A poor scholar made a mistake in taking the exam and became the prime minister's illegitimate son, but he actually won the top prize!
The real prince is a stumbling block, and the prime minister and his father have conflicting political views, but the emperor just thinks he is interesting and promotes him to death.
While Lin Wenyuan was hiding the secret of taking the exam, he was also using his true skills to fish in the officialdom: fighting salt merchants, confronting corrupt scholars, and playing tricks on his political opponents.
You said you were just messing around, but why did you become a top figure in the court?
On the day his identity was revealed, he took out Shang Fang's sword: "Who stipulates that fake sons cannot become high officials?"