S.Scandal is based on the best seller novels "The lives of SungKyunKwan Confucian Scholars" of Jung Eon Gweol. Due to her family's dire financial situation, Kim Yoon Hee (Park Min Young) disguises herself as a man who works at a bookstore, transcribing books for noblemen. She decides to start taking tests for noblemen who are trying to become government officials, which leads her to meeting Lee Sun Joon (Micky Park Yoochun), son of Left State Minister who is the leader of the Noron faction.