The Zombie Queen Enters the Imperial Harem, but She Just Wants to Eat

[Palace intrigue with a twist + silly, sweet romance + doting tyrant + invincible heroine + foodie heroine + palace face-slapping + physical exorcism + two powerful leads who dote on each other]

After starving for ten years, Lou Ying, the zombie queen of the apocalypse, opens her eyes to find herself reincarnated as the most insignificant low-ranking consort in the Great Liang imperial harem.

Other women enter the palace to compete for favor. All she wants is a meal.

Other women scheme at every turn. She’s busy figuring out when the imperial kitchens serve food.

When the Noble Consort sends her poisonous pastries meant to render her barren, the entire palace waits for her to drop dead. Lou Ying polishes off the whole plate and gives her verdict: “Not spicy enough. Add more next time.”

When the Empress lays a series of traps involving assassins, hoping to make her the scapegoat and send her to her death, Lou Ying thinks someone’s trying to steal her midnight snack and flings the assassin into the lotus pond.

There’s a frail, handsome man in the Cold Palace, pitifully thin. She casually hands him half a chicken. “Eat more, or you won’t live long.”

Then rebel forces surround the capital, and the palace gates are about to fall.

Lou Ying protects her freshly roasted whole lamb and the handsome man who always brings her pastries, then kicks the palace gates to pieces.

The man wipes the sickly look from his face, revealing an emperor’s ceremonial robes. With a low laugh, he says, “My beloved consort, how about I share half my empire with you?”

Lou Ying hugs the lamb shank. “Can you eat an empire?”