[Alternate History · No Romance · Strong Female Lead · Court Politics · A Beloved Favorite in a Family of Villains · The First Female Official]
Shen Huazhang is the eldest legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion.
Her uncle is the reigning emperor, her birth mother is a princess royal, her grandfather helped found the dynasty, and her father is a mighty general on the battlefield.
Every civil and military official at court has to steer clear of her, not because they fear her, but because they fear her entire family.
The emperor announces in court: “Effective immediately, Shen Huazhang is appointed Vice Director of State Affairs and a court attendant, with a role in deliberating state affairs.”
She is the first female official of this dynasty.
From then on, the civil and military officials regret every day that she was already domineering enough before she became an official.
Now she has an official seal. Who can stop her?
Even more outrageous, she isn’t fighting alone.
A military man’s daughter passes the military examination, becomes a general, and leads troops to guard the frontier.
A merchant’s daughter is a genius with numbers, joins the Ministry of Revenue, and takes charge of the imperial treasury.
A poor scholar’s daughter places in the imperial examinations and enters the Hanlin Academy. Her essays keep conservatives awake for three nights straight.
Shen Huazhang alone has already thrown the court into chaos. Now there’s a whole group of them?