Miao Li, a girl from a remote mountain village, gave up the opportunity to go to graduate school after graduating from college in order to earn money to take care of her boyfriend who was still studying. In the provincial capital city, in order to make a living, she sold bread, shoes, and worked as a part-time housekeeper. She was looked down upon and endured hardships, but she always stuck to her love. When her life was improving a little, disaster struck. Both her boyfriend's parents fell ill, and the huge medical expenses nearly broke them both. She borrowed money from everywhere, worked hard, worked three jobs a week, lived frugally, and struggled to survive. When her boyfriend graduated, what awaited her was betrayal and breakup.
She was desperate and with a broken heart, fled the city and hid in her home in the countryside. By chance, a good calligraphy made her unexpectedly enter the officialdom. All the hardships in the past made her more mature and determined. She cleverly used various relationships and seized various opportunities to fight in the officialdom, rising step by step, until she sat on the throne that thousands of people admired...