In a world where power and privilege rule, Li Meilin finds herself at an interesting crossroads. Once a studious student of Political Science and Environmental Studies and a Bachelor's degree holder in Botany, she finds herself reincarnated as a sixteen-year-old girl of fallen nobility. Who lives in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the capital with her younger brother.
When the charming Emperor Xuan enters her life, he's smitten with her beauty and brains. As Li Meilin transforms from disgraced Nobel to the Emperor's favourite Consort and eventually his Empress, she discovers that true happiness does not come in the form of expensive jewellery but in the tending of the abandoned gardens that resonate with her soul.
She advises the emperor on matters of the state, and In return for her advice, he becomes a shield to protect her from the dangerous politics and the rules within the harem, transforming the palace into an exquisite garden of blooming flowers and serene landscapes.
But amidst the whispers of the jealous concubines who mock her "Peasant habits", Meilin knows her greatest battle is not with their gossip—but against the weight of society's expectations placed on women.
And with the soil beneath her fingernails and sovereign by her side, she proves that so long as they are together, they can cultivate not just gardens but an empire as well, one filled with love and strength.
