Lin Youyou, a modern-day overworked office worker and a goofy comedian, wakes up to find herself transported into ancient times, inhabiting the body of a cold, stunningly beautiful and highly skilled spy from an enemy state: the Empress Liuli. She’s also saddled with a hellish mission: assassinate Emperor Xiao Yan!
But then
Other spies poison their targets without a trace. She gives the emperor a laxative and crouches outside his bedchamber to apologize: “Boss, I’m sorry. Is everything coming out all right?”
Other spies sneak into the imperial study as if it were empty. She sneaks into the imperial kitchens to steal osmanthus cakes and gets caught, then insists she was sleepwalking.
Other spies seduce kings and bring ruin to their kingdoms. She gives a bewitching little sway... and throws out her back!
Xiao Yan, a young, handsome and scheming emperor, soon realizes that his empress’s “inner self” has been completely replaced. This woman is unpredictable, says the most outrageous things, and turns courtly etiquette upside down, yet she also makes his life more entertaining than ever.
He knows she has “mischief” on her mind, yet insists on keeping her by his side and playing along with her “performance.” He watches her try to maintain her cold-blooded assassin persona, only to fall flat every day, and smiles meaningfully: “My beloved consort, how do you plan to take my life today?”
Lin Youyou: “...Your Majesty, can we make a deal? If I fail the mission, can you just dock my pay? I can’t give you your life, but I’ve got jokes to spare!”
And so history’s most outrageous imperial couple is born!
