She transmigrates into the palace as its most unremarkable concubine, waking up to the treatment of a woman banished to the Cold Palace.
Other consorts fight for favor, poison each other, and trip one another up, risking their lives in the process.
Jiang Wan does the math: “My monthly allowance is two taels of silver. I can’t even afford a box of rouge. Why fight for favor? High risk, low reward. It’s a total loss.”
When she accidentally binds herself to the Cold Palace Management System, she lets loose completely.
Starting with buying snacks for the consorts in the Cold Palace, she goes on to build a chain of department stores across the Six Palaces, offer beauty services from head to toe, and run a food delivery and errand service. While the other consorts are busy fighting, she’s busy making deliveries. While they’re busy competing for favor, she’s giving the empress a spa treatment.
The emperor is baffled. “Why is everyone suddenly going to the Cold Palace? Why have fried chicken and milk tea become all the rage in the harem? Why is even the Empress Dowager urging me to ‘go see the Cold Palace’?”
The day the emperor visits the Cold Palace, Jiang Wan is busy doing the books and doesn’t even look up. “Scan to pay. No haggling. Please join the queue.”
Emperor: “...I’m here to summon you to my bedchamber.”
Jiang Wan: “Get in line. There are twenty-seven consorts ahead of you waiting for treatments.”
