Is the cutthroat competition in the palace too much? Shen Wei takes the opposite approach. Frail as a willow and always looking sickly, she speaks so softly she seems likely to be blown away. She takes her time bowing and needs a palace maid to support her: the ultimate green-tea beauty with a delicate constitution.
Born low and not sweet-tongued, she can neither compete for favor nor flirt. Compared with the favored consort, she’s a bland little dish of plain water. But the scumbag emperor is partial to just this sort! When court affairs wear him down or the harem gets too noisy, he heads straight to Tinglan Hall to find Shen Wei. She never makes a fuss or curries favor, and even when she pours tea or bends to bow, she keeps to proper bounds. Her pale, sickly face looks meek, and she even covers her mouth when she coughs, afraid of disturbing His Majesty.
While everyone else fights tooth and nail for his favor, she lies flat, winning the emperor’s heart with her gentle, quiet ways. The scumbag emperor even spoils her while reassuring himself: “The Shen girl may not be capable, but at least she’s peaceful!”
Her whole approach is to use laid-back green-tea charm to tame a short-tempered emperor. Their daily life together is soft and uneventful. See how this frail young concubine wins her place in the harem by lying flat and mastering the art of tea~
