The shackles of etiquette and education are deep-rooted. Although this dynasty set up a special imperial examination for women, it used all kinds of strict regulations to block the way forward for many aspiring women.
Si Zhen, the legitimate daughter of a noble family, has made great ambitions since she was young, determined to break through secular prejudices and earn a way for women in the world to enter the court and become officials. The road ahead was full of wind and rain, filled with criticism, frame-ups, and court shackles. By chance, she met Su Yanchen, a counselor from another world.
He has a gloomy and transparent mind, accustomed to analyzing worldly affairs with a cold eye, and is deeply trapped in spiritual internal friction and self-isolation; but he is willing to lean in to help her break down the court chess game, plan every step forward and retreat, and become her most stable support in the dark.
With an unyielding spirit, Si Zhen fought fiercely in the imperial examinations, passed through the strict rules of the female palace, and entered the official career despite the contempt of the government and the public. The two of them dealt with family disputes and the game of old and new ethics side by side, and secretly developed feelings while supporting each other in countless crises. Si Zhen's ardent and firm ideals and tenderness gradually melted away Su Yanchen's long-term depression and loneliness, giving him the warmth of the pyrotechnic world.
But the road to innovation is destined to be paved with blood. The two touch the core interests of the old conservative family, and the undercurrent of murder is pressing harder. A carefully planned poisoning came quietly, and Su Yanchen was poisoned by a strange poison.
Si Zhen, who was in power in the court, exhausted all his connections, searched for famous doctors all over the world, and traveled all over the country to seek medicine, but in the end he was unable to save his life.
The grand plan finally came to fruition, and the road ahead was open, but the person who accompanied her through all the thorns could not wait until the prosperous age was stable.
