Also known as: Please, stop making things up! I really just want to lie flat!
After waking from a nap, An Mi, an overworked office drone who’d spent half her life fighting to get ahead, found herself inside the palace as An Lingrong, who had just arrived and was being bullied by Xia Dongchun.
Before her stood the arrogant Xia Changzai, and behind her stretched the unfathomable Forbidden City.
An Mi: “...” I’m tired. Let it all burn.
Just as she was preparing to lie flat and let everyone mock her, a “ding” rang inside her head.
[The Lie-Flat Glow System is at your service! Host can earn survival points by lying flat, then trade them for everything needed to enjoy a peaceful retirement!]
[Mission One: Refuse to team up with the main cast, Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang, to compete for advancement. Reward: one thousand taels of gold and a warm jade bed!]
[Mission Two: Doze off during the morning audience and get caught red-handed by the Empress. Reward: premium tribute mist tea to perk you up and prevent sudden death from overwork!]
[Mission Three: Refuse to compete for the Emperor’s favor, and find a way to make sure he doesn’t summon you for a whole month. Reward: a hot-spring estate outside the Forbidden City!]
An Mi: !!! Is this blessing really meant for me?!
From then on, a figure who didn’t fit in appeared in the imperial harem.
While everyone else schemed desperately for favor, An Lingrong grew flowers, embroidered, and experimented with the latest floral teas.
While everyone else formed factions and fought in the palace, An Lingrong slept soundly in her room and pondered how to exploit a bug so the Emperor would forget all about her.
Emperor: “An Shi is unlike the others, indifferent to fame and fortune, like a white chrysanthemum blooming in splendid isolation. I am taken with her.”
“Forced” into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, An Mi gazed tearfully at the gleaming hot-spring estate on her System panel and screamed inside: Please, stop making things up! I really just want to be a lazy fish, retire early, and enjoy my golden years!
Such a transcendent mental state, Master, I have realized it!