The protagonist, a modern graduate student from an agricultural university who transmigrated into the body of a 160-jin (80kg) fat Crown Princess. She was framed for witchcraft by the Empress and Consort Yang, stripped of her title, flogged with thirty strokes, and banished to Cold Maple Pavilion. Six months prior, she suffered allergic poisoning from Jieyou flower incense which damaged her voice and caused her to gain weight easily. She survived on purslane weeds in the courtyard. She attempted to escape the palace with her maid Qian Ning but was caught and brought back by Crown Prince Xiao Che.
