A top university’s doctorate in both Chinese language and literature and history transmigrates into the Great Qian dynasty, only to become Lu Changzhou, an eight-year-old boy from the fallen Lu family of Qinghe County. From the start, the difficulty is set to hell: his family is so poor they can barely afford to eat, his grandmother is fiercely protective and short-tempered, his father is a comical deadbeat who keeps failing the exams but still insists on showing off, and the main branch of the family is eyeing their inheritance.
Faced with a family full of oddballs who are nonetheless warm and comforting, Lu Changzhou sighs: Let it all burn!
With his vast store of knowledge from his previous life and his top-tier people skills, he talks the richest man in the county around his finger at eight and sweeps the top three imperial examination honors at ten.
He doesn’t rely on fighting. Instead, he uses open schemes and political cunning to toy with villainous ministers who think they’re clever.
Better still, as he climbs the ranks through the imperial examinations, a charming widow who runs an inn secretly sets her sights on him, a cool and proud noblewoman keeps him company, and a sweet, devoted maid warms his bed and grinds his ink.
Watch a max-level expert return to the beginner’s village, master the Great Qian dynasty while playing by the rules, and live the glamorous life of a powerful chief minister with beautiful wives and concubines!
