Su Wan’s specialties are “managing upward” and “handling difficult personalities.” She opens her eyes to find herself suddenly installed as Fourth Prince Yinzhen’s wife. Faced with a famously difficult boss and a princely household in chaos, she makes up her mind: she’ll use modern management techniques, treat marriage like a project, and run the imperial harem like a company. ... Su Wan teaches her little grandsons to play Monopoly, using a game board depicting the territory of the Qing Empire. In the distance, Yinzhen has just left the Imperial Study. He sees them and can’t help the faint smile tugging at his lips. Su Wan looks up and winks at him. “Your Majesty, care for a game? I’ll even let you go first this time, by three spaces.”
