CompletedJi Jinyou transmigrated into a melodramatic palace drama novel, becoming a cannon-fodder three-year-old princess living in a remote palace with her neglected birth mother.
In the story, concubines fight to the death, princes meet tragic ends, and the throne ultimately falls to a sinister yet foolish member of the royal family, leading to the empire's downfall. Ji Jinyou and her mother are poisoned during a banquet as collateral damage in these power struggles.
With only three months left to live, Ji Jinyou decides to take matters into her own hands and avoid her tragic fate. But each time she attempts to alter the storyline, she experiences inexplicable suffocation. Her efforts to warn others are ignored because, after all, she's just a three-year-old.
Just as she's about to give up, something extraordinary happens—everyone in the palace can suddenly hear her thoughts.
In the Royal Garden:
The favored Concubine Hui defies the Empress and is punished to kneel in the rain.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Kneel if you want. Miscarriage is imminent, and you'll never bear another child. The Emperor will grow distant, and the Crown Prince will lose favor. Both of you will lose in the end.
Both the Empress and Concubine Hui: ...?!
At the Training Grounds:
Two groups of princes engage in a heated fight.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Fight all you want. You'll become mortal enemies, and the throne will end up with the Duke of Jing's son.
The princes immediately turn their anger toward the Duke of Jing's son and give him a thorough beating.
At a Palace Banquet:
The Emperor takes a liking to the Marquis of Guang'an's daughter and decides to make her his concubine.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Go ahead and force her into the palace. She'll poison you, and the Duke of Jibei, her true love, will rebel and overthrow you.
The Emperor promptly marries the young lady to the Duke of Jibei instead.
With Ji Jinyou's unintentional interventions, the cutthroat palace drama turns into a harmonious place. She soon becomes everyone's beloved "Little Ninth Princess," as the entire palace competes to pamper her.
But Ji Jinyou knows peace won’t last. Determined to protect this newfound harmony, she heads to a secluded corner of the palace to befriend a foreign hostage—the future enemy who will one day destroy their kingdom.