Shen Miao

**Shen Miao** is the main character of "The Rebirth Of The Malicious Empress Of Military Lineage." She is killed on he order's of her husband - Fu Xiu Yi, the Emperor. She then regains consciousness as her 14 year old self before she marries Fu Xiu Yi.

## Appearance

### Original Timeline

"...only in her thirties, but her face was already like that of an old woman. There was deep hostility between her brows and her eyes were as dead as stagnant water, seemingly unable to tear like a long dried well but filled with a bottomless hatred." She also had rough hands from doing menial labor while living in the Cold Palace.

### Current Timeline

After returning to the past: "... face was round with a full forehead, a pair of large almond eyes ... a rounded nose and a small mouth. It was still a child-like face and was not very beautiful, but it was lovely and refreshing and had a well behaved, shy appearance. ...the Royal family praised [her face] for being one that could ‘bring fortune to one’s husband’. Her stature was still small and she was not as tall as Shen Yue and Shen Qing.

## Personality

### Original Timeline

Her young self was not interested in learning and was manipulated by her family into believing she was virtuous and respectable and did not know that in the eyes of outsiders, she was seen as weak and ignorant. She also thought that loving Prince Ding was brave and courageous but did not know that strangers viewed her as shameless. While she had a good temperament, whenever the subject touched on Prince Ding she would become agitated and defensive.

### Current Timeline

Having experienced such tragedy, **Shen Miao** becomes bolder, less trusting, and conniving.

## History (Before 68th Year of Ming Qi)

Shen Xin was often away for military expeditions while Luo Xue Yan followed with her husband’s army. **Shen Miao** was left in Shen residence under the care of Gui Momo (wet nurse) and teachings of Old Shen Furen and the two aunts (Ren Wan Yun and Chen Ruo Qiu). Instead of teaching **Shen Miao** rules and etiquette, they praised her so she acted ignorant and like a "incompetent straw bag."

This rearing and coddling by the Second and Third Households caused Shen Xin and Luo Xue Yan feel that **Shen Miao** was even more like a straw bag each time they returned to the residence.

Chen Ruo Qiu taught **Shen Miao** reading and writing with books that were difficult to understand, thus **Shen Miao** completely hated reading and writing. When she was of age to go to Guang Wen Tang, **Shen Miao** was unable to keep up with the lectures from the teachers and her knowledge was worse off than those at level one, and thus became the student at the bottom of the class. Since **Shen Miao** did not like studying, she became infamous throughout the entire Ding capital for being stupid and ignorant.

## Original Timeline

**Shen Miao** begged her father to marry Fu Xiu Yi when she was 14 years old as she loved him dearly. This tied her family into the fight over the throne between Fu Xiu Yi and his eight other brothers. She dedicated herself to assisting Prince Ding, changing from a pampered daughter who did not know anything to a Prince Consort who could participate in court, come up with plans, give advice and also stabilize the country. On the day that Fu Xiu Yi ascended the throne, he established **Shen Miao** as the Empress, the mother to the world.

When the Princes’ rebellion was quelled, the Xiao Nu attacked, putting the neighboring countries at risk. In order to borrow troops, **Shen Miao** voluntarily went to the Qin country as a hostage; when she left, her children were not even a full month. After living five years as a hostage, she finally could return back to her home country - Ming Qi - only to find her husband had brought the beautiful and talented Mei Furen in the Inner Palace.

As Mei Furen made **Shen Miao** feel like she had lost her husband, they fought in the palace for ten years. Mei Furen had repeatedly gotten the upper hand to the point that she even urged Fu Xiu Yi to marry **Shen Miao's** daughter, Princess Wan Yu, to the Xiong Nu as a marriage alliance. Princess Wan Yu died of strange causes on the marriage journey but, Shen Miao had no alternatives as she was immediately cremated upon arriving to Xiong Nu.

Fu Xiu Yi then used falsified evidence of treason (provided by Shen Qing's and Shen Yue's branch of the Shen family) to order **Shen Miao's** family put to death and her son - the Crown Prince Fu Ming - was deposed and forced to commit suicide. She was deposed and given three Chi (1 chi = 1/3 meter) of white silk to end her life.

Before dying she learned that Fu Xiu Yi had reached an agreement with Shen Gui and Shen Wan that he would marry Shen Qing and Shen Yue as long as they are able to make **Shen Miao** marry Fu Xiu Yi (thus providing him with military backing for his fight with his brothers.)

## Story

After **Shen Miao** is forced to die by her beloved husband and the trickery of her own family was revealed, she wakes up as herself at the age of 14 years old. Her maids - Jing Zhe, Gu Yu, Bai Lu and Shuang Jiang - were all still alive and well. She had a fever due to Shen Qing pushing her into a lake while they were both observing Fu Xiu Yi. In the Original Timeline, she blamed Shen Qing and rumors spread all over Guang Wen Tang while she was punished by Old Shen Furen. She avoids this outcome easily by playing on the Shen's family fear of seeming to be colluding with Fu Xiu Yi and reap the Emperor's anger.

**Shen Miao** goes to Guang Wen Tang where she is confronted by Shen Yue's and Shen Qing's posse: Yi Pei Lan, Jiang Cai Xuan, and Cai Lin. She easy deflects their provocations - knowing that all of them were eventually killed by the Emperor or Fu Xiu Yi. She then proceeds to pay attention in class; this surprises Pei Xiu Cai - her Accounting Teacher. However, she isn't thinking about the class but the role Pei Xiu Cai had in her and her children's previous death as Pei Xiu Cai was Fu Xiu Yi's National Preceptor. Feng An Ning is her desk mate and starts to see **Shen Miao** in a different light - especially when **Shen Miao** comments that she prefers Xie Jing Xing over Fu Xiu Yi when they see him from afar.

When **Shen Miao** returns she is faced with Gui Momo - her wet nurse that is on the side of the 2nd Household - but brushes her off. No matter what the East courtyard did, **Shen Miao** still deliberately alienated people from both Second and Third Household. She no longer stuck herself to Shen Yue and Shen Qing anymore as she went to Guang Wen Tang.

**Shen Miao** runs into Su Ming Lang and remembers that the Su Family was destroyed by the Emperor after his older brother Su Ming Feng became an official. She tells him the phrase "boiling the hound once the rabbit is caught" and tells him how to use it to avoid being punished. This warns Ping Nan Bo (Su Yu) and Su Ming Feng that the Emperor will kill those officials (the hounds) after he gets what he wants from them.

Later, **Shen Miao** is pulled over by Su Ming Lang as Xie Jing Xing didn't believe he innocently shared this phrase with his father and wanted to meet his benefactor. Xie Jing Xing is suspicious of her butt can only threaten her to leave his people alone.