Liang Yuyan, a PhD in agricultural science, transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old nobody in the Cold Palace, where everyone can bully her. From the start, she’s facing the end: her tyrant father is about to have her executed.
The officials wait for a good laugh, while the concubines plot to kick her while she’s down.
Liang Yuyan looks terrified on the outside, but inside she’s letting loose: [What an idiot! What good would killing me do? If you spent that time planting sweet potatoes and potatoes in the imperial garden, you could harvest five thousand jin per mu. Would the border troops still go hungry? The Revenue Minister embezzled eight hundred thousand taels. Confiscate his estate and there’ll be money for the army!]
The tyrant on his throne suddenly pauses, his sharp gaze fixed on her…
From then on, everything changes. The tyrant carries his little princess to court every day. Whoever she grumbles about in her heart has terrible luck, and even her offhand remarks turn out to be brilliant policies for ruling the country.
She takes on corrupt officials, boosts agriculture, strengthens the military, and opens up trade. When the empire becomes a beacon of prosperity, with envoys from every land flocking to its court, her tyrant father places the imperial seal in her hands. “My precious daughter, I conquered this empire for you. Now sit back and enjoy it!”
