Midwestern Flavor: I Reckon This System Is Pretty Dumb

Yun Chaoting wakes up as a lone girl beyond the border and sees a “Meritous Official System” hovering over her head. The System comes crashing down with a thud: “Host, you have to pretend to be a man and pass the imperial exams, or you’ll be toast!” What kind of situation could a Northeast girl like her not handle? She climbs onto the heated brick bed to gnaw on sticky-bean buns, then climbs down to take on corrupt officials. With a head full of knowledge and a brilliantly sharp mind, she makes it all the way from the icy wilderness to the imperial palace. She discusses statecraft on the heated bed, hides exam questions in a crock of pickled cabbage, studies by the light of ice lanterns, and uses knucklebones to do her sums. Watch this rough-and-ready tomboy work her magic in court, leaving the civil and military officials completely bamboozled, then win over Qin Han, a hearty Northeastern man. Together, they turn the Qing court into a Northeastern stew: a whole lot of fun!