From:
The heroine, a national examination invigilator, was disguised as the daughter of a county magistrate. Her father died suddenly while investigating a salt case, and her brother died young. In order to protect her widowed mother and young sister from being exterminated by the clan, she was forced to disguise herself as a man and take the imperial exams under the identity of her late brother. During the county examination, she discovered another fake examinee, but she did not dare to reveal his secret; the male censor who was ordered to supervise the examination room also targeted her. One is hiding desperately, the other is investigating every step of the way. The two set up traps for each other and were forced to join forces.
Inherited:
The heroine went through the imperial examination, hiding her identity while investigating the fraud with the hero, and discovered that the salt merchant used money to support the examination room, and the examination room transferred officials to official positions, and her father was silenced because of this. Every time she takes the exam, she gets closer to the truth and closer to the death penalty. The two gradually fell in love through repeated trials and risks, and the most dangerous person became the person each other trusted the most.
Turn:
The male protagonist personally found out that she was a daughter. One of them adheres to the fairness of the imperial examination, and the other is an impostor. The two break up over "what is fair." Before there was any reconciliation, the political opponents made the deceased brother's old medical records public, and the female official lost her life. She cuts off her husband in public to protect the male protagonist, but the male protagonist stands beside her during the interrogation process, accompanies her to be tried under her real name, and jointly uncovers the truth about the connection between salt silver, the examination room and the court.
Together:
After her father's injustice was revealed, the heroine returned to the court with her true identity, and she and the hero went from checking each other's identities to playing chess side by side, and finally staying together. She promoted women to take entrance exams and advance to the rank of first assistant. Many years later, the Gongyuan Academy reopened, and women all over the world could finally take the exam in their own names.
Purpose: True fairness is to allow everyone to have the qualifications to strive for a future in their own name.