Top Scholar in Nine Exams, and the Empress Is My Ex-Wife?

Li Xunyu was nothing more than a 996 corporate drone who had worked himself to death in his previous life. But when he opened his eyes, he had become the new top scholar of the Great Qian dynasty, having earned the highest marks in all nine imperial examinations! The court was packed with officials and scholars cheering his success, but when he saw the female emperor, Ji Siyi, seated on the dragon throne, his eyes nearly popped out of his head. She was unmistakably the ex-wife who had called him “cold as ice” when they divorced in his previous life! Bound to the “Win Back Your Ex-Wife System,” Li Xunyu assumed it was all a misunderstanding. Who could have guessed his ex-wife would be the supreme ruler, gazing coldly down upon the world? System task after task came his way: make her laugh, write her love letters, replenish the treasury, root out corrupt officials, revise the laws... His ex-wife couldn’t help noticing that something was different: why was this man looking more and more appealing? “Minister Li, are you truly willing to help me govern the kingdom and bring peace to the land?” “I will serve the nation with all my heart. I ask only that Your Majesty spare me a smile.” Court intrigue and romantic entanglements, old history and the fate of this life intertwine as a love they once let slip away finds them again. In this life, he wants more than the title of top scholar. He wants the nation to prosper, and his heart to find its home!