Before the Empress Ascended the Throne, the Scholar-Farmer Took the Imperial Exams

Shen Wanqing, a top student at Qingfeng University, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Xia Dynasty and wakes up in the body of a poor farming girl. The original girl died of ill health, leaving behind a family with nothing. They have pinned all their hopes on her eldest uncle, who has repeatedly failed the imperial examinations.

Though the Shen family is poor, they cherish her deeply, and Shen Wanqing, who has always lacked affection, is warmed by their kindness. She knows that next year the Fourth Princess will ascend the throne as empress, and women will be allowed to study and serve as officials.

She wants to study and support her family, but they all try to stop her. Seeing that her eldest uncle has little chance of passing the examinations in the prefectural capital, Shen Wanqing decides to go with him. Using her modern knowledge to earn a living, she seizes the opportunities created by the empress's new policies and changes her fate through learning, leading her impoverished family to a better life...