[No System + Traditional Imperial Exams + Hard-Nosed Political Scheming + Revenge Satisfaction]
I was once a dashing young man, the son of the capital's most dazzling third-place palace exam graduate.
Then came that blizzard. My entire family was executed, my father died a gruesome death, and I became a stray dog hunted by everyone.
Exiled three thousand li, I lived like a dog, just so I could remember every one of my enemies' names.
Ten years later, I returned under a new name, carrying my father's remains and unmatched talent.
You mock my humble origins?
I outtalked the scholars in court and came first in both rounds of the county examination!
You mock me for knowing nothing but how to cram books?
I plot from behind the scenes and secure victory from a thousand miles away, playing corrupt officials like puppets in the palm of my hand!
I am Lu Chen, and I am also Gu Changce.
I have come to the Golden Throne Hall, not for fame or fortune, but to
use the brush in my hand to cut off the Grand Secretary's head!
This is a feast of revenge, of endurance giving way to eruption.
Watch him rise from an ordinary commoner to The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others!
Good. Like it very much.