The Great Zhou dynasty is rife with intrigue over the throne. Emperor Xiao Linyuan is cold-faced and taciturn, with a deeply calculating mind. Though he rules the realm, he lives alone in Zhaoyang Hall. Xie Zhaotang, the Chancellor’s daughter, is sharp-tempered and sharp-tongued. Made a consort after entering the palace, she refuses to be tamed and spends her days mouthing off and causing trouble. On a night of thunder and celestial upheaval, the two unexpectedly switch souls and are forced to live as each other. He has to play her unruly, shameless self, while she must act like his iron-fisted, dignified ruler, turning the court upside down and the harem into chaos. In this fictional age of turmoil, Empress Shen Lingzi is ruthless and power-hungry, holding the imperial seal while concealing murderous schemes; General Pei Jinye is ambitious, sinister, and inscrutable; and Jiang Wan'er, once her close friend from their maiden days, has secretly gone over to the enemy and plots against her at every turn. The funny thing is, as these bickering enemies switch bodies, they come to see each other's true hearts: one hides tenderness behind a cold expression, the other wraps sweetness in a sharp tongue. As they love and fight, they join forces to break through the crisis. With the court in turmoil and palace mysteries unfolding one after another, power, love, and hate intertwine amid their playful bickering, telling the absurd yet moving tale of an emperor and his consort.
