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Lin Xiaoman, a modern corporate slave, died from overworking on a proposal. She woke up as Xiao Tao, a menial maid serving Shen Zhaoning, the female emperor of Dayong. The original Xiao Tao was exiled to guard the cold palace for offending the imperial concubine, but accidentally stumbled upon a letter revealing a power-hungry minister's rebellion. Desperate to survive, Xiao Tao decided to “cling to the emperor’s thigh for safety” and used her modern workplace problem-solving mindset to help Shen Zhaoning uncover traitors and resolve the disaster relief grain corruption case, rising from a “cold palace night watcher” to the emperor’s “number one confidant.” As they grew closer, Xiao Tao discovered that the reputedly cold and ruthless emperor would quietly leave a warming stove for her late-night work, shield her in her arms when she was scared, and even present the lost folk script *The West Chamber* on her birthday… When a minister’s knife pressed against the emperor’s neck, Xiao Tao realized: from the day she handed over the secret letter, Shen Zhaoning’s eyes had never left her—“You are my confidant, and the one I want to protect for life.”
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