship development between the two main characters. Love how smart the MC is. My only regret on this one is how late the MC and ML get together on the story. It is a long read, but an absolute must read if you like historical or rebirth stories
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bleakdays
bleakdays rated it
March 24, 2022
Status: Completed
(This should be a 3 star, but I can't change it)

This novel s**ked me in, but there are some things that hold it back.

The main character is one of the best I've seen in this type of story. While I definitely don't condone a lot of her decisions, you can she why she does what she does and the past and present traumas that informed her decisions. Honestly, Shen Miao dangles right on the precipice of being an anti-hero for me. She's definitely not the type to let... more>> the male lead handle everything... which leads me to the main problem of the story.

The male lead is awful. He's got a terrible personality, and he spends 75% of his time observing the main character from afar and 15% of his time acting rudely or violently towards her. The rest of his screen time is spent describing his eyebrows- and I'm only being mildly facetious here. I'm undecided if he's some sort of self-insert, or if Shen Miao's personality makes a stereotypical male lead look silly. Either way, he sticks out like a sore thumb in a cast of characters that is generally pretty well built. It's a shame, because it means I'm rooting against the main couple for most of the story. I would literally rather there be no male lead, but here we are.

Luckily, if you can ignore that, this novel has some of the best courtly scheming in the genre, so it's worthwhile. <<less
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Nayun
Nayun rated it
January 26, 2022
Status: Completed
First of all, @zazajunie translation is not bad despite the abundance of spelling error as I can still somewhat understand the content that are being delivered. No offense but my advice is that if you're translating anything, you should check it somewhere first for any spelling error.

Here are some pros and cons for this novel:

Pros:

  • A not bad drama between MC and the other character.
  • Decent plot in the beginning.
  • Su Min Lang.
Cons:

  • The author did not elaborate most of the plot on the latter part of the novel
  • Spoiler

    SM behaved like an idiotic girl when she saw Mei at the Prince Rui residence, although this can be justified by saying that the experience of her past life has scarred her deeply hence the attitude, but in my opinion it should not be too extreme as it was in the novel, at least she should conceal her hatred not blatantly announcing it to the surrounding character.

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  • Spoiler

    The herb is wasted on Pei Lang as he literally has no contribution to the story after he is healed. In my opinion, it should be used on Emperor Yong Le as on the later part of the story, the effect that Emperor Yong Le has on the story is bigger than Pei Lang. Well I can guess that the author want to somehow Make XJX the emperor of Great Liang that he/she is willing to sacrifice the two lovebirds. If that were the case, at least do further explanation and elaboration on XJX days as the Emperor but nope! All I can say that Emperor Yong Le and the Empress died for nothing.

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  • The later part of the story seems to be written in a rush to end the story and it's very sloppy.
  • Not enough Su Min Lang content on later part of the novel.
  • Spoiler

    There is no confrontation/explanation/elaboration between XJX and Su Min Feng when XJX is attacking Ming Qi. What did Su Min Feng do when he met XJX? Do they fight to the death? Or did they reconcile?

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My final verdict is that this novel is like a chewing gum, very tasty in the beginning but sooner or later it is extremely bland with no flavor at all and you kept chewing for the sake of chewing.
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bunnydesuuu
bunnydesuuu
April 15, 2021
Status: Completed
A really good palace, court politics story, with a strong female MC. Despite knowing things that were going to happen ahead of time, there were still stumbling blocks, and she is not without flaws. The story was not just centred around her revenge but also her determination to protect her family and loved ones. I love her character build-up and even character growth. In her previous life, she chose to love the wrong person, and didn't know all the love and care her family had for her, and instead trusted... more>> the wrong people and was schemed against. In this life, she chose to protect the ones who are true to her, and correct all the mistakes she had made in her past life. The only unexpected in her new life is the male MC, but whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, she only knew much later.

ML was very interesting as a character as well. The story was well planned and well developed, slow and steady. The relationship was steadily built from ground up. They got to know each other as strangers to somewhat allies with suspicions before slowly growing closer, unlike the crazy love-at-first-sight nonsense. (Altho I do like a good love-at-first-sight novel once in awhile). The palace schemes were somewhat typical and expected for the Chinese palace context, but the same tricks were not overly used and thus it was never boring. The ending was pretty touching as well, and I cried quite a bit.

Overall, the story was to the point and wasn't unnecessarily draggy. Every scene, every thought and every dialogue had a purpose, and reading it constantly left me at the edge of my seat wanting to know more. Thusfar, one of the best historical-royalty novel I've read. <<less
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miyo10
miyo10 rated it
November 25, 2020
Status: Completed
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book!

So to be fair, I read The Princess Weiyoung novel first, so I couldn't help but compare parts of the story as they have similar plot points *cough cough plagiarism*. I gave a lot sh*t to Shen Miao at first because she was soooo slow on her revenge. The book was pretty descriptive that I got a bit annoyed. Like, I don't need to know the color of the walls. (I'm exaggerating but sometimes within the chapter, the same information is thrown twice at you,... more>> making it a bit repetitive and redundant).

But I did warm up to Shen Miao eventually, as she was a lot kinder and more human to me than Weiyoung. I'm very happy that Shen Miao never forgot about her past life and never forgot about her fallen children. Her pain and guilt towards everyone that she had let down in her past life was always carried deep in her heart and she made sure to protect everyone in this lifetime.

The slow romance was extremely slow. There were subtle moments in the early chapters, but were so small I felt like I was grasping at straws. But I'm glad I waited. Once the second arc happened though, the book went from great to freaking amazing. I got my dose of romance!

I love the ml's backstory and where the story went after learning about it.

Can we talk about Xie Jing Xing for a bit? I love that man to death. Freaking ADORE him. Definitely the highlight of most chapters. He is a black-belly done right. I can't recount how many times he made me pace back and for in my room because I got too excited because of him lol. I also like that he was insecure and sensitive with the fl. It makes him so human that he wasn't sure that she loved him. I hate characters that are sooo sure/full of themselves that they think they are loved by everyone -___-

Like no! You earn that shit!

The reincarnation part was so nice and beautifully written. I cried soo much during those chapters, not because I was sad but happy. You'll know what I mean when you read it it. Made me love Xie Jing Xing even more ❤️❤️❤️ if that was possible (It was).

I really really want to give spoilers to ppl, but this book it just so wonderful, that it shouldn't be spoiled. *Cough cough go read it*

Definitely one of my all time favorite book.

Shout out to the amazing translator chubbycheeks, please go support her by buying her coffee. Without her, I would have never read this amazing novel. Thank you 💜 <<less
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ChiChidi
ChiChidi rated it
November 19, 2020
Status: c88 part1
Good story, but ML ruins it.

The moment I could tell what kind of person he would be, was the moment I decided to drop this. He is the typical rough, cold as*hole of a ML. Which can work, but he is already giving me bad vibes. Seeing other reviews about him makes me feel like those vibes are correct.

If you can look past this, then go for it. If you can not, then I wouldn't recommend this novel.
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Sonialu
Sonialu rated it
September 2, 2020
Status: Completed
A really well deserved 5*.

Highly recommended without a inch of doubt. Don't let the part where the MC had a previous husbando and kids put you off bc there is a reason to everything, and in a sense the MC can be regarded as pretty dense to romantic situations haha.
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