This is a fictional dynasty, so no historical scrutiny is needed.
Luo Chaoyan, a modern-day office worker with consistently bad luck, is swept into an unfamiliar ancient era by a typhoon.
Her father is a fifth-rank official, and her mother is the daughter of a wealthy merchant from Jizhou. She originally thought she could live a life of leisure in this new world. However, after attending a banquet, she is tricked by five-year-old Huo Rui. This forces her to marry his father, becoming the much-envied Madam Huo.
From that moment on, a great feud is forged between the two of them. The once strict and orderly Grand Tutor Manor is thrown into utter chaos by their antics.
One day:
Luo Chaoyan, looking at the chicken drumstick that had been snatched from her, complained to her husband, “Your son is unfilial!”
Huo Rui, watching as she snatched the drumstick back, complained to his grandmother, “Grandmother, your daughter-in-law doesn’t know how to care for the young.”
The Huo family elders: “…”
