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Reborn as the Legitimate Eldest Grandson in an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文里的嫡长孙
Li Nian unexpectedly transmigrates into an imperial-examination novel called The Charming Son of a Concubine, becoming Pei Shaohuai, the legitimate eldest grandson of the Earl of Jingchuan. In the original story: The male lead, Pei Shaojin, is born to a concubine, but he is brilliant and diligent. He rises steadily through the imperial examinations and places first in the palace examination, winning unmatched glory. By contrast, the legitimate eldest grandson, Pei Shaohuai, is a playboy who squ
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Transmigrated to the Ming Dynasty to Take the Imperial Exams 穿到明朝考科举
This is an entirely fictional transmigration-into-a-book story and has no connection to any real people or events. Modern college student Cui Xie transmigrates into the Ming dynasty as the son of a fifth-rank official. Unfortunately, as soon as he arrives, his father sends him back to their ancestral home in Qian'an. He settles in the small county town with two servants and sets out to live well, make money, and study for the imperial examinations. Step by step, he makes his way back to the cap
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Descendant of a Eunuch 宦官之后
Six-year-old Xu Guo arrived in the capital. Before his mother died, she told him that the handsome Lord Lian in the capital was his father. But times had changed. The once-famous young scholar who had tossed fruit from his carriage and filled it with admirers was now a balding, worried-looking fat uncle. Xu Guo mistook the stunningly handsome, wickedly charming Lian, the powerful East Depot chief, for his father and went up to him in the street to claim kinship. Lord Lian held great power and w
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A Playful Ming 戏明
Wang Xiaowen was reborn as a baby with his memories intact. His mother was his father's second wife, and every day she relentlessly brainwashed him: "You've got a bad older brother. He loves showing off, and he's the biggest show-off in the whole area!" "When he was born, he even had some immortal send a dream, so your father treasures him like anything!" "And when your father and the others named him Yun, meaning 'auspicious clouds,' they even renamed his home Auspicious Cloud Tower!" "Hmph!" S
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Big Brother, Save Me! Father, Save Me! 大哥救我,爹爹救我!
Song Jingchen doesn't want to be a powerful official. Being the brother of a powerful official is much better. So... Song Jingchen's daily routine: "Brother, save me!" Who knew there was also a hidden powerhouse of a father around? Song Jingchen: "Dad, save me!" Later on, our whole family turned out to be anything but ordinary. This is how outsiders see Song Jingchen: Leaning into the breeze in his spring robe, he plays his jade flute, composing a song of ocean storms, its mournful notes stirri
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A Great Nation, A Humble Scholar (Imperial Exams) 大国小鲜(科举)
From having nothing to standing above everyone. (Power struggles, officialdom, and the civil service examinations) (The story of an official's rise, not a guide to essay writing) Qin Fanghe, who fought his way through the national civil service exam in a province known for its brutal college entrance exams, had spent years earning his superiors' esteem and his colleagues' envy. Everyone thought his future was limitless, until his life ended in an overwork-induced death. At the same time, Qin Fan
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The Peerlessly Beautiful Villainous Father 人间绝色反派爹
This book is also known as "What Should I Do? My Dad Is Too Ambitious." I have a brilliant, supremely driven father, with all the characteristics of a major villain: stunning looks, a calculating mind, and a nature that's neither wholly good nor evil... My father is a scholar who studies by lamplight late into the night and rises at dawn to study for the civil service exams. I don't need to worry about the exams. My formidable aunt beats up concubines and kicks trash husbands to the curb. I don
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Eating the Bright 食明
In the first year of the Longqing reign, the new emperor appointed Zhang Juzheng Vice Minister of Personnel and concurrently Grand Secretary of the Eastern Pavilion. The famous Ming official Zhang Juzheng officially became Grand Secretary Zhang. That evening, a boy carrying a wok stopped Zhang Juzheng on his way home. “Brother-in-law!” The boy with the wok, Gu Xian, rubbed his hands together and began his dramatic performance. “I’m your long-lost brother-in-law. I came all the way to the capital
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The Sun and Moon Will Shine on the Mountains and Rivers (Imperial Exams) 自有日月照山川(科举)
“Big brother, look! There’s a little baby sleeping in this bamboo basket!” On that chilly spring evening, with rain still lingering and few people in the narrow alley, the Qiao brothers carried Qin Lian home. He became the fifth young master of the Qiao family and was given the name Qiao Shiwei. His two older brothers were exceptionally bright and gifted at studying. They passed the imperial examinations and smoothly entered government service. Qiao Shiwei planned to stay home and repay the Qia
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A Powerful Official in the Northern Song Dynasty 穿到北宋当权臣
[Exclusively published on Jinjiang Literature City. The author is a relentless reviser and takes no responsibility for pirated copies posted elsewhere.] -Story Blurb- * “My dad is Su Xun. My second brother is Su Shi, and my third brother is Su Zhe. Yes, those three famous people from the history books.” The Northern Song is prosperous, yet burdened by poverty and weakness. Generations of rulers and ministers have tried to change things, only to fail at the last hurdle. Some want to improve peo
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A Minister in Disgrace's Eldest Son Enters Officialdom Through the Imperial Exams 罪臣长子科举入仕记
On the first day the gaokao results came out, Zhuo, who had just become his province's top science student, died. He died, but not completely. He transmigrated into the Zhuo clan, a scholarly family, as the six-year-old eldest grandson of the senior branch. It sounds pretty good, but the family patriarch had backed the wrong side in a succession struggle and been beheaded. His three sons, each with a bright future and a degree to his name, had been exiled to the far northern Shuo Prefecture alon
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What Do I Do? My Dad Is a Treacherous Official! 咋办?我爹是奸臣!
A childcare story, also known as Stopping Dad from Getting Promoted and Rich Every Day Blurb: Ping’an grows up carefree until the age of four, when he learns that his father is a treacherous minister... He transmigrates into an unofficial history book called A Record of Treacherous Ministers Since the Jingxi Era, becoming the son of the Great Yong dynasty’s foremost traitorous chancellor. According to the book, his father, Chen Yan, rose to the post of chief grand secretary, but abused his pow
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My Biological Father Is the Chief Grand Secretary 我亲爹是当朝首辅
Another upcoming child-rearing story of the same type: I Heard My Father Is a Treacherous Minister. Please add it to your favorites! Blurb: After a great fire, Shen Huai'an transmigrates into a family of upright officials. His father is a brilliant Hanlin Academician; His mother is a wealthy young lady, talented and beautiful; His elder brother is a prodigy who can recite anything after reading it once. Yet in this family of high-quality humans, there's one little dumpling with utterly average
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After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Turned My Father Into the Chief Minister 穿书后我把亲爹卷成首辅
[Please add this to your reading list, mwah] Xu Cong transmigrated into a male-oriented novel called The Illegitimate Son's Path to Office, becoming a tragic cannon-fodder character: the Xu family's fake legitimate eldest son, who was actually illegitimate. The cannon-fodder Xu met a tragic end. His scumbag father, who was obsessed with climbing the career ladder, had neglected and ignored him since childhood. When he grew up, he was manipulated into doing plenty of bad things. Xu Cong: o(╥﹏╥)o!
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The Youngest Son's Road to the Imperial Exams 幺儿的科举之路
Story Blurb The journey from a farmer's child to a worthy minister who brings peace to the realm The four-year-old, who had just regained his memories, looked at the patches covering his clothes and sighed. Life in ancient times really is tough! The diligent gardener who once watered saplings in history class had become a child pulling weeds. How was he supposed to live from now on? Farming? Even as the village head's child, he could barely get enough to eat. One natural disaster would lea
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