Building a Family Tree from the Start: I Became the Greatest Clan Under Heaven

After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty during the Tianqi era, Cui Su became a penniless scholar with nothing but bare walls to his name, barred even from taking the provincial exams. To turn his life around, he, a top modern expert in genealogy and artifact restoration, did something earth-shattering: Since he couldn't win by having a powerful father, he'd make one up himself! Starting with papermaking and ink mixing, he forged ancient books, unearthed epitaphs, and even the handwritten works of ancient sages. He spun his dirt-poor background into a tale that made him a direct descendant of the Qinghe Cui clan, lost to the world! It worked so well that local officials bowed to him, while great scholars treated him like a treasure. Then one day, Cui Jingrong, the real head of the Qinghe Cui clan and Minister of War in the capital, came to expose the fraud. Cui Su calmly produced a “well-documented” family tree. “Minister, is it possible that your branch is the illegitimate one?” Zhu Youjian: “Please save me, Master!” Zhu Youxiao clasped Cui Su's hand from his sickbed. “I entrust the Ming Dynasty and my younger brother to you...” Wei Zhongxian: “He's a fake! He's a fake...”