Who Knew My Elder Sister Would Top the Imperial Examination

Yan Xuanying transmigrates and becomes the daughter of a village schoolteacher in Yan Family Village, Great Yong. Her parents are both dead, leaving her with only an older sister. Just as Yan Xuanying is wondering how she’ll survive in ancient times, word arrives from the county: her brother, Yan Changying, has placed first in the imperial examinations. Yan Xuanying: ?! The name is right, but did they get the gender wrong? The people of Yan Family Village are puzzled at first, but once they confirm he really is from their village, they rejoice. Man or woman, anyone with an official degree is exempt from taxes, which means the whole village will benefit. From this day forward, Yan Changying is a man, and he is the top scholar. Watching the villagers take this in stride, Yan Xuanying can only gaze at the sky in resignation. Who says people in ancient times were rigid and ignorant? Later, Yan Changying is demoted for offending a superior. With no other choice, Yan Xuanying packs her bags and takes the imperial exams too. She embarks on an irrevocable path to enter government and rescue her sister, eventually becoming the top scholar and earning the Yan family the distinction of producing two top scholars... As they listen to everyone’s praise, the sisters exchange awkward, anxious glances. When Yan Changying is demoted for the second time, Yan Xuanying is promoted to Vice Director, and goes to rescue her again. When Yan Changying is demoted for the third time, Yan Xuanying becomes a Minister, and rescues her yet again. When Yan Changying is demoted for the fourth time, Yan Xuanying goes to rescue her once more. At last, Yan Changying’s identity is exposed, shocking the entire court. The emperor tries to force her to enter the palace as a consort. Meeting her sister’s pleading gaze, Yan Xuanying wipes the cold sweat from her brow. “Sis, if I rescue you again, the only thing left is to start a rebellion!” Yan Changying asks plaintively, “Why not?” The emperor is incompetent, relies on treacherous officials, and leaves the people in misery... Yan Xuanying: “...Fine. We’re already doing something punishable by exterminating nine generations of our family. The risks are about the same.” The next time the people of Yan Family Village hear news, it’s that their little top scholar, Yan, has raised an army in rebellion. After spending several days in fear and trembling, they receive word from the county magistrate: Yan Xuanying has ascended the throne. The villagers of Yan Family Village are stunned at first, then overjoyed. Their village has become the birthplace of an emperor. Now they can all enjoy the good life! Coming soon: How Many Pies Has Advisor Gu Promised? Gu Jin, an artificial intelligence major, catches a lucky break and signs a high-paying job offer. Just as her life is about to restart on easy mode, she gets into a car accident on her first day at work. Everything goes black, and she transmigrates into a book set in an ancient era of chaos, where the resentment is so thick it could crush a ghost. She transmigrates into the role of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter in a power-struggle romance novel. It’s a hell-difficulty scenario from the start. The rebel army will breach the city in two days. Her cold-blooded father doesn’t care about his concubine-born children at all; he takes only a few of the best-looking ones. She’s among them, but... Six months later, the Ninth Sister he took away is given to someone as a plaything, and her fate is unknown. A year later, her father offers her up to a powerful man as a caged songbird. Even her four-year-old full brother meets a tragic end because he’s too pretty, and the siblings die miserably. She only read half the novel, even though it’s complete... If she’d known she’d transmigrate one day, she would have memorized the whole thing. As it is, what’s the difference between this and an unfinished story? Still, even half the book is useful. She grabs her little brother in the middle of the night and makes a clean getaway. Disguised as a boy, she struggles to get by until she meets someone who seems clever but has questionable judgment. According to the book, he’s a master strategist with grand ambitions, but somehow he makes a terrible choice about whom to serve, and ends up with his family destroyed and his entire clan wiped out. One of them is cannon fodder, and the other is a villain... After hitting it off, Gu Jin decides to help him start his own venture. She’ll be his advisor. Maybe they’ll both survive, and perhaps she’ll even land a secure government job. So she starts by laying out the political situation, exposing the true face of his lord, and even mapping out a path for him to seize the realm and become emperor. Gu Jin: “My lord, you have all the makings of a wise ruler. How about we turn things around and become the top dogs ourselves?” Xie Wenyu: ... He actually listens to this frail young man and raises an army to go it alone. Coming soon, a xianxia novel: In the Cultivation World, I Honor My Father by Smashing Pots Every Day My father is a philanderer. Some Father: ? My mother is nowhere to be found. My master is a wastrel. Some Master: ? My senior brother is a hopeless romantic. Some Senior Brother: ... Her: ... She wants to lie flat. But Heaven isn’t kind. The more she wants to do something, the less likely she is to succeed. One day, she’s even told that there’s a “throne” she has to inherit. Yan Qinghe: ... She silently takes the clay pot she’d casually stuffed into her storage bag, then smashes it on a stone slab in front of her father’s subordinates. As the pot shatters into pieces, she throws her head back and wails, “Father! Your child has come to pay her respects!” Her father has enemies across the world, and he’s a capricious man. Going back to him would be tantamount to suicide. One of his subordinates twitches at the eye: ... He looks to a certain senior brother for help, somewhat alarmed. Could their young mistress have gone mad? A certain Senior Brother: ... As long as Junior Sister is happy. Later, whenever she meets one of her father’s enemies or rivals... “You and my father are at odds? You want me to pay his debts?” Sigh! As his child, I really don’t have the means to repay them. I can only smash a pot to honor my father. One pot isn’t enough? Would two do? Her father’s enemy or rival: ... This girl looks so demure and refined. Why does she seem even worse than Yin Shao? Theme: Women can hold up half the sky