Reborn on the night before she is summoned to the emperor's bed, she finally sees the light: Why fight for favor? Why scheme and struggle? In this life, I just want to be a lazy nobody, quietly making it to the age when I can leave the palace. Even becoming a nun would be better than dying in the palace!
So, on the night she is summoned to his bed
The emperor loosens her sash, and she frowns, clutching her chest. “Your Majesty, I’ve suddenly developed heart palpitations…”
The emperor leans close to her ear, and she coughs weakly. “I’m afraid I might pass my illness on to you…”
Just as she thinks she has escaped disaster, she unexpectedly hears the emperor roaring in his heart:
“This is exhausting! Why does every emperor have to keep a harem? I only love money, not women! I just want to stash all the world's gold and jewels in an underground palace. I don’t want to sleep with women anymore!”
Yu Wanwan: …?
Wait a minute, is something off about this emperor's character?
She tests the waters by making the hungry emperor a meal of greens and tofu, and his eyes light up.
She thoughtfully says, “Your Majesty, I’m unable to attend you tonight,” and the corners of his mouth curl upward.
She casually remarks, “Actually, there’s a way to make jewelry appreciate in value,” and he invites her to his private treasury that very night to serve as an appraiser…
