Transmigrating to Take the Imperial Exams

Chen Bing transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son. The original owner was frail and sickly from childhood, but exceptionally handsome. He caught the eye of Jiang Li, a spoiled young man from a martial arts school in the city who was already twenty-four and still unmarried. They say Jiang Li was spoiled rotten. Though beautiful, he had a fiery temper and loved whipping people at the slightest provocation. Whoever married him supposedly wouldn’t live more than three years. But the Jiang family offered the Chen family a hundred taels of silver to “buy” Chen Bing, whose days were numbered. The original Chen Bing died of anger, and in his place came Chen Bing from the apocalypse. He’s barely arrived before facing the prospect of becoming a live-in son-in-law. Perfect. After spending his whole life as an overachiever, Chen Bing only wants to lounge around and wait for death. Who says a man can’t live off his spouse? When they first marry: Jiang Li: Find me someone who’s about to die. I want to be a widower. But Chen Bing coughs up blood so hard... he places first in the imperial exams. New to court: Huo, the Grand Secretary and a veteran of four reigns: What threat could a dying top graduate possibly pose? But Chen Bing coughs up blood so hard... the whole court takes him as its spiritual leader. With power in his hands: The emperor: You call that having more authority than the throne? The Imperial Physician still says he won’t live three years, right? Three years pass, then another three... The emperor: I suspect Chen Aiqing’s three years will outlast my dynasty. Crown Prince’s tutor, Imperial Preceptor, Immortal Guardian of the State. Chen Bing: I really just want to lie down... Theme: It’s good to be alive. Take it easy and follow your heart.