Woman in a Man's Body: I Pass the Exams as an Abandoned Son and Help the Empress Take the Throne

[Female-to-Male Reincarnation + Imperial Examination and Political Intrigue + Founding a School for Girls + Bringing Down the Great Clans + Rising to the Highest Office + Supporting a Female Emperor's Ascension]

Su Heng, a modern doctoral graduate in Chinese linguistics, is reborn as a boy, Lin Yan, and finds herself in the body of a five-year-old just as his father, Lin Wenshan, passes the provincial examinations.

Su Heng thinks that at last she can lie flat in this life.

But who could have guessed that her scumbag father would abandon his wife and child to curry favor with the powerful, leaving them to fend for themselves?

With no one else to turn to, Su Xuemei grits her teeth and takes Su Heng back to her parents' home so they can survive.

Fortunately, the Su clan takes them in.

The mother and child finally manage to settle down, only to face abuse from the local landlord.

He knows that weakness itself is a sin.

Lin Wenshan abandoned his wife and child to curry favor with the powerful, while the local landlords preyed on the weak and bullied the Su family as soon as they had no one to rely on.

So he resolves to pursue the imperial examinations and carve out a way forward with academic honors.

Having witnessed every facet of the world and seen the many constraints imposed on women of the era, he defies all opposition and establishes a school for girls, fighting to give countless women a glimmer of hope.

As the court is swept by turbulent tides, he plans with foresight and advances step by step. As a powerful minister, he turns the tide and supports a woman in ascending to the throne, opening a new chapter for generations to come.