Su You transmigrates into a book, from the start a discarded concubine banished to the Cold Palace and about to be executed by the tyrant.
In this desperate situation, she awakens the "Gossip System." Determined to die with a full stomach, Su You watches the tyrant bring in poisoned wine and vents furiously in her mind:
[You can kill me, I don't care, but do you know you've got a whole prairie growing on your head? Your sweet, innocent moonlight is under the canopy bed with a guard right now, discussing human anatomy!]
The mad tyrant Xiao Jingyuan, just about to have her executed: "?"
Xiao Jingyuan has long been poisoned, and is cruel, bloodthirsty, and unable to sleep at night. Then, all of a sudden, he can hear the thoughts of this discarded concubine.
To his amazement, this woman's snark not only cures his obsessive insomnia, but also strips every villain bare, exposing all their secrets!
And so, the Great Yuan court descends into utter madness.
The upright chief councilor makes a grand show of remonstrating unto death? Su You: [Last night, he wore a bright red embroidered bellyband and danced around in a secret chamber!]
The mighty God of War keeps his own troops and defies the throne? Su You: [Hilarious. This macho man is afraid of the dark and terrified of his wife. Those abs are all drawn on with contour powder!]
Every official in court trembles at the thought of attending the morning assembly, afraid the emperor will expose them down to their underwear on the spot.
Su You uses gossip to bring down every pillar of the court and is about to make off with a chest of gold bricks when the tyrant blocks her path.
Xiao Jingyuan: "I'll give you the realm, the treasury, and myself."
Su You clutches her money pouch tight: "I'll make money, but I'm not having kids! I want to roam the world with a sword!"
Xiao Jingyuan chuckles and tosses the imperial seal to a collateral branch of the imperial family without hesitation. "Fine. I'll elope with you."
[Content warning: The heroine is focused on gossip and making money, and will absolutely not get pregnant or have children! The whole cast is publicly humiliated + total strategic domination + mutual devotion]
