A Scholarly Family (Imperial Examinations)

Recent university graduate Gu Yunshu unexpectedly transmigrates into the eldest son of an impoverished scholar. His family had produced scholars for five generations, but by his father's generation, this once cultured household had fallen into ruin.

The original host's father refused to sell the family's rare books, even when he was dying. Before his death, the scholar urged his son to study hard and restore the family fortune.

The family may be down on its luck, but its spirit is admirable.

A century-old family motto weighs on his shoulders: Honor your parents for their kindness, love others and treat them with benevolence, study whenever you have the time, and work hard to overcome your shortcomings.

Looking at his widowed mother, young brother, and frail little sister, Gu Yunshu has no choice but to work hard to make a living. To ensure the Gu ancestors don't die with regrets, he picks up the books he had only just managed to put down. He originally only means to help his younger brothers earn an official title, but before long, he has also nurtured himself into a successful candidate in the imperial examinations.

Author's note: The family motto is inspired by the Analects. The female lead appears later. [The blurb was screenshotted on October 20, 2020. This novel entered VIP serialization on July 29, 2022, with Chapter 24.]

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To Be Emperor (Transmigration), BG

Xiao Huan transmigrates and wakes up as a ten-year-old boy who has just ascended the throne. The current realm is divided, with treacherous ministers in the Central Plains holding the emperor hostage to control the feudal lords, while various parts of the southwest have declared themselves independent.

The original host's father, a descendant of the royal family, carved out a territory for himself. Not long after proclaiming himself emperor, he pointed at the original host, declared, "This child will accomplish great things in the future," passed the throne to him, and promptly kicked the bucket.

Xiao Huan hasn't even figured out the situation after transmigrating when someone informs him that the fighting in the south is dragging on and asks whether he wants to change their strategy.

The eunuchs around him wield enormous power. At court, scheming ministers undermine his authority as emperor, while his uncles and brothers covet his throne. Beyond the palace, enemies hope to seize his territory while he is still young. Xiao Huan feels like he has transmigrated straight into hell mode.

Before long, he might be imprisoned in some unknown place, staring through iron bars and lamenting, "Last night the east wind blew through my little tower again. Under the moon, I cannot bear to look back upon my lost homeland," in a scene of utter misery!

★★★ The Royal Descendant, no CP

Zheng Wen, from a modern world of comfort and privilege, transmigrates into the body of a young nobleman named Zheng Wen in a world resembling the Spring and Autumn period.

His father is a direct descendant of a feudal lord. As soon as the ruler dies, he abandons his son and hurries off to inherit the throne.

Everyone calls Zheng Wen a royal descendant living off others, a young nobleman who has lost his home. But that's not the truth. A pearl may be covered in dust, but one day it will shine!

★★★ Feiyin, BG

Feiyin was born with double pupils and a natural affinity for the spiritual. But people considered him a monster, and he was killed in his swaddling clothes before he was even a month old.

For a hundred years, his spirit grew stronger by devouring evil spirits. Without ever understanding the Dao, he embarked on the path of cultivation. He is neither a ghost of the underworld nor a living person.

After sleeping in his little coffin for several hundred years, Feiyin wakes to find a young woman hanging from the willow tree in front of it.

After a long hesitation (a few seconds), Feiyin succumbs to the allure of freedom and leaves his little coffin.

As soon as he comes down from the mountain, he sees a man in a short-sleeved T-shirt staring into a bottomless lake. As he watches, the man falls in.

Feiyin says: Fine, we're practically the same kind now (human), so I might as well save whoever I can.

Theme: Knowledge is power.