A Corrupt Official's Survival Guide (Transmigrate into a Book)

[This is my first novel, so it has lots of flaws, QAQ. I'll revise it when I have time.]

[Please add my other novel, The Usurping Tyrant Is Cruel and Cunning, to your reading list, =v=]

[Synopsis]

Help! What do I do after transmigrating into my own novel as a corrupt minor official who gets dismembered by the male lead at the end?

Song Qinrou is a web novelist who often uses "rebirth" and "transmigration" as elements in her stories.

She never imagined that one day she'd end up in one of those clichéd plots herself.

And she'd transmigrated into the corrupt minor official she'd just written off!

This character was greedy and lecherous. After accidentally saving the Crown Prince, she rose to great heights and became the deputy magistrate of the Jingzhao Prefecture. But before long, evil thoughts took root, and she went down the road of corruption without looking back. In the end, the upright male lead had her torn apart by five horses.

Strangely enough, as time went on, she noticed that the male lead, who should have been her sworn enemy, was getting closer and closer to her.

Faced with that devastatingly handsome face, Song Qinrou could only think about how to stay alive. "..."

Damn these heart-fluttering feelings.

Gu Wangjin was born into a family of high officials. At fifteen, he passed the imperial examinations at the highest rank and became the court's chancellor.

This was unprecedented in all of Great Liang, and even across the Nine Provinces.

His intelligence was off the charts. He could outargue a hall full of scholars with words, and take on a hundred opponents in battle, yet he was completely stumped by the newly appointed deputy magistrate of Jingzhao Prefecture, who was anything but a loyal official.

At first, he couldn't stand Lian Song. But the more he looked down on her, the more he began to feel that something was wrong with him.

As he agonized over whether his feelings were improper, he stumbled upon an earth-shattering secret.

Lian Song was actually a woman!

Before falling for Gu Wangjin

Song Qinrou declared confidently, "I'd rather die than go to the examination hall. I don't want to take the exams, and I don't want to see Gu Wangjin."

After falling for Gu Wangjin

Gu Wangjin got up early to supervise the exams. Song Qinrou tugged at his sleeve, her expression earnest. "I'd rather die than miss the examination hall. Even if I have to take the exams, I want to see you every moment of every day."

Song Qinrou: a silly, sweet, adorable goof who plays dumb × Gu Wangjin: a cool, upright, devoted sweetheart who dotes on her

Happy ending, one-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first, with a side couple.

The heroine is an ordinary person. She disguises herself as a man in the early chapters. The dynasty is fictional, so please don't overanalyze it~

Synopsis for The Usurping Tyrant Is Cruel and Cunning:

Song Xueqian, the third young lady of the prime minister's household, was beautiful and gentle. Her soft, misty voice charmed the Crown Prince into promising her a lifetime of doting affection.

She gave him her heart, left the sheltered life of her chambers to make connections, and lost herself along the way. Who could have known that the first thing the Crown Prince would do after taking the throne was burn her entire family alive?

As the flames suddenly shifted, she returned to the Qixi Festival when she was a young girl, the day she first met the Crown Prince.

Hurrying to avoid the bridge where her nightmare had begun, she turned and saw a young boy who had offended the powerful, on the verge of being whipped to death.

Their eyes met. The boy's pale, exquisite face was just as beautiful as before, just as it had been in her past life when, trapped in the flames and covered in blood, he had led her out of the abyss.

She gathered her courage and stepped forward, using her frail body to shield him from the bloody blows, even though it meant falling once more into the hands of the prince pretending to be a powerful noble.

That one intervention not only saved the entire Song household from annihilation, but also spared the Nine Provinces half a century of turmoil caused by his madness.

The new emperor, Xie Nanshu, had a handsome face, but was cruel and sinister, with the blood of his father and brothers staining his hands. He was the furthest thing from a benevolent ruler.

He wielded the executioner's blade to control the powerful, deciding who would live and die. His inhuman methods left Chang'an in ruins. For a time, everyone across the Nine Provinces lived in fear, cursing the demon and wishing he would go to hell.

Little did they know that at midnight, the demon would lay down his blade, dress in spotless white, and keep vigil all night at the former prime minister's residence, where he made offerings.

At last, the demon provoked the wrath of heaven and the fury of the people. Returning to the bridge where they first met, he encountered the Crown Prince first. No matter how badly the whipping had mangled his flesh, his dark red eyes, brilliant as stars, saw only Song Xueqian, steadfastly protecting him.

Just as in their previous life, he obediently followed her back to the Song household.

But this time, he would protect her, defend her family, and turn the heavens upside down.

*Happy-ending romance between an older woman and a younger man, two years apart. One-on-one romance, both leads are each other's first in both lifetimes, with a side couple.

*The male lead is a lovesick puppy who plays the pig to eat the tiger in the early chapters, then turns into a mad, ferocious wolf later on. He has a harem but never sleeps with anyone. Guaranteed sweetness, no angst. Please add it to your reading list~*3*

Theme: Use modern, advanced teaching methods to improve the flaws of the ancient imperial examination system.