Song Yaoyao transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking palace maid and trembles in fear in the palace, a place crawling with schemers. Leaving the palace to marry or climbing into the emperor's bed are both unsuitable choices.
She secretly vows: I will work hard to become a formidable senior palace matron.
With that goal in mind, Song Yaoyao begins learning all kinds of skills, hoping to work her way up and get in front of her masters.
After finally winning the matron's favor, she is bestowed upon the Fourth Prince... as a concubine?
Who? Who did you say? Who am I? That Song Gege whose two daughters died young, and who was eventually granted the title of Concubine Mao by the Yongzheng Emperor?
Having seen too many neglected consorts fall into destitution in the imperial harem, their allowances cut and their lives made miserable, Song Yaoyao changes her goal: survive in the Fourth Prince's household, and live well.
Knowing herself to be naive and foolish, Song Yaoyao is wary of being harmed. Her only option is to create a persona and cling tightly to the biggest golden benefactor.
A love-struck persona: devoted to the Fourth Prince, crazy about him, and ready to bang her head against a wall for him.
Except she may have played the part too well. Everyone believes that the Fourth Prince's household has a refined, aloof, ethereal side consort who is utterly devoted to him.
Only Song Yaoyao knows how easily this superior is won over. She started with twenty taels in savings, and now has three storehouses full of gold, silver, and jewels, along with farmland, shops, and estates... She has everything.
Tears of emotion stream down her face: Boohoo, I was wrong. Becoming a senior palace matron isn't the only option...
●● Recommended: the author's upcoming novel, [Qing Transmigration] The Fifth Consort's Body-Swap Diaries
After dying peacefully of old age, Fifth Consort Tatara is reborn on the second day after her wedding. She has no desire to live through the same life a second time.
Just as she decides to give up and coast, she discovers that she and the Fifth Prince have switched bodies. Has she become the Fifth Prince?
The Fifth Prince, inexplicably turned into a consort, is furious. How could he wake up one morning to find everything changed?
His consort is out enjoying herself every day, not caring at all about the miserable life he's stuck with.
He tells his consort, but she just brushes him off:
What? A concubine is provoking you? You're making that up. They're so sweet and kind, why are you picking on them?
What? A wicked servant is skimming your allowance? Great, eat lighter. You need to lose weight!
What? Your mother is giving you a hard time? She has it tough, so you should be filial!
He has no choice but to roll up his sleeves and fight them tooth and nail.
Tatara, wearing the Fifth Prince's face and spending his money, eats, drinks, and makes merry outside, living a carefree life.
[PS: The body swap happens once, and they won't switch back.]
Theme: Work hard, and you can achieve success.