Tang Li awakened the memories of her past life at the age of eight, only to discover that her entire family were cannon fodder in a novel.
Her second uncle next door, Tang Zheng, is the protagonist of a scholarly pursuit novel. Diligent, studious, and exceptionally brilliant, he is destined to become the youngest person in the Great Jin Dynasty to achieve Triple First Place in the imperial examinations four years from now. He will marry a Commandery Princess, enjoy unparalleled prestige, and have a separate page dedicated to him in the clan genealogy.
Meanwhile, her father, Tang Xun, serves as the foil to her uncle. Lazy and gluttonous, he uses all his intelligence to swindle money from his mother. Eventually, he squanders the family fortune, and the entire family is kicked out of the house to live as beggars, watching from the sidelines as the second uncle returns home in glory with his royal wife.
Suddenly, a “Virtuous Empress Cultivation System” descends from the sky and tells Tang Li that if she wants to change her family’s fate, she must improve herself. She needs to become a “perfect girl” famous throughout the land, be selected by the imperial family to become the Empress, and lead her branch of the family to prosperity.
A perfect Virtuous Empress must possess talent no less than a Zhuangyuan and have knowledge spanning from astronomy to geography.
She must also possess extraordinary culinary skills, capable of conquering anyone’s heart through their stomach.
Furthermore, she must be a master of medicine, capable of bringing the dead back to life and regrowing flesh on bone.
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Looking at the daily sixteen-hour study schedule issued by the system, Tang Li shuddered.
Rather than pushing herself, it was better to push her parents.
Tang Li performed a backhand maneuver and bound the system to her father instead.
To avoid being struck by the system’s lightning, the originally lazy Tang Xun was forced to crawl out of bed before dawn to study, learn cooking, and master medicine—studying as if his life depended on it.
Thus, when the second uncle next door became a Jieyuan, Tang Li’s father conquered a steppe delegation with his cooking, resolving a century-old feud between two nations and being titled a Count.
When the second uncle became a Zhuangyuan, Tang Li’s father had already become a Prefect, leading the local people to develop mulberry-dyke fish ponds and strike it rich.
When the second uncle married the Commandery Princess, Tang Li’s father had cured the Princess’s father of a chronic illness, becoming “sworn brothers” with the man.
While the second uncle was diligently compiling books, Tang Li’s father had become world-famous for improving spinning wheels and creating bamboo paper.
Sitting in a four-entry grand mansion and wearing the beautiful dresses her father made for her, Tang Li lamented: “As long as my parents work hard enough, I can win at the starting line.”
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No matter how much they suffer, they can’t let the child suffer!
Thanks to her “Grind King” father, even the family’s horses, geese, and dogs have received Gaoming!
