From Imperial Exams to Chief Minister: A Lady's Rise to Power

Sheng Yuan thought she'd won the reincarnation lottery—born as the youngest daughter of a powerful duke, with the Empress Dowager as her aunt and the emperor as her cousin. With such an unbeatable background, a life of luxury seemed guaranteed. But when her imperial cousin decrees that women can now take the civil service exams, Sheng Yuan's dreams of coasting through life shatter. Thrust into the cutthroat world of imperial examinations, she must navigate political intrigue, family schemes, and academic rivalry to forge her own path from scholar to the empire's most powerful minister.