The court is in disarray, and the people are suffering.
The Canglan Palace, a secluded martial world order that has stayed hidden for a century, takes in only women in desperate circumstances. It teaches them to protect themselves with martial arts and make their own living through trade. Its strict rules give women of the world a better chance to survive.
She is the female hall master in charge of Canglan Palace’s trade routes. Gifted with a perfect memory from childhood, she travels the business world disguised as a man. She placed first in the provincial examinations as a youth, but kept her achievement secret.
With the court beset by troubles both within and beyond its borders, she enters government service at Canglan Palace’s command and claims the title of top scholar.
The emperor orders her to marry a princess. She refuses.
The rival kingdom provokes the court. She humiliates them and defends the nation.
To seize real power, she volunteers to guard the border and wins fame in battle.
But when enemy forces launch a surprise attack on the imperial capital, the princess is forced to flee. She saves her with her army.
After supporting one another through life and death along the way, the princess learns that the top scholar she trusts and admires is actually a woman.
In this troubled age, she wields both the power of the martial world and a mighty army, personally putting the princess on the throne and ushering in a new era of women ruling the court!
