[1] Because of this, she was acquitted by the Prime Minister of the state of Shu, Zhou Xiang, who was impressed by the intelligence and talent exhibited in her defense.

[2] Afterward, Zhou Xiang gave her a scholarship to study at a nearby university, and employed her after she had completed her education in the local administration.

[2] At this point, she was forced to reveal her biological sex, which she did by means of the poem 辞蜀相妻女诗 ( Chinese Wikisource has original text related to this article: 辭蜀相妻女詩), written in the Qijue style.

[2][3] Huang Chonggu's story has attracted great interest, and has been depicted in literature many times throughout history.

The Ming dynasty artist and playwright Xu Wei wrote about Huang Chonggu's story in his play The Girl Graduate Rejects the Female Phoenix and Gains the Male Phoenix (simplified Chinese: 女状元辞凰得凤; traditional Chinese: 女狀元辭凰得鳳; pinyin: Nǚ zhuàngyuán cí huáng dé fèng)[4]