A Commoner Unworthy of the Top Scholar's Title? Then I'll Become an Empress for the Ages

Also known as: The Sages Can't Save the World, So I'll Become the Poison Emperor of Chaotic Times! Pei Changning, the top liberal arts student on Blue Star, is reborn in the Great Qian Dynasty for the third time. In her previous life, she achieved the Sixfold Honors in the imperial examinations and became the top scorer, then was summoned before the Empress during the palace examination! Her policy essay took first place, and the Empress herself praised her talent. However, the powerful aristocratic clans would never allow such a dangerous precedent to be set. They joined forces and swayed the Empress with their interests. The Empress looked down at Pei Changning coldly and issued an edict. “Pei Changning, a criminal, first took the imperial examinations as a woman!” “Then she bribed officials and impersonated the son of Duke Cao to steal the top scholar's title.” “Worse still, during the palace examination, she sought to use a poisonous scheme to ruin countless commoners!” “Effective immediately, Pei Changning is stripped of her title as top scholar, registered as a commoner, and sentenced to execution after the autumn harvest!” Fortunately, she was reborn a second time, one day before her parents were slaughtered by rebel soldiers. “What use is the greatest wisdom and the finest strategy if the world is beyond saving?” “Chaos erupts everywhere. Aristocratic clans control the court, while barbarian invaders ravage the Central Plains unchecked.” “If the sages are not benevolent, how can they call themselves sages?” From then on, Pei Changning made the world her chessboard, with the court and the martial world alike as her pieces. But with the sages watching her every move, she had no choice but to impersonate the legitimate daughter of the Pei family and embark on the imperial examination path again. This time, however, she would turn the tide with her own hands! With a devastating poison scheme, she would wipe out 300,000 barbarian invaders! She would achieve the Sixfold Honors in the imperial examinations and drag the lofty aristocratic clans down into the mud. On the banks of the Yellow River, she would cut down the heads of the sages with a single sword! Ten years later, Pei Changning looked back in astonishment. She had ascended the throne as emperor, naming her dynasty Xia. “My lords.” “The age of chaos is over.”