Rong Yu transmigrated into an imperial-examination novel as a cannon-fodder character.
His family was so poor they couldn't afford food, and he was sickly, too.
He arrived in the original character's body just as the family was going through its hardest times.
A father with an injured back.
A pregnant aunt.
A frail, sickly him.
And a fierce little tagalong they'd taken in, who made enemies everywhere.
What else could he do? Make money, of course.
He grew potatoes and strawberries, made glass mirrors,
and sold grilled fish and pastries, earning a fortune.
He would climb to the top, step by step, until no one dared bully him again.
Child Student... Licentiate... Provincial Graduate... Top Scholar. He would climb higher and higher.
With a wise ruler and worthy officials, he would ascend step by step and protect the people.
A little scene
The most beautiful young husband in the capital came to deliver a gift to the Vice Grand Secretary.
"My husband is small and frail, and he's only just become an official. Please look after him."
The Vice Grand Secretary was an upright man, but... with grilled fish that smelled this good, perhaps he could make an exception?
"What's your husband's name?"
"Rong Yu."
"!!! Rong Yu?" the Vice Grand Secretary ground out.
"Yes. My husband has been frail since childhood, and he doesn't know how to talk."
The Rong Yu who made a neighboring country's envoy so angry he vomited blood,
who drove the Ministry of Works' Vice Minister bald in three days,
and who sent the mighty General to bed for three days with one punch!
...Well, unless there's another person with the same name, I suppose that's my husband!
Those are all rumors. My husband is so frail he can't take care of himself. Lord Chancellor, please look after him.
The Vice Grand Secretary thought: What a fine example of "frail"!
My upcoming book: The Top Scholar's Silly, Beautiful Younger Brother
Next book
Good news: Yu Nian transmigrated into a book.
And the male lead is the family's darling, a top scholar who earned the highest honors in all three imperial examinations.
Bad news: His mother is the male lead's stepmother and abuses him.
His grandparents are harsh to him... They treat Yu Nian like a treasure while the whole family sucks the male lead dry.
In the end, they even cause the male lead to lose a leg and get the entire family exiled.
A disastrous start...
Can I just run away first?
The wicked stepmother said, "Son, I made you some new clothes."
He smiled bitterly. Mom, you paid for them with the male lead's school fees, didn't you?
The biased grandfather said, "My precious grandson, I stewed you some eggs."
He felt a pang of guilt. Grandpa, those were meant for the male lead, weren't they?
Yu Nian thought: Ah, stop being so nice to me! I don't want to die with you!
He couldn't run away, couldn't bear to let them die, and the male lead wouldn't be won over by flattery. What was he supposed to do?
Wait...
"Brother, you're amazing."
Affection: 5
"Brother, you're so smart."
Affection: 10
His cool, aloof brother seemed like a high-maintenance baby.
Guess I won't die just yet~
Why bother studying? My brother's the top scholar. I'll just ride his coattails.
A little scene
Yu Nian: "Do you know who my brother is? My brother is the top scholar."
Xiao Jinyu: "Hmph. My brother is the Crown Prince."
Yu Nian: "My brother's literary talent is unmatched under heaven."
Xiao Jinyu: "My brother has the military strength to secure the border."
Yu Nian: "My... brother..."
Before he could finish, someone pinched his mouth shut.
Xiao Jinyu looked at the fair, handsome young scholar, who kept trying to one-up him, and chuckled softly. "My brother is the ruler, and yours is a subject. My brother outranks yours."
Yu Nian thought: You can say that without getting so close.
"My brother... Wait, fine, your brother outranks mine, but what the hell are you taking off my clothes for?"
Xiao Jinyu looked at the young scholar, his eyes brimming with tears and his face stubbornly set, and chuckled. "Of course... I'll follow my brother's example. I'll have the upper hand with you, too."
The story of two brother-obsessed fans who fought their way into bed.
A laid-back scholar who adores his brother VS a spoiled Seventh Prince who adores his brother
My brother is the greatest minister under heaven VS My brother is the greatest ruler of all time
#Even if I love kissing you, your brother still can't outshine mine
#Even if you're my wife, my brother is still better than yours
My other ongoing book: Getting Rich Selling Flatbreads with My Young Husband. If it sounds good, please add it to your favorites [covers face and peeks]
In his previous life, Shen Shijin was a young man who rose quickly to success,
but he had no sense of right and wrong.
He conspired with his father's concubine to marry off his sister to a distant place for profit.
He even sold his own niece for money, committing one evil deed after another.
In the end, the male lead of the novel beat him to death.
Only after dying did Shen Shijin learn that he wasn't supposed to turn out that way.
His legitimate older brother had stolen the opportunities that should have been his.
Reborn, he swore to reclaim everything that belonged to him.
He abandoned his parasitic family and took his mother to live on their own.
His little sister was young, the young husband was frail, and his mother was weak.
So what if merchants were lowly? The important thing was having enough to eat.
Aromatic scallion-paste flatbreads had people lining up from all over the area.
Even the licentiates at the academy loved the salty, spicy pork flatbreads with preserved vegetables.
The crispy, flaky hand-pulled pancakes sold out before they were even off the griddle.
He couldn't earn money fast enough, and his young husband grew plump and rosy-cheeked, and a little spoiled, too.
In this life, he was the one who rose smoothly through the ranks...
While Lord Shen, who had enjoyed boundless glory in his previous life, faded into obscurity.
But... all he wanted was to focus on his career. His young husband was so charming that someone actually came to ask for his hand.
Shen Shijin couldn't help laughing.
"Brother Shijin, I've earned the title of licentiate, so I'm the one doing you a favor here. Although your younger brother doesn't talk much and is a young husband, my family is poor, and I'm willing to marry him as my legal wife. I hope you'll agree."
Shen Shijin was so amused he nearly laughed out loud.
"He doesn't talk much? He's a young husband? Your family has no money? And you're a licentiate!"
"Then you don't know how gentle and talkative he is when he's with me."
"I want the licentiate title, and I have money, too. What gives you the right to ask me for my person?"
"Your... person?"
Shen Shijin answered without changing his expression, "He's my child bride. I've doted on him since he was little and kept him in my room. Why would he go to your house to be your legal wife? He's treated like an ancestor in my house."
The young licentiate fled in fright.
Wen Rong blushed. "Were you just making that up to scare him?"
Shen Shijin smiled faintly. "Yes."
Wen Rong's face went pale at once.
Shen Shijin chuckled. "Our Xiao Rong isn't a child bride. He's my beloved, my precious jewel."
Theme: Love learning, love farming, and love caring for plants.
The Green-Tea Husband of the Top Scholar
Taking My Theatrical Little Husband to Sit the Imperial Exams [Farming]
The Delicate Young Scholar from the Hunter's Home
The Young Farmer Husband Raises the Young Master
A Little Lucky Star Appears in the Rongguo Mansion
The Little Farmer Husband Is Causing Trouble Every Day [Farming]
Working My Way Through the Cultivation World with the Workaholic System
The Silly Little Villain in the Top Scholar's Household
Selling Flatbreads and Studying for the Imperial Exams with My Young Husband
The Little Phoenix Conquers the Three Realms with Alchemy
The Young Top Scholar Doesn't Want to Take the Imperial Exams
The Little Husband Farms to Support His Foolish Husband
The subject matter is really good, but some of the writing is really unflattering. For example, Ruoyun is a transparent person. If you don't want to write about it, you don't actually need to add this character. It saves you the pain of not having this character in the scene every time you watch it. Also, what his father did is not human affairs. Can the mother and son be forgiven for underestimating it?
What the hell are you, author? There are a lot of omissions and typos, why don't you take a look for yourself! Just finish writing it?
Can the author fix the typos and sentences? The article is nice but there are too many typos.
There are too many typos here. Sometimes the names are wrong. I thought it would be better if I read the later part. I'm so convinced that I won't read the later part.
You've already started doing business, why haven't you enlightened yourself yet?
Didn't do the questions, and used the question-sea tactic again. . . . . . What strategy is this
Look, someone is watching
I'm watching, I'm watching. Madam, please update me.
Where is Ruoyun's man? Never showed up
How could I remember that Rong An's family used to live in the county, but they were kicked out the first time they came to the house, and I was confused as to why they were in Fucheng again? Well!