I'm Really Not a Corrupt Official!

Everyone thought Bai Zhan was just a top scholar sent down the mountain to polish his reputation.

The officials thought so.

The common people thought so.

The princess of the kingdom thought so.

Even Bai Zhan himself thought his mission this time was simply to polish his reputation.

But now that he'd become the top scholar, it seemed he had ideas of his own.

"Life and death are fate, wealth and honor lie with Heaven. Whether I'm merely polished or the real thing should be up to me, don't you think?"