Everything started in a Sunday morning when the famous mangaka Lilly Wang received a mail from her agency in which she was informed about her tasks.

In three months she had to submit a love story manga.

She wasn't too enthusiastic about her new project because Lilly wasn't into a love relationship until that moment and all her ideas were based simply on theories. She was cluelessness about love or the art of seduction.

Staying in front of her room's desk, she tried desperately to come up with a captivating storyline but her efforts were in vain.

Lilly: What am I going to do now?

I can't come up with any interesting idea and even if I will do it, maybe it will not be good enough.

I don't know why boss Li wants it in three months?

How can I prepare a stuffed material in such a short time?

It's too difficult!

Oh my God, I'm lost!

After sometime, she cames up with a pretty interesting title.

Lilly: If it must be a love story, maybe I should name my work "Countless beauties".

I know now, I'm going to create a story about the priceless beauties from the imperial palace! I need more documentation!

Let's see...., the Han dynasty....

Even if it's a often used idea, it can work as long as it is very original.

While she was struggling with her own thoughts, Lilly suddenly collapsed in front of the white pages.

From somewhere outside, a voice was impatiently yelling: "Li Ru Yi".

Lilly (waking up and slowly opening her eyes): Who is it?

What's going on?

Where am I?

The voice was repetitively and loudly shouting: "Li Ru Yi, Li Ru Yi....

Come out now or I'll tell our father that you went outside the palace again!"

Lilly: What the hell is going on here?

Who makes these infernal noises?

Lilly wakes up and realizes that she's no longer in her own room, in front of her own desk and in the year 2020.

She walks around the room and can't believe what she is seeing. Everything is changed, that space is like an opera stage, even her clothes are changed.

Lilly: Am I dreaming or I died and woke up in Heaven?

The voice coming from outside was still an annoyance.

Lilly: I'm coming!

Zi Feng (the personal maid of princess Li Ru Yi): Greetings your highness!

Please excuse me for not being able to stop her highness Li Min!

Lilly: Who?

Who are you people?

Zi Feng: Your highness, are you feeling well?

Li Min: Are you finally awake?

My little sister may still be drunk, she may have drunk too much last night!

Li Ru Yi, I'm telling you...

If you keep ignoring the palace's rules and continue to live as you please, I am going to ask our father to severely punish you!

You may be a princess but your mother, was just a low ranked concubine and she died at your birth.

If your brother wasn't the crown prince's favorite general, you would have been long forgotten.

Take care!

The first princess and her suite finally left.

Zi Feng: Your highness, princess Li Min is always aggressive toward you, as if she isn't your sister!

Sister from a stepmother...(angry)...

Lilly: Zi Feng, that's your name...?

Zi Feng: Your highness is something wrong with you, are you feeling unwell?

Lilly (hesitating): I went out for a drink last night. While jumping above a wall, I hit my head on a rock.

Zi Feng: Your highness, why aren't you more careful?

I'm going to call the imperial physician!

Lilly: No way, if my father find out...

Zi Feng: That's right...

Lilly: And stop calling me "your highness" all the time.

You can skip the etiquette when is no one important around.

Zi Feng: As you wish miss...

Lilly: Just call me Lilly!

Oh..no, that's wrong...

Call me Ru Yi! (smiling)

Zi Feng: Miss...

No..Ru Yi...(shy)...

Lilly: That's much better, thank you!

You know that living inside the palace is a bit tiresome and boring, so I want you to be my friend!

Zi Feng: Fine...

Lilly: I may have an easy amnesia caused by that hit, can you please tell me more about my past.

I don't want the others to believe that the second princess suddenly became crazy.

Zi Feng: I will tell you everything you want to know but first let me call a physician!

Lilly: Fine...!

Lilly already realized that she was not in the 21st century anymore, but somewhere in the past.

Somehow in the imperial palace.

Lilly: It seems that I time travelled back to the Han dynasty and I'm a princess in the imperial palace.

My mother died giving birth to me and my twin brother.

And my name is "Ru Yi"..

"Li Ru Yi"!

In a place with strict rules and etiquette, you can only feel like a prisoner in his own palace or like a bird in a cage.

Being a prince or a princess is not always a blessing, especially if we think about the continuous struggle for power.

Having all the beauties in the world just for yourself is not always a blessing for the country. More concubines, more quarrels and betrayals.

This kind of place is the imperial palace.

Li Ru Yi was the daughter of a low rank concubine, which was very favoured by the emperor but who died at her two twins birth.

She has a brother who is one of the crown prince's generals. Since young Ru Yi grew up in her uncle's courtyard along with her brother Li Fang. She had all her childless aunt's love but because she grew up in the yard of a general, she ended up with male habits.

Drinking up till the next day, always fighting with others, dressings up as a man and sneak out of the palace, riding a horse all day long are men habits.

The Emperor was indulgent with her because she never met her mother but the empress was very strict about a young lady's conduit.

The empress was always scolding her for not being more elegant and good behaved like her daughter Li Min.

Li Min was the first princess and the crown prince's sister.

The only support of Ru Yi and Li Fang came from their uncle who was the fifth prince and the emperor's younger brother.

There were also many other concubines in the harem and of course other stepbrothers and sisters.

Ru Yi wasn't interested in the palace life and the struggles for power and fame. She was interested about the life of the people outside the imperial walls.

She was often visiting her brother in the military camp, go to a local tavern to drink and eat with the soldiers, watching street performances or opera with her brother and the sons of some ministers and so on.

We're speaking about a eighteen years rebellious lady.

When she was outside the palace only her brother and the crown prince knew her real identity. Everyone else thought she was a man, a playboy because one of her friends was an opera performer.

Sometimes she was performing these male roles too. This is the reason why Ru Yi was known as a famous performer courted by many ladies and young girls from the court.

Ru Yi was also a talented writer but no one actually knew that the scholar Ru Yi was actually the young princess Li Ru Yi.

Zi Feng was also in love with the scholar just like many other maids, even the first princess was a fan of Ru Yi's operas.

One day she insisted to bring the scholar to the palace and Ru Yi could have ended up in a big mess if the crown prince wouldn't have found a good excuse.

This was our restless Ru Yi, even though she had no political power, her name was well known by ladies and scholars.

Back to princess Li Ru Yi residence.

Ru Yi: I am luckily that Zi Feng believed my story and filled me up with everything I need to know about myself. I must keep my real identity a secret from everyone or the things will get worse for me.

It shouldn't be too difficult to act as Li Ru Yi princess untill I find a way to return to the real time.

Zi Feng's voice from the yard...

Zi Feng: Your highness are you feeling better today?

Ru Yi: Yes thank you!

Zi Feng: Can I serve you the herb decoct?

Ru Yi: Come in!

Zi Feng: Your highness please! (handing the cup of tea to the princess)

Ru Yi: Thank you!

Call me Ru Yi!

Zi Feng: I can't get used to it that fast.

We did not have this kind of relationship before, you always treated us well but you never paid too much attention to the people from the palace.

Your personality changed a lot these few days. I'm really worried, maybe we should tell your aunt or brother.

Ru Yi: I have already told you that it's nothing important. I assure you that I feel very well.

I don't want to get close to everyone, I just want to get close to you. You're my personal maid, it's normal to want a loyal friend.

Don't you think so?

Zi Feng: As you wish...

Ru Yi: When is brother Feng going to return?

Zi Feng: Did you forgot?

Tomorrow.

Ru Yi: I see!

Zi Feng: Are you happy?

Ru Yi: Yes.

Zi Feng: Are you going to the lecture hall today?

Your teacher is still angry on you.

Ru Yi: Have I done something wrong again? (clueless)

Zi Feng: You haven't attended his lessons for two weeks and while you were pretending to be sick, you sneaked outside the palace to visit your brother.

Isn't this wrong?

Even your sister found out but luckily the news did not spread yet.

Ru Yi: Still, I don't think that my sister will keep her mouth shut for too long.

It seems that she dislikes me a lot even though I don't know why she feels that way.

Zi Feng: She's jealous on you because you are beautiful and intelligent and others appreciate your free style, even the crown prince, but this is not the main reason.

She once found the poems of that young scholar in your garden and he's also in her grace. Sincerely speaking, many girls are reading his books nowadays.

Even me (blushing)!

Ru Yi: That's why? (loudly)

Isn't that the most pathetic reason!

I'm not courting him, I'm Ru Yi!

Zi Feng: What did you say?

You're Ru Yi?

You're a girl! (laughing)

Ru Yi: Wait a moment! (changing into male clothes)

Done! (arranging the outfit)

How do I look now?

Pretty?

Zi Feng: You're Ru Yi! (shocked)

I saw him once when I went to buy groceries.

Impossible!

Ru Yi: Keep it a secret!

Zi Feng: Who else knows?

Ru Yi: My brother, the crown prince and some fellows.

Not too many!

Zi Feng: That's why you are often sneaking outside the palace!

Ru Yi: That's one reason!

Are you disappointed that I'm actually a woman?

Zi Feng: Just a bit. (upset)

Anyway I did not have a chance to win his heart.

Ru Yi: Don't worry, the world is full of young and prominent men!

Zi Feng: But the poems are really touching.

All women want a man like Master Ru Yi!

Ru Yi: Oh...really?

Then....

Let Master Ru Yi to give you some free lessons! (trying to kiss Zi Feng)

Zi Feng: Stop princess!

If someone sees this...!

Ru Yi: Don't worry my little peach, there's no one around, just the moon and us!

Zi Feng: No way...(crying)!

Ru Yi: Stop running!

Did I scare you?

Zi Feng: Your highness....(barely breathing)!

What's wrong with you lately?

First you forget your statute, later you start acting like a playboy!

Ru Yi: "I'm telling you...

I'm a playboy too!"

Zi Feng: What?

Ru Yi: I'm joking!

Don't worry, I won't fall for a woman!

I just like to fool around outside the palace.

Zi Feng: Well...if your brother knows and even the crown prince....

Ru Yi: Yes but keep it a secret from everyone else, especially my big sister or we'll get into troubles!

Zi Feng: Yes.