The Imperial Exams: Top Scholar at Fourteen, and My Whole Family Is Stunned

[Everyday life + imperial examinations + lighthearted power fantasy + warmth + coming-of-age]

Xiao Yunzheng transmigrates into another world and becomes the “bookworm” mocked by the entire village.

His father spent his whole life trying to pass the lowest level of the imperial examinations and never succeeded. The villagers all say the Xiao family is doomed to die out and will never rise again.

His mother worries herself gray-haired, his eldest sister protects him with a cleaver, and his little sister is so hungry she has grown gaunt.

Then comes the day the county exam results are posted.

“Good news! Master Xiao Yunzheng of Shuikou Village, Dongyang County, has placed first in the county examination!”

The celebratory gong rings out across the village. Everyone is stunned, the awful relatives collapse to the ground, and his mother clutches his official certificate, weeping uncontrollably.

Xiao Yunzheng smiles faintly. What’s the big deal?

Next come first place in the prefectural exam, first place in the academy exam, the provincial examination’s Jieyuan…

He doesn’t just take the exams himself. He also teaches his nine-year-old sister the Four Books and Five Classics, and shows the sons of noble families how to write unbeatable essays on statecraft.

With him leading the way, his whole family begins living a life of luxury they never dared even dream of!