Su Xiao and Wen Yao, two best friends living in the modern world, constantly rant about a ridiculous ancient romance novel full of messy plots and absurd character dynamics. One night, as they stayed up late bashing the book together, the pair unexpectedly transmigrated into its pages, possessing the bodies of two ill-fated cannon-fodder characters: the Empress and the Empress Dowager.
The original novel’s storyline was utterly nonsensical—every character was a love addict, villains were ruthlessly cruel, and the imperial harem was rife with cutthroat catfights. The story dictated that the Empress and Empress Dowager must scheme against each other, deliberately antagonize the two powerful ministers: Prince Regent Xiao Chenyuan and Chief Imperial Guard Qiu Jianqing, driving them to fully embrace villainy, only to end up brutally killed in the end. A transmigration system bound to them issued mandatory quests, claiming they could return to their modern lives only once they maxed out the ministers’ villainy meters.
But the two girls saw right through the script’s cheap tropes. They refused to follow the absurd plot, resolving to slack off and live freely instead. Abandoning all palace infighting, they formed an unbreakable sisterhood alliance, teaming up to take down the hypocritical emperor, scheming concubines and all other scummy villains from the original story. They’d originally planned to draw close to the two supposed villains just to finish the system’s tasks—yet their playful, bold flirting backfired spectacularly. The men’s villainy stats never rose by a single point; instead, their affection ratings for the two women skyrocketed nonstop.
As they spent more time together, the girls learned the two feared ministers were never treacherous villains at all. They were tragic men burdened with unjust reputations, quietly guarding the court and common people all along. After seeing how cruelly the original novel twisted every character’s fate, the pair fully rebelled against the system. They tossed aside the so-called destined plotlines and forced quests once and for all!
Together with the two powerful ministers, they overturned every rotten story beat. They cleaned up the chaotic harem, rooted out corrupt officials from the imperial court, and transformed this depressing, tragic, absurd novel into a lighthearted, sweet slice-of-life paradise. No more backstabbing schemes—only loyal best friends standing side by side and tender mutual affection between the four leads. Roaming the world carefree as a quartet, they defied fate to rewrite every character’s doomed ending, living their wildest, most joyful lives in this novel realm.
