At a wedding banquet, a toast sends Wang Yao and her family of six into Dream of the Red Chamber.
Her paternal grandmother, who once chaired the city's Women's Federation, becomes Lady Dowager Shi, the most powerful person in the Rongguo Mansion. A lifetime of balancing relationships and protecting women has prepared her well, and now she holds the power of life and death over the entire household.
Her two uncles land in just the right places too. Her elder uncle, a longtime soldier, takes over the body of Wang Ziteng, who commands the capital's military forces.
Her second uncle, a veteran of the bureaucracy, becomes Wang Zisheng, the supposedly
