No CP, strong female lead. Mu Xi transmigrates into a book and opens her eyes to a legendary impeachment scene in court. She is about to be thrown into prison. According to the original plot, once she goes in, her secret identity as a woman disguised as a man will be exposed. Then she and her mother will both die on the road to exile, her eldest sister will be driven out with a divorce letter, her second sister will die under mysterious circumstances, and the whole family, young and old, will be wiped out. Mu Xi grits her teeth: This is a far too miserable way to die. The script has to be torn up and rewritten.
Right there in court, she goes all out, turning a dead-end situation around with a mix of attack and defense. Not only does she avoid prison, she kicks open the doors of the court and makes a comeback, quicker and steadier on her feet than anyone else.
The emperor sends Mu Xi to the Northwest. Once there, she puts her tactical genius to work. Without even drawing her blade, she uses a scheme to set the powerful ministers of Western Xia against one another, changing the kingdom's fortunes without a single soldier being deployed.
Now the emperor can't sleep. She's too bold, and her methods are too ruthless. So he resorts to imperial statecraft, promoting her in name while demoting her in practice. With a smile, he strips her of her actual post and 'graciously' makes her a princess's consort, planning to keep her under his watch as a pretty ornament…
