A Scion's Journey Through the Imperial Exams

My new novel, The Road to Exile for the Emperor and Empress, is out. My next preorder, The Ming Dynasty's Lowly Official, is below. Please add it to your collection.

Blurb:

Ning Yucheng spent his previous life pushing himself every step of the way, from kindergarten through the working world. After achieving fame and success, he died alone in his office before he could enjoy any of it.

After transmigrating as a son of a prominent family in Jiangzhou Prefecture, with no worries about food or clothing, Ning Yucheng plans to enjoy life for once.

Who could have guessed that the Ning clan's children would push themselves even harder than he had in his previous life?

They compete in calligraphy, memorization, and exams. If you take the third-place laureate degree, I'll go for the top scholar.

Want to lie flat?

Then wait to be thrown out with nothing and left to fend for yourself.

The Ning clan does not support useless idlers!

Ning Yucheng: ?

Can we compete in something else?

Aristocratic families enjoy every advantage through inherited privilege, while the imperial examinations are the only path to upward mobility for the poor. Great Qi is backward and impoverished. To give the common people a better life, simply entering government as an honest official is nowhere near enough.

Instead of competing at the top, compete at the bottom!

Under Ning Yucheng's subtle influence, after passing the jinshi examination, all the Ning clan's children resign from office and return to Jiangzhou Prefecture to "do nothing useful."

The eldest, Ning Yuhua: I'll compete in farming and increase crop yields, so the people have food to eat.

The second, Ning Yumin: I'll compete in medicine, curing the sick and extending people's lives.

The third daughter, Ning Yuying: I'll compete in engineering! Women can do it too. Women can build beautiful landscapes as well!

The Ning clan's men and women compete in education, even in physics and chemistry...

In the end, Great Qi is worked to the brink of collapse, but becomes wealthy and powerful.

Someone asks Ning Yucheng, the hidden force behind the Jiangzhou Ning clan: What was the turning point that allowed the Ning clan to completely transform Great Qi from a poor and backward state?

Ning Yucheng: Because I didn't want us to compete for nothing.

I achieved a little because I had a group of like-minded companions.

Ning Yucheng: I gave my all for certain people, certain things, and the things I love, so I could honor this life.

Reading guide:

Set in a fictional world. No need to nitpick historical accuracy.

The imperial examination system is inspired by the Tang and Song, not the Ming and Qing.

Studying in the early part, farming and infrastructure-building later on.

Ensemble cast. The women who appear focus on their careers, and have canon pairings.

My new novel, The Road to Exile for the Emperor and Empress. Blurb:

1. Zhou Sui transmigrates as the beloved daughter of a renowned scholar in the Great Yong dynasty. Her original self is already betrothed, and she and her fiance grew up together.

At their first meeting, Zhou Sui recognizes her fiance as Xun Du, her husband in her previous life.

In her previous life, she was the empress of Great Chu.

The emperor and empress were at odds, hated each other, and spent their lives locked in a battle to the death.

When she meets her enemy again in another world, of course Zhou Sui wants to kill him.

But then her father gets caught up in the struggle for the throne, and her entire family is exiled to the northwest.

Even on the grueling journey into exile, she still intends to take his life.

2. Xun Du goes from being an emperor to an orphan, and is raised by his mentor. His mentor has shown him great kindness and even betroths his only daughter to him.

The moment he sees his fiancee, Xun Du senses a familiar murderous aura and recognizes her as Zhou Sui.

They reunite in another world, but their hatred remains.

He will kill her!

3. Cheng Shang is demoted from a palace guard to a low-ranking escort responsible for transporting exiles.

Two years ago, one spring day, Cheng Shang saw Zhou Sui from afar.

She stood beneath a blossoming crabapple tree, smiling brightly, lively and radiant.

She entered Cheng Shang's dreams, even though she was already betrothed.

He was the emperor's sharpest blade, with countless deaths to his name.

Officials feared him and hated him to the bone. He was even more afraid of getting her caught up in it all.

He buried this love at first sight deep in his heart.

When they meet again, they are both down on their luck.

He does not dare to dishonor her, nor does he want to take advantage of her situation.

Yet she approaches him first and asks, "Do you have feelings for me?"

#They hate each other to the bone, yet understand each other better than anyone else#

#They owe each other so much. How can they make amends?#

#Growing up on the road to exile#

Reading guide:

Set in a fictional world. No need to nitpick historical accuracy.

A romantic rivalry. None of the characters are perfect.

My next preorder, The Ming Dynasty's Lowly Official. Blurb:

Ning Xun transmigrates as a constable in the county yamen of Shanyin, in the Ming dynasty.

A constable's pay: barely enough to get by.

The job: in short, high-intensity, high-risk, and with no days off.

Social status: lowly registered. For three generations, your family is barred from the imperial examinations and forbidden to marry commoners.

Actual power: familiar with both sides of the law, a local bully.

Ning Xun: Well, that's something!

Ning Xun sets three small goals for himself.

First, make sure he doesn't become a psychopath.

Second, avoid taking part in the following as much as possible: collecting protection money, embezzlement, taking a cut from smuggling, extortion, shielding criminals, and taking money from both the plaintiff and the defendant, among other things.

Third, escape his lowly status and become a commoner.

These three small goals take all of Ning Xun's energy, but in the end, he protects the peace of his corner of the world.

Reading guide:

A fictional Ming dynasty. No need to check the historical record.

A look at everyday life and the struggles of ordinary people at the bottom. He will not become an official.

There is a female lead, but the plot comes first.

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Theme: Serve the people, not your own ambitions