The Imperial Exam System: A Top Scholar's Road to Success

Li Mingli opens his eyes to find that he has been born into the womb of a woman in ancient times. He is also bound to an “Imperial Examination System.” From studying the Analects and the Thousand Character Classic to astonishing the capital with his essays at the age of twenty, he advances one careful step at a time, using the System as a ladder to rise above the countless talents of the Great Yu Dynasty. When the emperor personally names him the top scholar in the Golden Hall, Li Mingli realizes that all his hard work, even the grueling nights spent studying with a cone suspended above him, had long since destined him to take first place.