What if your toxic office grind prepared you for *literal* palace intrigue?
Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestYe Fei, a modern “workaholic queen,” is suddenly transported to ancient times as a candidate in the imperial harem. Treating the palace like her workplace and the emperor as her boss, she outwits the concubines, rises to become empress, and finally earns the retirement she’s long deserved.
Writing
Brutally funny corporate jargon in imperial edicts.
Acting
Chen Tianxiang deadpanning quarterly reviews to eunuchs.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of China's booming 'gongdou' (palace intrigue) genre, now spliced with Gen Z workplace anxiety and 'lying flat' anti-hustle discourse.
The title's '内卷' (neijuan/involution) is untranslatable corporate hell—a system where overwork yields zero marginal gain. Ye Fei weaponizes it.
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