The Empress and the Biscuit Seller

Plot Synopsis

Zhu Xiurong runs a sesame cake shop with an excellent business and a great reputation throughout the capital city. Although Zhu Xiurong is dignified and beautiful in appearance and enthusiastic and outgoing in personality, she has a very difficult pair of parents at home, which has repeatedly scared away those who intended to come to propose marriage. Therefore, Zhu Xiurong, who is nearly thirty years old, is still alone and waiting to be married in her boudoir. Xiao Li, as the empress, is the lofty mother of the nation. However, she hasn't seen her husband for three years, simply because the emperor is addicted to carpentry work and has no intention of handling state affairs, let alone taking care of his wife. These two women with completely different personalities and identities are linked together by fate due to their extremely similar appearances. The careless Zhu Xiurong accidentally enters the imperial palace, while the gentle and lovely Xiao Li is chased by Liang Feng, the sister of the prime ministe