Lin Miaomiao, a top-tier star of the modern stand-up comedy scene, is electrocuted when a stage malfunctions during her solo show, only to wake up in the body of Anle, the illegitimate daughter of the Grand Commandant's household in the Great Jing Dynasty.
The original Anle was infamous throughout the capital as a useless fool. After confessing her love for the Third Prince in public and being rejected, she was framed by her white-lotus half-sister, Lin Rourou, and drowned by vicious servants in a water vat. That's how Lin Miaomiao's modern soul came to inhabit her body.
Armed with top-level stand-up skills and a razor-sharp tongue, Lin Miaomiao leaves her love-addled days behind and begins her rise to the top, taking on anyone and everyone:
She tears into the wicked servants and exposes her white-lotus half-sister's layers of deceit, while the Third Prince's desperate attempt to win back his love goes spectacularly wrong;
Framed at a murder scene, she solves the case on the spot, clears her name, and brings the real culprit to justice;
When the imperial consorts stir up trouble, she takes the emperor's order to put them in their place, leaving the entire palace speechless and becoming the Empress's favorite;
At the Court of Judicial Review, her impromptu stand-up routine wins over every constable, and even Pei Yanzhi, the cold-faced minister with severe OCD, falls for her;
At court, with the border in crisis and the officials bickering, she identifies the key to the battle in three sentences and lays out a winning strategy. Even the emperor becomes her devoted fan and appoints her his official stand-in speaker.
The whole capital expects the foolish princess to disgrace herself, but they watch her turn things around at every step, transforming from a laughingstock mocked by all into a stand-up queen adored by the masses.
And Pei Yanzhi, the cold-faced King of Hell whom no one in the capital dares cross, goes from thinking she is “rather interesting” to falling for her completely. He breaks every rule he has upheld for over twenty years, protects her for the rest of his life, and helps her bring stand-up comedy to every corner of the Great Jing Dynasty.
