On Sunday, a beaten-down wage slave in the 21st-century tutoring industry wakes up to find herself transmigrated to the mansion of Yan Meng, heir to the Duke of Lu in the Great Yuan dynasty. She’s become Li Xiaohua, a low-ranking maid. After showing such ferocity in a fight that she’s promoted against all expectations, she becomes the heir’s personal bodyguard.
The heir is determined to train her into a fierce warrior, but soon realizes he was wrong about her. Not wanting to lose face, he grits his teeth and puts her through special training.
Our wage slave, Sunday, just wants to slack off until she dies of old age. After several attempts, she finally escapes the tiger’s jaws, only to land in the wolf’s den. Northern Di spies seize their chance and abduct Li Xiaohua, ordering her to go back and poison the heir. Her conscience wins out, so Li Xiaohua swallows the “poison” herself, only to discover it’s an aphrodisiac! You think this is going somewhere too risqué to get past the censors? Nope. The heir knocks her out with a chop to the neck, and that’s that. Li Xiaohua is back to living like a “special forces soldier.”
At a court banquet, a noblewoman takes a liking to the heir, and the emperor arranges their marriage. Li Xiaohua complains that the two are like The Art of War paired with The Book of Songs, like the overbearing Li Kui paired with the delicate Lin Daiyu. She laments that their married life probably won’t be happy, unaware of the strange look in the heir’s eyes from the corner of the room.
You think the heir will reject the arranged marriage and pursue Xiaohua? No, the wedding is going ahead, of course. Our Xiaohua still has to be a wage slave and help prepare it, but she feels the future bride deserves better. As they spend time together, Xiaohua and the bride become confidantes.
The clueless heir actually wants to have it both ways and take Xiaohua as a concubine. But our Sunday won’t stand for that. The world is full of tempting distractions, so don’t take any chances, heir. There are a million ways to be a wage slave, but Xiaohua only wants to work for you. Heir, please don’t chase after love. Your servant just wants to be an ordinary wage earner, put in her time, and die of old age. Is that too much to ask?
