Reborn as the Short-Lived Original Wife in an Imperial Exam Novel

Jiang Fu transmigrated into the original wife of the male lead in an imperial-examination novel.

According to the original plot, a few years later, Pei Jiaze would pass the highest-level imperial examination, become a top official, and rise swiftly through the ranks.

His original wife, meanwhile, would be driven into another man's arms by his cold treatment. After being discovered, she would jump into a river and die, leaving the position of legal wife free. Pei Jiaze would then marry a noblewoman from a prestigious family, have two children in three years, and neglect the eldest son Jiang Fu had borne him until the boy grew up twisted and cruel. In the end, after the boy accidentally killed the son of a powerful family, Pei Jiaze would execute his own son in the name of justice...

Looking at the little one, scrawny from hunger, Jiang Fu thought: Dying is out of the question, and neither is letting her son grow up twisted. But she definitely doesn't want this husband!

So Jiang Fu had three goals in life: make money, raise her child, and get a divorce!

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Pei Jiaze had spent half his life struggling to survive alone in the apocalypse. When he opened his eyes, he'd become a farmer's son with the same name.

There were no zombies or natural disasters here, and he could eat his fill at every meal. He'd also gained parents, a wife, and a son!

The only difficulty, perhaps, was that his new self had been a genius scholar. One little mistake could give him away and disappoint all his relatives!

For the happiness he'd been given, Pei Jiaze resolved to study hard for the imperial exams, just like his predecessor, make a name for himself, and lead his whole family to a better life!

But could someone tell him why the better he did on his exams, the fiercer his wife's look became?

Theme: Self-reliance, self-improvement, and changing one's fate