Lighthearted comedy + subverting expectations + overwhelming the opposition + sweet romance
Wu Xingxing, born into a family of military officers, enters the palace for the selection of consorts wanting only to coast through life. But she lets out a loud burp in front of the throne, and the sleep-deprived, short-tempered Emperor mistakes her for the Noble Consort. Once in the palace, she faces a harem full of women skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, with their scheming and innocent-white-lotus personas turned up to the max. Wu Xingxing has no golden finger. She relies entirely on her razor-sharp ability to spot fakes and her bizarre, landslide-like train of thought, turning a palace intrigue drama into a full-blown rural rom-com. When others poison and frame her, she turns the poisonous mushrooms into a dish and sends it to the Imperial Study. When others compete for the Emperor's favor with dances, she performs a chest-stone-breaking act for him. She only wants to live out her days in peace on the palace's generous retirement benefits, but the dark, calculating Emperor Xiao Nan becomes utterly smitten with her. His insomnia is cured, and now he clings to her palace every day to mooch meals. The consorts are so furious they're ready to become nuns, so why is the Emperor still shelling sunflower seeds for her?!
