One moment, Shen Qingci is an empress in the cold palace, keeping a low profile and mastering the six arts, yet ignored by everyone. The next, she has transmigrated into the body of a modern actress who is hated across the internet! Scandal-ridden? Deep in debt? Accused of leeching off top-tier star Lu Jingheng’s fame? Faced with blinding lights, talking squares (phones), and iron boxes on four wheels (cars), Her Majesty declares, “What storm haven’t I weathered?”
But survival comes first. Forced to join a variety show about traditional culture, she expects the haters to watch her make a fool of herself. Instead, she takes up a brush and wows everyone with an ink painting; plucks a few strings and stuns the internet with a guqin performance; then picks up her needle and thread, sending the lost art of Suzhou embroidery trending! “Did Shen Qingci get possessed?” becomes a viral sensation, and the haters are baffled: “Is she actually serious?”
Top-tier star Lu Jingheng has always been an iceman, but this woman who has “suddenly found her calling” piques his interest like no one before. She sees him as a “strange lecher,” while he sees her as a “treasure that wandered into the mortal world.” He can’t stand it when others leech off his fame, but he finds her unintentional “ancient etiquette” utterly adorable!
And so the aloof top-tier star becomes her personal tutor: “This is called a phone, not a hidden weapon.” “Have you memorized the Wi-Fi password?” “Variety-show games aren’t palace selection trials. Relax.” As he watches her go from being mocked by the whole internet to winning everyone over, and her career take off, Lu Jingheng realizes that he’s the one who fell first!
When the haters stir up another “replace her” controversy and question her identity, Lu Jingheng immediately steps in front of her and declares on a global livestream, “I decide what kind of person she is.”
