Li Sheng is the heroine of a flimsy historical romance novel. Trapped in a life of misery, she crushes the consorts who frame her. Cherished by her father, she smoothly inherits the throne and becomes an empress revered by all.
Li Sheng thinks she has won the battle of wits at every turn. But on the day she inherits the throne, the person she trusts most, the one sharing her bed, shoots an arrow through her heart.
Only as she falls does Li Sheng realize that the most deeply hidden and dangerous person around her isn't one of the consorts, those women who conceal daggers beneath their smiles and want her dead.
It's the consort she chose after careful consideration, believing she could spend her whole life with him.
Li Sheng dies with regrets. When she wakes again, she finds herself in the body of An Xiaonuo, a little-known actress in the 21st century who is filming the very script Li Sheng wrote about herself.
An Xiaonuo comes from a poor family and was forced into show business.
She's bullied at every turn in the industry. Her acting is so poor that viewers regularly drag her on trending topics.
Years of repression eventually drive her to die by suicide.
Li Sheng quickly adjusts to An Xiaonuo's identity. She decides to change An Xiaonuo's fate, make her the most popular star in the entertainment industry, and slap down everyone who bullied and mocked her.
Playing the role she wrote herself is a piece of cake.
The script had already been abandoned, but An Xiaonuo's performance makes it a hit. Everyone who watches the show gets the strange feeling that the heroine of the novel has come to life.
An Xiaonuo becomes an overnight sensation, and offers to star in palace dramas keep rolling in.
The scheming in show business is no less vicious than in the imperial harem. But that's fine: Li Sheng has been tempered by countless trials in the harem, and these people's tricks are nothing special.
Li Sheng thinks she has established herself in show business through her own intelligence and skill.
Only later does she learn that someone has been secretly clearing every obstacle in her path and doing everything to protect her.
It's the very consort she carefully chose and loved with all her heart in the novel.
Theme: Difficulties are like springs: the stronger you are, the weaker they become
