Jiang Mingyu, a contemporary college student, transmigrated to ancient times and became the new top imperial scholar; naive and clueless, he entered officialdom with the boldness of a calf unaware of the tiger’s presence. Fresh out of school and inexperienced, he was nonetheless selected by tradition as the crown prince’s reading companion to study with the prince. Unexpectedly, just as his official career had barely begun, the emperor died under mysterious circumstances!

The crown prince immediately ascended the throne, and Jiang Mingyu’s status rose accordingly. But what awaited them was not the peak of life, but a treacherous, shifting world of palace intrigue and factional strife! The new emperor, to investigate the late emperor’s cause of death, appointed Jiang Mingyu as a fifth-rank imperial inspector with full authority, granting him the golden diamond club.