Su Miaoyin, a modern-day college student, dies after staying up all night scrolling through Douyin. When she opens her eyes, she’s the daughter of a Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites in the Great Liang dynasty.
Good news: She has a respectable family, a pretty face, and a household registration in the capital.
Bad news: She’s got a nasty golden finger inside her, one that randomly plays popular Douyin songs out loud.
The whole capital falls to its knees: The Heavenly Music Goddess has descended!
She’s sent to kneel in the ancestral hall, and “Xi” starts playing. Her whole family thinks their ancestors are about to hold a ghost wedding.
She watches two ministers argue, and “A Little Sweet” starts playing. The two sworn enemies blush on the spot, and the emperor dubs them “a bickering couple.”
Grand Tutor: “Today we’re studying ‘Guan Ju.’ Tell me, what does ‘A fair maiden is a gentleman’s match’ mean?”
Su Miaoyin’s mind races, but her mouth answers against her will: “It means a pretty girl gets chased by a handsome guy.”
The whole room bursts into laughter.
The princess laughs so hard she slaps the table.
The Grand Tutor’s whiskers bristle with anger. “What do you mean, a pretty girl gets chased by a handsome guy? Crude! Utterly crude!”
Su Miaoyin: “…Grand Tutor, I know I was wrong.”
Grand Tutor: “Say it again!”
Su Miaoyin racks her brains. “It means… a worthy woman is a gentleman’s ideal match.”
Grand Tutor: “That’s more like it. Take your seat.”
Su Miaoyin hurries over to an empty seat, only to find Crown Prince Zhao Xun sitting to her right.
Zhao Xun winks at her and whispers, “A pretty girl gets chased by a handsome guy. Am I handsome, then?”
When Su Miaoyin is eight months pregnant, the baby kicks constantly.
One day, Zhao Yan presses his ear to her belly and talks to the baby.
Suddenly, a cheerful tune comes from the heroine’s belly: “Dig, dig, dig.”
“Digging in a little tummy, dig, dig, dig…”
Zhao Yan freezes. “Is our child digging a hole in there?”
Super frustrating…
Are the plots before and after different? It feels like two books