[Female-oriented power fantasy] + [Rising to the Top with Kids in Tow] + [Solving Cases and Face-Slapping] + [Top Scholar in Three Exams]
After transmigrating into the body of a garrison officer's widow with two children, Lin Wanniang finds her father-in-law frail and her mother-in-law paralyzed. Relying on her police instincts and "microexpression mind-reading," she starts a small business and supports her child prodigy brother-in-law.
Five years later, her husband, Su Jingchuan, who had faked his death, rises to power alongside Nian Gengyao and returns with the Nian family's young lady, demanding that Lin Wanniang become his concubine and surrender their twins!
Favoritism? Not a chance! Her in-laws beat their unfilial son with a stick, while her brother-in-law burns the family genealogy in public and disowns him. The whole family moves with her beyond the Nine Gates.
The scoundrel laughs coldly, claiming they will all end up dead in the streets, but Lin Wanniang turns and strides into the criminal court!
She detects lies and solves cases, striking right at the heart of each matter. The Grain Route Shipwreck Case and the Imperial Clan Poisoning Case are solved one after another.
Her brother-in-law places first in all three imperial examinations and becomes famous among the ministers, while her son and daughter become little investigators before the Emperor. The Yongzheng Emperor breaks with convention and personally grants her the rank of fourth-grade Judicial Lady Official!
When the once-mighty Nian faction collapses, Su Jingchuan, now a prisoner, kneels and begs to reconcile. Lin Wanniang merely gives him a basin of icy water in response:
"Convicted official Su Jingchuan, do you think you're worthy of meeting me in the Dali Temple court?"
