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As of December 27, 2020, and the time of this review, the English translation has reached chapter 196.The main character of this novel is a woman named Liu Man. Liu Man is a princess of the Cold Palace during ancient china. Supposedly, the Cold Palace setting is where the emperor keeps all his abandoned women and children here. Moreover, the servants have a higher status than royalty here. Royalty suffering from bullying is typical here. As a result, Liu Man freezes to death during a cold winter when she was 24. From here, she wakes up in the body of a girl with the same name as her, but this girl is only 20. In this novel, the original person did not die but fainted after hearing that her father killed someone in a car accident. Her father, in modern times, who is a government worker, has killed someone while drunk driving. Even though it was the victim's fault for driving on the other side of the road, her father was drunk, which placed him higher at fault. As a result, Liu Man's family is extorted out of a large amount of money to grant the father leniency in court so that he doesn't go to jail. While selling personal belongings to gather money, Liu Man tries to sell the previous body owner's shoe collection. However, buyers want video footage as proof of ownership and to prevent fraud. This results in the main character starting a live stream to sell her shoes. Keep in mind that the original owner is a piano major at a prestigious university. In contrast, the new owner can play the Gujin, a type of ancient instrument (Considered folk instrument).I enjoy reading this novel. The plot does not incorporate random events, nor does it keep alternating between two occasions throughout the novel. The character Liu Man is thought out and behaves accordingly. She isn't a genius all of a sudden or an idiot. Having a gentle and smart personality, her actions make sense in the novel. Because she never left the palace in her previous life, I believe that the main character's motivation is to enjoy modern life without constraints. A plus is that this character can be considered very beautiful in this story. Others look as beautiful as her, but she is high up in ranking.Something that makes no sense to me is the royalty's status in the Cold Palace, which plays a significant role in Liu Man's past. This setting makes no sense as it defeats the purpose of having servants; why have servants in the first place if they only make you suffer. Royalty is not to be trampled upon by commoners, and if you wanted them to be killed off, why not just kill them outright? You are only lowering your prestige as an Emperor and that of the royal family by saying that commoners can step all over them. The cold palace existed as somewhere for those who were out of favor, perhaps due to crimes, or were forgotten would stay. These people were kept here because they were not allowed to leave the palace. Not to be bullied and executed. Of course, I could be completely wrong on this as I could not find much on google. It still irritates me, though, as it doesn't make much sense.