Transmigrate into a Book and Rise to the Highest Rank Through the Imperial Exams

Mu Qing wakes up one day as the eldest son of the Prime Minister's household, where neither parent cares for him.

He has a younger brother who could compose poems in public at the age of seven, and a younger sister born under an auspicious fate. He's the one nobody needs. If he hadn't fainted after bowing his head too earnestly on his grandmother's birthday, no one in the household would have remembered that the Prime Minister had an eldest son.

In his previous life, Mu Qing devoted himself to his studies, breezing through his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. As far as he was concerned, studying was the only way to get ahead.

Later, the Prime Minister's forgotten eldest son sweeps through the imperial examinations, placing first in all three stages. Still young, he rises to the highest ranks of the court.

Reader's Guide:

1. This story is set in an alternate world, so alternate that it couldn't be any more alternate. Official ranks and forms of address are based on the Tang dynasty.

2. The examination stages are: county exam, prefectural exam, academy exam, provincial exam, metropolitan exam, and palace exam.

3. One-on-one romance. There is a female lead and a romance plot, but the main focus is on the imperial examinations and her career.

4. Slow burn, with some household intrigue. Proceed with caution if that's not your thing.

5. Updates before signing follow the site's schedule.

6. Regular author-reader interaction. Feel free to point out errors, and thank you for supporting the official release.

Blurb posted on January 4, 2023, screenshot saved.

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A little scene:

Everyone says that it's a blessing from her ancestors for Miss Lu, daughter of a wealthy Pingjiang merchant, to marry Wei Xun, the current prime minister.

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Wei Xun: My wife chose it. I think it's a fine name.

Lu Yanqiu: I chose it? Since when?

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Lu Yanqiu blushes: I was just a child...

Wei Xun: I remember everything you've ever said.

Theme: Knowledge changes your fate