Transmigration: I Disguised Myself as a Man and Became a County Magistrate in Ancient Times

[Ancient romance, imaginative premise + woman disguised as a man + lying flat]

Su Tingci was born into this world, and from childhood she and her mother, Madam Su, depended on each other.

To keep her from being bullied, Madam Su always told people she was a boy. So she grew up living as one.

Strangely, despite their poverty, Madam Su could always produce enough silver to pay for her schooling.

Even stranger, the imperial examinations strictly checked candidates' identities, yet she always managed to slip through.

Strangest of all, she wasn't a top student, but she still consistently placed among the top three in the county, prefectural, and academy exams, the provincial and metropolitan exams, and the palace examination. At just sixteen, she came third in the palace exam!

Su Tingci: Are the other examinees in my year really that bad?

In the Golden Hall, the emperor asks what she wants. Unwilling to stay caught in the capital's turmoil, she only wants to put down roots at the grassroots level.

So the emperor sends her to serve as magistrate in a remote place.

Being a magistrate is great. Far from the court, there's less chance of anyone discovering she's a woman.

It's just that the county office is full of trivial, complicated work, and the old clerks all seem to look down on her for being so young.

She plans to lie flat and coast, collecting her salary in peace, asking for no credit and just hoping to avoid blame.

Yet no matter what problems she encounters, she somehow manages to solve them.

A low-ranking clerk is secretly abusing his position for profit? A ledger lands in her hands before long.

Strange cases keep happening? Before she can even set out to investigate, the truth comes to light on its own.

Two villages fight over land? She steps in to mediate, and the dispute is settled.

Su Tingci scratches her head. Isn't being a magistrate going a little too smoothly?

Could she have some hidden System?

Life in ancient times is dull, so she simply lies flat and watches the drama, treating every family's squabbles like gossip to snack on.

Until one day, an unexpected incident leads her to uncover a shocking secret...