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Three Feet of Mortal Life, One Humble Scholar

share time: 2025-12-26 00:36:58

Modern engineering student Lin Zhao travels back in time while pulling an all-nighter, waking up as a poor scholar in the Great Ning Dynasty—his father dead, mother ill, and wrongfully accused of cheating in the imperial exam. Desperate, he meets Xia, a "famine refugee" who helps him clear his name and teaches him to use modern math to solve county school problems. Lin Zhao gains the emperor's favor with his river management plan, rising from a ninth-rank official to the Minister of Revenue. But he soon discovers Xia is actually Princess Shen Zhixia of Qinghe, who went undercover to investigate corruption. When his enemy frames him with "secret letters from the former dynasty," Shen Zhixia tears up the evidence publicly: "My scholar's life is more important than the kingdom." Unbeknownst to her, Lin Zhao has already used modern criminal investigation skills to unmask the mastermind—he knew her identity all along, just waiting for her to say "I like you." In the end, they join hands to clear his name, and Shen Zhixia offers the kingdom as a betrothal gift to marry him, crafting a sweet love story.

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