The Moon Shines Bright, but I Won't Lean on the Tower

Liu Yueming, a merchant's daughter, is jilted by the new top scholar, who wants to curry favor with the powerful. Then she's hunted down, and at the brink of death, she unlocks her true identity: the Grand Princess of the realm. From then on, she takes on her rotten childhood sweetheart, battles a treacherous chancellor with political intrigue, and devotes herself to the common people in a story about a strong female lead.