If They Won't Let Me Be an Official, I'll Become One Anyway

The entire novel is finished and ready to go. There won’t be any hiatuses, so read without worry. Cold on the outside, a mix of hot and cold within female lead x devoted but complicit male lead After her family was murdered, she had nowhere to seek justice. Guo Youzhen, once innocent and carefree, grew up overnight and decided to become an official. But the road to advancement was far too difficult for a woman. She took the imperial examinations, fought against convention, and exhausted herself climbing the ranks. Even after attaching herself to Princess Ning’an and the Third Prince, all she got in the end was a sixth-rank position. If that was how things were, then she couldn’t be blamed for getting tough. 【🐍】: Her good-for-nothing elder brother got drunk and picked a fight. No problem, just beat him up. The old clerk in the duty room looked down on her. No problem, just stab a prisoner with a knife to scare him. The constables wouldn’t listen. No problem, she had money. A little bribery would do. The Third Prince wouldn’t see her. No problem, she could seduce him. They wouldn’t let her plant the newly reclaimed land. No problem, then no one would plant anything. They didn’t want anyone to know that the Fourth Prince was gay. No problem, she’d trade it for an official position. In short, no one was going to stand in the way of her becoming an official! That’s life for you. 【Content warning】The pacing may be slow, and most of the story focuses on ordinary people. Please keep that in mind! Theme: Why worry about so much? Just get on with it.