Su Yimo, a writer of light novels, was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Her parents had her cryogenically frozen and sent her to the future for treatment.
Five thousand years later, Su Yimo woke up to find that the world had entered the interstellar age. But after the recent end of a war, culture was in ruins and people were desperate for entertainment.
Penniless, Su Yimo immediately wrote a melodramatic romance trilogy based on the Empire's Crown Prince as the male lead: The Domineering Crown Prince Falls in Love with Me, The Crown Princess Runs Away While Pregnant, and The Rise of the Empire's Empress. She shot to fame, and her work became a hit across the stars.
The “simple and inexperienced” citizens of the interstellar age took the novels as true stories and even dubbed Su Yimo “the literary Crown Princess.”
Su Yimo, who only wanted to make money, denied it three times: “I'm not!”
“I didn't!”
“I was wrong.”
Su Yimo turned to her friend and complained, “I'm done being a literary genius!”
Her friend: “If you won't be a literary genius, why not be my empress?”
Su Yimo: “???”
Su Yimo suddenly realized that the friend she thought was cool on the outside but warm inside, kind and gentle, and always ready to give her sensible advice was none other than the legendary Crown Prince Xu Yunzhou, who had crushed the Empire's civil unrest, was ruthless and undefeated in battle, and was about to ascend the throne!
Before writing her novel, Su Yimo specifically asked the friend who had rescued her from the cryogenic pod to serve as her reference.
Su Yimo: “I'm planning to write a romantic novel.”
Her friend: “Sounds good.”
Su Yimo: “The most dashing character in the entire Empire is the Crown Prince. He's young and handsome, and he wins every battle. It'd be perfect to base my male lead on him. He won't be offended, will he?”
Her friend: “He won't mind.”
Su Yimo: “Good. I've decided. My first novel will be called The Domineering Crown Prince Falls in Love with Me. What do you think?”
Her friend, whose true identity was the Empire's Crown Prince: “...Interesting.”
Premise: The river of time can never sever the transmission of civilization.
