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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Honey B
Honey B rated it
August 30, 2019
Status: Completed
Where should I begin?

Should I mention how addicting the drama is? ?

Should I mention how I felt the MC's struggle with her past in order to free herself of her grief? ?

... more>> Should I start with all the wonderful characters?

Or maybe I should start with how the plot was simply delicious? ?

Should I go into detail on how ruthless and yet captivating the ML was?

Or should I just say, if you like a well rounded story with a scheming MC and ML, who are loyal to their people, and villains that get what they f*cking deserve, then Read!!! ?

BTW it's missing a star because of the ending...

Spoiler

Six month coma?! HASN'T SHE BEEN SLEEP ENOUGH, INJURED ENOUGH IN THIS D*MN NOVEL!?! ?

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KairaYK
KairaYK rated it
August 12, 2019
Status: Completed
A truly wonderful story, I greatly enjoyed it.

Most of all I appreciated that the MC is a believable person. Not a genius in any field, just someone who's hurting and trying to fix the mistakes of the past. How she deals with her opponents is mainly through dialog, she learned how to twist her words to get what she needs. So your suspension of disbelief is much less needed in this story.

In addition the relationship with ML takes time to develop and grow, they learn the good and the bad... more>> about each other and there's no instant lust. You can see the genuine love and care grow between them, they know to appreciate the other and therefore when they finally do get together it's so much more touching.

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The story is roughly divided into 2 parts, the 1st mainly deals with her schemes while the 2nd is her overcoming the pain of the past and learning to live anew. From reading other reviews some seem to be disappointed by the 2nd part because there is less schemes but personally I think it's more realistic. There's only so much that words can do against monarchs and now she has someone else she can finally rely on to help her. Also, when she's in a new and completely unfamiliar place you can't expect her to suddenly be on top of everything.

However I do agree that the ending is rushed. The last chapter is a big mess, and the 20 or so chapters before could have really been easily doubled if not tripled to expand the plot.

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But even despite the weak ending I still highly recommend the story, you really grow to love the characters.

On a side note, the translation is very good so thank you for that!! <<less
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FuwaFuwa
FuwaFuwa
August 9, 2019
Status: Completed
Dear fellow readers looking for a good Chinese novel to read,

Honestly this has to be one of if not the best Chinese novel that I have ever read, for once, one could clearly see that the ML truly loves the MC and would go to great lengths just for her.

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During the two year time skip, he took care of any troubles that came with him being the first prince of the Great Liang, just so SM (the MC) wouldn't have to worry about anything when she married him. And speaking of marriage, XJX (the ML) threatened the emperor of Ming Qi just to get married to SM. I'm not going mention all the other things that he did, because it would take me probably a while to type it all out. I'm not saying that SM was just a damsel of distress the entire time though, some of the times when XJX had helped her, she could've solved it on her own. She just didn't have to step in because XJX had already solved it for her. When XJX was close to death's door, she stayed up for three nights straight worrying for XJX and tried to find a way to save his life.

On a lighter topic, the lovey dovey moment between the couple, were just honestly adorable as fluff. And I loved all the other pairings, unlike some other books that I happened to know called Harry Potter, there were actually a couple moments throughout the book that foreshadowed each of the pairings.

Random Thoughts That I Had No Where Else to Put:

    • XJX is shameless as fluff, but it's just to funny to get mad at.
    • Poor Cong Yang (at least I think that is his name), don't worry, the hearts of a bunch of other readers and I ache for you.
    • I sometimes have an inexplicable urge to face palm at JYS antics, like sweetie, please just shut your mouth, your only making the situation worst.
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The plot's great and Zaza did a absolute wonderful job translating it. I would highly recommend this novel as something to binge read, because honestly, I feel like this novel is something that can easily make someone lose track of time and get addicted to it.

Sincerely,

Yours Truly <<less
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whitespade
whitespade rated it
August 4, 2019
Status: side story 4
For anyone that love the ancient chinese drama struggle but just HATE how MC is always cuckolded by being part of a harem - this is your jam as theres only One True Pairing and MC don't share anything.

MC is ruthless and decisive, ML is equally bloodthirsty they are good for each other. ML also dote on MC so much, so it is sweet. However the sweetness is at the end, the first half is all very satisfying face slaps. The plot is fairly logical and the other characters are... more>> interesting.

The reason of the rebirth is also done well, its not arbitary. So thats a plus. <<less
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Honefuusen
Honefuusen rated it
July 11, 2019
Status: Completed
This 4 star is for Shen Miao the ultimate Empress, her family and the first half of the story.

Quality and gruesome face slapping, and quite suspenseful. Much engaging, but I hate the ML and all the drama he caused.

I truly read this novel simply for Empress Shen, if Shen Miao isn't how she is, I would have dropped this novel the moment she marries.

The only redeeming quality of the ML is the fact that he truly loves empress Shen, other than that, he would be lost in the sea of... more>> OP ML cliches.. <<less
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xVx_k1r1t0_xVx_KillMe
xVx_k1r1t0_xVx_KillMe rated it
June 30, 2019
Status: c231
Started this purely because it was highly rated, despite having no interest in the genre.

Continued because the story's well written, the characters are engaging, and the translation is good.

And then our girl got down to the bloody revenge. And met XJX. And got drunk.... several times.

Fell in love with this novel before I realized it.

It's like the Chinese GoT I never knew I needed. Except Arya Stark woke up with memories from her whole life a year before episode 1. And got busy.

Finished this novel completely satisfied. Highly recommend.
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Pdoryanya
Pdoryanya rated it
June 29, 2019
Status: c130 part2
It's a good read but I cant enjoy it as I would like to.

The problem for me is that almost every person in this novel is cruel and plotting something evil, the exception of this is FL close family. Some plotting is fine but I just became tired of it.

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The second problem is that for C130 I dont feel any progress in story, all the same, second and third households of her family are plotting something again, and at this point I lost my interest.

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It's okay read, but rotates around the same things and on the same scale, that's why I dont feel interested to continue to read this, because no matter what, I feel it would be the same, plotting + romance, which talks about how perfect ML is. <<less
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brexic
brexic rated it
June 14, 2019
Status: c231 part13
This is my first time making a review for a novel. This one is such a treasure and a very beautiful gem. I loved every chapter and I think words won't be enough to describe how much I love this novel. I can't find flaws in the storyline as every character, every event, every words makes up the perfection of the novel; be it a mob character, villains, animals, colors of their robes and a single flower. Our most favorite, the lead characters, they are really lovable. They became my... more>> top couple in my ship list. The romance is not too chummy but when they have a screen time together, the fluffiness is overwhelming. They aren't too overbearing even though they are both OP. Their actions will always have reasons. Even when they retaliate, I can only nod and applause for them. All in all, this is a very good novel. You will really love and enjoy this. The translation too is also very good. I really give my thanks to the translator for the efforts and time. Every update, is a sweet reward for a student like me. Specially when there are additional chapters. I am also most grateful to the author for sharing such a good novel for everyone to read. Much love❤

*Update

I re-read this again after 2 years, and I still love it 🥺 <<less
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joellyanne
joellyanne
June 14, 2019
Status: Completed
Where should I start on highlighting why this is one of the best transmigration CN novel I have ever read so far. There are a lot of plots and schemes from various characters towards the MC and the ML, and from the MC and from the ML. It is sometimes tragic, funny and very satisfying in how things are getting resolved and how villains gets their comeuppance in the end and how fun and interesting are the journey of achieving the MC and ML target goals. If you want spoilers... more>> etc. There will be enough of that from the other very satisfied readers from their reviews. Very highly recommended ***** <<less
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Neleothesze
Neleothesze
April 13, 2019
Status: c222
10/10

Great characters, gripping story, sweet plot twists, 15% angst and 85% schadenfreude and a very good translation too.

Not the first transmigration story I've read but by far the best.
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AlyssaJusuf96
AlyssaJusuf96 rated it
March 26, 2019
Status: Completed
Love this novel a lot :-)

If you want to read a rebirth story about the protagonist is the one who makes everything wrong on her first life, but restore all her mistake on second life, I very recommend you to read this novel.

Mostly rebirth novel just like "I never did anythong wrong! I must avenge the people who slander me!"

But on this story the protagonist know she also on the blame for her own pitiful condition. If I said, the protagonist has good logic unlike other protagonist I had... more>> meet this far. And if one day the author decide to collab her novel with other rebirth story, like a girl wants to scheming Shen Miao because some reason, I'm sure our Shen Miao will win. <<less
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YuYao
YuYao rated it
March 4, 2019
Status: c214
This story deserve 5 star from me. I've read several novels with similar genre : reincarnated, revenge, empress, ancient background, and superior ML. But none of them can really compare with this story.

Reasonable strength of MC and ML, reasonable story plot, and reasonable revenge.

MC doesnt running around taking revenge for something that others base on past life only. The main reason she harm or kill others is because they make the first move in present.

... more>> No boring repetition.

So I really recommend this for anyone who curious about it. Worth it for reading. <<less
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aelin12
aelin12 rated it
March 2, 2019
Status: c210
So this is an awesome novel in this genre be it revenge or the relationships. Can anyone suggest me where I can read more novels like this with good revenge stories and some romance thrown into the mix??
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lavenderpolaroids
lavenderpolaroids rated it
February 19, 2019
Status: c217
10/10 will recommend this novel. I love the character of our protagonist, I see a lot of comments on how she only remembers the past and kept on applying it to her present life, but I disagree cause most of the people that went down because of her actually made the first move instead her (except for that eunuch), and I've read the raws till 217 (cause I was at the translated version 211 and just couldn't wait), and SM wasn't that harsh on PL and was somewhat clear of... more>> the past and present differences in him. There was only a moment where she was completely muddled and that was when she met her LV 100000 archenemy. But other than that, I love her clear-headedness, and her slick plannings and how she FINALLY and truly accepted her feelings for our main boy, even though she did it at the freaking end of the whole novel, but it's better than nothing. HUGS FOR THE AUTHOR AND TRANSLATOR, amazing plot and rather decent translation for once. Thumbs up. :) <<less
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Fitzy
Fitzy
February 2, 2019
Status: c203
Currently my fave rebirth novel.

MC changed from a naive girl to a hardened abandoned empress then she "wake up" and try to change her fate and save her beloved family.
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mannel27
mannel27 rated it
January 10, 2019
Status: Completed
I didn't sleep last night MTL-ing the rest of the chapters and I must say it was well worth it. Xie Jing Xing is the best among all the male leads from a number of CN novels I have read. He wasn't an ass. He is a true gentleman and treated her with utmost care and sincerity which was ultimately shown towards the end of the novel. Shen Miao, although slow, also have deep feelings towards XJX and would go to great lengths for him.

For the most part, the plot... more>> revolves about SM revenge. However at the latter part of the novel she decides to accept her past, move on and instead welcome her new life with XJX. There will still be political plots and revenge but towards the end its more about their love and fate and the story of her rebirth. Why it came about.

SM and XJX story is one of the best out there. The revenge and romance was all well-written and is definitely worth reading. I will still go back and continue reading the rest of the translations because as we all know, MTL is hard to understand and a lot of details gets lost in translation. Plus the translations are also clear, detailed and well-written as well. Thank you to the translator for the hard work and for sharing us this memorable and amazing novel! <<less
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Rylain
Rylain
December 18, 2018
Status: Completed
Finished reading the novel in Chinese.

My personal score: 95/100 (Excellent, with only a few minor details that I found weird, but can easily overlook due to the outstanding content)

  • (++ point) Author is consistent with the main plot. Story is easy to follow, and there are no obvious sub-plots left for later. All plots are resolved in an "as soon as possible" manner, thus leaving no unfinished plots.
  • (+ point) No constant abuse of special skills conveniently generated on the spot. Main character's knowledge of skills are explained properly as to how they were acquired.
  • (- point) Minor details that did not make logical sense, like how the Main Character was a frail teenage girl that did not have physical training but was able to handle a physically demanding equipment purely due to familiarity of it.
  • (+ point) Plot is addictive and primarily focused on schemes and intrigue. Story flow only has a few "low" periods for the reader to take a break before continuing at a later time, which contributed significantly to me suffering from eye strains due to reading on my phone for extended periods of time.
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emmyazzy
emmyazzy
June 17, 2018
Status: Completed
I really love this novel a lot. The main female lead is very smart and uses her brains to attain what she wants. The male lead may be ruthless but he still cares a lot for the female lead. I think this novel is very unique and I truly enjoyed it.
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PurpleMousse
PurpleMousse rated it
June 17, 2018
Status: Completed
Finished the whole thing and may I say that this novel was amazing??? I couldn't wait for the translations and went ahead and finished the raws, the whole time I was hooked and engaged and completely wowed. Some of the readers may think that the romance is too slow but towards the ending, Shen Miao and Xie Jing Xing's feelings are so obvious and even though there was some heart breaking moments, there were many sweets ones too like for example:

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When they got married Xie Jing Xing like sent 100 chests of betrothal gift? In ancient times the bride has to bring dowry worth about the same amount as the betrothal gifts but because Xie Jing Xing literally gave so much gifts he even supplemented Shen Miao's dowry for her so she wasn't embarrassed?


When XJX was sick and in a coma, Shen Miao trekked through a forest to look a daoist who could cure XJX even though it was just a rumor??? And when she found the Daoist, she worked for a whole night (she had also gone without food for 2 days before that caring for XJX and now she starved for a whole night) to get the medicine. This moment is also bittersweet btw because of the event after this
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There are also funny moments too when their misunderstandings and barriers are swept away like:

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When Shen Miao wakes up from her coma, she is really really relieved so she asked XJX what he wants she will give. XJX of courses (jokingly) asks a for a child. And Shen Miao agrees! So naturally XJX asks if she is still sick lol

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And this novel is so so good 5/5 <<less
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dramamonster
dramamonster
June 13, 2018
Status: Completed
2023 update: OMG! This is going to be a drama!!!!!!!! With Leon Wu and Jiang Yi Yi!!!!!!!!

2018 review: I really enjoyed this novel. It's still my favourite Chinese novel! I've read several rebirth/transmigration/magical power chinese novels, and what sets Rebirth of a Malicious Empress of a Military Lineage apart is how clear-headed, protective, and human the heroine is. Some heroines come off as very cold and emotionless (like Princess Weiyoung), super powered (like Poison Genius Consort), or impulsive/muddle headed (like Refusing to Serve Me?). This heroine has no super powers... more>> and knows no martial arts. She is armed only with her knowledge, wisdom, and experience. She plots slowly and carefully and at the end of her schemes, no one is left alive. It's not a quick, superficial storyline. It really goes into detail and is a slow burn. Thankfully, the entire novel is only a few hundred chapters and it's tightly written. This is basically Chapter 1:
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For love of Prince Ding, naive Shen Miao learned everything she could to be his wife and forced her family to fight to place him on the throne. After 20 years of marriage, Empress Shen horrifically discovers that she has been bitterly betrayed and she has sacrificed her family, her children, her youth, and 5 years of humiliation as a foreign hostage for a selfish Emperor Ding who wanted their family's power, but had schemed to kill them all. Then she goes back in time and wakes up in her 14-year-old body. With her new knowledge, she sees all the things she missed before and cherishes those who are true to her.


Armed with her knowledge of future events, powerful people, and many, many secrets, young Shen Miao schemes to protect her honest military family from the poisonous royal family. Inside, she is not innocent Shen Miao, but the experienced Empress Shen who had fought alongside Prince Ding amongst the officials and their secrets to obtain the throne, endured years of humiliation as a hostage, and survived the harem fights in the Six Palaces only to be betrayed.
In the story, Shen Miao really loves her straightforward, honourable parents and brother. To protect them, she turns others' schemes back and hurts their enemies before her family can be ruined. Because she is only a 14-year-old girl, she sits quietly and schemes and plans. The best part of her schemes is that she takes minimal action. She merely points the right person at the right place, and lets her secret knowledge of their personalities guide them to her revenge. Yet, if the enemies weren't going to harm her, nobody would have been hurt. (This is unlike Doomed to be Cannon Fodder, when the rebirthed character still tried to kill the innocent transmigrated character). Basically, the villains get their own comeuppance because of their own evil natures, not entirely because of Shen Miao's schemes.
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I love her parents and brother - they are exactly the loving, supportive, protective family that every heroine deserves. Unfortunately, the military family is powerful and they are a bit naive, which is when Shen Miao has to manoeuvre in the darkness to protect them. The male lead, XJX, is awesome. They walk warily around each other like tigers meeting in the night, until they see through each other's schemes and fall in love later on in the story. It's a total slow burn. He's so dreamy. He's got some secrets too. The hardest part of the story for me was the complicated family tree. It's a mess because there are multiple wives/concubines and multiple children, and everyone is named Shen. Eventually I could figure it out, but it was hard. I added in the adjectives because it helps me remember the characters. One of the hardest things about chinese pinyin is I can't tell if something is a female or male name, or a place, or what. Old General Shen had 2 wives. 1st wife had the first son, General Shen Xin. 2nd wife, had the other 2 sons, and only the 2nd wife survives as Old Shen Furen. First son's immediate family is the First household, etc. First household (military) - loyal General Shen Xin, his valiant wife Lou Xue Yan, and their 2 children; simple daughter Shen Miao and brave son Shen Qiu. Second household (literary) - lecherous Shen Gui, his black-bellied wife Ren Wan Yan, and their 3 children: smart Shen Yuan, outstanding daughter Shen Qing, little son Shen Yuan Bo; submissive concubine Wan Yiniang and her sneaky smart daughter, Shen Dong Ling. Third Household (literary) - talented Shen Wan, his secretly shrewish wife, Chen Run Liu, their daughter Shen Yue. Anyway, I really loved Shen Miao. Every time she had a late night chat with XJX, I wanted to squee. In terms of age appropriate relationships,
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after a short time jump of 2 years, Shen Miao and XJX meet up again when she is 16-17, the age when most girls are married/engaged.

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There are a few errors in translation, but I've noticed errors in almost every fan translation I've read anywhere so far, so I just ignore it and am grateful that someone is translating this online for free. There are more errors in the later chapters, but as the story gets better I can overlook it.

Some reviewers also found there are too many descriptions of how good looking XJX is, and how regal Shen Miao is. I've read other novels that went on and on about how the heroine in those books is the most beautiful woman in the world, etc., so it's a nice change of pace for me to read the male lead as the eye candy, and that the heroine has the commanding presence and grace of an Empress. Cool.

The heroine is really well developed and easy to empathize with. Shen Miao really, really cares about her family, servants and friends, and that's why she seeks to protect them with her stratagems so that they can live a simple, happy life. <<less
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