A woman who doesn't want to fight for favor in the palace isn't a proper woman. Since she has to marry, Shen Qingyuan is determined to become the most honored woman in the world.
While the other concubines are figuring out how to win Emperor Jiayou's favor, Shen Qingyuan is thinking about how to bear him an heir and carry on her family's glory.
Shen Qingyuan treats palace scheming and fighting for favor as a game where she can defeat monsters and level up.
After all, Emperor Jiayou is rich, skilled, and generous. No matter how things go, she won't lose out.
At first, Emperor Jiayou thinks Shen Qingyuan is deliberately flattering him because she likes him. But as time passes, he gradually realizes that's not the case.
In response, Emperor Jiayou says he only wants to punish Shen Qingyuan with his excellent skills, until she can't resist and begs him to stop.