After traveling through time, Chen Ye only wants to live a peaceful life. Appointed as the magistrate of Yongning County, he uses his modern knowledge and tireless efforts to transform a poor, barren county into a wealthy and prosperous place. The sharp-eyed Empress, who is secretly traveling incognito to observe the people's lives, recognizes his talent and makes an unprecedented decision to summon him to the capital. Chen Ye does not disappoint her expectations. He battles arrogant aristocratic clans, suppresses a prince's rebellion, and repels barbarian invaders at the borders, earning one extraordinary achievement after another. Rising from a ninth-rank county magistrate to the empire's first-rank Imperial Tutor, he and the Empress come to admire and understand each other, joining hands to govern the empire.