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Summary
Shen Yu dies in the modern world after arguing with an idiot online and wakes up as...
an abandoned male concubine in a palace where everyone hates him.
The original Shen Yu was gentle, obedient, fragile-
bullied by servants, ignored by the emperor, despised by other concubines, and used as a political decoration by his Prime Minister father.
Unfortunately for the palace-
this Shen Yu bites back.
Fine. If I'm going to be hated anyway, I'll be hated loudly.
-...
The turning point comes during the Bouquet Selection Banquet, an event where concubines dress like peacocks and smile until their faces cramp.
Shen Yu is dragged there because his Prime Minister father begged the emperor to "at least give the child a chance."
The emperor, Xiao Junhan, attends with zero interest.
He's already decided Shen Yu will be exactly as rumored:
soft-spoken, trembling, and boring.
Then Shen Yu opens his mouth.
...
When another concubine mocks him-
"Such cheap robes... is the Prime Minister's son so poor?"
Shen Yu smiles sweetly and replies:
"Ah, at least my father has a name. Who are you again?"
The hall freezes.
A cup drops.
Someone audibly gasps.
..
Another concubine sneers,
"Don't think attending one banquet means you're favored."
Shen Yu nods seriously.
"You're right. Favor is earned... not begged for like leftover rice."
By now, servants are sweating.
The guards are rethinking their career choices.
And the emperor-
is staring like he's just discovered a new species.
..
Xiao Junhan had expected a fragile rabbit.
Instead, he found a fox wrapped in silk with a knife for a tongue.
This concubine doesn't lower his eyes.
Doesn't tremble.
Doesn't flatter.
He talks back.
To everyone.
Including the emperor.
...
When the emperor finally speaks-
"So, Shen Yu... aren't you afraid?"
Shen Yu bows lazily and says:
"Afraid of what? Losing what I never had?"
Silence.
Then-
Xiao Junhan laughs.
For the first time in years.