Is My Dad a Villain? [Imperial Exams]

Coming soon: The Heist of the Pearl and The Concubine's Daughter Welcomes Spring. Check the author's page!

Jiang Zhimiao transmigrates into an ordinary farming family in an ancient era, one so poor that their circumstances are more than humble.

He is frail and sickly, with not the slightest ability to fend for himself.

Zhimiao, so insignificant: he knows all too well how small he is.

But his mother is famous for being capable for miles around, while his father is famous for being useless.

Though his father is a renowned beauty, he is also the only man around who never does farmwork and spends all day reading frivolous books.

The stout, strong older women and young wives gossip every day that Madam Jiang married a useless pretty boy who does no farmwork and lazes around at home.

They even hold his father up as a cautionary example, telling their daughters and daughters-in-law never to be like Jiang Zhimiao's lovestruck mother.

At a very young age, Jiang Zhimiao acts like a shrew, standing at the village entrance every day and shouting at the sharp-tongued women.

"So what if my mother married my father because he's handsome! So what if my mother loves keeping my beautiful father! You're just sour because you can't have the grapes!"

The village women, who usually spit gossip everywhere, can't out-argue Jiang Zhimiao, who hasn't even lost all his baby teeth. So the rumors grow worse: the Jiang family has not only a weak, useless pretty boy, but also a delinquent son who's the reincarnation of a demon.

Later, Jiang Zhimiao's father, Jiang Qingshi, rises steadily through the ranks, from scholar to provincial graduate to close confidant of the Son of Heaven...

Wait! Why does this plot seem more and more familiar to Jiang Zhimiao?

Isn't this the storyline of a novel he read before?!

His father is born in the countryside, rises all the way to the top, and becomes a powerful minister, only to end up taking bribes and exploiting the people, bringing down a decree to execute his entire clan?

Jiang Zhimiao tearfully clings to his father's leg.

"Dad! Give up being an official! I want to go home and farm!"

His father earnestly cups his chubby little face.

"Be good. Your dad is going to make you the most noble child in the world!"

The most noble child? That would mean...

Jiang Zhimiao trembles in fear... What exactly is his father planning!?

#My beautiful father and his sickly, delinquent son#

#Touch my son and I'll go berserk right in front of you!#

#My mighty mother and my delicate, easily toppled father#

Reader's guide:

1. Romance and family affection develop side by side. The romance mainly focuses on the parents, and the son will have a love interest when he grows up.

2. A child-rearing, everyone-dotes-on-the-kid story. The father gets more page time early on.

3. Updates daily at six in the evening.

Blurb written on August 17, 2022

★★ Coming soon: The Concubine's Daughter Welcomes Spring

Zheng Xiuning transmigrates as the illegitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue. She gets lucky and marries the fourth son of the Duke of Anguo.

A grand household has endless rules and affairs, but what does any of that have to do with Zheng Xiuning? Her heart is set on the Dao, and she won't let worldly matters weigh her down. She only wants to enjoy the same comfortable, lazy life she had before...

But the young man she marries doesn't see things that way.

"Xiuning, we were married young, and you have always loved me deeply. I will make something of myself and earn you an honorific title!"

Zheng Xiuning: What in the world is going on?!

So Zheng Xiuning, who had been perfectly content to be a lazy fish, has no choice but to get up early every day and push her young husband to study hard...

#My favorite farming and household-scheming story, older woman and younger man, melodrama#

#Everyday family life in a grand household#

★ Coming soon: The Heist of the Pearl

The Luo family has three daughters, all raised in a home steeped in books, all breathtaking beauties.

Everyone knows a daughter of the Luo family is hard to get. The eldest is dignified and gentle, with impeccable manners. Though already married, she is a model for all the noblewomen in the capital. The Luo family still has its second and third daughters at home, waiting to be married.

The second young miss, Luo Zhuyue, is exceptionally clever, while the third young miss, Luo Zhuyu, is spirited and lively. The capital's noble young men flock to them, all vying to win the beauties' hearts.

One day, Prince Su rebels, the emperor falls gravely ill, and Prince Qi, who commands the army, is assassinated. The court descends into chaos.

Countless officials are confined in the palace by the brutal Prince Su. Everyone in the capital lives in fear, like birds startled by the slightest sound, terrified that the rebel prince might take offense and grind them into dust.

Then a young man claiming to be Prince Qi's orphaned son appears. He takes command of the army, defeats Prince Su, and supports the young emperor's ascension. The young man is made regent, assisting with state affairs, and for a time his power reigns supreme throughout the court.

Countless great families try to curry favor with the newly appointed regent, but he is cold and ruthless, with no interest in women. His identity is mysterious, and he appeared out of nowhere, so no one can even find a way to arrange a marriage alliance with him.

Just then, the regent asks for the Luo family's daughter's hand in marriage.

Everyone sighs, but they can't help agreeing that only a daughter of the Luo family is worthy of the regent's status. They wonder whether he wants the clever second miss or the lively third miss...

Little do they know that in a golden palace, the young man lifts a woman onto the dragon throne, his rough movements ruffling her immaculate clothes as he buries his face in her neck like a ferocious beast.

The woman's eyes brim with tears, but she still refuses to abandon the composure she has always been known for. Her voice hoarse, she demands of the young man:

"What have you done to my husband?"

The young man's eyes are bloodshot, his raised lips cruel as a demon from hell. He gently takes the woman's little finger, as if he can't see the disgust in her eyes at all.

"He refused to divorce you, so I had no choice but to kill him."

"The only person I ever wanted to marry was you, eldest miss of the Luo family, Luo Zhuhua."

#I really want to write an obsessive possession story#

#The male lead is a virgin, the female lead is not; age gap, size difference#

Theme: Work hard and realize your ideals