Yes, Ms. Sinclair

Paddy Sinclair is a well-connected young lady from one of the country's most distinguished families.

Her mother holds a noble title, and her father owns a bank.

The bank and the title just aren't hers, since she has two older brothers.

According to her father's family plan, the eldest son should play it safe and inherit the family business, while the second son should take risks and enter politics. That way, they can divide the bank and the title between them.

As for her, the whole family has high hopes for her: the youngest daughter just has to wait for a marriage proposal.

Her master's degree looks down at Paddy Sinclair from the heavens in disappointment, saying that she's probably destined to spend the first half of her life as a rich young lady and the second half as a rich man's wife. How ordinary! How vulgar!

Who could have guessed that the wheels of fate would begin to turn quietly after she accidentally got mixed up in the deathly secrets surrounding the old king and the second prince? The newly crowned second princess packed Paddy off to work for the government, taking decisive action to solve her "post-graduation employment problem."

Years later, when her subordinates respond, "Yes, Ms. Sinclair," Paddy Sinclair, now a Cabinet Secretary, can no longer recall that distant night, when it all began and she kept a murderer's secret.

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1. The main story is told in first person.

2. This story is a passion project inspired by Y(P)M (the British TV series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister). All depictions of political, social, and economic issues are modeled on Britain at the time of the shows, with absolutely no intention of alluding to or criticizing any other country. Since the author doesn't know the real Britain well, out of respect, the story won't say that this is Britain. It will mix real newspapers and place names with fictional school names and so on.

3. The royal family has not been completely stripped of power. The monarch still retains some real authority.

4. This isn't a political-intrigue story, at most it's bargain-bin office-politics literature. It's a comedy, mixing jokes from Chinese contexts with jokes from English contexts, the latter mostly taken straight from Y(P)M. It's not a career-focused story. The author writes romance, and promotions, honors, and riches are simply the author's rewards for the heroine. It's not a strong-female-lead story or one focused on women's issues. It's only for readers who want to switch off their brains and have fun along with the heroine. There are more male supporting characters than female ones, because the author has repressed urges and wants to write about men.

5. The character Sir Howard is largely based on Sir Humphrey from Y(P)M. The civil service system and the patronage networks among alumni of the same school are also based on the show. No other characters are based on it.

6. There are unrequited crushes, and the heroine meets a lot of people. She has low morals but a Schrödinger's sense of justice. She's the sort who'll sabotage people at work, but proactively help an old lady on the street. There are: an actual crush on Gu Ke, an unrequited crush from the gravity girl, and the whole-family package of crushes from a married person...

7. Possible Q&A:

Q: Why are all the officials men?

A: First, I'm just imitating the political depictions in Y(P)M. Second, although Y(P)M explicitly mentions that there are no senior women in government, Margaret Thatcher was prime minister while the show was popular (this is just an objective statement, not praise or criticism, so please don't start debating her record). So feel free to take it as a joke and assume there are plenty of senior women in the parts of the world the author hasn't written about.

Q: If there are senior women, why don't you write about them? Why do you only like writing about men? I want to read about women!

A: Because I don't write ensemble stories about women. I'm just a romance writer with little talent, and if you want more female supporting characters, you can read ensemble stories about women or yuri. I only want to focus my energy on the heroine and write about her career and love life. Please choose the kind of story you like instead of forcing other kinds of stories to become what you like.

Q: Why doesn't the heroine solve problems affecting people's livelihoods? She's heartless!

A: That's the evil capitalist society for you! It can't cultivate truly good comrades who serve the people! I'll be the first to condemn it!

Q: Is there a male lead?

A: No. The wicked mother-in-law can't find a good son-in-law.

... (To be continued)

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