The Late Emperor I Poisoned Went Off to Conquer the Martial World

Coming soon: Teaching in the Countryside with a Card-Drawing System

Ye Ran transmigrates into a novel and drags her feet through the plot.

Then the System comes online: Since you're unhappy with the original male lead, I'll find you a new one.

After lying dormant for days, the System waves a little whip to spur her on and get her to complete the newly planned missions.

Looking at the hellishly difficult missions, Ye Ran has no idea how to manage them. To get the male lead onto the proper path of rebellion as soon as possible, she first has to cure his poison and find life-extending treasures:

The Fuxi Qin from Tang Sect, the Cangyu Thousand-Insect Pill from Cangyun Stockade, the Hidden Mountain Snow Lotus from Li Hen Palace, the Chi You Blood from Feihan Valley, and the medicinal formula from Yingyue Tower.

Of course, she also has a golden finger: she can see things that happened in the past in her dreams.

So she often wakes up to discover that one of her gentle, open-minded, sunny, or kind companions has a dark and troubled past, and might well be the very mastermind whose ancestors she curses every day.

The true master of acting gives up on pretending because the other person's performance is so terrible, and outs herself.

"The male lead"

In his previous life, he was taken into the palace at fourteen and spent ten years as a puppet emperor, imprisoned within its walls and suffering from a slow-acting poison. In the winter of his twenty-fourth year, a female official brought him a cup of poisoned wine.

When he woke again, he was back on the road to the palace at age fourteen. He immediately jumped out of the carriage and got as far from that cage as he could. He was already poisoned, and had no antidote to take.

Given another life, he has no interest in the throne. He only wants to carry his sword and see the mountains and snow, watching the sun set at the edge of the world.

Until he meets a familiar face from his previous life: the female historian who handed him the poisoned wine.

This old acquaintance... seems a little off.

"An aggressive male lead, the strongest fighter, and a defensive female lead, a walking arsenal"

*Gentle, sickly beauty × chatty little sweetheart*

"A decidedly unconventional martial world, not orthodox political scheming"

Early on, because the male lead is so poisoned that he coughs up blood every day, he only dares to love the female lead in secret. Whenever he thinks of her, he designs a hidden weapon for her and quietly attaches it to her belongings.

One day, Ye Ran finds herself in the villains' camp and thinks she's about to meet her end. She touches her hairpin, and one enemy falls. She touches her earring, and another falls. She touches her bracelet, belt, armlet, anklet... and the villains' entire headquarters is blown to pieces.

Great, I've received the betrothal gifts. Let's get married as soon as we get back.

Coming soon:

On Meng Zhen's first day at Shitou Middle School, she receives a deck of cards: a team of scholars from the Republican era, plus a bonus team of master teachers from X University Affiliated Middle School.

So...

Scientists carrying vital military-industrial supplies dodge Japanese spies while writing lesson plans.

Historians transporting cultural relics southward dodge a hail of bullets while writing lesson plans.

Left-wing cultural leaders imprisoned in jail shout for resistance against Japan while writing lesson plans.

A pilot who traded his pen for a gun finishes a Hump flight mission, then writes a lesson plan beside his plane on a wild hillside.

Once they've finished their lesson plans, they wait to be summoned to an era where countless peaceful desks can find a home, so they can teach a class.

"The master teacher team from X University Affiliated Middle School"

Meng Zhen draws an SSR card, who seems to be her former online friend. She feels conflicted.

You said you wanted to stay in America to do research. The distance was too great, and we weren't right for each other. I understood.

But how did you end up becoming a dean?

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Fu Sishen, Harvard graduate, returnee elite, math prodigy, rising star in science, and future Nobel Prize in Mathematics candidate.

He submitted his resume to X University Affiliated Middle School and became the youngest dean, math coach, and competition team leader in the school's history.

This sparked another round of online debate about research careers versus the salaries and educational resources of elite secondary schools.

Nobody knew that, after being caught in a year-long plagiarism scandal, he had changed.

After losing the online friend who had kept him company for three years, the girl he planned to confess to after winning a prize,

he had become obsessed.

From the few clues left in their chat history, he discovered that Meng Zhen had gone to teach at X University Affiliated Middle School.

The master teacher cards from the elite school are really useful, though.

The provincial swimming team champion, gold medalists in math, physics, and chemistry competitions, and the national speech contest champion all give credit to their coaches.

The coaches, sitting in the X University Affiliated Middle School seats in the audience, are stunned: That little village from our dreams really exists!

"Short scene"

With only a few months left until National Day,

the students and staff of Shitou Middle School work together with the master teacher team from X University Affiliated Middle School to earn the System's reward and watch the military parade alongside the "teachers" from the Republican era.

They renovate the school field, carry the library books by hand, and start clubs.

The principal once again tucks his shabby briefcase under his arm and runs to the education bureau every day to submit proposals and find sponsors. The school gets a laboratory, sports field, library, astronomy room, computer room...

Later, the cards gradually go dark. The children progress from first year to third year of middle school, then leave the town for high school and university. One cohort of students after another comes and goes, and more and more teachers join them. They no longer need the cards. Shitou Middle School graduates from the global ranking of secondary schools with flying colors.

Years later, Olympic champions, Nobel Prize in Physics laureates, outstanding young people devoted to working at the grassroots, war correspondents, and artists dedicated to promoting traditional crafts all mention Shitou Middle School in interviews. In the poorest place of all, they were the richest in spirit.

"We must strive to make ourselves stronger, so as not to let down the guidance of those who came before us."

Theme: Stand on your own two feet, and live with optimism