The Palace's Top Scholar: I Rule the Realm by Reading

During the Zhenguan era of the Tang dynasty, Li Yan, an unfavored prince, awakens the [All-Around Top Student System] on the brink of death after being framed. Read books to gain skills, never forget anything, and max out your research ability! Though lonely and aloof by nature, he uses the System to master the classics, histories, and military strategy, turning the tables amid the palace's treacherous intrigues. He meets Qin Shuang, a warrior goddess whose cold light glints off her armor as she clears a path for him. Meanwhile, the reborn prince Li Chengqian, a villain who has returned from the future, closes in at every turn, while a mysterious System operator watches from the shadows.

As historical records and reality converge and fragments of memory resurface, he realizes that his fate has long been bound to the rise and fall of the Tang dynasty. On the lonely path of a loyal minister, he wields scholarship as his blade and history as his strategy. Watch as he shapes the court with his writing, brings peace to the realm through his wisdom, and becomes the stuff of an emperor's legend!