She had fought her way up to become a formidable businesswoman, but after falling off a cliff, she opened her eyes to find all her hard-earned success reduced to nothing.
A kind, loving pair of parents are counting on her to pass the imperial exams and save the family. She's the “only son” the Mei family raised.
Mei Su looks down at the slight swell of her chest. How did things go so wrong?
At the academy, she dazzles everyone with her skill at composing poems and matching verses, and comes up with study methods as naturally as breathing.
Mei Su wins a huge following, but the powerful Yan family, led by the Grand Secretary, and the scholarly Su family close in around her like wolves.
She thought she was fighting alone, but a gentle mentor and a spoiled rival from an enemy family are both quietly protecting her from behind the scenes.
So Mei Su sets herself two goals:
Pass the imperial exams and save the Mei family,
while guarding her secret and rising to the highest office to assist the young ruler.
It's still good that she didn't marry a prince, a prince. The heroine traveled through time and disguised herself as a man and took the exam to enter the academy. At the end of the story, the heroine regained her identity and was with the hero. The hero is the heroine's rival.