After Shen Yuan, a modern social animal, was accidentally transformed into a destitute person, she was bound to the palace battle complaint system and earned points by slandering the emperor Xiao Jing, which can be exchanged for food and elixirs to save her life. She originally planned to hide in the cold palace and complain wildly to accumulate points, waiting for an opportunity to accumulate enough chips to return to the modern world. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jing was born with the power of mind reading and could hear everything she said word for word.
In front of others, Shen Yuan was submissive and calm, but behind her back she complained wildly about the ugly dragon robe and the paralyzed emperor's face, which made her heart-wrenching. Xiao Mingming understood all her little thoughts, and instead of punishing her, he sent food to the cold palace every day and enjoyed watching her test her acting. The two gradually fell in love with each other through the back-and-forth. The ambitious Empress Dowager repeatedly set up traps to assassinate Shen Yuan, using poisonous needles to kill her. At the critical moment, Xiao Jing did not hesitate to break with her relatives, raise an army to quell the chaos, and was even willing to give up the throne and use the country to protect her.
After experiencing the turmoil of the palace change, Shen Yuan completed the ultimate task of the system and unlocked the right to choose. She gave up on returning to modern times and followed Xiao Jing, who resigned, to retreat to the south of the Yangtze River and opened a small teahouse to complain. The former cold noodle emperor was reduced to a teahouse keeper, and after he was deposed, he lived leisurely on royalties. The bond of work that once relied on complaining to survive finally turned into a dull and happy life together.
