After Transmigrating into a Book, I Take My Childhood Betrothed to the Imperial Exams (Female-Dominated World)

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Warnings upfront: This is my own female-dominant setting, with a mountain of personal worldbuilding. Women rule and men are subordinate, men can give birth, and women are stronger, with childbirth causing minimal harm.

After getting drunk in a modern female-dominant society, Su Xing accidentally transmigrates into a novel as a cannon-fodder character. The original owner bullied women and men alike, doing every kind of wicked thing, until the heroine had her hanged in front of the county office.

Su Xing touched her neck and shivered. Seeing the hopeful looks of her entire family, who wished for her to restore the Su family's former glory, then glancing at Ye Zhi, her young child-bride, who had been tormented by the original owner until he was painfully emaciated and needed expensive medicinal tonics, she decided to return to her old profession: Chinese language and literature.

Those who excel in their studies can enter government service, and her field is highly valued in this era. What's more, she has an excellent memory and, in her previous life, memorized almost all the high-scoring essays from the imperial examinations. Before she knew it, she had become a dashing top-ranked candidate famous throughout the capital. She and the emperor enjoyed mutual trust, and from then on she rose steadily through the ranks, even becoming sworn friends with the heroine.

The one thing that troubled her was that her young child-bride was always anxious and suspicious that she would fall for someone else. So day after day, she held him close and told him over and over, "You are the only one for me."

The only husband who stayed by my side when I was down, and the only one who loved me sincerely when I rose to prominence.

From the day his mother sent him to the Su household to settle her debts, Ye Zhi had more or less known what would become of him: he would be tormented, beaten to death, or sold to a pleasure house for money. But the young lady of the Su family took him in, fed and clothed him, and said she would marry him one day.

Ye Zhi did not know that the young lady had only joked about marrying him on a whim, captivated by his looks. He took her seriously. From then on, no matter how outrageously the young lady behaved, even when she beat him until he was covered in injuries, he served the scoundrel loyally, treating her as his one and only wife.

What was more, the young lady later changed her ways, becoming a considerate and ambitious, dashing young scholar. Ye Zhi rested his head on her lap and prayed in his heart that this dream would last a little longer. Even if he were to be shattered to pieces that very moment, he would gladly accept it.

Later, not only did his dream come true, but he survived as well. The young lady of the Su family, now a high-ranking official, cherished him in the palm of her hand, and he became the only husband in her household.

√ Naturally slow-witted genius of the imperial exams × sensitive, delicate young child-bride who is always afraid of losing her

Reading guide:

1. A sweet romance, written purely to satisfy my own cravings!

2. The male lead is timid and pitiful, always feeling sorry for himself. The heroine dotes on him.

3. No childbirth in the main story, though there might be some in the extras.

4. The heroine is a slow-burn, slow-witted type who initially sees the male lead only as a younger brother. He falls first. She focuses on studying for the first two years, and the romance won't begin before he comes of age. orz

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Ye Qingchen guarded the borders of Great Yu for fourteen years. She did not die amid the clashing blades of foreign enemies, but in the political struggle of the Nine Princes' succession. By imperial decree, the loyal Jing Duke and Divine Martial General Ye Qingchen was executed along with her entire clan. Ye Qingchen had supposedly made a dragon robe in secret and deceived the emperor, crimes punishable by death.

Ye Qingchen had neither husband nor children. After she died, her body was abandoned in the wilderness. No one came to bury her or pay their respects, and the undefeated Divine Martial General Ye Qingchen was forgotten. Only a male courtesan named Li Jiu dared defy the whole world to stitch her corpse back together. He spent his entire fortune on a simple coffin and laid her to rest.

Ye Qingchen thought: If I get another life, I won't waste it serving that heartless royal family. I might as well find myself a handsome husband and settle down as a wealthy landowner somewhere scenic.

When she opened her eyes again, she was back in her youth, in the days of fine clothes and spirited horses. The young general returned victorious to court and was rewarded for her service with the title of Divine Martial General.

When life is good, one should enjoy it to the fullest. When Ye Qingchen woke, she was in the midst of doing just that. The person in her arms had skin as white as snow and lips as red as rouge, while his eyes, like two stars, held tears like spring water.

Trembling, he revealed the wounds covering his body and knelt before her, his heart full of grievance as he begged for her tenderness.

Looking into those familiar eyes, Ye Qingchen suddenly felt that living this life again had already made her existence complete.

From the day Li Jiu was made a government slave and lost his chastity, he knew he could never clear his mother's name. His mother had been branded a traitor who deceived the emperor, condemned in the history books of Great Yu.

But he could not accept it. He could not stand watching the people who framed her rise to power, nor could he bear to spend every day bowing and scraping before her enemies. So when the young general came to drink and seek pleasure that day, he slipped off his clothes and, emboldened by the wine, tumbled into her arms.

Everyone said that Jing Duke Ye Qingchen was aloof, self-possessed, and uninterested in men. But Li Jiu watched her break her vows for him, again and again.

Everyone said that Divine Martial General Ye Qingchen was worldly and knew best how to keep herself safe. But Li Jiu watched her wager her life and fortune and turn the world upside down, all to win justice for him.

Reading guide:

1. A taciturn, peerless-in-strength female general × a somewhat scheming descendant of a condemned official, and what's wrong with that?

2. The heroine follows the traditional female-dominant, male-subordinate order. She has other husbands in her household at first, but they'll be dealt with soon. orz

3. The male lead gives birth in the main story. Let's have a little "honor through one's child." orz

Theme: Study hard and keep improving.