[System + imperial exam comeback + orphaned girl from a poor family + top female scholar + court intrigue + no romance]
Shen Qingci transmigrates into the body of an orphan from a poor family. Her house is bare, and greedy relatives show up to force her into marriage and seize her food.
The original owner was bullied to death. When Shen Qingci opens her eyes, she awakens the Eternal Library System.
Every time she passes an imperial exam or performs a good deed, she can upgrade the library,
unlocking ancient and modern classics, lost poems, strategies for governing the country, and books on intrigue and military tactics!
Fortunately, an empress has taken the throne and opened the imperial examinations to women, encouraging them to sit the exams.
She won't let this chance to change her fate slip away!
They say women can't succeed in the imperial exams? She'll earn top honors in all six exams.
They say poor families can't get ahead? She'll defy fate with her own talent.
First among child scholars, top of the licentiate list, a winning streak as provincial graduate, then top scholar at the palace exam!
At the palace exam, the empress declares:
“This woman’s talent is peerless. I hereby appoint her as the Great Zhou dynasty’s first female top scholar!”
She enters the Hanlin Academy, takes on the great clans, brings the powerful to heel, protects the people, and stabilizes the court!
From a starving orphan to the most powerful woman in the Great Zhou dynasty,
she wields her words as a blade and draws strength from the System,
forging a path to greatness for women from humble families with her own two hands!
