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Founding Empress Dowager: Restoring the Empire's Glory

share time: 2026-01-18 02:31:35

Jiang Ning, the founding empress dowager who fought alongside the first emperor to build the empire, was framed by the Huo clan (her brother's family) for "using witchcraft to curse the emperor" just as the empire stabilized. To save her, the first emperor faked her "sudden death" and sent her to hide in Jiangnan. A decade later, the Huo clan, leveraging their status as the young emperor's maternal family, seized power, embezzled military funds, causing border wars and refugees everywhere. Jiang Ning returned to the capital with old subordinates, disguised as "Aunt Ning"—the young emperor's personal maid. She used battlefield tactics to uncover the Huo clan's corruption, warmed the young emperor's stomach with lily porridge during late-night work, and blocked the Huo's forced marriage with the first emperor's will of "marital freedom". When the Huo clan framed her for treason and surrounded the palace, Jiang Ning removed her disguise, revealing the golden seal of "Founding Empress Dowager", shocking the Huo clan into confessing. Finally, the young emperor took power, and the people lived in peace. Jiang Ning stood on the city wall, smiling: "This is the empire we fought for."

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