Transmigrated as the Female Lead's Cousin in an Imperial Exam Novel

Blurb:

This novel is also known as The Merchant's Son's Journey to Office Through the Imperial Examinations.

Wei Yuzan transmigrated into a book, ending up in a sweet romance novel about the imperial examinations as the cousin of the heroine and the young ladies of the Mei household.

In the original story, Wei Yuzan was the nephew of the heroine's stepmother and the son of a merchant. By a twist of fate, he became engaged to the heroine's elder half-sister. Later, disaster befell his family, and he went to the capital to seek refuge with his aunt.

Though this cousin was only an average scholar, he was blessed with a handsome face. He secretly flirted with every young lady in the Mei household, winning their secret affections and stirring up fierce rivalries.

This sanctimonious cousin naturally got what was coming to him: the male lead exposed his true nature with a scheme, leaving him disgraced and ruined.

Wei Yuzan transmigrated at just the right time. His family had fallen on hard times, but he had yet to go to the capital to seek refuge, and none of those sordid events had happened.

Wei Yuzan naturally had no intention of following in his predecessor's footsteps, doing every manner of vile thing and ending up disgraced and ruined.

A merchant's son with no power or influence could be ordered around by any petty official. In his previous two lives, Wei Yuzan had been born into privilege, once in ancient times and once in the modern era. Starting over yet again, how could he let others control his fate and remain beneath them forever?

He was merely retaking the imperial examinations. For a man like Wei, becoming a licentiate or a provincial graduate was child's play.

He would become the top scorer, rise to Grand Secretary, and soar through the ranks as an official after passing the imperial examinations. From a merchant's son to tutor to two emperors, his name would go down in history!

1. Before transmigrating, the male lead lived two lives, one in ancient times and one in the modern era.

2. The male lead has two faces: warm on the surface, cold within. He is not a good person in the conventional sense.

3. The female lead is not the original heroine. She has little romance with the male lead and is more of a background character.

Theme: Empty talk harms the country; practical action makes it prosper.