[Alternate history, wish fulfillment, power struggles, brains and brawn, face-slapping, transmigration]
I transmigrated as the only son of a marquis. Afraid I’d amount to nothing, my father paid to buy me the title of top martial scholar.
On the day I was presented at the palace, I reached the pinnacle of my life, and faced accusations from the entire court.
The censor-in-chief pointed at me and cursed, “A traitor to the nation! You cheated your way into power!”
The commander of the imperial guards sneered, hand resting on his saber. “All show and no substance. You couldn’t put up a fight!”
The emperor sat on his throne, his eyes icy. He had already decided to kill me!
The officials were all waiting to see how this “bought-and-paid-for top scholar” would be ruined, dragging the entire marquis’s estate down with him to be confiscated and wiped out!
They mocked me for being weak at letters, so I recited “A Song of the Marching Army,” bringing battle-hardened veterans to tears and leaving the court officials hanging their heads in shame.
They mocked me for being useless with weapons, so I took up a spear right there and knocked down the most obnoxious champion of the imperial guards!
But they had no idea that beneath this farce of “buying an official title” lay the Second Prince’s plot to seize the throne, the truth behind my father’s defeat ten years ago, and an earth-shaking conspiracy by the great clans to monopolize the realm and drain the treasury dry!
If the world was unjust, I would rewrite it with my own hands!
If the rules were rotten, I would rebuild them myself!
From breaking the deadlock in the capital to bloody battles on the frontier, from quelling internal rebellions to expanding the realm, I gradually went from being a pawn to the one moving the pieces.
Titles can be bought, but integrity cannot!
In this life, I’ll prove to the world, through glorious military achievements and unmatched literary talent, that I, Lu Jinghan, deserve the title of top scholar!
