[Laid-back, chatty palace maid vs. real-and-fake heiress twist + underdog comeback] Shen Sui'an is the least ambitious palace maid in the imperial palace. She's so laid-back that if the sky falls, she'll first grab a couple of snacks from the imperial kitchens, and so chatty she can spend ages gossiping with the weeds growing along the palace wall. Her biggest daily problem is that there aren't enough osmanthus cakes to go around!
Then she sticks her nose where it doesn't belong, catches the Noble Consort in a secret affair with a physician, and is promptly held down and poisoned, nearly dying on the spot. As she teeters on the brink of death, memories that aren't hers explode in her mind like fireworks. Good grief! She's the real daughter of the richest family in Jiangnan, the Shen family, switched at birth. And the Shen family's eldest daughter, Shen Yue Ning, who is about to enter the palace in a blaze of glory and be adored by her whole family, is an impostor who took her place!
Reborn from the dead, Shen Sui'an stares at Shen Yue Ning's portrait on the wall, feels her purse, empty as her stomach, and has an epiphany: Claiming her birthright? Palace intrigue? Only a fool would bother!
She takes out the bits of silver she's secretly saved, faces the palace wall, and clasps her hands together in pious resignation. “I, your humble devotee, would gladly trade the fake heiress's lifetime of wealth and glory for permission to leave the palace and open a little restaurant. Then I can make my comeback and be my own boss!”
Live comments, in her imagination: ??? Everyone else comes back from the dead to seek revenge and fight palace intrigues, and you want to open a restaurant? You've broadened your horizons, but not all that much!
