Three years ago, Lin Qingyue promised Jiang Xiaowan that once he passed the imperial exams, he would come back and buy her freedom. But after months of waiting, the news that he was marrying a princess and becoming her consort finally arrived.
Jiang Xiaowan was heartbroken and cursed him as faithless and cruel.
But after a few months of sorrow, she pulled herself together. If a man could pass the highest imperial exam, so could she. If he could court a princess, why couldn't she?
And so, three years later,
wearing a red robe with a palace flower tucked into her hat, she splashed mud all over him at the palace gates.
But that wasn't nearly enough. She would become a high-ranking official, reaching the highest position any man in the land could hope to attain.
[Lighthearted traditional historical romance + woman in men's clothing and mild political intrigue + gentle but cunning male lead + revenge on scoundrels]
