A Female Doctor of the Imperial Academy’s Guide to Success

The Great Chu Dynasty introduces a “literary Dao imperial examination” game System, turning the exams into a series of stages contestants must clear. Candidates advance by completing challenges in poetry and essays, practical governance, criminal investigations, and more. Li Qingjun, a female scholar at the Imperial Academy, is barred from taking the exams for three years after her family is unjustly accused. Determined to clear her father’s name and return to the examination hall, she relies on her photographic memory and rigorous analytical skills. Without a golden finger, she begins with the county-level exam and advances one stage at a time, matching wits with Wang Shiming, an examiner whose identity is shrouded in secrecy. As she solves the System’s challenges, she also uncovers the truth behind the old injustice. In the end, she breaks the age-old rule that women cannot enter the imperial examinations and becomes Great Chu’s first female jinshi. The story centers on an intense, exam-preparation-style pace and the satisfying thrill of clearing game stages, delivering the ultimate comeback through sheer ability.