Quickly wear "I am the empress"

Just as Huang Taiji led his army to the border, he received news from Shengjing that Dorgon and his concubine Bumbutai had taken control of Shengjing.

The young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was certainly hateful, but the rebellion of his brother and the betrayal of his own woman made Huang Taiji feel as if a bloody wound had been torn open in his heart, so painful that even his breathing trembled.

Over the years, he had treated Dorgon well, so why, why did Dorgon betray him...?

And then there's Bumbutai. After she came to his residence, although he didn't like her, he never mistreated her. Why would she join forces with Dorgon to rebel...?

Or perhaps, the one cooperating with Dorgon wasn't actually Bumbutai, but rather the Horqin grasslands behind Bumbutai...

Like Huang Taiji, Zhe Zhe couldn't understand why Bumbutai would join forces with Dorgon to rebel when Huang Taiji was on a campaign.

Does she even realize the immense disaster her actions will bring to herself and the Horqin Grassland?

Bumbutai knew the consequences of rebellion, but she wanted to take a gamble—gamble that the Ming emperor would keep his word and that she could succeed.

Both she and her aunt married Huang Taiji in order to consolidate the relationship between Khorchin and the Later Jin, and to find a powerful ally for Khorchin.

But does this ally necessarily have to be the Later Jin?

She actually thought the young emperor of the Ming Dynasty was quite nice.

That was a man who could ascend the throne under the oppression of ethical norms and even defeat Huang Taiji. Wouldn't cooperating with such a person be better than cooperating with Huang Taiji?

Everyone is looking for a powerful backer, so why doesn't she find the most powerful one for herself?

Bumbutai made no attempt to hide her admiration for the Ming emperor. Women of the grasslands have always admired the strong, and even if that person was from another power or her husband's enemy, she made no attempt to conceal her admiration.

She believed that if the Ming emperor could defeat Huang Taiji once, he could naturally defeat him countless times.

Rather than letting Huang Taiji wear down the men of Khorchin in repeated wars, it would be better to cooperate directly with the Ming Dynasty and exchange it for peace for Khorchin.

As for how Huang Taiji would treat the Khorchin grasslands if he were to conquer the Central Plains one day, Bumbutai never even considered it.

She was confident that the Ming emperor would not allow Huang Taiji to set foot in Shanhaiguan, given that the empress had only been on the throne for a few years.

A person who can overcome ethical norms and stand out from a male-dominated society cannot possibly fail to defeat Huang Taiji, an external enemy.

Moreover... as far as she knew, in recent years, under the rule of that empress, the Ming Dynasty had shown signs of revival.

If given more time, that empress might very well be able to turn the tide and, like Emperor Guangwu of the Central Plains, restore the Ming Dynasty...

Because of the existence of the Jade, Bumbutai figured out a problem.

Rather than marrying a person of high status and power and relying on that person's charity to preserve the family, it is better to strengthen oneself and protect the family oneself.

Huang Taiji was able to beat his aunt because the Khorchin refused to send troops; who knows what reasons he might have for beating her and his aunt again in the future...

Since marriage alliances weren't reliable, she decided to strengthen herself and become the backbone of the Khorchin, ensuring that the Khorchin wouldn't be bullied by any tribe on the grasslands because of her presence.