Modern-day father and daughter Xiao Xi and Xiao Jingyi mock the drama's treacherous minister, Xiao Jue, whose entire family is sentenced to death, before being electrocuted and transported into the story. Xiao Xi becomes the powerful minister Xiao Jue and must reverse his notorious reputation and protect the family within three years. Her father becomes her frail daughter, Xiao Lingxi, whose only task is to survive discreetly. Xiao Xi reforms officialdom, provides disaster relief, promotes prosperity, and wins the people's support. Xiao Jingyi earns the Empress Dowager's favor through performing tricks but repeatedly faces hostility from noblewomen. Emperor Yan Heng fears the Xiao family's military power. Duke Anguo joins forces with Prince Ping to stage a rebellion during the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, but Xiao Xi suppresses it in advance and completes her redemption mission. While returning home, the two are struck by lightning again and cross into another world, swapping souls. Xiao Jingyi is bound to a rebellion system, while Xiao Xi receives a system that turns her into a calamity-bringing imperial consort. The Empress Dowager's decree arranging a marriage has already been issued, and new predicaments follow one after another.