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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DByellow
DByellow rated it
May 25, 2021
Status: Completed
When it comes to to rebirth novels, this is hands down one of the best on the site. Awesome MC and the ML is great too, you won't be disappointed.
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Kaylee
Kaylee rated it
April 13, 2021
Status: --
MC and ML relationship are like clowns. He finds her interesting and all, I understand that. But doing the 'keep appearing in MC places forgetting about the rules of man and woman whenever he is there, then being a tsundere brat, doing whatever he likes to MC plan. This ML is like being brainwashed by the MC's protagonist halo. MC too, as a unmarried woman is forgetting her propriety whenever he is near her but wearing her propriety appropriately with others men are just too rolled eyes moment for me.

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tornberry
tornberry rated it
April 2, 2021
Status: Completed
Everything I wanted to say are already told by other reviews, so I'll just repeat it : This novel deserve the high rating. There are flaws/loopholes in the story, there are endless drama, there are weird and rushed developments, and there are lots of unneeded narrative like any other chinese webnovels; But despite all of that it is very well written. The story flows flawlessly and it is really easy to imagine all of that inside my head. The author is a genius at this. Translator also did a very... more>> good job at retaining the tone of their conversations, though it is a shame that there are a lot (I mean it, a LOT) of typos.

Overall I'm very satisfied with this one and if I have to point out my only dissatisfaction, that would be the very scarce afterstory/sidestories. I'd love to follow their journey more. 5/5. <<less
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ishanir
ishanir rated it
March 4, 2021
Status: --
Beautiful book worth reading

Romance: Slow romance, cute interaction, not much detail apart from kissing

Plot- AMAAAZING. Was hooked until the lar moment. Although some people may judge that the ending was a but abrupt or could have been written better

Loooove all the scheming ;)
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Momo199
Momo199 rated it
February 21, 2021
Status: Completed
This is my third time reading this and I must say that I still enjoy it. One of my favourites.

What I love the moooost about this novel is:

The translators bantering whenever the author praises the ML. And I must say I agree with every single word said by the translator. 😂😂
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devi13
devi13
February 2, 2021
Status: Completed
okay, I really love this novel.

The plot, the flow, the character's smartness, the face-slapping. Now, I'm in difficult situation, I can't move on. It seems I can't find another novel that has good story and character like this novel.

I've been finished in days ago, and currently searching another novel but always got turn off because I always compared it with this novel.
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KirbyReviews44
KirbyReviews44 rated it
January 14, 2021
Status: Completed
I will give this novel a 90/100. A 100/100 for the first 100 chapters and a 80/100 for the second half. It is worth-it read and much better quality novel than 99% percent of tr*shy female MC 'wuxia' type novels.

The first 100 chaps showcases the female MC's cunning, ruthlessness, and proper usage of memories from her past life after reincarnating. There are a lot of intricate schemes against the MC and how she fights herself out of them which are incredibly interesting to read. There are also great descriptions about... more>> ancient Chinese noble families and their relationships within the family as well as with others nobles and the imperial family.

The first 100 chapters is also when the male love interest does not play a big role and the female MC is mainly doing things on her own. This makes it incredibly interesting as well as refreshing.

However, once the male love interest starts interfering, it kind of goes downhill. The male love interest is super rich, super smart, super powerful, super strong, and super loyal to the female MC. Basically he is the perfect husband all wrapped into one, it's kind of silly. And afterwards, any and all threats and schemes against the female MC are all solved effortlessly by the male love interest's awesome plot armor and all around amazingness.

Perhaps the author realized the futility of this turnabout and basically the novels ends really fast in the third act and major plot lines and major enemies are simply 'taken care of' and the story wraps up very quickly.

Overall, I think the novel is purely worth the read for everyone simply because of the strength of the first 100 chapters. I merely wrote this to vent my frustrations about the second half and to warn others. <<less
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fried_oreos
fried_oreos rated it
January 11, 2021
Status: ss 2 part2
TL;DR - The novel felt pretty standard to me, but everything was done extremely well. Simply put, if you have enjoyed similar novels, this is one of the best ones!

Thanks to everyone who worked on this novel!

Pros:

    • FL and ML - As other reviewers have mentioned, a great part of the novel was the realistic leads. The FL lead fought viciously through both of her lives, but she wasn't invincible and had her flaws. The ML was reasonable and imperfect (especially in his relationships with others), and his relationship with the FL took time to develop. As a warning though -
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      The author seems to REALLY

      like the ML. Be warned for some barf-inducing paragraphs about eyebrows.

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    • Side Characters - I actually enjoyed how the novel had some smart characters and some s*upid characters. The FL didn't use past events as much as she used her understanding of other people from her past life to plot and scheme. My favorites include
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      Princess Rong Xin, Su Ming Feng, and Pei Lang

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      but honestly, even the bodyguards had actual characters. This was definitely the most outstanding part of the novel for me.
Cons:

    • Plot - First, the entire ending sequence felt a bit rushed and had some plot inconsistencies, but it wasn't awful. Furthermore, it was involving the events in the world and the FL's revenge, not the romance parts. The big issue I had was with the
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      coma sequence towards the end

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      and that was more because it was unnecessary to their development at that point. Also, some plot points felt very similar, with some examples being -

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      1. Someone within her tried to drug the FL into sleeping with another man in two situations

      2. Someone tried kidnapping the FL within the capital with her friends in two different situations

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      but, as a reader on this website, you should be used to that already :D
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Nelle
Nelle
January 11, 2021
Status: c228
Definitely deserves 5 stars! I'd recommend reading this one, especially if you're interested in angst-filled stories.

I love how the translator and editor barf whenever the author repeatedly exaggerates the ML's handsomeness. It's one of the brighter things of this story tbh. I'll stop reading for now because this story is quite long and from all the angst I've read, I plan to read some fluff stories to balance it out. Historical stories involving the imperial family is always very complicated and full of schemes. I may continue reading this story... more>> once I'm in the mood for some angry reading. <<less
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hyakkiiiii
hyakkiiiii rated it
January 7, 2021
Status: Completed
I think it's a great read. I started reading this without much expectations and I didn't expect that I'll enjoy this that much. I don't mind the slow paced romance (because that wasn't the reason I read this one) though their interactions were kinda anticipated by me.

Others don't like how MC seemed to be relying on our ML in the later parts however I don't really mind because MC has the mindset of using everything that can be used to its maximum. Thus, letting the ML do the work is... more>> like borrowing someone else's knife. It saves time and effort and much convenient than having 'accidents' that may lead to implicating her family. ML is very much willing to be 'exploited' so why should the MC decline him? And I kinda get the author wanting MC to experience real love and overcoming her past traumas.

If I were to put some issues I found rather troubling within the novel, it would be as follows:

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  • I Idon't know if I missed a part in the novel but the thing that the male lead (XJX) and his friend, Gao Yang, found in the secret chambers of Prince Yu wasn't explained in the story. Even the "things" that the male lead is trying to search for everywhere isn't explained. Why was he even looking for it at the Shen residence? How much it helped them in unifying the 3 countries? I mean, sure for the interaction it is good. But idk, it shouldn't have been there if it'll be disregarded later on.
  • The people who kidnapped the MC after she went to that secret chamber, who are they? Who are they working for? It seems like the male lead knows them. Why didn't they come back? They were, again, disregarded in the story. It's like the kidnap incident is just beneficial for the main characters to have interaction and for Princess Rong Xin to appear.
  • Then the ending, I find it too rushed. After Great Liang won in overtaking the Qin Country and Ming Qi, what was the reaction of Xie Ding? Surely he discovered that Prince Rui is Xie Jing Xing. What about Princess Rong Xin? It was said that XJX sent people to protect her and the Su family but Princess Rong Xin is still from the Fu Family. What? Did she just suck it up? Accepted that there's no more Imperial Family in Ming Qi because there will be no Ming Qi anymore? And because it was XJX who did it that's why it's okay? I don't get much of it. Because she already gave me the impression that she'll be loyal to her country as part of the imperial family during the time when she wrote a letter for Emperor Wen Hui about Prince Rui's identity. It was all like "okay let's disregard the small things and just have the finale we wanted, a happy ending. Yay."
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As for the characters, every antagonist seemed to be driven by jealousy, envy, and greed. And most of them tend to act without much thought.
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Even the 'intelligent' Shen Dong Ling overestimated her capabilities once she was married over. From the start she's aware that she shouldn't go to the MC's bad side but suddenly she became s*upid in the latter part. Seemingly to make the story end with just the first household of Shen family alive.

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But overall, I liked the story. How she was trying to overcome the loss of her two children that will never be born again since she changed her fate. How she just used the schemes against her to get her enemies on the traps they made for her. It was fun. Would recommend it. <<less
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OsamuDasaiOL
OsamuDasaiOL
January 4, 2021
Status: c205
Before I go on with my thought, can someone tell me if this worth it after chapter 200ish?

I am EXHAUSTED trying to push through somehow, but everyone (or mostly) have been saying that it is good and they all complete the novel. Well TBH I enjoy the plot up until now but somehow everything is very lengthy.

My thought :

FL 3/5

ML 3/5

Plot 3/5 up until chap 200

Romance in the novel 2/5 up until chap 200

Translation 5/5
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yuki_no_hana
yuki_no_hana rated it
November 19, 2020
Status: Completed
Before I review the work I want to give a big applause to the translator. I can't believe I read this novel for free. I have recently started reading Chinese novels so at first I was really confused with the with the names and positions but ZAZA made the whole experience so smooth...I think I have too much expectations from novel translations now on.

Now to the story... where do I begin... halfway through the story I realized that I didn't want the novel to end. These characters and their world... more>> have become mine now... The main character is really well done she is not malicious just for the sake of being malicious. She is balanced, she learns from her mistakes and never forgets her grudges.

The plot is also well developed as everything comes full circle at the end and that is very satisfying. The male lead is PERFECT. Cold at first but gradually warms up... so the romance is really slow burn... which makes it very realistic.

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  • Is the story perfect NO
  • After a certain point the schemes (their return to xiao chun city) become a little boring as their is not much at stake.
  • I wanted to see more insecurity in Shen Miao...
  • Male lead is perfect and because we don't really get his viewpoint we don't understand a lot of his character.
  • The ending was meh we could have gotten a happy ending or a death honestly I wouldn't mind but comma was just cheap trick.
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MangoGuy
MangoGuy rated it
October 22, 2020
Status: ss 2 part2
I have such complex feelings after reading this series... phew. An absolute page turner? A bit. I finished it in basically one sitting across 2-3 days. However, is it flawless? No. Definitely not. But is it Mango approved?

This is Mango approved.

Straight off the bat, let me be clear: I don't particularly like female centric ancient China setting novels. It feel that they often turn bland with a repetition of one-dimensional characters, while the main plot labours forward while some suspiciously abusive romance kicks off. This series has surprised me with... more>> its freshness. How exactly is this fresh?

Most of these series have a heavy focus on revenge and excess drama, or an excessive focus on comedy/fluff. But here, we actually have a romance drama with revenge being the path initially. However, romance soon takes over and there are actually multiple couples. I won't be giving any spoilers. Just know that romance is organic to the most part.

The female lead sure packs a punch, because her background is quite clear. Her temperament is consistent but at the same time, through the story, there is an amazing progression depicting how towards the end, she is able to mature truly. As for the male lead, at the start, we see that he is the typical cold eye handsome body type fellow but amazingly, we actually understand clearly why he is so. Of course, we later understand the real reason behind his character but it is still very logical.

Going to the antagonists... There is a good mix of multi-dimensional characters but to be honest, they are not the best written characters. Often times, by focusing on how she knows them from the past, we are not really introduced to any character aspect of them. However, this series is not really about the antagonists. Rather, it is about the loveable support characters. There is a good bunch of them, and they all get excellent screen time.

The "action" is really more focused towards scheming and such, and the drama can sometimes get boring due to the continuous descriptions of how beautiful everyone is. But if you stay smart and keep reading at a good pace, you get hooked into the actually complex plot which goes supernatural to a certain extent. There were moments where I actually teared up, so beware. The angst is real.

To anyone who cannot withstand mature concepts like r*pe, torture etc., this is not for you. Even though the leads aren't victimized, enough characters go through it that someone sensitive might get triggered.

Overall, this is a wonderfully delicious package which managed to create freshness out of a rather stale concept, and credit to the author for managing to do that with quirky character interactions which don't fall into the whole "little bun" cliche. Is this a masterpiece? Certainly not. It is an imperfect story but it is definitely worth a Mango approval.

PS: I got fooled by the name of the series. The female MC has no martial skills. Don't expect her to be an action heroine. <<less
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Tsunami
Tsunami rated it
October 14, 2020
Status: c128 part1
I was enjoying it, seriously...

If you are able to look away from some plotholes it is a good female protagonist novel

The Cause of 3 Star:

The girl doesn't have any physical improvement anywhere in the story. The following description is a conceptual spoiler, not anything major;

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Spoiler

She is able to pull and release an arrow from a bow that is supposed to take very strong physical power to do so. This not only happened once but twice. Later that arrow that was released directly hits an apple that is being held by the mouth of a person. And guess what, the arrow sticks the apple like that. The person that was holding the apple on mouth passes out seeing this instead of losing teeth or being swayed by the force of the arrow.

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After this, I lost all of my interest. By the way, I was binge reading it until c128 because it was good. It would have been way better if the thing I mentioned in the spoiler was skipped altogether.

Anyway this a personal reason for dropping. Have a safe journey to others... <<less
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IvaAres
IvaAres rated it
August 29, 2020
Status: Completed
I am a type of person that does not believe in rereading a novel. Once you have finished reading a novel, that's it. You know how it goes and how it ends so no need to reread it even if you forget the plot. That's how my mind works. BUT this novel is so good that I just had to reread it even tho I remembered all the main points.

The writing style of the author is amazing. The FL is badass. The relationship between the FL and ML is adorable.... more>> I love how the love between them develops. I live the way the FL lives by "an eye for an eye" and traps the antagonists in the web they weaved for her. Its so satisfying. I love it!

The first chapter left the greatest impact on me. The way the author described the FLs experiences, her pain and her betrayal was honestly what got me hooked on this novel. Of course I've read many novels where the FL goes through similar experiences but this was written better than all of them. Will I be rereading this a third time? Definitely. <<less
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russss
russss
August 16, 2020
Status: Completed
First of all, if you plan to read this, DO NOT HESITATE! 'Cause when I first saw this, I kind of hesitated since I'm not fond of CN novels but after getting a lot recommendations from this one. I truly say that this is a GEM. So, you! READ THIS! YOU MUST!

The MC's schemes in this one is totally smart, intense and most of all satisfying. Why? Because after reading a lot of revenge novels, this is not those kind of novels with petty playing-house-like revenge.

The MC is so... more>> intelligent and calm at all means and also thinking thoroughly her plans and schemes just to achieve that 'perfect revenge'.

I also love how the author wrote the romance between the MC and ML --- slowly but surely.

Honestly in this novel, I actually laughed, cried, etc. Since this novel not just circulates in revenge but also in love for your family.

All in all, this is one of the first-ever CN novels that I have read and also will be the first place as of now in the genre 'revenge' in my opinion.

I hope you'll read this since this is definitely a good read. 10/10 Love this! <<less
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as per my last email rated it
July 17, 2020
Status: c165 part1
first of all, very good translation. Translator did a good job on this one.

moving on to the content, I persisted and read till ch.165, but I have to say, the story does get kind of boring over time. Before, there was always a "hook" that made me continue reading, a part so sudden that I persisted. But now, I dont rly feel the interest to keep reading anymore.

now, onto the part which I hate the most about this: the description of ml's face. "His eyebrows are so handsome" "he looks... more>> like a purple cloud" "his voice is so deep and magnetic" wtf. Now, it's ok if it's only one or two paragraphs being like this, but no. I swear, that in every chapter he appeared in, there is a whole mfing paragraph describing him like this. The author sounds like a lovesick fool at this point. <<less
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mercyriddle
mercyriddle
July 16, 2020
Status: Completed
It's got some parts, it's interesting, and I really liked the FL and ML, to a point.

I loved when they were scheming together and embarrassing people but it goes too far. The FL is set up to be r*ped by the evil aunt and the FL's response is to get her cousin be assaulted in her place. It was totally unnecessary for that to happen, they could have trapped the r*pist and evil aunt without it.

I don't want to read s*xual violence against women, especially set up by... more>> other women as revenge, never ever.

It made me dislike the FL a lot. I finished the book because I did really like parts of it but it was hard.

Also, as other reviewers mentioned, the second half of the book is significantly weaker.

Translation quality was good, it was complex, it was decently paced but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone without serious warnings. <<less
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nebulae90
nebulae90 rated it
June 22, 2020
Status: Completed
This is the first novel that I read among the rebirth revenge dramas. I had to say that this is the BEST and no other novel after this ever came up to the par in this genre. Every element of the story is just right in proportion. The female lead is strong from all the pain and the life lessons she got from her previous life. She is not like other female lead who is either an assassin or some heavenly doctor. She does not have any cheats also. Her... more>> revenge is purely based on her strength, wits and the knowledge of her previous life. This is commendable.

The author has portrayed the characters perfectly. There is a smooth flow between all the scenes. No plot holes either. The interaction between the ML and the FL is great. Their romance is slow yet exciting. I really loved the ending too. It brought the catharsis of her pain and truly released her character from the fetters of her previous life.

I would highly recommend this novel to be in your reading list... :-) <<less
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soshi0805
soshi0805 rated it
June 21, 2020
Status: --
Shen Miao is simply one of the best reincarnated MC that I've read!! Her way of revenge was simply stunning and smoothly done. Her past memories did help a lot when it comes to revenge, the only thing that I disliked was
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Shen Miao not seeing the death of the *sshole emperor and the c*nt who ended her children and her life.

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As for the ML, he's your typical capable and perfect man. But I'm not particularly complaining since he's a great factor that affected the story flow.
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