Stealing a Surname: From the Start, I Pretended to Be the Prodigy of the Xie Clan of Chen Commandery

[No System + High-IQ Political Scheming + Wei-Jin Elegance + Comebacks Against All Odds]

Shen An, a top archaeology student, transmigrates.

From the start, he's in hell mode: trapped in a death cell with a blade at his throat, about to lose his head the very next second!

To stay alive, he snatches a jade pendant from a corpse beside him, straightens his clothes, and lets out an angry shout in the most polished Luoyang dialect:

“The legitimate grandson of the Xie clan of Chen Commandery is here! Who dares lay a hand on me?!”

With those words, he transforms from a lowly refugee into the “Qilin Prodigy” of the most powerful noble house in the realm.

From then on, he risks his life at every turn, dancing on the edge of a knife among the greatest aristocratic clans.

Facing the suspicious head of the Xie family, he speaks eloquently about the state of the realm, astounding everyone in the room;

Facing the provocations of political enemies from the great clans, he recites their ancestors' secret scandals going back eighteen generations and humiliates them in public;

Facing the probing of the talented Xie Daoyun, he yields to gain the advantage and somehow gets her to willingly become his accomplice!

Shen An's motto is simple:

As long as I act convincingly enough, a lie becomes the truth.