My Wife Can Lift a Cauldron (Imperial Exams)

Zu Hongcai woke up one morning to find that he had traveled back thirty years. The world was still at peace, the people had not yet been driven from their homes, and he was only thirteen. He had not yet married the bride he was engaged to.

Watching his bride kneel in the mourning hall in her white mourning clothes, crying her heart out, he remembered how in his previous life she had spent two years going hungry under the thumb of her heartless elder brother and sister-in-law. His heart clenched, so he told his parents they should hurry and arrange the wedding while his future father-in-law was still in mourning. He would bring his wife home and care for her properly, so she wouldn't have to suffer as she had in his previous life.

Fortunately, the land of Yan was short on people, and the Prince of Yan had received permission from the court to recruit settlers there. With his education, Zu Hongcai was sure he could pass the imperial examinations and become an official in Yan, avoiding the chaos to come. After all, once the world fell into turmoil, the Prince of Yan would eventually ascend the throne, and his base in Yan would be the most stable place, untouched by the ravages of war.

But why weren't things going as planned?

Why had his beloved wife, Yu Xiaoying, suddenly become strong enough to lift a cauldron? And why had he, a handsome and refined scholar, become a notorious kept man, known far and wide?

Heavens above!

(A friendly reminder: The heroine is very strong, but there are no supernatural elements. Please be advised. Thank you, dear readers.)

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Male lead: Pan Ruowang. Female lead: Ye Xiaotong.

Pan Ruowang woke up to find himself back in the days when he had left home to stay with his future father-in-law, the Ye family, in the capital.

He was still young and knew nothing, focused only on making a name for himself. He had been oblivious to his fiancee Ye Xiaotong's care for him, acting like a block of wood who didn't know how to respond.

But now things would be different. He could be quick-witted and become a good husband in Xiaotong's eyes and a good son-in-law in his father-in-law's!

And he had another advantage: after serving as an official in the Ministry of Justice for years, he had read countless case files and knew the culprits behind many of those cases!

But for now, he was only a scholar, with no authority to solve cases. All he could do was subtly drop hints to his father-in-law through various coincidences.

Before long, his father-in-law had become the capital's "Judge Bao," solving cases with uncanny brilliance.

It's just that "The Casebook of Ye Gong" sounds a little strange, doesn't it?

Supporting character: Ye Lifeng

Theme: The growth of the male and female leads, treating others sincerely, and building prosperity through hard work