Harem Economics

Shen Qingyan, who holds dual master's degrees in finance and history, wakes up in the body of the legitimate daughter of a marquis's household, about to be sent into the palace as a pawn. Faced with schemes within her family and a deadly predicament in the imperial harem, she unexpectedly becomes bound to the Palace and Household Rivalry Performance Management System.

The System doesn't teach her how to win favor. It only issues KPIs: "Raise harmony in the marquis's household to 60% within three months" and "Survive in the imperial harem and rise to the rank of Concubine within one year."

And so, everything takes a sudden turn:

At the marquis's household, she holds monthly meetings for the concubines, distributes resources through equity incentives, and turns household infighting into project bids;

In the palace, she conducts SWOT analyses for the consorts and uses data analysis to anticipate conspiracies, turning harem rivalries into commercial espionage.

When the emperor realizes that his harem has started pursuing careers as a group and competing over performance, even this biggest "client" can no longer sit still...