Female protagonist who transmigrated into the body of a cross-dressing official. Originally a forensic pathologist who died from overwork. Now lives as Yan Tongshu, a 22-year-old Deputy Third Rank official at Xianlin Hall for eight years. She maintains a 'lying flat' lifestyle to avoid political danger, as she has the 'crime of deceiving the Emperor' hanging over her due to originally being male and posing as a male top scholar. She is the head of the Yan household.
