[Dual transmigration · Upending feudalism · Epic palace intrigue and political scheming]
Mei Xi, a top student from a prestigious university, transmigrates into the body of a frail concubine. She plans to lie flat and keep to herself, only to discover:
The Empress is the abortion squad captain, the Noble Consort is a backstabbing battle machine, and the Empress Dowager is the ultimate master of psychological manipulation.
She quietly opens her notes on palace intrigue and decides to give this bunch of contestants a lesson in modern thinking.
Her best friend Su Yin has it even rougher: she transmigrates into a brothel servant, scrubbing chamber pots by day and secretly practicing peerless dance skills by night.
Until she discovers that Yuexia Tower is actually the royal family’s intelligence headquarters, and its owner is the Emperor’s illegitimate uncle.
Fine, then. She’ll go from dancer to queen of the night and take control of all the intelligence in the land.
And so the most absurd best-friend duo in history is born:
One starts a “women’s liberation movement” among the imperial consorts, turning love-struck fools into career-minded women;
The other builds a commercial intelligence empire beyond the palace walls, using modern management to crush the ancient strategists.
When the Empress Dowager joins forces with three hundred thousand Persian troops and marches on the capital, and the entire court advocates a political marriage and paying tribute
Mei Xi leads her sisters from the harem to the city walls in armor, pairing gunpowder with trebuchets to give the enemy a taste of modern warfare.
Behind enemy lines, Su Yin launches a “decapitation operation,” while the blades of the Shadow Guard press against the throats of every traitor.
The court historian records with a trembling hand:
“In the first year of Jinghe, women guarded the gates of the realm, and the sovereign died for his country. Phoenixes rang through the nine heavens; red bridal robes became armor, and the land was remade.”
