Modern-day overworked office worker Lin Xingmian is struck by lightning during a thunderstorm and transmigrates into the ancient romance novel The Phoenix Crown of the Capital, becoming Wancui, the personal maid of Jiang Yurao, the story's vicious female antagonist. Knowing that the original story ends with both mistress and maid meeting tragic deaths, she carefully plots to stay alive and avoid disaster while enjoying the generous treatment of her protective mistress. What nobody knows is that Jiang Yurao can actually hear Wancui's inner thoughts. From everyday complaints to foreknowledge of the plot, Wancui's completely unfiltered honesty becomes a precious secret for a woman accustomed to hypocritical flattery. Together, mistress and maid overcome schemes within the household and expose malicious rumors among the people. They also go from competing in literary talent to developing mutual admiration with Xie Mingwei, the original novel's heroine, and join forces to expose the Seventh Prince's schemes to seize the throne. In the end, the three women break free from their predetermined fates.