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1. 51 科 Imperial Exams: Sir, Your Son Just Scored Six Perfects in a Row 科举：老爷，少爷他连中六元了 Flying Cow 98会飞的牛98Historical1.1M WordsCompleted One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A thorough understanding of the world is knowledge, and social savvy is good writing. Ren Junjie, a history graduate, suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar world as the eldest legitimate son of the richest family in Xinchang County. A former wastrel, he turns over a new leaf and marries a lovely young wife. He rests every other day and works on the days in between, studying harder and striving to improve. With his deep knowledge of history, he purs 9.2kReads8.8Score703Shelves
2. 52 欺 How Dare You Accuse This Prince of Cheating in the Imperial Exam? 欺天啦！你敢说本皇子科举作弊？ No Wind in Chang'an长安不起风Historical665k WordsCompleted I! The first top scorer in the imperial examinations after the founding of the Dafeng Dynasty! I! The first presented scholar of the Dafeng Dynasty to be executed by beheading after autumn! All because my talent was so brilliant that the emperor used a drunken poem of mine as an exam question. A miscarriage of justice! The greatest injustice under heaven! What do the power struggles between the Crown Prince and the Third Prince have to do with me? They tortured me into a confession just to claim 262Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 53 吃 Eat! Sleep! Get Promoted! Bail Out Big Brother! 吃饭！睡觉！升官！捞哥哥！ Braised Carp No. 1红烧鲤鱼1号Historical562k WordsCompleted Ling Yuan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the son of a distinguished family. He and his older brother both pass the imperial examinations and enter government service. But his brother is stubbornly upright. He repeatedly offends ministers at court and keeps remonstrating with the empress, earning her displeasure. With so many enemies in court, his brother is either being demoted or on his way to a demotion. To save his brother, Ling Yuan only does four things: eat, sleep, get promoted 140Reads5.9Score—Shelves
4. 54 刚 I Just Became a Martial Artist, and a System for Rising to Sainthood Arrived 刚成武夫，逆袭成圣系统来了 Coffee Tea咖啡茶Eastern Fantasy618k WordsOngoing [A new novel from the author of I Became a Sage Through Reading, with 700,000 readers. Just received its rating] [Xuanhuan + Confucian cultivation + Absurd humor + Comedy + Subverting expectations + Visiting brothels to listen to music + Must-read] Ning Hao transmigrates to a world ruled by Confucian teachings, where a mysterious beggar declares him a once-in-a-thousand-years martial arts prodigy. But just as he becomes a martial artist, the Counterattack and Become a Sage System arrives thirty 1.9kReads8.6Score111Shelves
5. 55 寒 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Begins with Meeting the Miserable Crown Prince 寒门崛起，从遇上苦逼太子开始 Zuo Lan佐蓝Historical2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Imperial Exams for the Poor + No System + Lighthearted + Wits and Strategy] After transmigrating to ancient times, Tang Yin was completely dumbfounded. He'd gone to sleep and woken up as a seven-year-old kid? He lived in Peach Blossom Village, Qingzhou Prefecture, in the Great Ming, and came from a poor family? It was a disastrous start. He had to fight heaven and earth, and even deal with his awful relatives. Determined to escape the mountains, Tang Yin secretly studied at the 8.1kReads7.9Score695Shelves
6. 56 拒 After Refusing to Rejoin My Clan, I Became a Great Scholar Through the Imperial Exams 拒绝认祖归宗后，我靠科举成文圣 Lonely Lamp in the Night Rain夜雨孤灯Historical482k WordsCompleted (Transmigration + wish fulfillment + imperial examinations + court politics + face-slapping + no System) He transmigrates to ancient times, only to find himself an illegitimate son who has never been acknowledged by his family. Su Shijin wants to change his fate through knowledge, but despite having mastered high school Chinese and graduated in applied mathematics, he can barely make sense of classical Chinese. Then he obtains a writing brush. From that day on, he earns the red mark on his foreh 2.8kReads9.0Score252Shelves
7. 57 状 My Top Scholar Title Was Stolen, So I Turned to the Empress with a Plan to Kill the Hu 状元被抢，反手向女帝献计杀胡令 Toasted Malt炒麦芽Historical209k WordsOngoing After transmigrating, Jiang Yang studies the classics diligently, convinced he can place among the top three in the imperial examinations and bring honor to his family. Who could have guessed that he would encounter exam fraud, with his essay stolen from him? From destined top scholar to a name missing from the list! Just then, the Xiongnu march south and barbarian tribes invade from every direction. The Great Zhou Dynasty clings to a corner of the realm, on the verge of collapse. To reclaim the 145Reads—Score—Shelves
8. 58 为 To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举 Yu Su鱼素Historical1.4M WordsOngoing 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 1.4kReads8.6Score123Shelves
9. 59 吾 I Sing the Song of Mortals for You 吾为君吟凡人歌 Six Sons of Qingfeng青峰六子Historical552k WordsCompleted [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 3Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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   Come on, I'll give you a copy. Serious. Imperial examination. Hope you like it.

10. 60 玉 Yuxi Case Records 玉溪笔录 LuLu99Historical229k WordsOngoing Ensemble cast + farming + women taking the imperial exams without disguising themselves as men + everyday family life Most of the poems in this work are original. Everyone's welcome to discuss them! Serious synopsis: Follow Liu Yuxi as she records the chaos and laughter of the Liu family compound, the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, and their journey as they grow up. Most of the plot draws on historical precedents. The nine-year-old prodigy is based on Lin Youyu of the Song dynasty. Main pl 2Reads8.7Score—Shelves

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    Read this book. The female protagonist is taking the imperial examination. It's very interesting. It doesn't require a golden finger.

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