[Female Official System] [Two Strong Leads] [Both Devoted and Inexperienced in Love + Love Grows Over Time + Matched in Ability]
Since its founding, the Great Liang dynasty has honored its debt to the Goddess by establishing a system of female officials. Yu Qimei comes from a family of officials stretching back generations, so she naturally sits the imperial examinations and enters government service. Chu Qingren enters the official path to avenge her family and passes the examinations. The two have very different temperaments. Like her father, Yu Qimei is guided by justice, while Chu Qingren has to act tactfully in court to seek redress for her grievances. The two, who would otherwise have had nothing to do with each other, keep crossing paths because of a cruel and foolish ruler and the right chancellor. In time, they come to understand one another, and finally fall in love.
“To govern the ruler by the standards of Yao and Shun: that is the pursuit of my entire life,” Yu Qimei says, her clear eyes shining with hope.
“But what if the ruler has no desire to be like Yao and Shun?” Chu Qingren asks gently, looking at the young woman before her.
“Then overthrow him.” Coming from a girl who looks so innocent and well-behaved, such treasonous words are truly startling.
But the young man before her shows no surprise. He raises a long, slender hand to stroke the girl's head, and a soft laugh slowly fills the air.
