Casting Aside the Golden Hairpin: A Female Chief Councilor's Journey

[Strong female lead] [Ensemble cast] [Political intrigue] [Long-form] [Civil service examinations] [The male lead appears in Volume Two. He is the male lead because the heroine chooses him.]

At a tender age, she exchanged her painted brows for a scholar's robe; as a young scholar, she held a book and questioned the fate of the realm.

She swept through the civil examinations, taking top honors at every stage, then met a silver-bell-wearing young man in a dance.

Daring to reveal her true face in the imperial court, she eventually held the reins of state beside the Nine Ministers.

Do not say the highest offices belong to men; she would not shy away from wind and frost just because she wore a skirt.

She rose alone to become chancellor, found a soulmate, then retired to the mountains to watch the moon through the years.