A Poor Scholar Preparing for the Civil Service Exams, Who Also Knows Martial Arts 寒门科举，会武功的
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My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍
After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an
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A Farmer's Son, the Imperial Exams, and Officialdom 农家子，科举，做官
[Born into the womb + imperial examinations + farming + daily life + public works and infrastructure, with a couple, little romance] [No pocket dimension, no System, no golden finger] [He starts looking for a teacher in Chapter 38. If you’re short on patience, you can start reading there.] Shen Huai is born into an ancient world and becomes the only boy in his family. The good news: he can take the imperial examinations. The bad news: they’re poor, very poor, desperately poor. Born into a
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After I Transmigrate into a Book, I Kill the Male Lead of the Tragic Romance 穿书后，我把虐文男主嘎了
(Male supporting character + imperial exams + infrastructure building + no System + vicious female supporting character) Modern doctoral student Lin Qing stays up all night revising his thesis, only to open his eyes and find himself in ancient times as Lin Qingshan, a frail young man. His parents have just died when his uncle's family shows up with a slave trader, intent on selling his two younger sisters. The older one is to be sold as a maid, and the younger one as a child bride. Furious, Lin
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My Entire Clan! Supports My Imperial Exams 全族！供我科举
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
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- 55 What?! I Transmigrated into a Farmer's Son from the Start, and Now He Wants to Take the Imperial Exams 惊了！开局穿成农家子，他要科举 [Famine + transmigration + System + farming + imperial examinations + daily life] Shen Yu woke up one morning to find that he had transmigrated. It was bad enough for a science student to end up in ancient times, but he’d arrived in the middle of a famine, with his family having nothing to their name. Luckily, he unlocked a red packet group. Without it, how could he possibly survive in this strange world? The Shen family had one daughter after another. At last, the third son’s family had a bo 1.3kReads8.3Score107Shelves
- 56 A Late-Born Son of a Farmer Takes the Imperial Exam and Leaves the Emperor Stunned 农家老来子考科举，强到朕傻眼了 Also known as The Late-Born Son of a Farming Family Takes the Civil Service Exams, and Grows So Powerful Even the Emperor Is Stunned; I Entered Government Through the Civil Service Exams and Became a Powerful Minister of Great Qian; Song Yuan, a rising star in the legal world, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into a farming family in Great Qian, becoming the late-born son whom the whole village mocks. With disasters striking one after another and his family mired in poverty, his life fro 12.1kReads8.1Score1.1kShelves
- 57 I Bled My Family Dry in My Past Life, Now Six Yuan Makes Me a God 前世吸光全家血，今生六元来封神 [Farming]+ [Imperial examinations]+ [Making a fortune]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Yunzhou spent half his life working his way up to the rank of interstellar marshal. He never expected to transmigrate to an ancient era with not a trace of technology... The good news: He went from being an orphan to the most doted-on youngest son in the family, and fell in love at first sight with a young lady. The bad news: His parents play favorites, his brothers are blindly filial, and his olde 5.9kReads8.0Score423Shelves
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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
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
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- 59 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成，只好科举发家 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 3.8kReads7.4Score448Shelves
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The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记
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
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The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁
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
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- 62 I'm Just an Adviser, I'm Really No Good at Scheming 我只是幕僚真不擅长权谋 Powerful clans rule the land, and bandits run rampant. In a world this beautiful, with its lush mountains and clear waters, people still fail to cherish what they have. They have no idea how terrifying the apocalypse will be, yet spend all day scheming against one another. Since you love playing games of intrigue, I suppose I’ll have to join in and play politics with you. 1.1kReads7.6Score102Shelves
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr
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To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举
One day, Shen Qingyun becomes the youngest son of a farming family and thinks he can spend his whole life as a freeloader. But then disaster strikes, and he faces a dire predicament: His eldest brother went off to take a temporary job, but came back dead, wrapped in a straw mat; Other families in the village have several sons, but the Shen family has only him, their sole heir; His shrewish, favoritism-prone mother, his mistreated nieces, and his stooped, adopted father all depend on him; Bearing
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- 65 Transmigrated to the Countryside: A Young Farmer's Road to the Imperial Exams 穿越之农家独苗苗的科举之路 [Born into the Past + Farming + Imperial Exams + Fleeing Famine + Warfare] The slow-paced everyday life of a boy from a rural family in ancient times! Zhang Ping'an gets a new lease on life when he transmigrates to an ancient farming family. Fortunately, they are fairly well-off, so no one has to go hungry. He has six older sisters, and he is the only boy his parents had long hoped for. His parents favor sons over daughters, and all six sisters are fierce. He thought he was in for a story about 28.6kReads8.7Score2.7kShelves
- 66 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
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I Bought a Bookboy to Take the Imperial Exam for Me. Now I'm Accused of Stealing His Honors? 买书童替本少科举，告我偷功名？
[Transmigrated into a Book as a Cannon-Fodder + Embroidered Uniform Guard + Imperial Exams + Officialdom + Rooting Out Treacherous Ministers + Fighting the Tartars + Empress] Also known as: The Young Master Strikes Back Against His Fated Bookish Servant, Passes the Imperial Exams, and Saves China After transmigrating into the book as Lin Zhi, a young master destined to be cannon fodder, he finds himself caught in a ridiculous plot where his servant uses the young master as a stepping-stone in th
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- 68 Conquer the World, Starting as a Live-In Son-in-Law 争霸天下，从赘婿开始 Who says a live-in son-in-law is timid and cowardly, lower than pigs and dogs? With an iron spear in hand, he charges through an army seven times! Who says a live-in son-in-law must depend on others and keep his head down? He is wild and untamed, laughing carefree amid a thousand flowers! Who says a live-in son-in-law comes from a poor family and low birth? He treads upon the Seven Stars, and all nations come to pay court as peace reigns beneath heaven! He begins his quest to rule the world as t 8kReads7.9Score517Shelves
- 69 Three Hundred Famous Poems Shake the Nations, but I Just Want to Get Rich! 名诗三百震诸国，我只想当富商！ After transmigrating, Jiang Han finds himself in Great Yu. He is completely bewildered, but the original owner’s life story leaves him even more so: First he studied literature, but failed the exams for three years. Then he took up martial arts, shot an arrow at the training ground, hit the drum attendant, and was thrown out. So he studied medicine and eventually mastered it. He wrote a good prescription, took it, and died. Being transmigrated into the body of a hapless fellow would be bad eno 18.2kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves
- 70 The Great Qin's Ninth Prince: The Icy Female General Keeps Asking for a Divorce 大秦九皇子：冷艳女将军总想和离 Qin Ning is a top technology content creator who wrote A Guide to Transmigration. One day, he transmigrates into the most pathetic of the Great Qin's nine princes. From the start, he is granted a marriage to a stunningly beautiful, cold and aloof female general who made her name in a single battle. His clever third sister-in-law, the bewitching and alluring head courtesan, the mighty general with countless kills, and his ruthless enemies all learn how formidable the Ninth Prince is. But the fema 1.1kReads7.0Score110Shelves
- 71 A Book by Jinjide Shitou 进击的石头的一本书 This is a dynasty where men rule over women, and male children are exceedingly rare. As soon as Yang Jing transmigrated here, the authorities forcibly assigned him two wives. They were gorgeous twins with fair skin and long legs. Yang Jing had to admit they were quite a treat. But there wasn’t even enough food in the house to last the night. He simply couldn’t afford to support them! There was no other choice! To improve his family’s living conditions, he could only take the path of studying, pr 446Reads6.1Score100Shelves
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I’m So Rich, the Emperor Won’t Even Pay My Salary 因为我太有钱陛下就不给发俸禄
Yang Jingyun was born into the Great Qian dynasty. He never expected to find himself in a family packed with brothers, where every day was a struggle of schemes and calculations. Hoping to build a better life for himself, Yang Jingyun began setting up workshops to make sugar, brew liquor, and produce candles and soap, leading his clan to prosperity. Unexpectedly, he caught the emperor’s attention and earned the emperor’s favor. Not only was he granted noble status, but his whole family was ennob
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Transmigrate, Turn the Imperial Exams Around, and Raise a Wife 穿越，科举逆袭养媳妇
[One heroine + imperial examinations + transmigration + alternate history + devoted husband] Zhang Yue feels a sudden wave of dizziness. When he wakes up, he has become the illegitimate son of the Zhang family's second branch. Just thinking about being an illegitimate son gives him a headache, but then he sees his gentle, tender concubine mother and the First Madam, who has always looked after him, and feels like things might just work out after all... Life is hard. Yue sighs!!!
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- 74 The Imperial Exams: Uncle, A Commoner’s Rise Depends on You 科举：叔啊，泥腿子翻身就靠你了 My new book, After Refusing to Rejoin My Ancestral Clan, I Became a Sage Through the Imperial Exams, is out now. Come check it out! After transmigrating as the youngest son of a farming family, he finds himself with nothing but bare walls. The immense wealth he built in business in his previous life did not come with him, and everything he knows is useless here. His widowed mother is at the top of the household, his widowed sister-in-law in the middle, and his nieces and nephews at the bottom. H 1.6kReads8.3Score103Shelves
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The Scholar Stripped of His Official Rank Is the Best in the World 被剥夺功名的书生是天下第一
You transmigrate to a world of immortal cultivation. You’re a useless man whose title of provincial scholar has been stripped away, a 33-year-old failure with a family to support. When layoffs come, you’re the first to go. The world is dark. What do you do? You choose to lie low for now. One day, every gang in Rongjiang County disappears. You can’t fight and have no cultivation. You’re afraid to even kill a chicken, so how could you possibly kill anyone? Everyone says you had nothing to do with
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The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子
After transmigrating into the body of a penniless scholar, Jiang Feng thought about how his computer science degree from his previous life was utterly useless here… Then it occurred to him: “Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. I’ll just have to grit my teeth and take the imperial exams!” He kept going, and when he suddenly looked back, he had risen to the highest offices, expanded the empire’s borders, and built an unprecedented legacy! P.S. The new book, A Poor Scholar of the First Rank,
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- 77 A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州 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 25.9kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves
- 78 A Phoenix Rising from a Humble Household 寒门枭士 Yun Yi somehow transmigrated to the Great Zhou dynasty and became a poor scholar with an empty house and barely enough to eat. He had planned to use simple, homespun techniques to earn a little money and support his family. He never expected to attract the attention of powerful figures at court. To protect himself, Yun Yi outwitted the powerful men, with help from his confidante, and eventually caught the emperor’s eye through a twist of fate. Once he stepped into the court, the emperor wanted t 3.8kReads8.0Score163Shelves
- 79 Master Calligrapher? Poet Immortal? Chief Minister? That's Right, I'm All of Them 书圣？诗仙？首辅？没错，都是我 In his previous life, Cui Xian was a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature at a top-tier university. In this life, he transmigrated to ancient times, into a poor family with no connections: A destitute home, a pregnant mother, young siblings, an uncle who had failed the exams six times and was hopeless at studying, a grandmother so obsessed with imagining her son placing high in the imperial examinations that she had become delusional, and Cui Xian, who was only eight years old. Cui Xian: This 28kReads9.4Score2.7kShelves
- 80 A Proud Son of a Poor Family 寒门骄子 “Transmigrated to ancient times? Don't panic. I was a chemistry PhD in my previous life. Surely I can invent a few things this era has never seen and make a fortune, right?” Watch as the hero puts his knowledge from his previous life to good use, amasses an astonishing fortune, earns the title of top scholar, marries a beautiful heiress, reaches the pinnacle of life, and changes the entire world... 14.6kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 81 The Scholar from a Poor Family 寒门状元 After transmigrating into the family of a common farmer, Ye Xuanmo arrives just as his paternal cousin passes the imperial examination. To revitalize the clan, his cousin invites a teacher to the family to educate the children. In an age when “all trades are base, and only studying is noble,” Ye Xuanmo wants nothing more than to pass the exams and change his family’s circumstances… 3.4kReads8.9Score314Shelves
- 82 I Transmigrated into a Poor Family and Turned My Fate Around Through the Imperial Exams 穿越寒门，我考科举逆袭 [A clever tale of power and strategy] Su Wen, a university student majoring in Chinese literature, transmigrates to ancient times and is born into a poor family. Relying on the brilliant poetry and literary culture of China, he makes a stunning comeback and passes the imperial examinations as the top scholar. A princess of the imperial family, a chancellor's daughter, a wealthy merchant's daughter, the top courtesan in the pleasure quarters, a charming maid... all admire his peerless talent. “ 17.7kReads8.1Score1.6kShelves
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You Pulled Strings to Make Me a Scholar, and I Passed All Three Exams? 走后门让你成秀才，你连中三元？
The print edition of A Match Made in Heaven is now available. Search for the author's name, Cai Bibi, on major platforms to buy a copy. Su Yu transmigrates to ancient times. On the day he fails the imperial exam for the fifth time, he marries the Princess of Changle, who has disguised herself as an ordinary girl. Before Su Yu can roll up his sleeves and earn a living to support his lovely wife, news of an imperial exam result that had been overlooked suddenly arrives. From then on, the good news
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A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭
Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea
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The New Dynasty's Turmoil Begins with a Poor Scholar in Yuezhou 新朝风云，从岳州寒门开始
Lin Yue, a graduate student and a battle-hardened special forces king, dies in the line of duty and awakens in a war-torn era reminiscent of the late Yuan. He is now a poor young man on the verge of death in Yuezhou. In his previous life, he excelled in both letters and arms; in this one, he has nothing. He studies ancient characters and goes into business; he recites the classics and strengthens his body. Drawing on both his knowledge and his own abilities, he rises through the county, prefectu
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Reborn as a Young Scholar in a Farming Family 重生之农家小书生
Xiao Han transmigrated to ancient times as a little boy. He had planned to coast through life, eating his fill and waiting to die, but the System, desperate to meet its performance targets, tried every trick to tempt him, from sweet-talking him to feeding him poisonous motivational slogans. Xiao Han gradually veered onto a path no one had planned for. He had only wanted to help his family achieve a comfortable life, but he aimed too high and accidentally reached the pinnacle of success. Xiao San
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On the Imperial Exams, Who Knows Who'll Be the One Sweating? 论科举，谁卷谁还不知道呢
In his previous life, he was visiting Dujiangyan with his mentor to draw up reinforcement plans when one misstep cost him everything. When Zhang Shi’an opened his eyes again, he was holding a little stick, facing a golden field of rice. The rice looked unusually small, though. Before he could figure out what he was doing, he spotted several sparrows feasting on the rice. His hands reacted even faster than his mind. He raised the stick and swung it at them. The thieving sparrows soon flew up into
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- 88 The Imperial Exams: A Farmer’s Son Has His Day in the Sun 科举，农家子也有春天 One day, Fang Ping’an, a left-behind child, transmigrates to ancient times. He has no extraordinary opportunities and no influential benefactors. How can he turn his life around? The medicine shop has no one he knows. Who would buy the herbs you gather? He knows no one in the world of the imperial examinations. Who would teach you to read? He has no connections in officialdom. Who would help you get your foot in the door? This is the story of a farmer’s son who, in the midst of a confused and ai 43Reads—Score—Shelves
- 89 You Abandoned Me When I Failed the Imperial Exam, So Who Are You Now That I’ve Swept the Boards? 名落孙山你不陪，连中六元你是谁 [The short drama is now available, and the print edition is in publication.][Slow-burn, warm, and humorous][Alternate history + business + imperial examinations + one female lead + no System] Su Run transmigrates into the body of a disgraced scholar who has lost both his parents, failed the imperial exams, and earned a notorious reputation as a lovesick doormat. When he opens his eyes, his fiancée is publicly putting him down and emotionally manipulating him, even threatening to break off their 18kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 90 Transmigration: The Daily Life of an Ancient Imperial Exam Candidate, Son of a Peddler 穿越：商贩之子的古代科举日常 [Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Everyday Life in Ancient Times + Building Wealth + Slow-Burn + Coming of Age] In his previous life, Lin Xiang’an lost his parents at a young age and grew up dependent on others. After getting into college, he took a leave of absence to serve as a conscript. When he returned from the military and resumed his studies, he started a few businesses and gradually made his fortune. He achieved success at a young age, and his business kept growing. Then, one 2.5kReads7.9Score183Shelves
- 91 The Imperial Exam's Oxherd Class: A Young Scholar's Teacher Produces Three Thousand Successful Candidates 科举放牛班，童生夫子教出进士三千 A paradise for exam failures, and a graveyard for renowned scholars. A group of spoiled officials’ sons has become the century-old academy’s newest headache. The old scholar was so furious he suffered a stroke. Chen Fan, a licentiate serving as an assistant instructor, activated the god-tier imperial exam teaching System and was appointed head of the academy in its hour of need. The mischievous magistrate’s son mastered the Five Classics in four months. The unruly prefect’s son became the top sc 1.9kReads8.9Score173Shelves
- 92 The Number One Son-in-Law: From Child Bridegroom to Powerful Minister 第一赘婿：从童养夫到权臣 [Farming and imperial examinations + warm and relaxing + alternate ancient setting] [The male lead seems sweet and simple but is actually cunning and doting toward his wife; a story of growth × the female lead seems frail but is actually domineering and cold-hearted] Villagers: “That little fool from the Fang family carries Pear Girl around everywhere all day. What a bargain that child bride turned out to be!” Song Zhun: “Do you think I want to carry her? If I don’t humor that lazy girl, she say 733Reads8.4Score103Shelves
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Poor Scholar, Grand Secretary: My Teacher Is Xu Jie 寒门首辅：家师徐阶
The early pacing is fast, with a focus on court politics. The protagonist is poor and under pressure at first, and that part has a few issues. If you find it hard to read, you can skip ahead to chapter 80 for the career-focused storyline. “Before the steps of the Golden Hall, half are the bones of scholars. The other half are the people's marrow, congealed. The alchemical furnace swallows every soaring ambition, then exhales it as frozen lines in the history books.” “By dawn, a farmhand; by dusk
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- 94 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to 119.8kReads9.6Score11.5kShelves
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I Sing the Song of Mortals for You 吾为君吟凡人歌
[Male-Oriented, Transmigration, Fictional Setting, Farming, Everyday Life, Imperial Examinations, No System, No Golden Finger, Rural Life, Rustic Setting, One Heroine, Not a Power Fantasy] Lin Zezu, an ordinary nobody from Blue Star, transmigrates to the fictional Wu Kingdom. He arrives just as the original body's father, a scholar, dies of illness. Since the original body's birth mother was a brothel girl, his stepmother and eldest half-brother in the Lin family never treated him well. After Ma
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- 96 The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活 [Transmigration + historical setting + non-virgin male lead + ordinary protagonist with no golden finger] Chen Heyu, a fine young man of the modern age, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing ancient playboy. He is a middle-aged widower with children, a low-ranking son born to a concubine, and not a single money-making skill to his name. He does, however, have plenty of ways to spend money and a mountain of debts from his romantic escapades. To avoid another beating from his father, 34.4kReads9.3Score3.6kShelves
- 97 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.7kReads7.3Score402Shelves
- 98 The First Marquis of Great Chen 大辰第一侯 Xu Xiaoxian, a poverty alleviation officer, transmigrates to the storm-tossed Great Chen Dynasty. With a few potatoes and a handful of corn, he transforms Great Chen’s agricultural structure. Using the knowledge he brought from his previous life, he turns impoverished Liangyi County into a place that draws the attention of nations around the world. There are distilleries, paper mills, dye works, and all kinds of military workshops here, as well as an invincible army without equal anywhere in the 8.6kReads8.8Score816Shelves
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The Road to Success Through the Imperial Examinations 科举之青云路
In his previous life, Lu Sheng was a spoiled rich kid. After being born into a farming family, he regains his memories at the age of three when his cousin pushes him to the ground over two pieces of pork crackling. Among the four paths of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, working for someone else is out of the question. With his poor knowledge of farming, he couldn't even support himself, so it looks like the imperial examinations are his only way to change his fate. From then on, Lu S
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- 100 Hong Kong Crossover: From Street Thug to Business Tycoon 港综：从古惑仔到商业大亨 In 1987, the neon lights of the Imperial Bar in Causeway Bay glowed blood-red through the rain. Ye Kun gripped his ice-cold beer bottle, veins bulging in his hand. In the mirror, a sharply chiseled face sneered back at him. The original owner of this body was none other than “Handsome Kun,” the man everyone in Hung Hing avoided at all costs. From a street punk in Causeway Bay to a tycoon in Central, in this life, who would dare say that “Handsome Kun” could only live in gangster stories? —Reads—Score303Shelves
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