Chen Yan, a poor student, traveled through time and was reborn. He changed his fate by taking the imperial examination, and formed an alliance with Zhou Zhiwei, a legal wizard who disguised himself as a man. They worked step by step to uncover the shady story of the Gongyuan Academy and break the alliance of the powerful. Lu Mingzhao, the son of a death row prisoner from the Ministry of Punishment, helped him collect ironclad evidence of corruption, while Hanlin Xie Yanqiu wavered between loyalty and power. When a secret file appears and the horoscope indicates that there is something wrong with the emperor's heir, Chen Yan holds the power, but falls into a more dangerous temple whirlpool - what he wants is not an official position, but to rewrite the cannibalistic system.
