[Timid on the outside, tough on the inside, and a discarded consort who loves a good show] X [Cold-blooded, crazy, and pretending to be a tyrant]
Song Jiaqi, a twenty-first-century corporate drone, was heartbroken when her boyfriend cheated on her. One rainy night, she got drunk and begged for a bolt of lightning to kill her. It actually struck, sending her into the harem of the Great Qian dynasty, where she became a discarded consort banished to the Cold Palace the moment she entered the palace.
The good news: Song Jiaqi had become the late emperor’s discarded consort, so she didn’t have to compete for his favor.
The bad news: The ghost of the late emperor’s chief eunuch had moved into her head.
“Girl, stick with me, and you’ll make it out of this palace alive!”
Song Jiaqi: ?
So she fled the palace in the middle of the night, only to be caught and brought back by Emperor Jing.
She sneaked into Donghua Gate at night and accidentally ran into Consort Mei, who mistook her for someone secretly investigating her.
Every time she tried to run away, she got dragged into even more palace intrigue.
Later, all the consorts learned to keep quiet. The only exception was Emperor Jing, who ran to the Cold Palace every day.
“Beloved Consort, I want to abdicate. Take me and help me run away.”
Emperor Jing, Xiao Tingyun, was a puppet propped up by Empress Dowager Feng, but he pretended to be a tyrant and was bent on abdicating.
The harem’s rule was to compete for favor. Her rule was to persuade the emperor to give up and then elope with him.
An emperor who wanted to abdicate, a discarded consort who wanted to run away, and a eunuch big sister who was sick of the harem.
Whoever wants this empire can have it. They’re done with it.
