Any Highly Rated Imperial Exam Stories Where a Woman Becomes a Man? Highly Rated, Please! 有没有高分的女穿男科举文，高分！

1. 1 穷 From Pauper to Grand Secretary 穷小子到阁老 Zhu Family Jasmine茱家茉莉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Zhu Yuanyuan was a highly educated young woman of the new era, ready to make her mark and serve her country. But before she could, she was shot on the school sports field... After becoming him, she threw herself into the imperial examination system, striving forward for herself and her family. From a village student to a presented scholar, from a farming household to the imperial court, she carved out her own path in life, one step at a time... 442Reads6.8Score—Shelves
2. 2 女 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 Shang Xinghe裳星河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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   - *The Ancient Imperial Examination Life of a Farmer's Son*: By Qu Liushui. A modern, older, unmarried woman transmigrates into the body of a frail boy in an ancient farming family. To survive and repay her family, she chooses the path of the imperial examinations. This novel doesn't feature any special advantages; the protagonist relies primarily on his hard work, perseverance, and self-discipline to achieve his dream of changing his family's fortunes. The characters are vividly portrayed, and the novel emphasizes harmonious family relationships and the invaluable nature of friendship.

3. 3 农 An Ambitious Country Boy's Life in Ancient Times 农家小子的古代上进日常 The Hibernating Donkey冬眠中的驴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
4. 4 女 A Woman in a Man’s Body: Reborn as the Legitimate Second Son, I Rule the Court 女穿男：穿成嫡次子，我权倾朝野 Tao Shi桃十Ancient Romance916k WordsCompleted [Female transmigrates into a male body + born into a new life + doted on by everyone] [Chronicles of the Legitimate Second Son] Zhou Yan died, then came back to life, only this time as a boy. Unfortunately, when he was born, his grandfather was still a down-and-out Marquis of Anding. His father had only just managed to marry a princess through sheer shamelessness, and his princess mother was a pitiful little thing with a burden from her previous marriage in tow 3.7kReads6.4Score248Shelves
5. 5 我 I Conquer the Imperial Exams in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频科举文里大杀四方 A Little Fish Roe一只鱼籽Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted After dying, Lin Muwei transmigrates from her former life as an office worker into the body of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an. With powerful enemies outside and schemers within, the beautiful young woman has to pass herself off as a man, disguising her gender to fool everyone! Pampered beyond measure, Lin Muwei sets her sights on becoming the capital’s number-one wastrel! Who could have guessed that the marquis’s household would suddenly fall from favor, and Lin Muwei would turn t 254Reads6.2Score—Shelves
6. 6 穿 Transmigrate to a Farming Family, Aim for the Imperial Exams 穿越农家，科举为上 Tang Qinghan唐轻寒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
7. 7 刚 The One I Just Stabbed Became My Clan’s Greatest Hope 刚捅死的，我转身成了全族希望 Hei Ma黑吗Ancient Romance434k WordsCompleted [Imperial Exams] + [Female-to-Male] + [Farming] + [Family Life] + [Confucian Cultivation] After transmigrating, she was stabbed to death by her own mother. Then she was reborn as that woman's child, Li Tianbao. Because she had memories of her past life, someone altered her memories in her second life shortly after she was born. For years, she was forced to be a dutiful, downtrodden son to her own murderer. This is a once-prominent family with the bloodline of sages, now fallen into decline. 198Reads6.2Score—Shelves
8. 8 女 A Woman Transmigrates into a Man with a Golden Finger, So Even Fleeing Disaster Is No Problem 女穿男之有金手指逃荒也不怕 Snow on a Serene Shore悠然汀雪Ancient Romance484k WordsCompleted [A woman transmigrates into a man’s body, and a man into a woman’s; imperial examinations; fleeing famine; both leads have golden fingers and flawed personalities, and neither is perfect.] Qiu Chi never imagined that, despite being one of the top five fighters at her base, skilled in both martial arts and supernatural powers, she would die after getting her period, surrounded by zombies and drained of both her powers and inner strength. What a pathetic way to go. Before dying, she swore she woul 281Reads7.4Score100Shelves
9. 9 女 A Woman in a Man's Body: Becoming Emperor in Ancient Times 女穿男：我在古代当皇帝 Tomatoes Exploding Eggplants番茄爆茄子Ancient Romance231k WordsCompleted Ling Ruohan, an esper who has struggled to survive in the apocalypse, never imagined that one day she would transmigrate into an old-fashioned, melodramatic romance novel. The role she transmigrates into isn't the protagonist, a supporting character, or even a cannon fodder character. She's a mere plot device, a genuine nobody who appears in fewer than a hundred words in the book! A woman becoming a man? No problem. Getting stuck with a scumbag's body? No problem. But being trapped in the body o 2Reads6.5Score—Shelves
10. 10 女 A Woman Transmigrates into a Man: I Have a Way to Stay Alive 女穿男：我有保命手段 Boating on the Cool Sea酷海泛舟Ancient Romance526k WordsCompleted Reborn as a foot soldier on an ancient battlefield, and a man at that?! Phew, at least she has a golden finger to keep her alive. She wants to keep a low profile, but accidentally earns military honors and becomes a general! As if making her fight the enemy weren’t enough, the nobles keep sending women to her estate! 192Reads—Score—Shelves
11. 11 女 A Woman in a Man's Body, With a Pocket Dimension to Raise a Wife in Famine Years 女穿男，空间在手，荒年养媳妇 Xing Yun La星允拉Ancient Romance251k WordsCompleted [Both leads are virgins + farming + everyday life + pocket dimension + stockpiling food + fleeing famine] In her previous life, Wang Nan was groped by her boss. As she fought back, she unexpectedly transmigrated to a fictional dynasty, straight into its poorest desert region. That was bad enough... She also went from a woman to a boy, transmigrating into the body of a nine-year-old farm child... She had no father, but she did have a tough mother who feared nothing. Even worse, at nine, she alrea 1.1kReads8.4Score116Shelves
12. 12 女 A Woman in a Man’s Body: The Farmer’s Son Works Everyone to Tears 女穿男之，农家小子把人卷哭了 Counting Stars at Night夜晚数星星Ancient Romance313k WordsCompleted Wah! When Liu An’an opened her eyes, she discovered she’d become a baby. What? Not only had she become a baby, she’d also changed sex and become the only boy in the family, Liu An. Her family doted on him, but they were so poor that even getting enough to eat was a problem. Well, seeing how much his family loved him, Liu An decided to put the advantages of his previous life to use, work hard, and lead the whole family to a better life. 844Reads8.5Score100Shelves
13. 13 科 Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅 Dressed in Splendor宝妆成Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr 8.5kReads9.5Score1.3kShelves
14. 14 女 A Woman in a Man’s Body: Foreseeing Disasters and Fleeing Famine 女穿男，预知天灾去逃荒 Life Beneath the Floating Moon浮月人生Ancient Romance330k WordsCompleted [Transmigration] + [golden finger] + [ancient natural disasters] + [not a self-sacrificing heroine] One night, Sun Yinan wakes up and finds herself transmigrated into the body of Sun Yinan. Other people transmigrate as princesses or daughters of officials, with comfortable lives and plenty to eat. So who can tell her why she’s become a man? And not just any man, but a farmer’s son. She thinks being transmigrated as a man is bad enough, but then she dreams that natural disasters are coming, just 307Reads6.6Score—Shelves
15. 15 手 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 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves

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    Super super good-looking

16. 16 七 From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅 Fine Night良宵Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing, 3.6kReads9.1Score480Shelves
17. 17 我 I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚 Yi Ran怡然Ancient Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household. 4.1kReads9.4Score756Shelves
18. 18 开 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙 Jiang Suiwan江岁晚Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o 12.1kReads9.2Score1.7kShelves

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    Is it okay for a girl to dress up as a boy? 🤔

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