On her deathbed, a great empress looks back on her turbulent life: battling the empress, bringing down Zhangsun Wuji, ascending the throne, employing cruel officials, keeping male favorites... It was exhausting, truly exhausting.
Reborn as the five-year-old Wu Meiniang, she reflects on the pain of her past and makes up her mind: this time, she absolutely will not run herself ragged! She will be a couch potato! She will lie flat! She will eat, sleep, and wait for death!
But the wheels of fate give her no chance to catch her breath. Her inborn political instincts, the regal bearing she reveals without meaning to, and the astonishing things she says offhand leave everyone around her dumbfounded.
She tries her hardest to keep a low profile, but Li Shimin takes her for a genius girl. She wants to stay far from the seat of power, but fate keeps pushing her toward the summit. All she wants is to be a quiet, beautiful young woman, yet the whole Tang dynasty is urging her: Hurry up and take the throne!
