Who says women are inferior to men? Watch a village girl master both letters and arms, disguise herself as a man and become the top scorer in the imperial exams, then wield a sword and her supernatural abilities to destroy the invaders!
Chai Jiaqi, the orphaned heir of the Great Zhou, grew up in a mountain village. The perilous tiger hunt when she was six and her chance meeting with the young Zhao Mingcheng in the snow became her most treasured memories. The village school rang with the sound of reading, the girl next door was a master of military strategy, and even the mute old woman's embroidery hid a mystery. On Jiaqi's sixteenth birthday, the entire village bowed before her. “The Great Zhou realm is entrusted to Your Highness. This old man's one wish for the rest of his life is to see it restored.” Her essays at the provincial examination dazzled, and at the palace examination she openly challenged a powerful minister. The world praised the new top scholar's literary brilliance, never suspecting she was a woman. She led a surprise attack on the Jin army's northern stronghold, while in Bianjing, Qin Siyuan, an old acquaintance, quietly betrayed her. As the realm crumbled, she pointed her sword at the corrupt emperor. “The people must be saved, and the throne must belong to a worthy ruler!” The Chai emblem was carved anew upon the dragon throne: the Great Zhou had returned!
