[No System + farming + conquest + political scheming]
After transmigrating as a villainous marquis who won't survive past chapter three, Chen Xuan decides to take an unconventional route and trick the Demon Cult's holy maiden into becoming his wife to save his life.
Instead, he ends up with a murderous, hard-drinking woman who kills without batting an eye, and is forced to become her disciple.
He grumbles to his aloof master, “The Grand Tutor is a treacherous minister, the Imperial Preceptor is plotting something sinister, and the emperor's a fool!”
His master crushes the teacup in her hand. “I… how exactly am I a fool?”
From then on, Chen Xuan sprints down the road to courting death.
He trains troops, builds cities, monopolizes trade routes, protects the borders and the people, and quietly builds up his strength until he controls a territory of his own.
Then one day, Chen Xuan leads his cavalry to suppress a rebellion and heads to the capital to rescue the emperor. There, he locks eyes with the empress seated in the Golden Throne Hall.
The beauty in her imperial robes gazes down at him with a half-smile. “You rebellious disciple, I hear you want to stage a coup?”
