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- 51 The Carefree Scholar and the Phoenix's Call 逍遥书生之凤求凰 Lin Yingzhou, an obscure rural primary school teacher, died unexpectedly while trying to save a student who had fallen into the water during a school outing. In Great Qian, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the first year of Shanghe, Lin Yingzhou, a member of a collateral branch of the Lin clan and a descendant of the Marquis of Valor, fell in Chunxiao House, leading to... Lin Yingzhou: “With a second life, I’ll live a different kind of life.” So it goes: Sip tea, read books, and list 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 From the Start, I Cheated in the Imperial Exam, and the Empress Is Actually My Mother 开局科举舞弊，皇后竟是我亲娘 Li Junyan transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the biological child whom the current emperor and empress lost among the people. But his adoptive father is framed and dies a tragic death, he finds himself imprisoned, and his childhood sweetheart wants to break off their engagement. Li Junyan, newly arrived from another world, spreads his hands. “I’m done pretending. I’m going to answer the imperial recruitment notice, save the empress, and reach the pinnacle of life!” After saving the empre 301Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 53 The Poor Scholar 寒门文星 Chen Yan, a six-year-old farmer’s son, beats the powerful minister’s son in the county exam and takes first place. Overnight, he goes from a poor country boy to the literary prodigy everyone in town is talking about. But he knows that being first is a poisoned chalice. The Vice Minister of Personnel’s son hates him to the core, the county magistrate is plotting to ruin him, and even his uncle’s family is eager to take a bite out of him. In his previous life, he was a master of classical studies. 53Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 54 Transmigration: From the Imperial Exams to Chief Grand Secretary 穿越：从科举开始的内阁首辅之路 An ordinary university student transmigrates into the son of a small landowner in ancient times. He takes the imperial exams and enters government service under the Great Feng dynasty, rising through the ranks step by step. Of all pursuits, study is supreme. “What? Young Master Wang has passed the county-level scholar exam!” “Young Master Wang really is impressive!” “Scholar Wang has passed the provincial exam and become a juren!” “I hear Wang, the top scholar in the provincial exam, passed the 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 The He Clan's Palace Graduate 何氏传胪 [Imperial examinations + business + farming + native protagonist + romance] Born into a family of scholars and farmers, he comes from a long line of officials. His direct relatives now include a third-rank court official, but his own branch is so distant that they have been excluded from the clan for five generations. To restore the family’s former glory and stop his grandmother and grandparents from being mocked, he has only one path: the imperial examinations. He takes exam after exam, builds 664Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 56 The Imperial Examination: I’m from a Humble Family 科举：我是寒门子弟 After an earthquake, modern college student Chen Xiao transmigrates to the fictional Great Zhou dynasty, becoming the son of a poor farming family. He has a widowed mother, a virtuous wife, and a child who is four months away from being born. Looking at his family’s utter poverty, Chen Xiao decides to take up the original owner’s ambition of passing the imperial examinations and lead the whole family toward a bright future... 1kReads7.7Score10514d adds
- 57 The Noble Son of a Farming Family 农门贵子 He never imagined that one day he would transmigrate into the body of a fifteen-year-old peasant boy who had died in an examination hall. To take control of his own fate in this dynasty, all he can do is study hard. Studying changes one's fate, and can pave the way to success… 52Reads7.4Score10314d adds
- 58 The Noble Young Master of the Countryside 农门贵公子 Transmigration, alternate world, farming, space, male lead He transmigrates to a poor, remote mountain village in ancient times. This isn’t quite what he imagined transmigration would be like... At least he has a loving family by his side. Since he’s here, he might as well make the best of it! 1.9kReads8.5Score12514d adds
- 59 The Emperor Wu Is Stunned from the Start: You Wrote This Poem? 开局惊动武帝：这首诗是你写的？ Chen Ping'an transmigrates from the start and unexpectedly learns the secret shared by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess. To save his own skin, he threatens the Crown Princess: "Your Highness, you wouldn't want the secret between you and the Crown Prince getting out, would you?" He thought he could enjoy a peaceful life, but one poem was all it took to stir the Martial Emperor of the realm! 195Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 60 Reborn: A Farmer's Son Plots to Enter a Private School from the Start 重生，农家子开局谋划去私塾 Heaven gives the protagonist a chance to live his life over. See how he works hard to take the imperial examinations and raise his family's standing. “Son, how are you feeling? How did you end up in the river? And why were you playing by the river in the first place? Have you forgotten what your mother told you?” Li Mei fired off a string of questions. “Mother, I just happened to wander down to the river. Do you believe me?” 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 Famine in Ancient Times: Hunting, Taking the Exams, and Eight Wives! 古代饥荒年：打猎科举一妻八妾！ [Historical Fantasy + Feel-Good Power Trip + Relaxed Hunting + Multiple Heroines + Imperial Examinations + Conquest + Daily Life Spoiling His Wife + Adorable Kids + Doting Dad] Wu Hao transmigrates to an ancient era plagued by famine, into the body of a young scholar who has failed the provincial examination three times. His hardworking parents were murdered by malicious people, and his eldest brother was beaten to death that very day! Wu Hao has barely arrived when he is faced with his parents’ 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Top Scorer in All Six Imperial Exams, and You Call Him a Good-for-Nothing? 六元及第，你说他是废柴 Cheng Ye, a modern inheritor of intangible cultural heritage, was reborn into the Great Qian dynasty, a realm unrecorded in history. In an age when everything was considered inferior to scholarship, watch him use the knowledge he gained in his previous life to lead his family from utter poverty to becoming the richest in Great Qian, and rise from a farmer’s son to the dynasty’s chief minister. P.S. There is no female lead. The story features plenty of delicious food and many forms of intangible 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 63 The Son-in-Law's Ledger 入赘录 Transmigration + alternate world + no harem + multiple transmigrators + live-in son-in-law A white-collar office worker who was fed up with 996 overtime and cutthroat office competition returned to ancient times. He thought he could finally lie flat, but little did he know this was only the beginning of a conspiracy. After his parents were murdered, he was forced to marry into the Su family of Jiangning and become a live-in son-in-law. Business battles, court intrigue, fame and fortune, and matt 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 64 I Wrote Poems for the Textbooks, and Students Nationwide Were Driven to Despair 我写诗入教材，全国学生背崩溃了 Zhuang Qian is reborn in the examination hall on the day of the college entrance exam. In this world, ancient figures have the same names as those in his old world, but their works are completely different. In a world that reveres classical literature, Zhuang Qian will rely on five thousand years of Chinese civilization to reach the summit. His poem “Drinking Alone Beneath the Moon,” blending loneliness with romance, lets the world witness the rise of a new Immortal Poet! His “Man Jiang Hong” gi 4Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 65 You Call Me Useless? No! I'm a Poetry Plagiarism Expert 说我废材？不！我可是诗词搬运工 (Confucian cultivation or literary cultivation, no romance, literary plagiarist) Jiang Qingshi transmigrates with his memories into a world where literature is in decline and poetry is scarce, becoming a notorious literary failure at an academy. “You're calling me useless? As if!” Copy three thousand masterpieces a day, and even someone who can't write poetry will learn to recite it. Besides, I've got so many Chinese poems in my head. Huh? This counts as a masterpiece? It's only a little better —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Farm Boy’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 农家娃的科举生涯 Li Shan is born into ancient times with memories from before, but he has amnesia. Even so, the belief that he must study, despite growing up poor, is etched into his bones. In the end, this impoverished family, mocked by everyone, really does produce an official. He brings prosperity to the community and grows into a great figure renowned throughout the history books... A heads-up: The author came up with many of the settings, systems, and so on on the spur of the moment. Readers who care about 228Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 67 A Farmer’s Son’s Road to the Imperial Exams 农家子的科举之路 After an earthquake, modern university student Chen Xiao transmigrated to the fictional Great Zhou dynasty and became the son of a poor farming family. His widowed mother lived with him, along with his virtuous wife, who was four months pregnant. Looking at the family’s bare cupboards, Chen Xiao decided to take up the previous owner’s ambition of passing the imperial examinations and lead his family toward a brighter future... 36Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 68 I Am Fan Jin: The Splendor of the Great Ming After Passing the Civil Service Exam 我是范进，中举后的大明风华 He transmigrates into Fan Jin from The Scholars. Before he can dust the gray off his long gown, warm a pot of yellow wine, and fry up a plate of fennel beans, the news arrives that he has placed seventh in the provincial examinations. Looking at the gentry gathered from across the city to congratulate him, Fan Jin flips the table. Cups and bowls tumble over, and fennel beans scatter across the floor. Seventh in the provincial examinations, first in the metropolitan examinations, and top scholar 129Reads8.9Score14414d adds
- 69 The First-Rank Minister 一品权臣 Hua Ju transmigrates to the Song Dynasty of the Water Margin world and accidentally saves Emperor Huizong. From then on, he embarks on the path to becoming the power behind the throne. He roots out treacherous ministers, dismisses corrupt officials, puts down bandits, sweeps across the Liao, Jin, and Western Xia, and brings the surrounding peoples to heel. “I hereby appoint Hua Qing chancellor and commissioner of the Privy Council, placing him in charge of the government. From now on, all matter 13Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 70 The Road to the Imperial Examinations Begins as a Student 科举之路从童生开始 Lin Ying transmigrates. He had been researching the history of the imperial examination system at a research institute, but one careless moment sends him to ancient times, where he becomes the son of a farming family on his way to sit the exams. What else can he do? For the sake of a better life, he can only give it everything he’s got! On the long road to success in the imperial examinations, Lin Ying sets himself a small goal: first, pass the entry-level exam and become a student! 452Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 71 Sages of the Confucian Way 儒道圣贤 Zhang Zeyan transmigrates to ancient times, arriving in the Great Sage Dynasty, an age when scholars and poets flourished. Here, Confucian scholars can slay enemies with poetry and advance their cultivation through poems and essays. It is here that Zhang Zeyan embarks on a path to becoming a Confucian Sage who shakes the world. 253Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 The Imperial Exams: A Farmer’s Son Brings Glory to His Family in a Farming Novel 科举：农家子在种田文里光宗耀祖 Gu Yanshan was an ordinary modern web novelist who could write at lightning speed. He never imagined that he would wake up one day having transmigrated through time into the body of a farm boy in ancient times. In this world, his hands were only good for holding a brush. When it came to catching chickens, he was utterly helpless. Aside from writing a few essays, he knew nothing about anything else. Want to make a fortune in a world where people lived off farming? It seemed the only hope Gu Yansh 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Reborn in Great Ming: With a Library at My Fingertips, the Imperial Exams Are Mine 重生大明：图书馆在手，科举我有 With a library in my head, how could I fail the imperial examinations? Lin Yan, a man from the 21st century, transmigrates and is reborn as a poor scholar during the Hongzhi era of the Ming dynasty. A modern library that appears in his mind becomes his greatest asset as he makes his way in the Ming Empire. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 I Can't Hide It Anymore: The Princess Asked Me to Write Poetry Late Last Night 瞒不住了：昨晚公主邀我深夜作诗 Li Fei transmigrates and wakes up with a princess beside him. To clear himself of suspicion, he has no choice but to copy a few poems from Three Hundred Tang Poems and shock the enemy nation... 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Supreme Confucian: One Character Shatters Ten Thousand Laws, the Dao Slays Gods and Demons 儒道至尊：字破万法，道斩神魔 [Confucian Cultivation]+ [Xuanhuan]+ [Invincible]+ [No System] Every art is in the book, and every word contains the Great Dao. Su Dongshan transmigrates to a world where reading can resonate with Heaven and Earth. Only a very few people of extraordinary talent can cultivate a natal character here. Yet Su Dongshan gains a natal character the moment he transmigrates! One person cultivates the character “Pei,” gaining the divine power to summon abundant rain, command the clouds, and become the God —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Poor Call Me Master, While the Righteous Condemn My Heresy 寒门尊我为师，清流怒斥邪说误人 [Transmigration + Imperial Exams + Business + Court Intrigue + Daily Life + Rise from Humble Beginnings] Transmigrating is hell from the start: my mother died young, my father ran off, our family property was seized, and my sick grandmother and I were driven into a shack by our wicked relatives. How could I put up with that?! From the start, I split from the family, found powerful allies, and offered business plans that made us a fortune. I used a modern perspective to interpret the classics, an —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Transmigrating to the Qi Dynasty 穿越之齐朝 In the eleventh year of Yong’an, He Xuan transmigrated to the Qi Dynasty and became a ten-year-old boy. His father had died, his stepmother disliked him, and his elder brother divided the family estate, leaving He Xuan to establish a household of his own. Starting from nothing, he scavenged stones to build a house, then happened upon coal and made beehive briquettes. He sold them cheaply in large quantities, helped his clan prosper, and attracted the attention of influential people. He made char 10Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 78 The Humble Scholar-Poet 寒门小诗仙 [Lighthearted + Transmigration + Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Martial Arts + Detective Work] What do you do when your wife goes missing from the start? Help! Urgent! Waiting for replies online. Chen Rong had spent half his life writing novels, but never imagined that the truck he’d used countless times to send his protagonists transmigrating would send him off too. Couldn’t you at least have given me a System? I don’t know how to do a damn thing… That familiar trope of starting ou 21Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 79 A Proper Exam Candidate, and You Want Me to Have More Children, More Blessings? 正经科举人，你让我多子多福？ Imperial exams + System + Brother Cao + Comedy + Court politics + Struggle for supremacy Gu Zhengchuan had it rough. He was a delivery driver who got hit while rushing to finish his orders, and transmigrated to ancient times. He soon discovered that this was a society that valued civil officials far more than military ones, and the imperial exams were the only way for an ordinary person to rise in the world. But how was a vocational-school graduate like him supposed to pass the imperial exams? T 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 After Raising the Obsessive Male Lead, He Won't Let Me Leave 把偏执男主养大后，他不让我走了 Please give this a five-star rating, dear readers (❁´ω`❁) [Farming + rebirth + business + everyday life + hardworking, sunny heroine + extremely possessive hero + both pure + happy ending] After Song Guining stayed up all night reading a novel and dropped dead, the System brought her into a revenge romance novel. Her mission was to find the male lead, Duan Yu, a little beggar, raise him, and make him the prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But after the lousy System pointed out the child f 367Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 81 You Were Supposed to Take the Imperial Exam, Not Read the Examiners’ Minds 让你考科举，没让你透视考官心思 [Mind Reading + Antiques Appraisal + Imperial Exams + Power Over the Court] From the start, he is just five years old, with a destitute family and a wicked grandmother who forces his mother, on the verge of giving birth, to die, all to repay his uncle's ten-tael gambling debt? Lin Zhao waves his little hand, and his head smacks into an overpowered golden finger! With a single glance, he sees through people's hidden schemes. He hears every greedy thought, and can even see through all things to id 647Reads7.5Score10014d adds
- 82 An Old Farmer's Son Fights His Way to the Top 一个农家子的逆袭之路 [No System + farming + imperial examinations + alternate history] Programmer Zhao Hongyi dies from overwork after yet another 996 shift and transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself the son of a farming family. In an age when “all pursuits are inferior to studying,” he has no choice but to embark on the path of the imperial examinations. He studies and makes money at the same time, determined to excel at both. Then he discovers that this world is not quite like the history he remem 39Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 83 I Told You to Survive, Not to Recreate Ancient Culture 让你去求生，不是让你重现古文化 When he wakes up, Jiang Li finds that he has transmigrated. In this world's Xia Kingdom, historical sites have all been damaged by war. Jiang Li takes part in a survival reality show on a deserted island. With help from the System, he restores the Four Great Towers of Jiangnan, including Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion, and brings historical sites such as the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang and the Old Summer Palace back to life. First, he repairs Liu Yuxi's “Inscription of the Humble Room,” then Li 184Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 84 A Country Boy’s Ups and Downs in the Imperial Exams 农家小子科举浮沉记 By a stroke of bad luck, he transmigrates into the cherished child of a man from the northwest, with a mysterious, aloof first stepmother, a hardworking second stepmother, and a sister who might be sold off at the drop of a hat. He studies late into the night, vowing to climb the ladder to success. (The protagonist is no saint or god. He can be selfish, and he’ll have his share of heartache over love.) (The female lead is neither sweet and cute nor gentle and soft-spoken. She’s a talkative, conf 891Reads8.2Score10014d adds
- 85 The Brocade-Clad Sage 锦衣儒圣 In the fifth year of Yunhan, a torrential summer storm fell over the northern frontier of Liang, as the Turks invaded from the south. Wherever their curved blades passed, blood ran for miles. Countless people were driven from their homes, the land filled with cries of grief, and unrest spread through all nineteen provinces of Liang, shaking the capital, Beichuan City. The people prayed for Heaven to open its eyes. Beneath the northern frontier's gates stood a scholar in white, one hand holding a 395Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Wherever I Go, I’m Taking the Civil Service Exam 穿到哪里都要考编 A low-ranking clerk worked overtime until he dropped dead, only to transmigrate into the body of a young master from a prestigious family. Back when I was in government, I had to grovel and scrape. Now, I'm frighteningly powerful. I can thrive without any cheats. 56Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 87 A Poor Scholar's Road to the Top Scholar Title 寒门子弟的状元之路 He was an ordinary university student, but a chance encounter transmigrates him to ancient times. Follow his journey as he rises from humble beginnings, studies hard for the imperial examinations, earns the title of top scholar, and sets out on the path to becoming chief minister. 50Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 88 The Confucian Sage: Turning Heaven and Earth Upside Down 儒圣：逆转乾坤 [Transmigration] [Showstopping Moments] [Poetry and Song] [play the pig to eat the tiger] [Original Poems Inside] What makes a top student? What makes a genius? With a pen, he can bring peace to the realm; on horseback, he can secure it by force. The Hundred Schools of Thought, poetry and song, Confucianism, Mohism, Daoism, and Legalism: all are tools in the hands of scholars. This is a world ruled by scholars. Now, the Nine Provinces are divided, and the states are constantly at war. Corrupt mi 109Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 89 The Whole Village Supports Me, a Seven-Year-Old, in the Imperial Exams 全村供七岁的我考状元 [The rating is low because the book just came out. It’ll rise.] Modern engineer Chen Liyan transmigrates into the body of a seven-year-old boy in Shanghe Village, the poorest place in the Great Xia Dynasty. Here, getting an education is an unreachable dream. Then a sudden natural disaster nearly wipes out the village’s last hope. At this desperate moment, Chen Liyan draws on knowledge far ahead of its time to propose a way to fight the disaster and turn the tide. He also improves the tea-making 537Reads7.4Score10614d adds
- 90 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Through the Exams: My Father in the First Volume, Me in the Next 寒门科举，上卷老爹下卷儿 A rise from poverty + imperial examinations + farming + political intrigue After transmigrating to ancient times, Gu Suifeng, a single man who just wants to lie flat, becomes the deadbeat father of three children. How can he keep living a quiet, carefree life with a family this poor? Huh? His father and all three children are pretty clever! Hahaha, then he'll just rely on them. Push them to work hard and have them back him up! 793Reads8.8Score10514d adds
- 91 A Commoner Boy: Disciple of the Son of Heaven 布衣少年：天子门生 The novel finally received its rating on July 5. The rating has just opened, so it will rise later. [Young political intrigue | Redemption for all | Reform for the people | Women's awakening | Passionate ensemble cast | Imperial examinations | Xu Zhiyan] The Great Jing court was rigidly stratified. For a hundred years, no commoner from a humble family had risen to the top overnight and caught the emperor's attention. Xu Zhiyan was the first. He came from Xu Family Village in Huzhou, Zhejiang. 4kReads8.1Score29214d adds
- 92 The Imperial Examination Path of a Lazybones in Ancient Times 咸鱼古代的科举路 In the modern world, Gu Qin spent every day exhausting himself over work, slaving away for his company until one day he suddenly died at his desk. But what he never expected was that he would be reincarnated. In his new life, his grandparents doted on him, his parents cherished him, and his older sister looked after him. Gu Qin only wanted to lie flat. Luckily, his family was well-off, so he figured he could just take it easy this time. Unfortunately, misfortune can strike at any moment. To avoi 127Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 93 Reborn: From Stripped Scholar to High-Ranking Court Official 重生：从除名秀才到位列公卿 [Reborn + imperial examinations + solving cases + farming + daily life + rekindled romance] [An imaginary dynasty] In his previous life, Qin Yunhe angrily divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife. After that, his life took a sharp turn for the worse: his wife and children were gone, his mother died, and his brother passed away. He never recovered. Years later, he finally began to pull himself together with encouragement from an old friend, only to hear that his childhood sweetheart and former 1.6kReads8.8Score17414d adds
- 94 Daily Life in Ancient Times After Transmigrating into a Book 古代穿书日常 Qin Qingqing transmigrated into a book, only to find herself cast as a lazy, greedy supporting character, a foil to the hardworking and kind heroine! To hell with being a supporting character. She has no intention of following the plot. 507Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 95 I Have a Poem That Can Send the Whole World to Its Death 我有一诗，可请全天下赴死 [Confucian cultivation + regret and redemption + outrageously satisfying + ruthless + invincible] Also known as: “Why Are You Begging Me to Come Back in Tears After Kicking Me Out?”, “You Expelled Me from the Academy, So Why Should I Care If It’s Destroyed?”, and “You Told Me to Leave the Academy. Now I’ve Become a Confucian Sage, So Why Are You Crying?” In his previous life, Lu Yuan was beaten to death by a crowd over a completely fabricated accusation. He gave everything he had, only to be met 5.3kReads5.9Score50914d adds
- 96 The Han Dynasty’s Confucian Sage: One Poem Stuns the Sages and Lives Forever 大汉儒尊，诗成传世惊诸圣 The Great Han Dynasty honors the Way of Letters. Those who study literature can move mountains, fill seas, ascend to heaven, and descend into the earth. The literary path flourishes, with a hundred schools contending. Emperor Gaozu of Han dislikes Confucianism, and the Confucian school falls into decline. In this life, Dong Zhong’s mother has vanished, his father has died, and his beloved has framed and abandoned him. As someone who transmigrated, he is worse off alive than a dog! On the day of 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Spiritual Qi Revival: I Became a Spirit from Exhaust Fumes and Conquered the World 灵气复苏：靠尾气成精，我横扫诸 [Helping Each Other and Sabotaging Each Other | Ten Calamities | Forbidden Zone Creatures | Loyalty and Brotherhood] Life couldn't be more unlucky. I had just won a huge lottery prize, enough to make me a billionaire, but before I could take Liu Ruyan's hand, spiritual qi revival began and natural disasters descended. Gou Buli was furious. He grabbed his brothers and chased down forbidden zone creatures, hacking his way through them. With his brothers' blood as his offering and his brothers as h 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The Sage of Letters, the Poet Immortal, and the Grand Secretary: I Am All Three 这文圣，诗仙，首辅我一人当之 The moment he opened his eyes, Gu Yanzhou had transmigrated into the body of a poor student in the Great Xuan dynasty. At a poetry gathering, he recited, “Have you not seen the Yellow River’s waters descend from the sky?” and left a hall full of renowned scholars speechless. “Is all the world’s talent worth ten bushels?” He swept his brush across the page. “I, Gu, claim eight of them!” At the imperial examination, his policy essay astonished the emperor, who personally named him the top scholar. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 99 The Hidden Phoenix Sings Clear 隐凤清鸣 In the ancient Great Yu Dynasty, the imperial examinations offered a broad road to power and glory, drawing countless children from humble families to pursue their dreams. Yet behind all that splendor lurked darkness and intrigue unknown to most. She was Su Jinyu, the orphaned daughter of the Great Yu Dynasty's youngest grand secretary. Born with memories of her previous life, she had once been a legal scholar, and from birth she bore the heavy burden of clearing her father's name. Su Moxuan had 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 My Whole Family Supports My Imperial Exams, and I Rise to Great Heights 全家供我科举，而后青云直上 One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A bird must flap its wings before it can soar; a person must study before they can get ahead. Huang Zhiwen unexpectedly gets another chance at life, bringing the memories of his previous life with him as he slowly adapts to this new world. Here, he finds new people to care about and a new family. The Huang family is warm and close-knit, and they will do everything they can to support Huang Zhiwen in the imperial examinations. That leaves all the pres 783Reads8.4Score—14d adds
