Bianjing Tales: The Number One Scholar Marries a Gifted Lady
Modern-day workaholic Shen Yan transmigrates into the life of a penniless scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty. With the mark of transmigration on one hand and exam questions written in Arabic numerals on the other, he signs a contract to work off the debt by becoming a “book boy” to repay Ouyang Xiu’s daughter Yiling for a rubbing of a Tang stele. Little does he know she is Bianjing’s most gifted woman, capable of rewriting laws with an embroidery needle.
Later:
He melts down watches to cast bells that herald an age of prosperity.
She opens an academy, takes her mother’s surname, and teaches.
Beneath the imperial wedding plaque, Emperor Renzong grumbles, “Lord Bao, have you prepared the executioner’s blade as a wedding gift?”
