A Civil Servant's Guide to Promotion in the Immortal Realm

Zhiwei deeply agreed with the saying, "The ultimate destination of the universe is a secure government job." After transmigrating as the daughter of an immortal, she still couldn't escape the fate of sitting the Heavenly Court civil service exam. To get housing subsidies, guaranteed leave, equipment for fighting monsters, and health insurance for surviving tribulations... Zhiwei bowed to reality and joined the ranks of aspiring immortals. All she wanted was a job that could support her, but promotions and raises came one after another. In just a few decades, she went from a junior clerk to a standing committee member who was on brotherly terms with the Heavenly Lord... My new novel, The Real Heiress Refuses to Follow the Plot, is now underway! Ten years after transmigrating into this world, Taosheng unexpectedly learned that she was the real heiress and a supporting female character in the domestic-strife novel A Lifetime of Glory. According to the plot, she was supposed to return to the Marquis Wen Yuan household with her biological father, Shen Yu, and fight the false heiress and true female lead, Shen Ruojin, until one of them was destroyed. On one side was the marquis's household, whose members were distant toward her and doted on Shen Ruojin. Even so much as making Shen Ruojin frown would be her fault. On the other side were her warm, witty aunt and her devastatingly handsome, top-scholar cousin. Taosheng made her choice quickly. She refused to return to the marquis's household and threw herself into the arms of her aunt and cousin. The Shen family found Taosheng's choice utterly incomprehensible. Her aunt was a widow with a child, isolated and without support, no match for the generations of nobility in the Marquis Wen Yuan household. Her cousin Ji Yanming was still young and studying, no match for the Shen brothers, who had received an excellent education from childhood. Everyone was holding their breath, waiting for Taosheng to come to her senses, regret her choice, and beg to be taken back. Instead, they waited to see Ji Yanming achieve the triple top honors in the imperial examinations and earn merit for supporting the new emperor, becoming a noble of the new dynasty and a powerful court official. They watched Taosheng effortlessly claim the top spot among the capital's young ladies, become a renowned master of the six arts, and receive the highest official honors... The Shen family had once been utterly unwilling to take Taosheng back. Now they regretted it bitterly and only wanted to add her name to the first page of the family genealogy, hoping to bask in her fame. Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations and keep striving forward.