Forced to Become a Phoenix-Arrogant Heroine, I Ascended the Throne

Tang Feng was the only daughter in her family. After her cousin got into a top university, her family had called her Little Phoenix ever since she was young. When Tang Feng got into a top university herself, they started calling her Little Golden Phoenix at every turn.

With graduation approaching in her senior year, Tang Feng passed the civil service exam and secured a promising future. But then the "Phoenix Proud Sky" System abducted her to ancient times, saying she could only go home after it had trained her into a proper Phoenix Proud Sky.

Other Systems let people win effortlessly just by checking in, but this one was all about hard work. She had to start learning music, chess, calligraphy, and painting from scratch, and master martial arts by first standing in horse stance. The System's long list of other lessons made Tang Feng's temples throb. Every day, she sparred with the System over what it meant to be a Phoenix Proud Sky. Then one day, she looked back and realized she had already reached the very top, with the ministers shouting, "Long live the empress! Long live the empress!"

P.S. A female-led story about infrastructure development and delicious food, with an emphasis on raising women's status.

Theme: Hard work always pays off.