Core premise: The heroine transmigrates into a household-intrigue novel as a timid legitimate daughter, bullied by her father's concubine and her half-sister. She plans to keep her head down, but then her father, who was a director at a public complaints office in the modern world, transmigrates too. He has no interest in household scheming and goes straight for an overwhelming, top-down approach. The concubine tries to sway him from his pillow? He launches a mass-line campaign and has the entire household staff weigh in. The half-sister feigns illness to win favor? He forms an investigative team and probes every medical record and prescription. His rivals scheme, but he sticks to open tactics and rules, using methods for handling internal conflicts among the people to whip the chaotic household into shape and restore a clean, upright atmosphere.
· Character contrasts:
· The heroine: She meant to fight for favor in the palace and household, but instead becomes a well-connected freeloader who wins without lifting a finger, content to munch on seeds and watch the show.
· Her powerful backer, her father: An upright grassroots official, well-versed in organizational principles and the art of struggle, who applies workplace wisdom flawlessly to an ancient household.
· The appeal: The satisfying spectacle of modern workplace savvy steamrolling ancient household intrigue, and the comedy of a stern, earnest father forcibly turning the plot into a “workplace conduct improvement meeting.”
