Jiang Zhiyu, a 996 office drone, dies suddenly from overwork and transmigrates into the deposed empress living in the Cold Palace. She receives a “paid retirement” gift package, along with a “Bad Review Cashback System.” Every time someone leaves her a bad review, calling her “lazy” or “useless,” she can trade it for hot pot, a recliner, or a fizzy drink. From then on, palace intrigue? Competing for favor? Not a chance! Jiang Zhiyu's goal is to collect every bad review in the world and turn the Cold Palace into a retirement paradise!
What she doesn't know is that everyone in this world has something a little “wrong” with their heads. When she sleeps all day, they interpret it as “waiting patiently for the right moment, untroubled by praise or blame.” When she has hot pot, they see it as “concern for the people's livelihood and reforming the diet.” When she plays poker, they think she's “planning military strategies and shaping the world”!
The concubines talk themselves into becoming her biggest fans, the court officials see her as the pillar holding the state together, and even the dog of an emperor, Xiao Yan, who personally deposed her, clings to the wall every day, regretting everything. He dreams of her every night and begs her to look his way just once.
Jiang Zhiyu, eyes wide with shock: “I'm just a lazy fish who wants to lie flat! Stop making up extra drama for me! My KPIs are about to explode!”
Xiao Yan: “Empress, I was wrong. I'll give you the whole realm, as long as you... scold me a few more times.”
It's so beautiful. It made me drool. I also want to travel through time as a waste queen.