Novels like A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams, best match first.
- 1 Who Says Women Are Inferior to Men? The Yang Family's Little Girl Tops the Imperial Exams 谁说女子不如男？杨家小丫中状元 Does an inkstone distinguish yin from yang? Why should the annals of history distinguish men from women? Yang Xin, a modern-day businesswoman, was mistakenly summoned by a blunder-prone underworld official and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of Yang Xinxin, the youngest daughter of the Yang family in Yangjia Village during the Great Xia Dynasty. She thought that in this ancient society, all she could do was marry and raise children, living an uneventful life. But on the very day she was 10Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 2 The Road to the Imperial Exams: Disguised as a Man, I Earned Top Honors Six Times 科举之路：女扮男装六元及第 [A Woman Disguised as a Man + Imperial Examination Progression + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + No Romance] Lin Wei, a modern soul, was born into an ancient world, only to discover she was a doomed baby girl destined to become a tragic cannon-fodder character! Facing her fated ending of “dying in childbirth as the family falls into ruin,” she decisively bound herself to a “Star of Literary Brilliance” System. Through a carefully orchestrated dream, she convinced her grandfather, who believed it witho 69Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 3 After I Stopped Letting People Walk All Over Me, the Cold-Hearted Powerful Man Doted on Me 不当受气包后，被清冷权贵娇宠了 Transmigration + Alternate World + Imperial Examinations... Shen Xiaoqing transmigrates to a village in an unknown era. It's poor, but that's no problem: she'll make money. This era is unlike any dynasty. Women can take the imperial examinations, too. First she encounters her awful grandparents, then her fourth uncle, who refuses to live an ordinary life and wants to take the crooked path. Deal with the scoundrels, and set those who stray back on the right track! Whatever happens, she can't let 49Reads6.5Score514d adds
- 4 The Farm Girl Who Became Top Scholar 农家女状元 Mo Zhen, a modern-day tomboy, somehow transmigrates into ancient times as a real man! She takes the imperial exams, becomes the top scorer, protects the people, and rights wrongs. She makes buns, builds a franchise, and grows richer than kings. She charms handsome men and noble young ladies alike, living a dashing and carefree life. “Wife, you've had enough fun. Time for bed.” Alas, the man is actually a woman. 61Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 5 Civil Service Exams in a Troubled Age: A Farmer's Son's Road to Glory 乱世科举：农家子的光耀门楣路 The Li family had a young rogue who stole chickens, picked pockets, loafed around, and never learned a thing. After stealing a bellyband and making advances on a young woman, he was beaten to death. With no food at home and his father paralyzed, he faced a hopeless start. His weathered, stooped grandfather stood by as the young man picked up a book and entered the imperial examinations. Everyone in the village waited to laugh. The notorious Li Rogue passing the exams would be the biggest joke of 58Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 6 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
- 7 I Take the Imperial Exam Seriously 科举我是认真的 Overnight, he transmigrates and becomes a poor farm boy in the Great Jiang Kingdom, with nothing but the bare walls of his home. His only “golden finger” is the arsenal of skills he learned in his previous life through exam prep and working his way through school. Looking at the thin porridge in his bowl, clear enough to see his reflection, Li Pingbao decides to break through by pursuing an official career through the imperial examinations… 14.9kReads8.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 8 Striving Forward 奋进 This is not an accident, nor is it the end. It is a brand-new beginning. Only by continuing forward can we find hope. Not everyone enjoys hardship and toil. You need a goal in your heart to keep moving forward. 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Passed the Imperial Exams and Made the Honor Roll in Ancient Times 我在古代考科举金榜题名了 Zhao Qiaoyue, an ability-user from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a book as Zhao Qiaoyue, the ill-fated, illegitimate daughter of the Zhao family in the Great Rong Dynasty. She and her birth mother, Xia Niang, are banished by the Zhao family to a small village. Xia Niang loves her daughter and wants to secure her future, so she sends her to study for the imperial examinations. But when someone schemes against her, Zhao Qiaoyue fights back by giving them a taste of their own medicine! The Zha 134Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 10 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
- 11 Going Back to Ancient Times to Take the Imperial Exams 回到古代考科举 [Imperial exams] + [officialdom] + [getting rich] + [sweet romance] Jin Yu had always been the kind of student other parents pointed to as an example. He studied straight through to a postdoctoral degree, finishing at the age of twenty-five. Books had always been his companions. Fortunately, he didn't dislike studying. In fact, he loved it. One day, he transmigrated into the body of an ordinary farm boy. He was too weak to carry a shoulder pole or lift a load. In the end, he still had to rely on 16Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 12 The Imperial Examination: Why Can't My Daughter Become the Top Scholar? 科举：凭什么我女儿不能中状元？ (The manhua adaptation is now available. Feel free to check it out!) [Child-Rearing + Imperial Exams: No CP in the main story, and if there is one, it's one-sided] Su Mingyi grew up in a remote mountain temple until she was three, knowing only that her grandfather loved her dearly and would protect her at all costs. He taught her martial arts and how to recite scriptures. He even kept a close watch whenever she bathed with the other young Taoist disciples, hiding her away as carefully as he coul 9.1kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 13 Imperial Exam Comeback: The Chief Minister Is a Woman in Disguise 科举逆袭：首辅大人女扮男装 [System + No Saintly Do-Gooder + Comeback and Revenge + Rise in Rank and Wealth] [A Woman Disguised as a Man Takes the Imperial Exams] [Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings for Her] After an unexpected transmigration, Ye Bing became the posthumous child of the Ye family’s eldest branch. Faced with four beautiful older sisters, a frail widowed mother, and a scoundrel of a father who faked his death to marry another wife, Ye Bing decided to enter officialdom through the imperial exams so she could prot 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Imperial Exam System: The First Female Chancellor 科举系统之第一女相 At long last, she had finished her postgraduate entrance exams. Who knew she’d suddenly die and wake up bound to the imperial examination System? Her father was dead, her mother was weak, and she was sickly. From the very start, her clan bullied her. At least she was a man, so getting things done would be convenient. Wait, why was she a woman? Never mind. Dressing as a man wasn’t a problem. Just watch her outwork all her classmates! 150Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 15 A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举 Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance. 266Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 16 A Farmer's Son's Road to the Imperial Exams in Ming Hongwu's Reign 农家子在大明洪武科举之路 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + no System + one heroine] An engineer unexpectedly transmigrates to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, taking over the body of a farmer's son from the Jiang family in Qingshui Village, De'an County, Jiujiang Prefecture. Looking at his family's dilapidated thatched hut, bare of all furnishings, Jiang Xiangwen quietly considers his options. In an age when "all pursuits are inferior to studying," how can he change his fate through education and achieve the —Reads—Score114d adds
- 17 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 38Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 You Broke Off Our Engagement When I Failed the Exams. Now I've Topped Them, So Why Are You Crying? 落榜你提退婚，我高中状元你哭啥 Imperial examination story + fallen child prodigy + good-for-nothing’s rise to success + no System + nonstop thrills! The child prodigy Fang Zhongyong could write poetry at five and passed the county-level exam at eight, earning fame far and wide! The wealthy Zhou family came to curry favor with him, arranging for their daughter Zhou Liuliu to be betrothed to Fang Zhongyong. Under the pretext that their family had a private tutor to teach him, they tricked him into moving to their home. But they 858Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 19 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. 58Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn, the System Makes Me a Scholar and Warrior in Ancient Times 重生后，系统让我在古代文武双全 (No CP)!!! Beep... A machine sounded, and Sang Hua was gone from this world for good. Her soul left her body. Looking at herself lying on the hospital bed, she thought back over the twenty years of her life. Sang Hua felt she had been incredibly unlucky. After finally escaping that family through her own efforts, she had been about to enjoy a happy life of doing nothing, only to get into a car accident on the way to the airport... Sang Hua watched the medical staff cover her body with a white sh 25Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 21 After Binding to a Childbearing System, I Became the Goddess of Childbirth 绑定生子系统后，我成了送子娘娘 [Transmigration + unconventional childbirth story (the heroine does not give birth) + no romance + growth-oriented heroine, slow-paced career building + helping women grow + farming + raising kids] What do you do when all you've got from the start is a silver tongue? Talk the System into a state of total confusion, and you can have anything you want! Song Xinghe is bound to a childbirth System, but she doesn't want children. By talking her way into changing the quests, she even turns the System 194Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 22 The Top Female Scholar 女状元 Gu Qingmo's entire family, loyal to the bone, died unjustly in the Shaoshan Rebellion. She alone escaped the sea of flames. After eight years of lying low and biding her time, she finally had everything in place. Disguised as a man, she returned to Shengjing, manipulated factional conflicts, played power games, and threw the court into turmoil. Everyone urged her to let go, but only that seemingly carefree man wrote to her and protected her. After it was all over, Gu Qingmo once asked Su Jie, 50Reads7.8Score414d adds
- 23 After Failing to Ascend, the System Pinned Me Down and Made Me Take the Imperial Exams 飞升失败后被系统摁在地上考科举 [Imperial Exam History + Cultivation / Farmer's Son / System, No Cheats / Lighthearted and Funny] They say the end of the imperial exams is immortality... Lu An joins forces with his seventy-year-old "book boy," determined to make his way to the top! Lu An had a lifetime's worth of fame, yet he came to grief over the words "rise to the clouds in a single stride." After falling into a land without spiritual energy... since that's how things are, he might as well take a turn in the mortal cour 971Reads—Score13414d adds
- 24 I Conquer the Imperial Exams in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频科举文里大杀四方 After dying, Lin Muwei transmigrates from her former life as an office worker into the body of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an. With powerful enemies outside and schemers within, the beautiful young woman has to pass herself off as a man, disguising her gender to fool everyone! Pampered beyond measure, Lin Muwei sets her sights on becoming the capital’s number-one wastrel! Who could have guessed that the marquis’s household would suddenly fall from favor, and Lin Muwei would turn t 253Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 25 A Female Chancellor's Rise Through the Imperial Exams 女宰相的科举逆袭 [Woman Disguised as a Man + No Romance + No Male Lead + Imperial Exam Comeback + Female Awakening] After fighting her way up from the bottom, Jiang Chuheng opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a twelve-year-old girl in ancient times, disguised as a boy and prone to tears. At home, she has an elderly grandmother, a timid mother, and two beautiful older sisters. Her eldest sister has been set up and faces the prospect of becoming a concubine. Things are going badly from the start! After 148Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 26 I Couldn't Bear to See My Parents Taken Advantage Of, So I Became the Top Scholar 心疼爹娘太老实，科举考个状元郎 Male lead: Shen Qingshi The male lead has no System or pocket dimension, but comes with PUA skills. Even the most arrogant can be turned into a lackey. In his previous life, Shen Qingshi had just achieved financial freedom when his soul transmigrated into the body of a peasant boy in ancient times. His grandparents doted on no one, his parents were both doormats, and his third uncle was a leech who couldn't even pass the examination to become a scholar. Fine, whoever wants to be a doormat can be 1.6kReads7.6Score15114d adds
- 27 Xu Erlang's Road to the Imperial Exams 徐家二郎的科举之路 After an accident, Xu Xu, a modern university student majoring in traditional Chinese medicine, transmigrated to an ancient farming family. To give himself and his family a better life and keep them safe, he embarked on the long road of the imperial examinations. He passed and became a county magistrate in a remote region, eventually rising to the highest ranks of government. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Top Scholar Is a Woman! 探花郎，她是女儿身！ [Disguised as a Man + Transmigrate + Imperial Examinations and Court Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Infrastructure Building + Equally Matched Couple + Beloved by All + Daily Life] A sensation swept through Jiangnan: the Jiang family, wealthy merchants for generations, had produced a scholar. Rumor had it that supporting this scholar cost the Jiang family enough in a year to sustain an ordinary household in Pingjiang Prefecture for three generations. A curious onlooker counted it all on his fingers, 175.1kReads8.9Score34k14d adds
- 29 That Country Bumpkin Fool Turned Out to Be the Top Scholar 他一个农家傻子，竟是科举状元 [Imperial Examinations + Political Intrigue + Farming + Court Politics + Rebirth into the Same Dynasty] Overnight, the entire Li household, home to a first-rank minister, is slaughtered. From an eighty-year-old elder to a baby still nursing, more than two hundred people are cut down. Not one survives, and the ground runs red with blood... Li Qingyun wakes up to discover that he has been reborn as a farmer’s son. A mother who cries easily, a father with a second wife, a shrewish aunt, a cousi 844Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 30 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
- 31 Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Take the Imperial Exams in a Farming Novel 穿越古代在种田文里考科举 [Rags-to-Riches Reversal + Political Intrigue + No System] He wakes up to find himself the son of a dirt-poor farming family. His parents are counting on him to change their fate through study, while the whole village waits to see him make a fool of himself! Wen You'an says, “What’s there to panic about? A top student is a top student anywhere! A scientific approach to exam prep? Coming right up! Targeted poverty alleviation to improve the family’s lot? Absolutely!” From the county exam to the p 414Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 32 The Road to the Top Scholar: A Farmer’s Daughter’s Imperial Exam Journey 科举之农家女的状元路 This isn't a high-energy, over-the-top feel-good story, and the pacing is fairly slow. There are no dramatic showdowns with awful relatives or triumphant face-slapping moments. If that works for you, read on. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, young Liu Lu had just learned that her thesis had passed when a car accident sent her to the past. She woke up as a little farm girl. To make matters worse, her parents were out of favor and always did the most work for the least reward. What w 630Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 33 Has the Second Miss of the Su Family Killed Anyone Today? 苏家二小姐今天刀人了吗 (Loves power and money, exceptionally strong, an incredible memory, chants Buddhist scriptures by day but kills without mercy. Su Wuyan) (Political intrigue + strong female lead + taking down scumbags + no idiocy + no vile relatives + imperial examinations for women) The Grand Chancellor of the Great Liang Dynasty has a granddaughter who ranks second among the family’s children. Everyone calls her the Su family’s second young miss, Su Wuyan. She is also the subject of the kind of rumors the comm 4.2kReads8.2Score42914d adds
- 34 A Village Boy's Road to the Imperial Exams 山村小子的科举之路 Lin Yuan is a farmer's son who transmigrates to a remote mountain village in an alternate ancient China. His family is poor and makes a living by farming. Born prematurely, he is frail, but as the only son, he is treasured by his grandparents. Lin Yuan possesses supernatural abilities and an eidetic memory, giving him an advantage on the road to the imperial examinations. In this world, examinees advance through ranks from child licentiate to top scholar. He sets out on his journey, undaunted by 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Imperial Exams: From Three-Year-Old Farm Boy to Imperial Tutor 科举：从三岁农家子到一代帝师 Shen Hengzhi, a modern graduate student in history, died suddenly and was reborn as Shen Shitou, a farmer’s son. In this Great Qi, social rank was rigid, and it was difficult for those from humble backgrounds to rise above their station. The Shen family had barely enough to get by, surviving on three mu of poor farmland. They could not even afford paper and ink for practicing calligraphy. When he was three, Shen Shitou used a dry branch to write in the dirt beneath the old locust tree. He caught 74Reads—Score14814d adds
- 36 The Eight-Gui Clan 八桂世家 In the early years of the Xianfeng Emperor's reign, the fires of war spread across Guangxi as the Mo clan beneath Mount Zijin was swept into the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement. To preserve the ancestral shrine and keep the family rites alive, clan leader Mo Wenhua maneuvers between Qing forces demanding provisions and Taiping troops recruiting soldiers. Some young men in the clan join the Taiping army in search of a way forward, while others stay behind to guard the ancestral home and protect —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 At Hoeing Time Beneath the Midday Sun, I Fell for the Imperial Exams 锄禾日当午我和科举处 [Imperial examinations + daily life + romance, with a male-female pairing; the protagonist is still a child at this stage] Su Yan transmigrates into a new life as an infant in swaddling clothes, born premature and frail into a family with nothing but four bare walls. He’d already lived freely enough in his previous life, and now, everything goes black before his eyes. He just wants to give up and be reborn as soon as possible. But each time he’s on the brink of death, he narrowly survives. He ch 2Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 38 The Mo Clan Rises Amid the Tumult of the Late Qing 烽起清末莫氏崛起 In the twenty-ninth year of the Daoguang reign, a severe drought struck Guangxi. The land was strewn with the dead, and the flames of rebellion were already spreading in secret at Jintian. Mo Zhenbang, a modern graduate student of Qing history, opens his eyes to find himself a scholar of the Mo clan in Beiliu County, Wuzhou Prefecture. He inherits a complete mess: “eight hundred mu of poor fields with falling yields, a thousand clansmen waiting to be fed, and a fifty-tael loan shark pounding on 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Build a Fortune and Pass the Imperial Exams 发家致富考科举 [No System or golden finger, one heroine, not a wish-fulfillment story, realistic] Xie Fan is a hopelessly single exam nerd, a useless graduate of a top university, and a slacker at a major organization. He enjoys a carefree life of choosing to lie flat. After an unexpected death, he returns to a parallel world in the Ming Dynasty, reborn as the son of a landlord. But life in a landlord’s household turns out to be no easier. To make ends meet, he sets out on the path of the imperial examinations 1.1kReads8.6Score10314d adds
- 40 You Sold My Beloved Wife? I'll Rule the Court Through the Imperial Exams! 卖我娇妻？我靠科举权倾朝野！ [Transmigrator Reborn + No System + Imperial Examinations + Political Intrigue] “I'll kill them all!” That was Li Yu's first thought when he woke up. After transmigrating, Li Yu was betrayed by his parents and family. His newlywed wife was sold and disfigured. He used a transmigrator's knowledge, far beyond that of the ancient world, to build wealth, but was cruelly oppressed by the powerful. His whole life was a tragedy! But just when all seemed lost, he was reborn. The moment he opens h 344Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 41 When the Clan Got a Cheat 当宗族开了外挂 In 1841, the twenty-two-year-old scholar Mo Wenhua of Ning Tan Town in Lingnan accidentally binds himself to the Doubao System. The Taiping Rebellion is already brewing in the shadows, and the small Mo clan is in grave danger. Tailored to the realities of mid-to-late Qing-era Lingnan, the System provides plans for agricultural improvements, resource management, military training, and anticipating crises. With its help, Mo Wenhua begins by resolving the clan’s struggle to survive, then gradually 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子，我转身科举争光 [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 21.5kReads7.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 43 The Farm Girl Who Turned Things Around After a Terrible Start 天崩开局的农家女她逆袭了 [Native-Born + Everyday Family Life + Imperial Examinations + Court Politics + No Romance] Xia Jiang was born into a farming family. She has always loved reading and is gifted at it, too. With her uncle-in-law's help, she reads many books, copies them to earn money, and even invests in a shop owned by Xia Chan, a transmigrator. One day, Xia Chan brings her some news. There's actually a girls' school in the capital that teaches the Six Arts of the Confucian scholars. Xia Jiang packs her things an 1.2kReads8.4Score13814d adds
- 44 Cast Out and Split from the Family? I'll Pass the Imperial Exams and Start My Own Lineage 被弃分家？我靠科举单开族谱 His eldest uncle had failed the imperial exams for eighteen years straight, yet he relied on their grandfather's favoritism to drain the whole family's hard-earned savings. Even the betrothal gifts were taken to cover his family's “expenses for cultivating exam connections.” His cousin wanted to study too, but the family couldn't afford it. So their grandfather ordered everyone to borrow money to support the uncle and his son! Grandfather even declared that only the legitimate eldest son and leg 563Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 45 Raising the Family Through Imperial Exams: I Made Our Name Shine by Outworking Everyone 科举兴家：我靠内卷光耀门楣 A vice president at a modern foreign company worked himself to death from overwork, only to transmigrate into the body of a child disguised as a boy. As if that weren't enough, disaster struck from the heavens. The harvest failed completely, plunging all of Daxuan into a food crisis. Her father was missing, her mother suffered endless bullying, and even her father's pension was snatched away by their awful relatives. With her soft-hearted mother and weak older sister unable to do anything, she h 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Regretting My College Entrance Exam in My Past Life, I Fulfill My Wish in the Imperial Exams This Life 前世高考之憾，今世科举得愿 No System, no golden finger, and no womanizing. A soul disillusioned with modern life is reborn in a body in the Great Xia Dynasty. In his previous life, he made a living delivering food; in this one, he intends to give this decaying dynasty a chance at rebirth. The dynasty's institutions closely resemble those of the late Ming. Its deep-rooted ills are compounded by corrupt officials wreaking havoc within and powerful enemies circling beyond its borders. Chaos reigns, and the people suffer. Wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 The Imperial Exams: A Farmer’s Son Has His Day in the Sun 科举，农家子也有春天 One day, Fang Ping’an, a left-behind child, transmigrates to ancient times. He has no extraordinary opportunities and no influential benefactors. How can he turn his life around? The medicine shop has no one he knows. Who would buy the herbs you gather? He knows no one in the world of the imperial examinations. Who would teach you to read? He has no connections in officialdom. Who would help you get your foot in the door? This is the story of a farmer’s son who, in the midst of a confused and ai 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Imperial Examinations: The First Female Grand Chancellor 科举：第一女首辅 Feng Xi transmigrates into the foolish fiancée of the male lead in an imperial-examination novel, an NPC on his path to greatness. According to the original plot, the male lead, who grew up in the countryside, is found by his family. The first thing he does after reclaiming his status as a scion of a prominent clan is send someone to erase the stain that is her. After that, the male lead displays his talents, places first in the imperial exams, rises through the ranks, and wins the hearts of a b 473Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 49 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
- 50 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 723Reads6.7Score—14d adds
