Lin Zhao was a book traveler in his first life. He traveled into a bloody romance novel and became the cannon fodder female supporting character with only three lines. She worked hard and never took sides, thinking that she could survive in the court based on her ability-until she was used as a scapegoat by King Ding and thrown into prison, and ended her life with a white silk ribbon.
She died once and was reborn with all her memories.
In this life, she tore up the scripts handed to her by others. She no longer believes in the charity of powerful people, and no longer relies on anyone's protection. She will rely on her own brains to gain a foothold in this court.
From the minor chief of the Ministry of Civil Affairs who watched with cold eyes, to the first person in the imperial examination to win three yuan in the imperial examination; from the humble editor of the Hanlin Academy to the powerful Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs; from a carelessly discarded chess piece to the young emperor's only imperial disciple. Lin Zhao used a series of reforms that could withstand scrutiny - the examination law, the Supervision Department, and the women's imperial examination - to transform himself from a chess piece to a chess player.
When the male and female protagonists of the original book were still in a sadomasochistic love affair, she was already fluent in answering questions in front of the emperor; when a wealthy family still monopolized the officialdom, she was already opening up the upward path for the poor children in all walks of life.
This is the story of a woman fighting her way through the power arena with her bare hands. There is no golden finger, no system, no love salvation from heaven. There are only the ink marks on the test paper, the games in the court, the planning under the light at night, and a mind that never wants to bow down after dying once.
