Song Zhiyan exposed a corrupt official during the palace examination, but the emperor instead appointed her as the top scholar on the spot. From then on, Song Zhiyan was busy governing water, auditing accounts, and rescuing disaster victims, while the emperor gradually discovered that what he looked forward to most every day was seeing her. To forget this feeling, the emperor wanted to transfer her away, but found Lingnan too damp, the Northwest too cold, and Jiangnan made him worry that someone might like her, so he finally burned the transfer order altogether. Just as he finally decided to show his cards, Song Zhiyan always failed to understand his hints. While the emperor was worrying about what to do, an accident made him discover a deep secret that Song Zhiyan had been hiding!