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Chapter 1416: The Power Behind the General’s Gates (26) · Oct 17, 2026

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1401 Chapter 1401: The Regent’s Powerful Wife (11) 2026-10-17
1402 Chapter 1402: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (12) 2026-10-17
1403 Chapter 1403: The General’s Noble Consort (13) 2026-10-17
1404 Chapter 1404: The War General’s Power Play (14) 2026-10-17
1405 Chapter 1405: The Gatekeeper’s Empress (15) 2026-10-17
1406 Chapter 1406: The Powerful Consort of the Military Family (16) 2026-10-17
1407 Chapter 1407: The Powerful Lady of the General’s Household (17) 2026-10-17
1408 Chapter 1408: The General’s Noble Consort (18) 2026-10-17
1409 Chapter 1409: The General’s Powerful Consort (19) 2026-10-17
1410 Chapter 1410: The Powerful Consort from a Military Family (20) 2026-10-17
1411 Chapter 1411: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (21) 2026-10-17
1412 Chapter 1412: The Power Behind the General’s Family (22) 2026-10-17
1413 Chapter 1413: The Regent’s Noble Consort (23) 2026-10-17
1414 Chapter 1414: The Power Behind the Gates (24) 2026-10-17
1415 Chapter 1415: The General’s Power and the Empress’s Authority (25) 2026-10-17
1416 Chapter 1416: The Power Behind the General’s Gates (26) 2026-10-17
1417 Chapter 1417: Power Behind the General’s Gate (27) 2026-10-17
1418 Chapter 1418: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (28) 2026-10-17
1419 Chapter 1419: The Power Behind the General’s Gate (29) 2026-10-17
1420 Chapter 1420: Daughter of the Military Family, Empress of Power (30) 2026-10-17
1421 Chapter 1421: The Powerful Consort from a Military Family (31) 2026-10-17
1422 Chapter 1422: The General’s Noble Consort (32) 2026-10-17
1423 Chapter 1423: The General’s Daughter and the Power Behind the Throne (33) 2026-10-17
1424 Chapter 1424: The General’s Political Consort (Part 34) 2026-10-17
1425 Chapter 1425: The General’s Wife of Power (End) 2026-10-17
1426 Chapter 1426: Chronicle of the Seventies (1) 2026-10-17
1427 Chapter 1427: Memories of the Seventies (Part 2) 2026-10-17
1428 Chapter 1428: Notes from the Seventies (3) 2026-10-17
1429 Chapter 1429: Seventies Chronicle (4) 2026-10-17
1430 Chapter 1430: Chronicles of the ’70s (5) 2026-10-17
1431 Chapter 1431: Chronicles of the Seventies (Part 6) 2026-10-17
1432 Chapter 1432: Memories of the Seventies (7) 2026-10-17
1433 Chapter 1433: Tales from the Seventies (8) 2026-10-17
1434 Chapter 1434: Tales from the ’70s (9) 2026-10-17
1435 Chapter 1435: Seventies Chronicle (10) 2026-10-17
1436 Chapter 1436: Memories of the Seventies (11) 2026-10-17
1437 Chapter 1437: Tales from the Seventies (12) 2026-10-17
1438 Chapter 1438: Notes from the Seventies (13) 2026-10-17
1439 Chapter 1439: Stories of the Seventies (14) 2026-10-17
1440 Chapter 1440: Chronicle of the Seventies (15) 2026-10-17
1441 Chapter 1441: Chronicles of the Seventies (16) 2026-10-17
1442 Chapter 1442: Chronicle of the Seventies (17) 2026-10-17
1443 Chapter 1443: Seventies Memoir (18) 2026-10-17
1444 Chapter 1444: Chronicle of the Seventies (19) 2026-10-17
1445 Chapter 1445: Tales of the ’70s (20) 2026-10-17
1446 Chapter 1446: Chronicles of the ’70s (21) 2026-10-17
1447 Chapter 1447: Memoirs of the Seventies (22) 2026-10-17
1448 Chapter 1448: Tales from the Seventies (23) 2026-10-17
1449 Chapter 1449: Seventies Chronicles (24) 2026-10-17
1450 Chapter 1450: Chronicles of the Seventies (25) 2026-10-17

Chapter 1416: Chapter 1416: The Power Behind the General’s Gates (26)

Just as Rong Shi was about to explode inside, the shop assistant came to serve the dishes.

Chuzheng ate quietly, hardly saying a word, dining in peace.

The girl sat with her back to the light, each of her movements carried a radiance that made it hard to look away from her.

”General Rong, can you get full just by looking at me?”

Chuzheng raised her hand and waved it in front of him.

Rong Shi snapped back to reality, he was so captivated just now...

Chuzheng tapped the table with a warning: ”Eat properly.”

Just eat.

What are you staring at her for!

Rong Shi lowered his head to eat, Chuzheng picked up some food and placed it in his bowl.

Rong Shi paused slightly, he didn’t flinch, but he couldn’t taste the food at all.

Chuzheng didn’t linger too long, she returned on the same day.

When going up the mountain, Chuzheng walked slowly, with Rong Shi following behind.

Chuzheng stepped back and held Rong Shi’s hand hanging by his side.

”The Empress Dowager?” Rong Shi was startled and instinctively tried to pull his hand away.

”There’s no one.”

”...”

Is it really a question of whether there’s anyone or not?

”The Empress Dowager, please release me.”

”I refuse.”

Chuzheng tugged him forward.

This path is already difficult to walk, Rong Shi truly dared not argue with her.

Rong Shi’s gaze fell on their clasped hands, his eyes deepened.

After a long while, he slowly tightened his fingers.

Chuzheng looked back at him, and Rong Shi shifted his gaze away, looking elsewhere; his ears turned entirely red, burning hot.

Suddenly, Chuzheng’ gaze turned to the mountain woods beside them.

Rong Shi sensed something as well.

Almost simultaneously, several arrows shot out from the woods.

Rong Shi’s pupils shrank, pulling Chuzheng towards him and shielding her from the arrows.

”Run.”

Rong Shi pushed Chuzheng away, he drew his sword and struck down the incoming arrows.

Chuzheng stood still, silver threads shot out from her wrist and darted into the woods.

”Ah——”

Panic-stricken screams came from the woods.

The arrows noticeably lessened.

Rong Shi stepped into the woods, the sounds of fighting arose but quickly died down.

Chuzheng stepped on the dry branches and walked into the woods.

Rong Shi was searching for something on a corpse.

”Who were they?”

They could ambush here.

This small path was patrolled by the Imperial Guard Army, sparsely but sufficiently.

They had to dodge the guards while ascending the mountain.

”I don’t know.” Rong Shi couldn’t find anything; he stood up and pulled Chuzheng away: ”Let’s leave first, the patrolling guards will come to check after hearing the commotion.”

”Did anyone escape?”

”...Hmm.”

One escaped.

”Who wants you dead?”

”The Empress Dowager, many want to kill me.” Rong Shi seemed to find Chuzheng’s question amusing: ”I’ve killed many on the battlefield.”

Upon returning to the Imperial City, he encountered several assassination attempts.

All were seeking revenge.

However...

Rong Shi said no more, he held Chuzheng’s hand, walking faster.

Rong Shi escorted Chuzheng to her sleeping quarters and soon left.

The guards would soon come looking for him after discovering those people.

On the other side.

The Regent Prince glared at the person kneeling before him, his expression grim: ”Say it again.”

”Subordinate... subordinated witnessed behavior among the Empress Dowager and General Rong that seemed intimate...”

Before the words could finish, the Regent Prince grabbed a teacup from the table and hurled it.

The freshly brewed tea, scalding hot, splashed on the person’s face, instantly turning it red and rather frightening.

Yet the person remained motionless.

”Nie Chuzheng, well done!”

The Regent Prince clenched his fist, veins bulging on his hand, an ominous glint in his eyes.

The nerve to mingle with Rong Shi.

The Regent Prince waved the person away.

He paced back and forth in the room.

Eventually, thinking of something, he curled his lips into a sinister smile.

Corpses of unknown people were found at the palace villas, leading to a lockdown, with an increased number of patrolling guards.

Luckily, nothing unexpected occurred afterward, all seemed normal.

Rong Shi sent some items through Ting Ying to Chuzheng.

They weren’t extravagant things, just food or some peculiar trinkets.

”The Empress Dowager, where did you get these items?”

Su Xue looked puzzled at the surplus items.

They weren’t there when cleaning yesterday.

”Bought them.”

Chuzheng said indifferently.

”Don’t touch them, leave them there.”

”...” Su Xue didn’t tidy the items, arranging the table nearby: ”The Empress Dowager, the Mid-Autumn Festival is in a few days, there will be a palace banquet then.”

Chuzheng lazily acknowledged.

Seeing her like this, Su Xue didn’t continue further.

The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet was a tradition, held annually.

As the Empress Dowager, Chuzheng had many aspects to balance.

Life as The Empress Dowager was truly difficult.

The day of the palace banquet.

Chuzheng attended in full regalia, seated beside the Young Emperor, with Noble Consort Xuan on the other side.

Chuzheng didn’t see Rong Shi.

The Regent Prince was seated, speaking with a minister nearby.

At the Mid-Autumn banquet, these ministers residing at the palace couldn’t go home, so the Young Emperor relaxed the rules, allowing everyone ease.

The atmosphere was very harmonious.

The music, dance, and instruments resonated.

”Mother Empress, I offer you a cup of wine.” Noble Consort Xuan stood formally before Chuzheng, wearing a smile: ”Regarding previous matters, I was young and ignorant, I beg for your forgiveness.”

Oh.

What scheme is this about?

Chuzheng felt a bit skeptical but still raised her cup.

Noble Consort Xuan didn’t play any tricks, paying respect and then returning.

Chuzheng: ”...”

Midway through the banquet, Noble Consort Xuan suddenly rose, claiming discomfort, and excused herself.

Not long after Noble Consort Xuan left, news arrived that she had accidentally fallen down the steps outside.

”Did she die from the fall?”

”...”

The reporting palace maid and Su Xue were both shocked and alarmed.

Was that something the Empress Dowager should say?

Chuzheng thought for a moment, spoke briefly to the Young Emperor, and left with her entourage.

The palace maid led Chuzheng away from the persistent music of the great hall; the surroundings grew noticeably quieter.

”This isn’t the way to Noble Consort Xuan’s sleeping quarters, where are you taking me?”

The palace maid hesitated upon hearing Chuzheng’s question, then ran away in a flash and vanished into the dark.

”Hey!”

Su Xue exclaimed in shock.

What was going on?

At that moment, several eunuchs appeared behind.

They rushed forward, attempting to cover Chuzheng and Su Xue’s mouths and noses.

”What the...”

Su Xue was merely a young girl, not capable of resistance, she was quickly captured, fainting without having uttered a sound.

Chuzheng wasn’t so easily subdued.

The eunuchs surrounded Chuzheng, failing to get her after some time.

In the end, they ended up implicating themselves.

Chuzheng first checked on Su Xue.

Only fainted, nothing serious.

Chuzheng lowered her heavy sleeve, stepping on one of the attackers: ”Who sent you?”

The man hadn’t expected the seemingly delicate Empress Dowager to be so fierce.

”No... no one...”

Chuzheng squinted slightly, this person didn’t seem like a eunuch, Chuzheng kicked him in a particular spot.

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