Shaolan (Xiao Lian) is an orphaned girl who lives alone in the mountains at the very nook of an impoverished village. One day, an envoy from the palace arrives and scouts her to to be a lady-in-waiting for the imperial harem. This was how a wild girl raised on the mountains was able to live in a luxurious palace working as a lady-in-waiting, however...

On her first day (due to various reasons), Shaolan had suddenly become a criminal after slapping one of the consorts.

Though execution appeared certain, she was specially pardoned and demoted from a lady-in-waiting to a maidservant in charge of odd jobs. She is ridiculed by the other consorts as the, "Princess of Odd Jobs," however, this is where her rapid advance begins. She implements reforms to the worn-down palace and optimizes her chores through the knowledge she learned from her life of living in poverty, earning the gaze of the other ladies-in-waiting and the imperial consorts alike. Continuing these course of events, Shaolan's name spreads through the imperial palace, reaching even the emperor's ears...
両親に先立たれ、ひとり山で暮らす少女・小恋。
彼女の運命は、山で窮地に陥っていた役人を救い出したことで一変する――。
「外の世界を見たくはないか？」

なんと〝後宮の宮女〟として働き始めることに！
華やかな宮廷生活が始まる……と思いきや赴任初日に怪しげな気配を纏わせた第一妃を平手で張り倒してしまい……!?

「あなた〝妖魔〟でしょ？」

これは「雑用姫」と蔑まれた少女が山育ちで磨いた能力と知恵で家事をこなし怪事件までも次々に解決していく後宮譚！