I Only Wanted to Pass the Civil Service Exams, but They Forced Her to Seize the Throne
本想科举做官，非逼她谋朝篡位
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- Ancient-Style Life
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- I Wanted to Pass the Imperial Exams and Become an Official, but You Forced Me to Usurp the Throne本想科举做官，非逼我谋朝篡位Alternate title on Fanqie
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It's a great show!! Yu Zhao's character is very well-developed and vivid. Zhou Jinyao, Song Jingshu, and Chen Yi's characters are also very well portrayed. The Yu family is wonderful; I wish them joy and good health, and Yu Hong a long and healthy life. May Yu Zhao have all her wishes fulfilled, and may she enjoy peace and tranquility year after year.
I enjoyed this book; it's been a long time since I've read a good one. The theme of a woman's imperial examination is somewhat novel, the author's ideas are excellent, and Yu Zhao's intelligence is on point. I'm looking forward to seeing how she handles injustice later on.
3-Star quality For a web novel, entertainment value is crucial. Even if it lacks entertainment, the plot should at least have some twists and turns, right? But I didn't see that in this novel; the first 50 chapters felt like reading a monotonous diary. [I didn't read the later chapters, so I don't know if it's still this tedious.
This book is well-written from a female-centric perspective; the female protagonist is strategic, controls the overall situation, and ultimately becomes empress. It's quite good. It also has a few other merits: 1. All the heirs after the female lead are women. 2. Finally, it's not a civil service exam story about a woman disguised as a man!
Not bad. It's clear the author put in some effort. The writing is quite logical and rigorous. A woman taking the imperial examination is much more normal and reasonable than a woman disguised as a man. It's also easier to write. I recently read a novel about a woman disguised as a man taking the imperial examination, but it can't compare to this book. The author's writing is quite good.
This is really well-written; the low rating is undeserved. The pacing is quite fast. I was always worried about bad things happening around Xiao Yu. The first time was with the man who married into the family, but then I realized that a smart woman's friends would surely have the ability to judge character.
It's really good. I've finally found a novel without a male lead and with many outstanding female supporting characters in the imperial examination genre, unlike others where there are a lot of male supporting characters.
The female protagonist is incredibly talented, achieving the highest rank in the imperial examinations at the age of 17. The female officials also help each other to uphold fairness and justice for women, which resonates with our current values.
The female protagonist is calm, composed, and resolute. A brilliant student in both her past and present lives, she initially only wanted to become an official to protect her family. Later, she discovered the emperor harbored ill will towards women in official positions, attempting to force them back into the inner palace, cutting off their path to advancement and oppressing them to the extreme.
It's a great show. The women in it are all wonderful; they're united, and the bonds they share—whether it's family, friendship, or camaraderie among women—are all beautiful. The female lead sets a great example for many women, giving them the motivation to move forward!