[Female Top Scholar + Strong Heroine + Disguised as a Man + Imperial Exams + Satisfying Read + Political Intrigue + Rise from Poverty + Transmigration + Slice of Life]
A brother and sister share one identity to take the imperial exams, striving for two bright futures together and sharing both fortune and misfortune!
A modern female PhD from a top university transmigrates into the body of a poor farm girl from a family with nothing.
With a sickly mother and a twin brother to care for, she tears up the book of lessons for women, borrows her brother's identity, disguises herself as a man, and vows to carve out a way forward through the imperial exams!
The imperial exams are the only way to change their fate, keep her family alive, and escape this impoverished mountain village!
From studying on her own to the county, prefectural, and academy-level exams, her knowledge far beyond its time wins her the “Little Triple Laureate” title in all three, making her famous throughout Huguang.
Then come the provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams. She crushes the scions of powerful families at every turn, achieving the unprecedented honor of winning first place in all six exams!
Yet as she stands in the palace hall, clad in her red robe, her sworn enemy exposes her before the court: “Your Majesty, the new top scholar has deceived you. She is a woman!”
The palace erupts in uproar, and the charge of deceiving the emperor hangs over her.
Watch as she turns the tables against all odds, wins not only a pardon but also the right to wield power as a woman, rising to the highest ranks of the court and writing an everlasting legend as a female top scholar!
The logic is harmonious, the characters appear vividly on the page, and the plot is vivid and tortuous.