The Down-and-Out Heiress Clings to the Upright Official

[Bound together before falling in love + Love grows over time + Facing hardship together + Historical romance] She was once the cherished jewel of the Minister's household. In a single night, her family is arrested and she becomes a prisoner. On the brink of death during exile, she unexpectedly awakens a mysterious ancient mirror, granting her a glimpse into the workings of cause and effect behind “loyalty, filial piety, integrity, and righteousness.” The spirit of the mirror tells her that there's only one chance to clear her family's name: bind herself to the newly appointed top candidate in the palace exams, a man blessed with “Heaven rewards diligence” but dogged by misfortune! He is An Qianxun, a scholar from a humble family who finally earns the third-place title in the palace exams just shy of forty. His unyielding integrity has offended the powerful, and he's been sent to deal with the Yellow River's disastrous state. On the way to his post, he finds a little girl, battered and bruised, yet with eyes that shine astonishingly bright. He plans to find her a place to stay, but she surprises him by saying, “My lord, the road ahead is perilous. I can help you turn danger into safety!” Even stranger, she seems able to predict good fortune and calamity. She uses the mirror to make her plans, proceeding step by step as she helps him expose corruption, control the floods, and fight the local tyrants. He shields her with his own body, protecting her as he investigates old cases, clears her family's name, and stands against imperial power. When “foreknowledge of fate” meets “righteous integrity,” and a fallen noblewoman takes on an upright official, they join hands to tear open the court's dark secrets and write a stirring heroic romance amid the turbulent currents of a corrupt age!