Because of a wrongful conviction, Rong Zhe Lan ventured alone into the palace, vowing to carve out a path to survival in the male-dominated Imperial Medical Academy. Facing the scorn and contempt of the male physicians, she used her medical skills as a weapon to rise against the tide; she treated the Crown Prince, saved the Empress Dowager, and quelled a plague, becoming the first female official of the court with her world-saving achievements, making the scornful bow down and writing an inspirational legend of 'women at the table'.
