As Emperor Jianping's most beloved consort, Su Qingmiao's life in the Great Wei Kingdom had been smooth sailing.
Her only regret was that she died a little too soon. She was not yet thirty when she choked to death on a tiny sesame rice ball.
Perhaps Heaven also thought that, as one of the most famous women in the Great Wei Kingdom, that was a truly embarrassing way to die. The day after her death, it arranged for her to be reborn as the concubine-born daughter of some minor official from six hundred years earlier. For Su Qingmiao, who had once been The Outcast, second only to one and above millions, her fall in status was more than a little dramatic.
Still, a wretched life was better than a good death. Su Qingmiao promised Heaven that in this life she would stay away from rice balls and live well.
As for everything else, having seen her share of palace intrigue, Su Qingmiao could sum it up with just one line from a song: "Five words drift down from the sky: It's no big deal."
