By day, I'm the beautiful, powerful, and tragic eldest daughter of the General's household. By night, I become His Majesty the Emperor's favorite pet, forced to perform and even given the name Wangcai.
After my father went missing, I was so distraught that I fainted.
When I opened my eyes again, I discovered that whenever I fell asleep, I turned into a dog in the imperial palace.
Turning into a dog wasn't scary. What was scary was catching the emperor's eye after turning into one.
By day, I work hard to earn money and keep the dilapidated General's household afloat. We're so poor we have to patch our clothes.
At night, the emperor gives me luminous pearls to play fetch with.
By day, I work hard to find out where my father is.
At night, I eavesdrop on His Majesty and his confidants. My father is safe and sound.
By day, the emperor grants me a marriage decree, intending to marry me off to the son of the Marquis of Jing'an.
At night, the emperor and I engage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, and I don't want him cuddling me to sleep.
Gradually, the heroine realizes that something is very wrong.
Why is her good-for-nothing older brother in the emperor's bedchamber?
Why has her father, missing for more than half a year, been exchanging letters with the emperor all along?
How can her bedridden mother enter the palace, too?
What? Her mother is actually the biggest intelligence chief of all!
At least her eight-year-old sister is a normal child: innocent and adorable, not twisted.
She never receives the decree ordering her to marry the marquis's son. Instead, she receives an edict commanding her to enter the palace and become empress.
