FLs Who are Smart and/or Top of Their Field

Smart and a very effective policy maker / leader, and also capable of coming up with effective military strategies when needed

Smart in school (computer science), a top gamer, and an effective worker in an office environment (gaming company), although entry-level 

A shrewd and astute observer and excellent strategist. Her father quoted her comments from a school debate to get out of a bind with the Emperor. She ran her family household as a teenager. On several occasions she makes cases as well as a top lawyer despite having no training in that profession. She employs war strategies in her daily life. The empress seeks her advice for difficult matters. 

Scholar

Excellent doctor

Excellent doctor

A master schemer and manipulator. She is quick-witted, charming, and very, very good at making plans to get her way on her own terms and seeing through others' schemes. Her exemplary embroidery skills are also praised throughout the drama and distinguish her from all the embroidery maids and members of the harem in the palace.

Award winning journalist

General / military strategist

Top general + she's fluent in at least three languages: Mandarin, English, and Latin. 

FL started university when she was 15 and is finishing grad school and considering doing a phd when the drama starts. She is a top student in the field of artificial intelligence research and design and she does well when she competes in international ACM competitions.

Excellent secretary, an accomplished project manager, and speaks several languages

Top master of poisons

Military strategist

Excellent doctor