The Palace Graduate

Thanks to the other candidates making him look good, Meng Xingci’s own abilities somehow turned him from the top scorer into the third-place graduate.

The third-place graduate earned the emperor’s favor, and a single decree sent her off to Yanhuiguan to oversee military downsizing.

Meng, the third-place graduate, arrived at her post with two imperial chefs, a kitchen maid, and several carts of rare ingredients.

Unfortunately, Yanhuiguan was also home to a hard-to-handle young lord. On her very first day, she was thrown into prison.

She’d made herself a powerful enemy.