Ling Xiuying died the dumbest death possible—choking on a xiaolongbao. (RIP.) But fate, in its infinite hilarity, yeets her into the body of Ling Xiuying—a noblewoman who ended her life to escape an arranged marriage to the comatose Seventh Prince, Ji Feng.
Trapped in an imperial mess, she figures she might as well enjoy being a soon-to-be widow, with no responsibilities and no strange husband to worry about.
But the universe laughs at her plans.
A mysterious system awakens when she touches her unconscious groom. Just when she thinks the universe was rewarding her suffering and about to farm points through her sleeping beauty of a husband, three unsettling truths emerge:
1- Her prince isn’t as unaware as he seems.
2- His coma wasn’t an accident.
3- The palace prefers its pawns dead.
With a mysterious system guiding her, Ling Xiuying uses her newly unlocked skills to navigate courtly politics, defeat palace scheming, and even nurse her husband back to life. But when he finally wakes up—and starts flirting—she realizes:
"Oh crap. I accidentally upgraded from ‘widow’ to ‘future empress!?’"