Imperial Exam Stories With Two Male Leads 科举文，双男主

1. 51 大 Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下 Deep at Dusk日暮沉沉Historical2.1M WordsOngoing Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p 12.8kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
2. 52 全 My Entire Clan! Supports My Imperial Exams 全族！供我科举 Yang Chan Who Loves Braised Yellow Mutton爱吃焖黄羊肉的杨婵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 13.8kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
3. 53 寒 The Poor Scholar's Rise 寒门贵子 Beyond the Mountain山的那边Historical2.1M WordsCompleted 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, 34.6kReads9.1Score3.4k14d adds
4. 54 全 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 Uncle Jianghe江河大爷Historical2.2M WordsOngoing 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 216.4kReads9.3Score21.7k14d adds
5. 55 全 My Clan Funded My Exams, So I Won My Dog an Imperial Title 全族供我科举路，我赠族犬诰命身 Househusband煮夫Historical2.9M WordsOngoing In her previous life, Fang Ziqi was a PhD in science at one of China’s top five universities. In this life, she transmigrates into a farming family in the Great Liang dynasty! A poor household, a father who secretly studies, a biased grandfather, and an uncle who has failed the exams ten times… In an age when everything is inferior to studying, Fang Ziqi has no choice but to tighten her belt and embark on the imperial examination path! She begins her studies at six! Takes the exams at eight! Pas 22.1kReads7.8Score2.2k14d adds
6. 56 寒 The Imperial Exam Routine of a Poor Butcher's Son 寒门屠户之子的科举日常 Diki DaddyDiki粑粑Historical3.3M WordsOngoing The Wang butcher family is full of burly men, all tall, broad, and muscular, like a whole den of reincarnated black bears! But their youngest son, Wang Sanniu, is the odd one out: frail, delicate, and liable to fall over in a breeze. Standing beside his family, he looks like a little fox that wandered into a bear’s den. Butchering pigs? The moment pig’s blood splashes over him, he faints! Farming? The hoe is taller than he is! With the family fearing he’ll become a good-for-nothing, his mother m 186.1kReads9.0Score23.8k14d adds
7. 57 农 The Imperial Tutor's Road to the Civil Service Exams 农门帝师的科举之路 Ju He雎禾Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on... 21.8kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
8. 58 这 This Top Scholar Plays by His Own Rules 这个状元路子有点野 The Foundation of One's Life立身之本Historical2.3M WordsCompleted [Farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + lighthearted] My Parents Flipped the Table and Quit, So I Want to Take the Imperial Exams Too Just as Wang Xuezhou was about to reach the peak of his life, he transmigrated. The good news: in this life, his parents were loving, and his siblings got along. The bad news: the whole family was pinching pennies to fund his eldest uncle's studies. They had next to nothing and were living on coarse grain and wild greens. But before he could flip t 50.9kReads8.9Score6.3k14d adds
9. 59 胎 Born into a Farmer's Family as Their Late-Born Son, I Change Our Fortunes Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿农家老来子，靠科举改换门庭 Tu Yi凃扆Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + No Golden Finger] Just after passing the civil service exam, Song Xi was sent by a cement truck trying to meet its quota to an ancient dynasty called Great Qi. He was reborn as a farmer's son, and his mother gave birth to him at an advanced age, drawing plenty of ridicule from those around them. His family owned nothing but four bare walls, and they could afford meat only once or twice a year. Fortunately, his family loved him, and he had something to look f 19.7kReads8.3Score1.8k14d adds
10. 60 哥 Peach Blossoms Bloom Outside the Young Master’s Door 哥儿门前桃花开 Cat Nineteen,猫十九丶Two Male Leads345k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + Guy + Food + Imperial Exams + 1v1 HE] When he opened his eyes, modern food blogger Su He had transmigrated into the body of a pitiful young man in ancient times who had been forced to jump into a river. He had become the price his greedy stepmother accepted to sell him to an old man. At his most desperate, the cool and upright scholar Shen Yan rescued him. To survive, Su He grabbed his sleeve without hesitation. “Marry me, then sign a deed severing ties with my family.” With a 4Reads—Score—14d adds

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    [Time Travel + Young Master + Food + Imperial Examination + 1v1 HE] Upon opening his eyes, Su He, a modern food blogger, found himself transmigrated into the body of a pitiful young master forced to jump into a river in ancient times. He became the price his greedy stepmother used to sell him to an old man. In his desperate situation, the aloof and upright scholar Shen Yan saved him. To survive, Su He decisively grabbed his sleeve: "Marry me, and then sign a letter severing ties with my family." A marriage contract transformed them from strangers to allies, promising to help each other succeed. Using their modern culinary skills, they created a variety of novel dishes, including guokui (a type of flatbread), mala tang (a spicy hot pot), hot pot, and barbecue, which amazed everyone. "Shen Family Snacks" went from a roadside stall to the capital, becoming a sensation throughout the Great Yan Dynasty. Those who once looked down on his young master status now succumbed to his delicious food. With Su He's support, Shen Yan picked up his books again, achieving successive victories in the imperial examinations, progressing from a child student to a scholar, then to the top scholar, and finally to a position in the Hanlin Academy. He took her to every occasion, never avoiding or yielding, and openly declared: "Su He is the only one in my life." This is the most perfect love story they wrote together.

11. 61 首 The Chief Minister Is Teasing His Young Husband Again 首辅他又在逗弄小夫郎了 Qianqiu仟邱Two Male Leads967k WordsOngoing [Top + Farming + Making Money to Support the Family + Imperial Examinations + Mutual Devotion] Song Qunqing, a powerful survivor from the apocalypse, opened his eyes to find himself a poor scholar in ancient times. His family had nothing, his parents were both dead, and he had two little dependents who were still crying to be fed! Song Qunqing sighed. Forget it. If I survived the zombie apocalypse, surely raising kids and farming won't defeat me. Just as he was about to make his fortune, he pick 109Reads8.2Score—14d adds
12. 62 病 The Ailing Chief Minister’s Live-In Husband 病秧子首辅的招赘夫郎 Red Bean Who Loves Pickled Green Beans爱吃泡青豆的红豆Two Male Leads1.2M WordsOngoing [Refined beauty from the native world, top vs. modern entrepreneur, handsome bottom] Liu Xiaoru transmigrated into the body of an older unmarried man, a hunter whose father had died young and whose frail mother was the only one managing the household. As soon as he arrived, he found himself facing the familiar script of a broken engagement and a public humiliation. The villagers didn't sympathize with Liu Xiaoru for being jilted. Instead, they praised his former fiancé, a licentiate. “So what if 1.6kReads8.4Score15114d adds
13. 63 赚 Make a Fortune and Raise a Top Scholar 赚钱养出状元郎 The Streetlight Is Broken路灯坏了Ancient Romance295k WordsCompleted (Male-male romance) The setting has three genders: men, women, and ge’ers. The Chu family’s youngest son, Chu An, insists on going up the mountain to play. He never expects to be struck on the head by a falling rock. He’s brought home and lies unconscious for a whole month without waking. The Chu family searches everywhere for famous doctors, but when there’s nowhere else to turn, they seek out the village shamaness. She says Chu An encountered an evil spirit in the mountains, and that they must 51Reads6.5Score—14d adds
14. 64 我 I Became an NPC in a Quick Transmigration Novel 我变成了快穿文里的NPC The One Who Loves Pomelos爱吃抽子Two Male Leads114k WordsOngoing Hundreds of years later, Chen Ling was the only survivor in the entire universe. Lonely, he opened the transmigration gate and entered a quick transmigration novel, becoming an NPC. Somehow, it seemed as though something was guiding him. He was destined to meet someone, along with their companions. A cold-faced, warm-hearted powerhouse in fragmented form as the top, and a somewhat funny bottom who knows how to play the pig to eat the tiger. —Reads—Score—14d adds

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15. 65 既 Jiming's Book: The Iron Horse and Ice River Haunt My Dreams 既明书：铁马冰河入梦来 Neither of Us Speaks两不言Ancient Romance75k WordsOngoing The Book of Jiming: A tech-minded straight arrow and a deranged prince push each other to the limit “He wants an age of peace and prosperity. I want him to bow his head and submit.” In a nutshell: A science and engineering guy transmigrates to ancient times and develops technology, only to catch the eye of a deranged prince. He burns my blueprints, I blow up his palace. Fair trade, right? 6Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Shuangnan, Imperial Examination, System, Satisfying Read.

16. 66 从 Rising From the Mountain Village 从山村崛起 Skilled Little Farmer农民小能手Urban314k WordsCompleted My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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17. 67 长 The Long Dream's Command 长梦令 Little Bao Is So Nice小宝很奈斯Two Male Leads384k WordsCompleted [Historical romance※two male leads※brilliant minds※court intrigue※bad ending] During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, the child prodigy Li Chang'an from the capital and the Huizhou scholar Cheng Menghui both served at the Hanlin Academy. Both were exceptionally gifted and brilliant. They felt an instant kinship upon meeting and became close friends. Menghui's outstanding talent caught the attention of Grand Secretary Gu Xian, who chose him as his son-in-law. But Menghui's heart was wholly d 14Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A first-person narrative masterpiece by a top-tier literature PhD from a 985 university, a historical romance with two male protagonists, two child prodigies in the Ming Dynasty, and their legendary rise in the officialdom. Added to bookshelf for later reading [Already added to my wishlist]

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