Becoming a Scholar in a Matriarchal World (Imperial Exams)

Original title: What Is Going On in This Matriarchal Kingdom? (The Imperial Exams) - Fattening-up readers, please stop unsubscribing! Seriously, I'm crying. [100% original, even the poems are my own. Come explore matriarchy in the Dayi universe, complete with folk customs, classical texts, and women gazing at men and teaching them their place!] 60% anti-theft protection Li Wanting never imagined some authors could be so petty that even secretly complaining about them would get you sent into the world they wrote. So she was reborn in another body. Big deal? As a seasoned novel fan, she'd be letting down all the virtual gifts she'd sent and all the ratings she'd given if she panicked for even a second. So what if she had a low starting point? She'd read plenty of stories about playing the pig to eat the tiger, leveling up, building a strong nation, and Mary Sue protagonists. What hadn't she seen? She took to selling goods with one hand and buttering people up with the other, using the advantages of being born into this world to cement her child prodigy reputation. She thought she'd nailed it and just had to wait for a male lead from Jinjiang to drop from the sky and carry her through the rest of her life. Then she learned this was a matriarchal world, and she'd have to rely on herself. Well, it wasn't like she could transmigrate back, was it? Then she'd just have to work hard! Li Wanting worked hard, and then harder still. She charmed her way into a marriage with a man whose name was a homophone of hers, and persuaded a provincial graduate to become her tutor. Before she knew it, she had reached the pinnacle. One day she became famous throughout the land, and once she ascended to the altar, she could never come down. Everyone said that Master Chongming was an immortal maiden reborn and a sacred bird reincarnated: admired by the emperor, revered by scholars, and accomplished in both letters and arms. Even the handpicked, imperial best-of-the-best group of handsome men dreamed of marrying her. Strange. She'd spent this life working hard instead of lying flat, and it was actually pretty thrilling? I'm writing without a backlog and doing my best to update daily. [IMPORTANT] The heroine will marry and have children. The men are chaste. They won't overshadow the heroine. The male lead will absolutely not become the main character in terms of screen time just because of his relationship with the heroine. This story features men raised under the female gaze, and its supporting female and male characters are also different from those in the matriarchal stories you've read before. It's absolutely worth diving into! If you're worried, you can read my previously completed story, Awakening of the Savage, which also features a spouse and children. They absolutely won't interfere with the heroine's career. As for disagreements about terminology and some minor details, everything serves to make the worldbuilding and matriarchal logic complete. See my profile for the 100,000-character free essay Matriarchy Is the True Way. I've also pinned answers to common questions in the comments. In the Dayi matriarchal universe, the female radical is practically gilded, so female forms of address are used without derogatory meaning, and male forms of address are used without complimentary meaning. Stop arguing about women giving birth, and don't worry about women having no superhuman height or strength. I simply believe that women's intelligence is enough to make them worthy of respect. If you don't believe women are intelligent, there's nothing more to say, and there's no need to try to persuade me. You're welcome to point out typos and discuss things reasonably, but please respect one another. The entire setting is original and has been polished over many years. You don't have to love it, but please don't hurt it recklessly. Theme: Return to first principles and dare to make your name known throughout the world