On the first day Yun Shu transmigrated into the empress’s body, she fell asleep on her wedding night.
The next day, the entire palace waited to see the new empress banished to the Cold Palace.
Instead, the emperor himself showed up, sat beside her bed, and spent the whole morning peeling grapes.
From then on, the harem’s atmosphere changed completely.
When the noble consort schemed against her rivals, Yun Shu watched with a handful of sunflower seeds. “Are you done arguing? If you are, help me close the door. I’m sleepy.”
When the empress dowager tried to assert her authority, Yun Shu nodded along. “You’re right. I’ll go back and reflect on it.” Then she went back to sleep.
The emperor came over for meals every day. She found him annoying but couldn’t be bothered to send him away, so she let him stay.
Then one day, the emperor was attacked, and she saved him by casually tossing a pebble.
The next day, the emperor looked at her differently.
“Empress,” he said in a husky voice, blocking her against the wall. “Are you a sleeping cat, or a tiger pretending to be asleep?”
Yun Shu yawned. “Your Majesty, move. You’re blocking the sunshine.”
He smiled, eyes full of interest. “Fine. I’ll enjoy the sun with you.”
Later, her identities were exposed.
The master of the foremost tower in the realm, the former leader of the jianghu’s top assassin organization, the divine physician Su Xin, a surviving descendant of the previous dynasty…
Any one of those identities would be enough to get her beheaded a hundred times over.
She thought he would turn against her.
Instead, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
“My empress is amazing.”
Yun Shu: “…Are you an idiot?”
He laughed. “Yes, I’m your idiot.”
