I Became Lin Daiyu and Changed My Fate Through the Imperial Exams

Overnight, she transmigrates and becomes Lin Daiyu, the sentimental young miss from Dream of the Red Chamber.

But something is wrong from the start. Her mother died early, her younger brother passed away, and to keep the Jia family from seizing all her family’s property, she grits her teeth, binds her chest, takes the name Lin Yu, and enters the Rongguo House as the legitimate son of the Lin family.

Grandmother Jia dotes on her like the apple of her eye. Wang Xifeng praises her handsome, dashing air, and even Jia Zheng is astonished by her brilliance after testing her.

Only Jia Baoyu, born with a jade in his mouth, looks at this “cousin” stealing all the limelight and seethes with jealousy. “Stay away from me!”

Lin Yu sneers. As if she cares! What she wants is to pass the imperial examinations and enter officialdom, to make money and seize power!

Later, on a rainy night at the schoolhouse, their rain capes brush together. Jia Baoyu feels the slender waist that fits in one hand, his eyes reddening as he tumbles into the depths of his own lovesick delusions.

Later still, she achieves the highest honors in all three imperial examinations, enters the cabinet, and becomes chief minister.

The Prince of Beijing paves the way for her, the chief minister debates state affairs with her, and even the lofty emperor wants to lock her away in the palace.

Watching powerful men all over the capital go mad for her, Jia Baoyu clings to her leg in tears. “Sister Lin, I’d be happy to be your concubine! Please look at me!”