Passing as a Man? I Can Pull It Off!

Second title: Playing Along

[Woman disguised as a man + not a wish-fulfillment story + regent + top palace graduate + military camp + debut novel]

Fleeing hardship, she reaches a temple and meets an old man.

At first he seems like a charlatan, but it turns out he's a scholar.

She thinks he's penniless, and sure enough, he is.

The old man wants to adopt her. It sounds like a joke,

but she has no choice but to go along!

“Say something nice, and you'll be rewarded with a top palace graduate!”