[The boring and old-fashioned academic tyrant x the sophisticated and slick miser]
Zhang Quyao, a fortune teller with a precarious background, ignored his father's orders and went to Beijing to take the imperial examination. He originally wanted to enter the Imperial Academy and become a scholar, so that he could join the cabinet in the future, find out the truth behind his father's demotion, and reach the peak of his life.
Unexpectedly, his knowledge was too poor. Not only did he pass the Jinshi exam twice, he also failed the Hanlin Academy exam and was assigned to the Ministry of Punishment.
Let the Ministry of Punishment follow the Ministry of Punishment. It's okay to take the wrong approach, but why does he always meet Xie Ziyi, who is younger than him, has better knowledge than him, and is promoted faster than him?
At the same time, he also discovered that the truth of what happened back then was far beyond his imagination...