Bai Jincheng transmigrates into a book.
Her luck is terrible. As a fake heiress, she's already lost the household power struggle and been married off to a sickly widower. He doesn't survive for long, leaving her with two stepsons and a stepdaughter.
Her reputation is in tatters. The real heiress is out to get her, and her stepson, whose talent is lacking, has been expelled from the academy.
The one thing she can be grateful for is that women are allowed to take the civil service exams in the Great Xia dynasty.
Even if the law is on the verge of being abolished, she still wants to give it a try.
But why does studying start to feel more and more wrong?
Chen Daliang (worried): "Mother, study if you can. If you can't, just eat more."
Chen Erlang (irritable): "Mother, have you been fighting with your classmates again?"
Chen Ya (hesitantly): "Mother, this is the best age for studying. You mustn't start... dating too early!"
Bai Jincheng: "... This is completely upside down!"
Watch her take the top scholar's exam, don a purple robe, and rise all the way to the top!