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The Female Magistrate in Disguise: Reviving a Desolate County with Business Acumen

share time: 2026-07-12 12:41:16

The quick-witted Shen Qingyao, determined to save her wrongfully imprisoned elder brother, disguises herself as a man and takes over his post as magistrate of Qingxi County. Upon arrival, the county is financially drained and people suffer hardships. Unfamiliar with officialdom’s unspoken rules yet adept at business, she repurposes the local yamen as a business firm and uses flexible commercial strategies to resolve the county’s financial crisis. She outwits the gentry who exploit the people, teams up with a bandit leader oppressed by officials to develop mines, and turns the run-down county into a model town. But as her outstanding achievements rise, her identity as a woman is gradually exposed, attracting court attention and unveiling the conspiracy behind her brother’s imprisonment……

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