The Great Ming’s First Female Grand Secretary

[Reborn in the Ming Dynasty | Powerful Woman in Court | Female Protagonist’s Rise | Woman Top Scholar | Revive the Nation]

With a wealth of knowledge, extraordinary talent, and magnificent prose, Shu Huazhang was born to top the imperial examinations and serve at court.

But because she was a woman, she had to hide her brilliance and hand her future and honors over to her mediocre elder brother, trapped in the inner quarters and resigned to marriage.

Until the nation fell and her family was destroyed, the land was lost…

She witnessed the end of the Ming Dynasty with her own eyes and saw the people suffer. Only then did she understand that when a great house collapses, no one can remain untouched.

Reborn before the imperial examinations, she picks up her brush and writes her own name without hesitation.

This time, the top scholar’s title will be hers!

Dressed as a man, she claims the top spot and leaves the women’s quarters to enter the court and its inner cabinet.

“Who says women cannot be heroes? With slender arms, we too can shoulder the realm!”

Once the realm is restored and the great mission accomplished, only she and that person remain separated, missing each other across two lifetimes…

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Shu Huazhang: “Your Majesty, the realm is at peace. Why are you so unhappy?”

Chongzhen gives a bitter smile. “The Ming Dynasty has been revived, but my reputation is ruined.”

Shu Huazhang: “A ruined reputation is the better outcome.”

Chongzhen: “And the worse one?”

Shu Huazhang smiles. “To stink for ten thousand years.”

Chongzhen: “…”