Banished heiress, 18, sells soda as a boy, until her guard crush is revealed as the Emperor

She spied on the Emperor’s wedding night, called him a flop—then tried to sell him a scandalous painting. The 'guard' beside her? The Emperor himself. 😱 Modern chemistry PhD Shen Xingyao wakes up in ancient times as a disgraced official’s daughter locked in the cold palace. Her plan? Disguise herself as a male servant, sell telescopes and fizzy drinks, and save enough money to escape. Instead, she clashes with a sneering concubine, a suspicious Empress Dowager, and the most dangerous man in the empire—who is pretending to be a mere guard. He should punish her. He can’t stop thinking about her. Then her secret slips. The Emperor realizes the shameless vendor he can’t forget is the same woman from the cold palace. At a lavish banquet, she dismantles every humiliation, exposes the schemers, and turns the palace’s mockery into shock. His answer? He clears her father’s name, topples her enemies, and offers her the one seat no one dares touch: the Empress’s throne. 💥 But the Empress Dowager has one final trap, a former prince returns with a claim of his own, and the Emperor still doesn’t know she came from another world. Will she risk telling him the truth before the palace moves—or will the next secret destroy their happily ever after? 👇 Watch the full drama now!