Ning Chutong blacks out while hauling twenty-six Taobao returns at a courier station. When she wakes up, she has somehow become Xia Lingxi, the most unfortunate abandoned concubine in the cold palace. Her crime? Stealing a precious pearl from the emperor’s favorite consort. From the start, she’s in a hopeless predicament: Emperor Jun Yuhan arrives in person to interrogate her, his gaze icy and his words like blades. She’s about to lose her life.
At death’s door, she somehow manages to pull out her phone. Braving the murderous gaze of the Son of Heaven, she blurts out, “Your Majesty, does the cold palace have Wi-Fi?”
Even more absurdly, the giant woven bag full of returns she brought along has transmigrated with her! Faced with a table full of modern-day “treasures”, a crystal-clear glass mirror, a self-heating hot pot, brightly colored candies, a fluffy cushion, and more, the tyrant emperor is left deeply shocked and lost in thought.
Xia Lingxi quickly writes out a bill, her professional instincts kicking in. “There’s a seven-day trial period. You’ll have to pay return shipping yourself, and cash on delivery isn’t available, dear.”
But the emperor, whose power extends across the realm, gazes at her with inscrutable eyes and steadily closes in, trapping her in a tiny space. His voice is low and dangerous. “I’ll take all these things. Now... tell me, can I, Your Majesty, apply for a ‘trial period’ too?”
From then on, the cold palace becomes the most popular “imperial courier hub,” and the tyrant emperor turns into an “unboxing fanatic” and the “ultimate customer-service rep.” Amid this hilarious cross-time trade, even a heart of ice begins to thaw for the quirky soul from another world.
[One-on-one romance, both leads are each other’s first, happy ending, lighthearted and sweet. Palace intrigue? No, His Majesty just keeps trying to sign for “special deliveries”!]
