Shen Ruyi transmigrates into a book and becomes a vicious princess who wields power across the court and is destined to die horribly three years later. To rewrite her fate, she decides to steer clear of power and deliberately court disaster, hoping to be stripped of her title as soon as possible so she can take her money and retire in Jiangnan.
So she does the opposite of what everyone expects. While others fight for power, she slacks off; while others compete to outdo one another, she calls for a stop; while others rack their brains to earn merit, all she wants is to “get laid off.” But absurdly, every time she tries to get herself killed, it somehow turns into a world-shaking achievement, and every time she says she wants to slack off, the court officials interpret it as a sign of far-sighted strategy. The emperor trusts her more and more, the officials vie to support her, and even the hostage prince from the enemy kingdom, feared by everyone, mistakes all her coldness and ridiculous behavior for the deepest devotion.
The more she tries to leave the stage, the higher she rises in power; the more she wants to lie flat, the more the people of the realm push her forward.
As the countdown to her fated end draws closer, what awaits her: the deadly predicament from the original story, or a stunning twist that turns everyone's expectations upside down?
The relationship between the characters is a bit messy, the emperor and the heroine are sometimes brother and sister, sometimes brother and sister, but the plot is still very interesting.