Season 1 • Episode 20
LatestDa Xi, a girl who is very good at cooking has only one dream: find a peerless beauty husband. One day she met a Royal Guard, Shao Yong, and fell in love at first sight, so she decides to stay near him and the only way to do it is entering the palace. Da Xi became a maid, only to find themselves fooled, so she decided to escape palace, she ran over the wall, but she met by chance the emperor Ji Man. The emperor thought that she was an assassin, so he tried to stop her escape but instead, an accident occurred: their souls were swapped, she became him, and he became her.
Acting
Bai Lu's swagger as the emperor-in-a-maid's-body is *chef's kiss*.
Costume
Gender-swapped wardrobe comedy hits different every single time.
Writing
Body-swap logistics actually make internal sense. Rare!
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Bai Lu's breakout role before she became a C-drama queen; her chemistry with Zhang Yijie was so good they reunited in The Legends.
The body-swap genre (huan hun) has deep roots in Chinese literature—here it cleverly weaponizes gender to critique imperial power structures.
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