Summary
After coming dead last in a palace-wide exam, a Noble Consort who loves pretty dresses far more than studying is banished to the Cold Palace, where her only way out is to cram, solve problems, and earn a passing grade.
Under the watchful eyes of the Emperor and her maid Liu’er, she stumbles from one ridiculous mishap to another—and begins to glimpse the tenderness hidden beneath the Emperor’s stern tutoring.
By the time she becomes Empress, she has learned that love may win her the phoenix robes, but it cannot excuse her from the next exam.