Four brilliant young women from Jinghua’s elite academy, top student Lin Qingyan, artist Gu Luan, business genius Ji Mingzhu, and psychology expert Su Xintang, are transported together to the harem of the Great Yan Dynasty after an accident.
They find themselves in an unconventional imperial court that’s the opposite of cutthroat competition: the emperor is obsessed with carpentry, the empress dowager is devoted to educating women, the empress leads the charge in taking it easy, and each consort has her own philosophy of slacking off. Faced with this paradise of people who lie flat, the four friends launch the “Great Yan Women’s Empowerment Plan,” sparking a gentle revolution in the harem with their modern know-how.
From being forced into the palace to establishing a foothold, from founding a school for girls to helping a new ruler, the four young women support one another, find happiness, and join hands to change their era.
“Others see palace walls as shackles. We shall use those very shackles to build schools.”
“I once thought transmigration meant borrowing someone else’s life. Now I understand: this is a life we fought to claim for ourselves.”
