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  1. 51 The Fake Heir Was Cast Out of the Marquis's Estate, Then Rose to Power Through the Imperial Exams 被赶出侯府假世子靠科举逆袭权臣 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Chen Yan worked himself to the bone as an office drone. After finally paying off his mortgage and car loan, he had 400,000 yuan in savings and was ready to lie flat in a small county town. Little did he know that disaster can strike at any moment. He transmigrated! The good news: he was still a man in this life, so he wouldn't have to experience period pain. He was born into a wealthy marquis's household, surrounded by fine clothes, delicious food, and his family's boundless affection. The bad n 53.8kReads8.6Score2.2kShelves
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  2. 52 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男:农家子的科举青云路 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.6kReads9.0Score1kShelves
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  3. 53 Top Scorer in All Six Imperial Exams, and You Call Him a Good-for-Nothing? 六元及第,你说他是废柴 Historical229k WordsOngoing Cheng Ye, a modern inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, was reborn into the Great Qian dynasty, a realm unrecorded in history. In an age when everything was considered inferior to scholarship, watch him use the knowledge he gained in his previous life to lead his family from utter poverty to becoming the richest in Great Qian, and rise from a farmer’s son to the dynasty’s chief minister. P.S. There is no female lead. The story features plenty of delicious food and many forms of intangible 5Reads—Score—Shelves
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  4. 54 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成,只好科举发家 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.9kReads7.4Score455Shelves
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  5. 55 The Fake Young Master Was Sent Back to the Countryside, Where He Turned His Life Around with His Wife and Children 假少爷被赶回农村带妻儿逆袭人生 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted When Xie Zhao opened his eyes, he was back in 1983. That year, the richest family in Huxian County, the Chen family, found their real son and sent the impostor, Xie Zhao, back to Shishui Village. He couldn’t believe that the parents who had once treasured him like their own flesh and blood no longer wanted him. Had all the love they’d shown him over eighteen years been a lie? He went to ask them, but they wept and cursed him as a curse upon the family. They said he had made their biological son 20.4kReads9.0Score2kShelves
  6. 56 A Guide to Surviving as a Lowborn Son in Ancient Times 古代庶子生存指南 Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [The male lead transmigrates without a golden finger; domestic family life; studying for the imperial examinations; the female lead appears late; fictional historical setting] After transmigrating as the concubine-born son of a civil official in an unknown dynasty, Huaize planned to take life easy and be a contented freeloader in the ancient world. But Huaize had hoped to keep to himself, only to discover that in an age when collective punishment was common, everyone in a prominent family had 7.8kReads8.4Score594Shelves
  7. 57 I Didn't Seduce Him, My Love-Struck Husband Came to Me Himself 没勾引,恋爱脑夫君自己贴上来 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Adorable Kids + Imperial Exams + Comedy] After transmigrating into a book, she gets two stepkids and a husband destined to become the heroine's devoted “simp,” while she herself is the most notorious shrew in the area. Zhong Ning: “Damn it!” To fill their bellies, she shows off her amazing archery skills, hunting rabbits, pheasants, and wild boars without breaking a sweat. To make money, she writes one “timeless masterpiece” after another: Reborn: I Became the Strongest Sword Sai 9.9kReads8.8Score1.1kShelves
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  8. 58 I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examinations 我,孙山,科举 Ancient Romance4.7M WordsOngoing “Imperial exams + transmigration + farming + exams + no space System” “Romance included, devoted male lead. The female lead is his childhood sweetheart, but she appears infrequently. Romance is not the main plot.” “The male lead rises step by step through hard work and good luck.” “The male lead is no good at scheming, but he gets things done and has technical skills.” “The imperial examination system is based on the Ming and Qing dynasties.” After an accident, he is transmigrated into the womb 47.9kReads8.8Score3.2kShelves
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  9. 59 My Whole Family Supports My Imperial Exams, and I Rise to Great Heights 全家供我科举,而后青云直上 Historical337k WordsCompleted One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A bird must flap its wings before it can soar; a person must study before they can get ahead. Huang Zhiwen unexpectedly gets another chance at life, bringing the memories of his previous life with him as he slowly adapts to this new world. Here, he finds new people to care about and a new family. The Huang family is warm and close-knit, and they will do everything they can to support Huang Zhiwen in the imperial examinations. That leaves all the pres 761Reads8.4Score—Shelves
  10. 60 I Made My Way to Prosperity Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举奔小康 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted There are awful people. No golden finger (Though being a modern person who transmigrates might be the biggest golden finger of all!) After transmigrating, Song Zhixue wants only to change his life of toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk. 20.2kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
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  11. 61 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 Historical6.2M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the body of a farmer's son in ancient times, a poor student had no choice but to embark on the long road of the imperial examinations to improve his family's life. He sought neither wealth and status nor a high salary or lofty office in this life. All he wanted was to protect his family and give them a peaceful life. 40.7kReads9.2Score3kShelves
  12. 62 After Rewriting the Family Tree, Smoke Rose from the Ancestors' Graves: I'm Rich! 重开族谱后祖坟冒青烟,发家啦! Historical898k WordsCompleted [Business] [Imperial Exams] [Alternate Setting] [Everyday Life] [A Touch of Romance] Modern intangible cultural heritage video editor Li Yanning is in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of Li Yanning, a frail five-year-old boy. His biased grandfather and sharp-tongued step-grandmother are ready to let him die! Luckily, his reliable birth parents go all out to protect him. So touching... But after the family splits up, they're left with nothing. His parents are bullied, and his greedy 3.7kReads8.6Score321Shelves
  13. 63 Transmigrate to a Farming Family, Aim for the Imperial Exams 穿越农家,科举为上 Ancient Romance305k WordsCompleted Wang Xi had a heart condition as a child and was abandoned at an orphanage. He worked odd jobs to put himself through college and finally landed a pretty good job. After three years of working diligently, just as he was finally able to give something back to the orphanage where he grew up, he suddenly died while working overtime one night. Reborn into a farming family, Wang Xi is now a little boy named Li Shuanzi. He knows all too well that if he wants a better life, passing the imperial exams i 3.6kReads8.9Score224Shelves
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  14. 64 I Came First in the Imperial Exams and Became a Just Official in Ancient Times 科举成状元,我在古代当青天 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted An ordinary female college student is reborn in an imaginary ancient dynasty, where she becomes a man. As he struggles to adapt to this era, he sees the hardships of the common people, the extravagance of the powerful elite, the integrity of scholars, and the opportunism of politicians. This is a society ruled by a brutal class system. Unluckily for him, he has been reborn here, and all he wants is to live with dignity. Study, take the imperial examinations, become an official. At first, he only 1.2kReads8.5Score101Shelves
  15. 65 My Son Is Destined to Become a Great Villain Who Throws the World into Chaos 我儿他日必是惑乱天下的大奸臣 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Mencius said, “A gentleman has three joys. That his parents are both alive and his brothers remain unharmed is the first. To look up without shame before Heaven and look down without shame before other people is the second. To find the finest talents in the world and educate them is the third.” Tang Chen said, “A treacherous minister has six great pleasures: persuading loyal ministers to surrender, dragging crooked ministers into dying for their cause, sowing discord between ruler and subject, i 3.4kReads7.7Score326Shelves
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  16. 66 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye 26.2kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
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  17. 67 My Proud and Talented Lady of the Marquis’s Manor 我的侯府傲娇才娘子 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted Also known as: “I Just Transmigrated and Picked Up a Proud Marquis Household Heiress” and “One Female Lead” Food gives life continuity. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song give it charm. A little wealth, fame, and success give it grandeur. Gu Zhengyan transmigrated and unexpectedly won first place in a poetry competition. He even married a young lady from a marquis’s household, only for the furious marquis to throw them both out. Gu Zhengyan took his wife back to his impoverish 31.7kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
  18. 68 My Wife Is Actually a Female Demon Lord 娘子竟是女魔头 Historical2.5M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Wang You found himself married on the spot. Not only did he become a county magistrate, he also got to marry a beautiful bride... But on their wedding night, he was poisoned and carried away. His wife's family are a band of local tyrants, every one of them a peerless martial artist. In a tiny county yamen, there are more than ten people scheming against one another. The maid who is always smiling can take down more than a dozen burly men. His wife practices martial arts eve 35.4kReads9.0Score3.4kShelves
  19. 69 I Turn My Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举逆袭人生 Historical808k WordsCompleted When Li Jingxing wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. Around him are crude huts and shabby furniture, and the air carries a faint smell of straw. Looking down, he sees that he is wearing ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals. All of it leaves him utterly confused. “How did I end up here?” Li Jingxing wonders. Just then, a burst of noise breaks through his thoughts. 3kReads8.8Score230Shelves
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  20. 70 Chapter 1: My Husband Pushed Me into a Miscarriage for His Ex 第1章老公为了前女友把我推流产 Modern Romance14k WordsCompleted Chapter 1: My Husband Pushed Me into a Miscarriage for His Ex-Girlfriend 22Reads—Score—Shelves
  21. 71 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Still Reached the Pinnacle of Life 穿越古代照样走上人生巅峰 Historical680k WordsCompleted Li Fengnian gets hit by a car and is sent straight to the ancient world to start his life over. In this life, he is born into a peasant family. They are poor, but at least his parents love him and his grandparents dote on him. Along with his own shamelessness, that makes for a pretty decent life. The only problem is that farming is exhausting! He just can’t do it. Luckily, his father is dependable: he divides the family’s property and sends Li Fengnian to school. Hoping to make life easier for h 1.5kReads8.4Score112Shelves
  22. 72 Dad Marries into a Wealthy Family, and His Little One Clings to a Golden Ticket 爸爸嫁入豪门,小奶包抱紧金饭碗 Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Mibao followed her security-guard father into a wealthy family, ready to live off them. But she soon foresaw that the Duan family would go bankrupt, leaving them all homeless. Her eldest brother, a criminal investigator, was ambushed and left fighting for his life. Her second brother, a doctor, was caught up in a medical malpractice case. The once-brilliant physician turned into a ruthless killer. Her third sister, a company president, fell for a gold-digging man who drained the company dry. Her 5.2kReads9.0Score626Shelves
  23. 73 Reverse Parenting: From Counter-Strike A Site to Tsinghua! 反向带娃,硬从逆战a大到清华! Urban292k WordsCompleted [Livestreamed Meme Jokes] + [Goofy Daily Life] + [Rebellious Dad] + [Sharp-Tongued Son] To offer parenting advice to new parents, a live reality show called Our Kids Are Growing Up was launched. The production team invited ten families from different age groups and professional backgrounds. Mealtime: Post-70s dad: Baby eats, Daddy doesn't. Post-80s dad: Daddy eats after the baby finishes. Then the camera cut to post-90s dad Cheng Shuo... Cheng Shuo: Son, this doesn't taste good. Dad will eat it 1.2kReads8.8Score120Shelves
  24. 74 My Sect Is Full of Hidden Dragons and Young Phoenixes, but My Junior Sister Is the Best of Them All 满宗卧龙凤雏,师妹她是个中翘楚 Ancient Romance3.2M WordsCompleted What should you do if you accidentally become the senior sister who serves as a stepping stone for the female lead in a novel? Gu Xia is in a complicated mood after from the start receiving a wonderful package deal: a huge drop in cultivation and a blind master who plays favorites. There’s no way she’s going to admit she did anything wrong. She hands back her disciple token, dusts herself off, and heads down the mountain to find a new backer. Instead, she leaps straight to the top and joins the 20.7kReads9.0Score2.4kShelves
  25. 75 A Qing-Era Child Raised by a Professional Tiger Mom 清穿之成了鸡娃专业户的崽儿 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted A doting, sharp-tongued father who’s an expert at pushing his kids to excel; a beautiful mother who’s a master of palace intrigue and a white-lotus troublemaker; an awkward, petty older brother who ultimately wins the battle among the nine princes; and, in the future, a troublesome little brother determined to fight his older brother to the bitter end... Yin Zuo, a laid-back slacker who only ever wanted to eat, drink, and have fun until he died, wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated. 3.8kReads9.1Score274Shelves
  26. 76 I Passed the Imperial Exam and Gave the Dynasty Three Hundred More Years 科举高中,我给王朝续命三百年 Historical258k WordsCompleted [Imperial Exams + Daily Life + Business + Officialdom + Political Intrigue + No Romance + No System] Xue Zhao, a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated one day into an abandoned infant who had been taken in and raised by a scholar and his wife. Before his adoptive father died, he urged Xue Zhao to take the imperial examinations, enter officialdom, and bring honor to the family. To fulfill his adoptive father’s dying wish, Xue Zhao embarked on the path of scholarship. From the coun 218Reads6.7Score—Shelves
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  27. 77 My Entire Clan! Supports My Imperial Exams 全族!供我科举 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Imperial exams + transmigration + imperial exams + no golden finger, no System. The story draws on the privileges enjoyed by scholars in the Ming dynasty! The clan elder was a licentiate, and that was the only reason Baihu Village was protected. Now the elder is gone, and no new licentiate has appeared. The entire clan can only pool its strength to support one child. Just one licentiate can improve life in the village, give the children a future, boost the village economy, and make officials thi 13.8kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
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  28. 78 Why Talk About Divorce? Let's Have a Baby, Darling 提什么和离,娘子咱们生娃吧 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Yuan Pan'er never dreamed that, after her soul had already returned to the underworld, she would find herself back at the age of thirteen, just as the Chen family came to ask for her hand in marriage again. Then she'll marry into the Chen family once more, but in this life, she'll put herself first. If no one cares for her, she'll learn to care for herself... 27.6kReads8.6Score3.1kShelves
  29. 79 After My Mother Remarried, I Made Three Rules with My Stepfather 随母改嫁,我跟继父约法三章 Ancient Romance1.5M WordsCompleted I was born into this family, and before I was two, my father had an accident on his way to take the prefectural exams. No one ever saw him again, alive or dead. My grandfather died of grief that very month, and my grandmother was bedridden for two years before leaving us with a mountain of debt and passing away. A few years later, my mother could no longer shoulder the burden of making ends meet and decided to remarry. Fine, she could marry again. I wasn't going to do anything foolish, but I had 69.8kReads9.2Score8.9kShelves
  30. 80 The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记 Historical791k WordsOngoing Just after Feng Yanchu transmigrates, he hears a series of smacks before feeling a stinging pain on his butt. How embarrassing! His pants have been pulled down and he’s being spanked! Then he hears several children wailing. Three other kids are getting beaten nearby, too. Looks like they got into trouble. At least he isn’t the only one being punished, which makes it a little less embarrassing. The male lead transmigrates into the body of an illegitimate son in a marquis’s household. He expects t 70.7kReads8.5Score5.5kShelves
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  31. 81 The Swordbearer of Great Yu: I Become a Sage Through My Phone 大虞执剑人我靠手机成圣人 Eastern Fantasy603k WordsCompleted [Confucian Dao] [Literary Dao] [Martial Dao] [Immortal Dao] [Poetry] [Douyin Mall] In the Great Yu Realm, the Literary Dao reigns supreme. Scholars cultivate literary energy, grow literary roots, build literary palaces, forge literary courage, open the path of literature, attain literary hearts, and carve out literary realms... A young man transmigrates into the Great Yu Realm, rising from obscurity and being reborn through adversity. His poetry stuns the world, his strategy is unparalleled, and 2.8kReads8.4Score239Shelves
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  32. 82 You Broke Off Our Engagement When I Failed the Exams. Now I've Topped Them, So Why Are You Crying? 落榜你提退婚,我高中状元你哭啥 Historical220k WordsCompleted Imperial examination story + fallen child prodigy + good-for-nothing’s rise to success + no System + nonstop thrills! The child prodigy Fang Zhongyong could write poetry at five and passed the county-level exam at eight, earning fame far and wide! The wealthy Zhou family came to curry favor with him, arranging for their daughter Zhou Liuliu to be betrothed to Fang Zhongyong. Under the pretext that their family had a private tutor to teach him, they tricked him into moving to their home. But they 909Reads6.9Score—Shelves
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  33. 83 Reborn as a Marquis's Bastard Son? Then I'll Take the Imperial Exams! 穿成侯门庶子?科举!科举!科举 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [Imperial Exams + Feel-Good Story + Business + Child Prodigy + Everyday Life + Political Intrigue] Song Mingyuan dies in a car accident and wakes up as an illegitimate son in the Marquis of Great Zhou's household. The good news: he has plenty to eat and wear, and maids to look after him. The bad news: his adoptive mother is his father's principal wife. Now that she has a son of her own, she sees Song Mingyuan as a thorn in her side and wants him dead! Song Mingyuan, who has transmigrated into t 17.8kReads8.2Score1.8kShelves
  34. 84 Bringing Poetry to the Tang Dynasty 带着诗词闯大唐 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Poetry-Based Face-Slapping + Power-Play Wish Fulfillment + Romance Between Two Strong Leads] The moment he opens his eyes, office worker Wang Zhishun has a Jinwu Guard's blade at his throat and has become the Tang Dynasty's most wanted criminal! At death's door, he blurts out Xin Qiji's line, “I searched for her thousands of times in the crowd,” and the princess takes him back to her residence: “This poem is yours to give me, and your life belongs to me!” From then on, Chang'an 1.7kReads8.1Score115Shelves
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  35. 85 Reborn, I Study for the Imperial Exams in Another World 重生后,我在异世界读书科举 Historical2.8M WordsCompleted (Transmigration) + (farming) + (daily life) + (imperial examinations) (no System) + (court politics) Chen Chuyi was reborn into a poor family in Beishui Village, carrying the memories of his past life. At first, he only wanted to earn a little money to improve his family's life. But in this unfamiliar ancient world, he was always afraid someone would take his family's money and eat their food. In the end, he embarked on the path of study and the imperial examinations. He knew that only by changi 6.9kReads8.3Score538Shelves
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  36. 86 The Imperial Examination Path of a Lazybones in Ancient Times 咸鱼古代的科举路 Historical539k WordsOngoing In the modern world, Gu Qin spent every day exhausting himself over work, slaving away for his company until one day he suddenly died at his desk. But what he never expected was that he would be reincarnated. In his new life, his grandparents doted on him, his parents cherished him, and his older sister looked after him. Gu Qin only wanted to lie flat. Luckily, his family was well-off, so he figured he could just take it easy this time. Unfortunately, misfortune can strike at any moment. To avoi 127Reads6.4Score—Shelves
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  37. 87 A Farm Boy’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 农家娃的科举生涯 Historical434k WordsCompleted Li Shan is born into ancient times with memories from before, but he has amnesia. Even so, the belief that he must study, despite growing up poor, is etched into his bones. In the end, this impoverished family, mocked by everyone, really does produce an official. He brings prosperity to the community and grows into a great figure renowned throughout the history books... A heads-up: The author came up with many of the settings, systems, and so on on the spur of the moment. Readers who care about 233Reads6.5Score—Shelves
  38. 88 A Farmer's Son Places First in All Six Exams 农家子六元及第了 Historical341k WordsCompleted Father and son, both top scholars; imperial exams; transmigration; an alternate world; satisfying wish fulfillment; one-on-one romance; sixfold top honors. After a car accident, Shen Ce, Henan’s top college entrance exam scorer, transmigrated into the Great Yan Dynasty. Unwilling to take up farming, he used the imperial exams to steadily climb the road to success… 226Reads—Score102Shelves
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  39. 89 The Imperial Exams: From a Duke’s Bastard Son to a Powerful Official 科举!从公府庶子到权臣的青云路 Historical4.2M WordsOngoing [Not a BL novel! Not a male-male romance! One male lead, little to no romance, and a plot-focused story.] [Transmigration + Illegitimate Son of a Duke’s Estate + No System + Imperial Exams + Political Intrigue] He transmigrates, and the good news is that he’s now an illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household, with food and clothes taken care of and no need to worry about making a living. The bad news is that he’s not only unloved, but also mocked and looked down upon. Heh. Never look down o 48kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
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  40. 90 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人,你让我多子多福? Historical126k WordsOngoing Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 60Reads—Score—Shelves
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  41. 91 My Dad Is Su Dongpo, My Wife Is Li Qingzhao, and My Bro Is Emperor Huizong 老爹苏东坡老婆李清照老铁宋徽宗 Historical1.4M WordsOngoing Tags: No System, not a mindless power fantasy, meticulous historical research, slow burn, personal growth, one heroine An utterly ordinary art student transmigrates as Su Dun, the prematurely deceased youngest son of the legendary Su Dongpo. A quick calculation tells him When his father goes to Huizhou to eat lychees, he’ll be eleven. When his father goes to Hainan Island to eat clams, he’ll be fourteen. When his father is pardoned and dies in Changzhou, he’ll be seventeen. When Cai Jing erects 11.4kReads8.5Score1.1kShelves
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  42. 92 The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁 Historical920k WordsOngoing After a sudden car accident, Xia Ren, a double PhD in history and literature, transmigrated as a dying seven-year-old peasant child in the Great Jing Dynasty, a realm never recorded in history. His family had nothing, but that couldn't diminish the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over two lifetimes. His memories of poring over ancient texts in his previous life remained crystal clear. The classics, historical records, institutions, and lessons of dynastic rise and decline were all at 336Reads—Score—Shelves
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  43. 93 From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装,我靠科举官居一品 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour 48.9kReads9.3Score6kShelves
  44. 94 You Were Supposed to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Read the Examiners’ Minds 让你考科举,没让你透视考官心思 Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Mind Reading + Antiques Appraisal + Imperial Exams + Power Over the Court] From the start, he is just five years old, with a destitute family and a wicked grandmother who forces his mother, on the verge of giving birth, to die, all to repay his uncle's ten-tael gambling debt? Lin Zhao waves his little hand, and his head smacks into an overpowered golden finger! With a single glance, he sees through people's hidden schemes. He hears every greedy thought, and can even see through all things to id 663Reads7.5Score100Shelves
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  45. 95 I Was Already Eight When Grandpa Finally Passed the Provincial Exam 我都八岁了爷爷才中举 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted The transmigrator has a smaller role in the early chapters. The protagonists are Liu Lin and the transmigrator Liu An. I, Liu An, have been transmigrated for eight years, and only now has Grandpa passed the provincial civil service examination! In the thirteenth year of the Wanli era of the Great Ming, forty-two-year-old Liu Lin passes the provincial examination. Years later, Liu Lin gazes at the plaque reading “Four Jinshi from One Family” and falls into deep thought. Follow the protagonist’s g 2.8kReads6.9Score221Shelves
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