In the Dajing Dynasty, the iron law that women were not allowed to enter the officialdom was like a natural chasm, but it could not stop Su Qingyuan's desire to break the shackles. As the daughter of a guilty official, she concealed her name and entered the county government as a staff member. With her photographic memory and meticulous mind, she started by handling trivial civil disputes, repeatedly solved strange cases, redressed the grievances of the people, and gradually gained the appreciation of her superiors.
From the county government to the state capital, and then to the Dali Temple in the capital, she passed all the way. Faced with the contempt and exclusion of her colleagues, the suppression and frame-up of the powerful, and the overt and covert struggles of the factions in the court, she was neither humble nor overbearing. She used intelligence as a blade and justice as a shield to expose the conspiracy of corrupt officials, uncover the traitors who collaborated with the enemy and treason, and carved a bloody path in the male-dominated officialdom.
There is no golden finger from the sky, only down-to-earth efforts and the courage to remain calm in times of crisis. She not only wanted to clear her family's grievances, but also break gender prejudice and prove that women can shine in the court. She eventually reached the first rank and became the first female censor in the history of the Dajing Dynasty.
