The Supporting Female Character Has the Imperial Tutor System (Imperial Examinations)

[Coming Soon: The Military-Industrial Legend [The 1980s]] Li Shiju, a socialist worker, transmigrates into a political intrigue novel and becomes a character who appears only twice: the nth-ranked female character. Her father is a great general of the court, commanding the military and keeping a close eye on the kingdom's affairs. Her older brother is a prince's tutor, serving at the emperor's side and stirring up the struggle for the throne. And she is born into wealth and privilege. The only thing she cannot do is hold office; otherwise, she can have anything she wants. But fortunes shift overnight. Her brother vanishes, her father collapses from worry, and her mother is beside herself. With things come to this, Li Shiju calmly decides to put on men's clothes, bind herself to a System, and enter the court as an official. It's not just that she's exceptionally capable. Having read the novel, she knows how it ends. The one who ultimately achieves greatness is the unassuming Third Prince, a proper gentleman and promising young man who wins over the court with his personal charm. Right now, he's compiling books and histories, assisting at the Imperial Academy, and working on the civil service exams on the side. Li Shiju makes a plan: enroll at the Imperial Academy, cling to a powerful patron, memorize the classics, take the civil service exams, rise through the ranks, and become the future emperor's right-hand woman as soon as possible. Then she'll be set for life. Later... The emperor of the realm dismisses his attendants and invites his imperial tutor into the palace. His handsome face reddens as he asks in a low voice, "There is only one reason I have yet to take an empress. The person I love isn't a woman. What should I do?" Li Shiju replies solemnly, "...Your Majesty, you've lost your mind! The situation has only just stabilized. You must put romance aside, remember your original mission, strengthen the foundations and draw up a blueprint, and write a new chapter in our dynasty's high-quality development!" One-on-one romance, first time for both, happy ending ----Coming Soon: The Military-Industrial Legend [The 1980s]---- Years later, visitors to the weapons museum will always gasp when they see the wall honoring distinguished figures. Right in the center, in the most prominent spot, is a beautiful and elegant woman. Her biography says that she dedicated herself to innovation in military technology, led the world's only all-female team, and received more than twenty invention patents and countless medals of honor. She also guided several third-line factories through restructuring into joint-stock companies, helping workers on the brink of unemployment find a path to shared prosperity. Her name is You Yilan. But when she first awakened and discovered she was a disposable character in a period novel, her name was still You Yinan. She was the eldest daughter of the You family, a foundry worker at Factory 409 deep in the mountains. The original heroine broke off her engagement to the factory director's lazy, greedy, and good-for-nothing son, ran off to the capital to pursue the arts, and eventually became a famous actress, married a coal magnate, and lived a life everyone envied. The humiliated fiance found a poor nobody even prettier than the original heroine to take her place. After they married, he was lazy and useless, and would beat his wife whenever the mood struck. Unfortunately, You Yinan was that poor nobody. In the original story, she died at her husband's hands before she turned thirty. Her father-in-law, the factory director, even used his connections to make her death look like an accident. Now the plot has reached the point where her fiance sends someone to propose marriage. It just so happens that her father, Old You, is in poor health and urgently needs money to go to the provincial capital for treatment. Her parents are congratulating themselves on finding their daughter such a "good match." You Yinan has just returned from the town's middle school, holding an application form for the college entrance exam. "..." That night, she discusses things with her parents until the early hours. They reach an agreement: She can refuse to marry, go to university, and change her name. But first, she has to take Old You's place in the foundry for a year to support her younger siblings through graduation. The job is notorious for being grueling, exhausting, prone to heatstroke, and rife with accidents. You Yinan grits her teeth. "Fine!" Later, she is glad she got into National University of Defense Technology a year late. The year she spent working in military production gave her a lifelong calling to pursue. It also brought her to the best person in her life during the best years of hers. Theme: Finding purpose and shouldering responsibility through service to the greater good