Lin Wanwan, the illegitimate daughter of the Vice Minister of Revenue, was on her fifth bowl of rice when her stepmother forced her name onto the palace selection list.
All she wanted was enough to eat and a good night's sleep. But after being forced into the palace, she discovered that the Empress loved raising chickens, the Noble Consort was obsessed with fortune-telling, Consort De wrote romance stories every day, and Consort Xian ran a barbecue stall in the Cold Palace.
Even more outrageous, the emperor had a few days every month when he would "transform."
Lin Wanwan had planned to lie flat until she was twenty-five, leave the palace, and open a restaurant. Instead, she was dragged into the bizarre struggle for survival in the inner palace.
Her weapons, however, were rather unusual: a Buddha Jumps Over the Wall stew that could simmer even the emperor's gift of snail-shell ink, and a tongue sharp enough to infuriate anyone beyond endurance.
Not bad! Nice story!
The story is very attractive, you don't need to go into too much detail, it's just nice to read in general.