Meng Lijun

Meng Lijun was originally a talented girl from a scholarly family, but her father was wronged and her family was implicated. Seeing her family destroyed, she had no choice but to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, disguised herself as a man, assumed the name Li Junyu, and fled her hometown overnight. Before leaving, she made a tearful self-portrait and entrusted it to her fiancé, Huangfu Shaohua, to show that she would never change her heart and vowed to be with him life and death. Since then, three years have passed like water. Three years later, Li Junyu won the imperial examination with her outstanding talent and intelligence. She became the prime minister and gained power in both the government and the public. However, she always hid her daughter's life experience and did not dare to reveal it to others. At this time, Huangfu Shaohua led his troops to defend against the enemy and returned to Beijing with great military exploits. The emperor wanted to grant a marriage to show his merits, but Shaohua remained determined and said bluntly, "I will not marry anyone who is not Meng" and vowed to die. A sudden turmoil in the court arose, and Prime Minister Li Junyu had to secretly mediate and try to extend the wedding date for a hundred days, so as to temporarily relieve the emperor's suspicion and seek a chance for his own family. Shaohua was determined, and after several secret investigations, he finally discovered that Prime Minister Li was Meng Lijun, whom he had always dreamed of. However, Li Jun has concerns: she knows that she is disguised as a man and has a good position. If she recognizes him rashly, she will be deceiving the emperor, which will not only harm herself, but also the Shaohua family. The two people have a deep love for each other, but they are separated by many barriers of identity and etiquette. In desperation, Shaohua presented his portrait, which unexpectedly caused an uproar of "the king seizing his minister's wife" and almost pushed the two of them into a desperate situation. Under the crisis, Lijun relied on her extraordinary wit and courage to confront the emperor in the imperial garden. Sometimes she uses tactful rhetoric, and sometimes she devises clever tricks. She first escapes by "escaping from the golden cicada", and then tries to gain respite by "containing reality within the imaginary". After several witty battles, she worked step by step and cleverly thwarted the emperor's desires. Finally