They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams
说我病殃子，我转身科举争光
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.0M Words
- Genre
- Ancient Romance
- Subgenre
- Slice-of-Life Farming
- Updated
- 10mo ago
- English
- Request a translation
Synopsis
Other names
- Born the Only Son of a Farming Family, I Rise Through the Imperial Exams to Become a Powerful Minister胎穿农家独苗苗，一路科举到权臣Alternate title on Fanqie
Stats
More by this author
In booklists 42
See all
High-Quality Imperial Examination Novels
Looking for books similar to "From Passing the Imperial Exams with Top Scores to Running the Government". Wonderful fellow readers, can you recommend some high-quality imperial-exam novels? Something like "A Noble Son from a Poor Family" or "Running the Government" would be great.
Is Xu Yue the Only Legend of Imperial Exam Fiction?
Looking for books like "Disguised as a Man, I Become a Great Official in a Male-Oriented Imperial Exam Novel".
I Want to Read Imperial Exam Stories, Preferably With the Protagonist Reborn in the Womb or Starting as a Child and Climbing the Ranks Step by Step
Looking for books similar to After Being Bitten by Leeches While Farming, I Stayed Up All Night Studying for the Imperial Exams.
Transmigrate to Ancient Times, Farm, Take the Imperial Exams, Do Business, No Toxic Characters, Just a Normal Story
Preferably completed.
Looking for a Normal Story About Transmigrating to Ancient Times to Farm and Raise Livestock
Stories about transmigrating to ancient times and farming, raising livestock, chickens, and pigs.
Recommend Good Imperial Exam Fics With a Morally Upright Male Lead, Whether He Comes From a Poor or Aristocratic Family
I don't want one where they get married right at the beginning. I want it to start when they're children.
Any Good Imperial Exam Novels? The More, the Better
For imperial examination novels, don’t make the golden finger too powerful.
Farming Stories Where the Hero Eventually Enters Government Through the Imperial Exams. He Must Be a Gentleman!
That refined gentlemanly air, warm as jade and incredibly gentle!!! Surely no one could resist a gentle male lead in an ancient-style setting.
Any Stories About a Farmer’s Son Taking the Imperial Exams Without Becoming Top Scholar? No Wish-Fulfillment Stories!!!
Ancient-Era Farming Stories About Buying Servants and Building a Cozy, Comfortable Life
Any genre is fine. I just want a story where the protagonist can build houses, buy land, and hire servants in ancient times, then live a happy, cozy life as a little landlord. I especially love when they hire servants who feel they've found a wonderful master! Fellow readers, please send me recommendations.
Looking for Imperial Exam Stories. I've Already Read The Road to the Imperial Exams for a Farmer's Son in Ancient Times
I'd like to read an imperial examination story. I've already read The Ancient Farmer's Son's Journey Through the Imperial Exams.
Can We Get Some Normal Imperial Examination Historical Novels?
Ancient-Era Imperial Exam Stories, No System
No System.
Rags-to-Riches Stories About the Imperial Examinations in Ancient Times
Looking for books like I, Sun Shan, Take the Imperial Exams. No System, no pocket dimension. The protagonist takes the imperial exams and passes.
The Male Lead Transmigrates to Ancient Times and Takes the Imperial Exams
Any novels where the male lead transmigrates or is reborn into an ancient farming family and studies for the imperial examinations?
The Whole Clan Supports My Rise to the Heavens, So I Reward Them with Official Robes
📚 Imperial exams / history / transmigration / hard work / comeback / literary world / political schemes / officialdom
Imperial Exams, Rural Life, Children, Smart Characters, No Dumbing Down, and Real History
Ideally, something set in the Ming dynasty. That one about Zhu Qiniu was pretty good.
Imperial Exam Novels: Sixfold Top Scholar, Genius
I'm looking for books similar to With a Famous Minister System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times. I want the protagonist to leave everyone else far behind, and there shouldn't be any flaws in their poetry.
Looking for Completed Stories About Someone Who Studies from Childhood and Works Their Way Through the Imperial Examinations
Looking for stories with few golden fingers, where the protagonist succeeds through hard work and studying alone. Either the protagonist is reborn or was born in ancient times, and works their way up through the imperial exams. No romance or one-on-one romance are both fine.
Any Ancient Imperial-Examination Novels with the Protagonist Reborn as a Baby?
Looking for books similar to A Guide to Survival for an Ancient-Era Concubine’s Son. It’s always farm boys taking the imperial exams. Are there any about a son from a prestigious family taking the exams, someone like a concubine’s son?
Imperial Exam Novel About a Poor Scholar: Male Lead With No Connections, No Transmigration, No System, One Female Lead
The heroine should be the legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household or a princess, and the hero should be aloof. I haven’t found anything on any site. I know I’m asking for a lot, but please! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Transmigrating as a Scholar and Working His Way Through the Imperial Exams
Looking for a story where the protagonist studies, draws on poetry and literature from past lives, passes the imperial examinations, and rises through the ranks. Some fantasy elements are fine too. Thanks!
Stories About Poor Scholars Rising to Greatness, with Smooth Writing, High Quality, and Realistic Plots
A story about pure hard work, with no golden finger. The protagonist works hard through their own efforts.
Stories About Poor Scholars Passing the Imperial Exams in Ancient Times
Set during the Ming and Song dynasties. Highly rated, and preferably complete.
In same booklists
Transmigrating to a Farming Family to Take the Imperial Exams, I Gradually Ascend to Heaven
The Second Son of a Duke, I Pass the Imperial Exam from the Start
The Imperial Exams: I Am Lu Ming, Bound for the Top
The Imperial Exam Journey of a Poor Scholar in Ancient Times
The Imperial Exam: A Powerful Minister’s Rise Begins with a Five-Year-Old Prodigy
A Hunter from a Humble Family: From the Start, My Whole Family Backed My Imperial Exams
Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dumpling: I Want to Be the Top Scholar
The Imperial Examination Is the Only Way
I Won't Suffer Through the Famine Years: I'll Build a Fortune and Become a Landowner
Transmigrated as a Farmer's Posthumous Son? I'll Take the Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams, Exams
What? I'm a First-Rank Minister? The Emperor Is a Transmigrator
Reborn in Ancient Times: Farming with My Pocket Dimension, Marrying a Beauty, and Taking Concubines
Acing the Imperial Exams and Making Money: I Become the Richest Person in Ancient Times
You Were Hired as a Page, but You Took the Young Master’s Place and Passed the Imperial Exam
Gone Mad on the Road to the Imperial Exams? Watch Me Make a Fortune!
The Imperial Exams: The Best in the Land Is a Woman!
The Imperial Exam? I’m a Top Scholar in the Classics, So Why Can’t I Take the Military Exam?
Xu Erlang's Road to the Imperial Exams
At Hoeing Time Beneath the Midday Sun, I Fell for the Imperial Exams
The Imperial Examinations: Rising from a Humble Background
Reader comments 50
Google Translate
It's quite frustrating to read. I don't have the protagonist's good mentality, nor can I do what the protagonist does. Maybe that's why only the protagonist can do it. Human nature is truly unpredictable. If you like this kind of story, you can check it out...
It's a good watch. The plot is fast-paced, heartwarming, and includes elements of farming, the imperial examination system, and some awful characters, but it's also very touching. It's getting better and better. I don't understand why so many readers say the male lead is a saint. I don't see him as one.
Many friends say the male protagonist is a saint, aggrieved, and should separate from the family, as if separating is the only solution? I want to say that the only one who cannot be forgiven is Chen Shi. The male protagonist will definitely retaliate, and it will be a ruthless revenge.
The author's writing is superb. Although the plot is somewhat clichéd, it's brilliantly crafted. The everyday life of a rural family is vividly portrayed, and the characters' personalities and inner thoughts are depicted with meticulous detail, making them lively, full, realistic, and captivating. A truly enjoyable read. Five stars.
It's a great show, the male lead is a great character, it's just that Old Man Wang is such a pain.
It's a really good show! The male lead is vengeful and repays all kindness with kindness. Every minor character is well-developed, and the plot is excellent. It's truly a great watch. The beginning was really good, but as I read on, I noticed the male lead became increasingly cold-hearted. Even with his mother, he would hold a grudge against her over the smallest things.
The storyline is incredibly satisfying and highly recommended! It's so good!
I listened to the whole thing in one go; this novel gets better and better with each reading. I hope the author updates soon.
To be honest, I was a bit surprised by the low rating of this book. The story is very exciting, although there are a lot of romantic entanglements and a few too many awful characters at the beginning. Otherwise, it's truly excellent, much more so than those formulaic imperial examination novels.
It's a very interesting story, full of hilarious family conflicts, and there's not much unnecessary dialogue, but the rating is too low. Readers, let's all give it a thumbs up and try to get it to 9.8!