The Literary Sage Takes the Throne: From the Start, I Become a Sage in a Brothel

Xiao Yan, a poor scholar, is publicly dumped by his fiancée and ends up drunk in the street, where he is taken in by Liu Ruyan, the most celebrated courtesan in Jiangnan. When he wakes, they have spent the night in the same bed, and his enemies are shouting outside the door. He picks up his brush and writes on the wall, “This humble room is a place of virtue; my character makes it fragrant.” From then on, he wields poetry as a sword and literature as armor. After twenty days of intense study, he stakes his life on passing the county exam at the top of the list. On the day the results are announced, he makes the powerful kneel and admit their wrongdoing. But just as he finds his footing, an imperial edict summons him to the capital. The road ahead is a den of danger; behind him, the courtesan house glows with lamplight. On this journey, he must not only pass the jinshi examination and fight corrupt officials, but also show the world that a scholar's ambition is not about meekness and gentleness, but about standing tall beneath Heaven. And the woman waiting for him to return to Jinling remains both his unspoken weakness and his armor.

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