I’m Just a Concubine’s Son. Why Should I Take the Imperial Exams?

Chu Feng transmigrated into the most miserable illegitimate son in the marquis’s household, and from the start he was about to be beaten to death and sold!

Just when all hope seemed lost, a “Hall of Literary Souls” appeared in his mind. Confucius, Li Bai, Guiguzi… He could summon sages from five thousand years of Chinese history!

His legitimate brother humiliates him? He summons Han Feizi of the Legalist school to possess him and teach the brat that “the law applies equally to princes and commoners”!

The examiners make things difficult? He asks the Confucian sage Confucius to write for him. One essay on the principles of the Spring and Autumn Annals, and the examiners are on their knees calling him their grandmaster!

The princess challenges him to a poetry contest? The immortal poet Li Bai steps up with “Bring in the Wine,” and the assembled nobles are so shocked they drop their cups!

The marquis exclaims with delight, “With talent like this, my son is surely destined for the imperial examinations!”

Chu Feng scoffs. “Father, I’m an illegitimate son. Why would I take the imperial examinations?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. You are my legitimate son, and your mother is the honored mistress of the marquis’s household.”

With his goal achieved, Chu Feng went from an illegitimate son everyone could bully to placing first in all three stages of the imperial examinations, then becoming a top scholar with power over the entire court.

Who says an illegitimate son can’t take the imperial examinations? With Chu Feng around, even becoming the chief councilor is a piece of cake.