The Number One Son-in-Law: From Child Bridegroom to Powerful Minister
第一赘婿：从童养夫到权臣
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 362k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Historical & Ancient
- Updated
- 1y ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Other names
- The Imperial Examination Road: Honey, Can We Stop Competing So Hard?寒门科举路：娘子咱别卷了可好Alternate title on Fanqie
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180Chapters
752Reads · 30 days
221.2kReads · all time
103Shelf adds, last 14 days
8.4Score
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I have a question: will the family split up later? If the old man doesn't step up, the Fang family will be finished sooner or later. The old woman is too controlling and incompetent; all she does is manage the money. She dotes on her third son, who is unreliable. Sun and Miao haven't even separated yet, and they're always scheming. These three women bully the second son's family every day.
It's quite good. It's a heartwarming slice-of-life farming story set in ancient times. There might be an imperial examination later on. However, this is a female-oriented novel told from the male protagonist's perspective. The male protagonist is like a tool, putting the female protagonist first in everything, holding nothing back from her, and leaving himself no way out.
This book is fantastic! I eagerly await each update. Little Pear is so pitiful; her health is so poor, it breaks my heart. I hope she can find a renowned doctor and recover! Song Zhun is so adorable as a child after his rebirth!
Personally, I found it quite to my liking. I finished it in two days, and it's been a long time since I've read such an innovative ancient-style novel. Actually, the writing was a bit rushed. If it had been 300 chapters long, the plot could have been further developed. It was noticeably rushed by the middle part.
Finished reading it on May 31, 2025. It was great. They're in a modern car accident, travel back to ancient times together, and grow up together. The illustrations are especially beautiful… After achieving great success, they return together. 👍👍👍 A CEO and a junior employee time-travel together, from ancient times: one is frail, the other a son-in-law; one takes the imperial examination, the other a merchant…
I reckon the ending will be that the male and female leads achieve great success in ancient times, grow old together, and then return to the modern world. Actually, only a few days or months will pass in the modern world, and they'll get back together there. That's the end. [You can ponder this carefully.]
I still prefer this kind of slice-of-life story told in a gentle, flowing style; it's much more enjoyable than those male-oriented wish-fulfillment novels. Those who like wish-fulfillment novels naturally won't like it. I hope the author can update with more chapters, hahaha. It gives me the same feeling as reading Yu Yuzhu's articles. [Learned it][Learned it][Learned it]
It looks pretty good, I think it'll be popular.
It seems promising; I just hope the author can persevere and finish writing it.
Five stars! Fantastic! I especially love the male and female leads' characters.