COLLECTION · Series · 2003

跃龙门

Original title

Set against historical events from the Kangxi reign, the series tells the story of a baffling fraud case in the imperial examinations: Wu Sixian, a gifted young scholar from Jiangnan, sits for the exams full of ambition, only to unexpectedly fail. After witnessing corruption in the examination hall, he creates an uproar at the Gongyuan, fellow scholars rally to his cause, and the court and the country are stunned. Newly appointed Jiangsu Governor Zhang Boxing is ordered at this critical moment to investigate the case, and amid a perilous struggle of political maneuvering, Zhang Boxing is thrown into prison while his beautiful young wife suffers persecution...