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- 51 Top Scholar: I Blundered Into the Imperial Court, and Now I Rule the Realm 状元我误闯天家，少年郎权倾朝野 [Transmigration + Imperial Examinations + Officialdom + Political Scheming + No Romance + Clever Wish Fulfillment] After dying suddenly, economics master Qi Yu becomes the emperor of the Great Yong dynasty’s young nephew, who had been lost among the common folk and raised by a farming family surnamed Li. His adoptive grandmother has no idea that his late father was the emperor’s own elder brother. She plays favorites to an absurd degree, forcing the six-year-old boy and his widowed mother to sup 8kReads8.4Score89414d adds
- 52 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
- 53 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, 24.6kReads7.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 54 A Peking University Master's Imperial Exam: Shocking the Entire Court 北大硕士科举：震惊满朝文武 In his previous life, Lin Yanqiu was a star student in Peking University’s history department. Then, overnight, he transmigrated into the Great Jing dynasty as a poor scholar who had failed the imperial examinations three times. His betrothal to the late county magistrate’s daughter had become the laughingstock of the entire village. On the eve of the examinations, the matriarch of the Cui family came personally to his dilapidated hut. Instead of breaking off the engagement, she insisted on hono 179kReads8.5Score22k14d adds
- 55 The Scholar's Spicy Little Bride 秀才家的小辣媳 After transmigrating to ancient times as a little girl, Jin Niang faced being sold by her own parents to a brothel on her very first day. Luckily, a young man who had come to the village with his widowed mother paid to buy her. Everything about her new family was wonderful. The only problem was that they were all far too kind. Jin Niang couldn't help thinking that without her, their resident firecracker, the mother and son would be eaten alive by the villagers! The young man, Su Moyan, became 260Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 56 Fleeing Famine in a Year of Disaster, I Raise a Child Alone in the Mountains 灾年逃荒，我在山里独养娃 Bai Xing transmigrates into the body of a newlywed bride in ancient times. Unfortunately, her husband is a scholar who can read but can't farm. They have nothing but four bare walls and are desperately poor! No matter, she has special abilities and a pocket space, so she's sure to make a good life for them. Just as things start to improve, war breaks out. Amid the chaos, disaster strikes too, leaving the fields barren. The villagers begin fleeing south to escape the famine... Her scholar husband 730Reads7.4Score10014d adds
- 57 The Imperial Exams Are No Easy Feat, So I’ll Take My Whole Family to the Azure Sky 科举不易，我携全家共青云 Lin Shu opened his eyes and found himself reborn as a newborn in a farming family in Xiaolin Village, Great Yong. In his previous life, he was alone, bedridden and sick. In this life, his family gathered around him, their home warm with lamplight. His frail mother embroidered money for books by lamplight. His silent father used his own back to open the way for him to study. His gentle older sister poured her girlhood into the soup she made for him. Even the eggs his grandparents secretly slipped 17kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 58 Transmigrating to Ancient Times, I Lead My Entire Clan to Success Through the Imperial Exams 穿越古代我靠科举带飞全族 [Imperial examinations + Female transmigrates into a male body + Farming] [There is a romantic pairing, and the male lead is devoted to one person.] In the modern world, she was an overworked 996 employee with a degree from a top-tier university. In ancient times, she became a man! Born to a farming family, he doesn’t want to spend his whole life farming, nor become a low-ranking merchant’s apprentice. With no particular skill to rely on, the only path to changing his fate and his family’s fate 808Reads7.1Score12014d adds
- 59 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 1.7kReads8.8Score19514d adds
- 60 A Farming Couple, Building a Better Life Together 农门夫妻，携手奔小康 [Farming + imperial examinations + raising children + everyday family life] Qin Shu transmigrated and suddenly found herself aged up to thirty-eight, with a new identity as the mother of four fine sons. Believing that the strong never complain about their circumstances, Qin Shu rolled up her sleeves and began adjusting to her new life. Wait, why was her original body's husband still here? 16.5kReads8.8Score2.1k14d adds
- 61 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
- 62 My Imperial Exams Went Poorly, and Grandma Blames the Family Grave 科举不顺，我奶说是祖坟出了问题 Chen Bufan repeated his senior year three times, winning the provincial top-scorer title for his alma mater each time and making himself a tidy three million yuan in the process. He was one tough guy. But fate had other plans. A sudden accident, and that was the end of him! When he opened his eyes again, he had become Yaozu, a young man in a poor, remote village in the Great Xia Dynasty. The place was so wretched it made him want to stay up all night writing "A Humble Thatched Cottage". Even bei 42.7kReads7.3Score6.3k14d adds
- 63 The Imperial Exams: Uncle, A Commoner’s Rise Depends on You 科举：叔啊，泥腿子翻身就靠你了 My new book, After Refusing to Rejoin My Ancestral Clan, I Became a Sage Through the Imperial Exams, is out now. Come check it out! After transmigrating as the youngest son of a farming family, he finds himself with nothing but bare walls. The immense wealth he built in business in his previous life did not come with him, and everything he knows is useless here. His widowed mother is at the top of the household, his widowed sister-in-law in the middle, and his nieces and nephews at the bottom. H 1.6kReads8.3Score10314d adds
- 64 The Lowborn Grand Secretary 贱籍阁老 Transmigrated as the illegitimate son of a salt merchant in Great Zhou, Zhou Mingxuan was born into the lowest social class. A registered salt-household status was the only path to success for someone from a humble family. From the family estate and study halls to the imposing imperial court, he used his writing as his vessel, conquered the civil service examinations, pacified border troubles, and opened up the seas. From the Crown Prince's close friend to a trusted minister charged with safegua 626Reads8.0Score10514d adds
- 65 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
- 66 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
- 67 The Chief Minister Is Teasing His Young Husband Again 首辅他又在逗弄小夫郎了 [Top + Farming + Making Money to Support the Family + Imperial Examinations + Mutual Devotion] Song Qunqing, a powerful survivor from the apocalypse, opened his eyes to find himself a poor scholar in ancient times. His family had nothing, his parents were both dead, and he had two little dependents who were still crying to be fed! Song Qunqing sighed. Forget it. If I survived the zombie apocalypse, surely raising kids and farming won't defeat me. Just as he was about to make his fortune, he pick 109Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 68 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
- 69 The Ailing Chief Minister’s Live-In Husband 病秧子首辅的招赘夫郎 [Refined beauty from the native world, top vs. modern entrepreneur, handsome bottom] Liu Xiaoru transmigrated into the body of an older unmarried man, a hunter whose father had died young and whose frail mother was the only one managing the household. As soon as he arrived, he found himself facing the familiar script of a broken engagement and a public humiliation. The villagers didn't sympathize with Liu Xiaoru for being jilted. Instead, they praised his former fiancé, a licentiate. “So what if 1.6kReads8.4Score15114d adds
- 70 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
- 71 The Imperial Exams: A Concubine-Born Son's Rise from Lowly Officialdom 科举：小官庶子逆袭之路 [Civil service exams + System + heroine appears in the middle and later parts + feel-good power fantasy + making a name in history] In his previous life, Li Runping was abandoned at the entrance to an orphanage and later adopted by it. Growing up there, he learned early on that you had to fight for everything. But things never went his way, and he always fell just short of success. Whether it was an exam or a promotion review, he was always just a little behind. As he got older, he realized he h 73Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 72 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
- 73 The Struggles of a Poor Family in the Song Dynasty 宋代寒门的奋斗史 In the blink of an eye, a history PhD from the 21st century becomes the second son of a farming family outside Bianliang City. His family is dirt poor, the elders are shortsighted, and they even have a “precious heir” whom the whole family must support. As the second son of a branch family whom no one takes seriously, watch how Chen He works his way up, crosses class boundaries, and leaps from the farm into a new life. 1.7kReads7.6Score14714d adds
- 74 The Top Scholar and Grand Secretary Keep Carrying Me in the Imperial Exams 科举：状元首辅又带飞朕了 (The rating just came out, so it will rise later) In his previous life, Shen Zhiyan was an engineering PhD at one of China's top five universities. In this life, he transmigrated to a peasant family in the Great Sheng dynasty. A poor household, a grandmother who played favorites, a taciturn father, and a third uncle who failed the imperial exams time and again... In an era when everything was inferior save for studying, Shen Zhiyan edged out his third uncle and set out on the path of the imperia 170kReads8.7Score14.4k14d adds
- 75 Transmigrated as the Fake Young Master in an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文里的假少爷 [Imperial examinations + fake and real young masters + alternate dynasty + transmigrate + transmigrate into a book + everyday life] [Male protagonist's perspective, no CP, no female lead, and the true heiress has little page time] Yuan Kunyu transmigrated after a celebration banquet for getting into a 985 university's gifted youth program. The good news: he had become a young master from a prestigious family. The not-so-bad news: he was the fake one. So, at the age of ten, Yuan Kunyu returned to 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Great Traitor Is Reborn: What’s the Point of Becoming the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams? 大奸臣重生后，科举当状元算什么 [Alternate Universe] [No Female Lead] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Villain] [Slow Burn] [Not a Wish-Fulfillment Novel] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Early: Imperial Exams] [Middle: Infrastructure] [Late: Political Intrigue] Content warning: There is no female lead, but there is a political marriage. It involves no romantic entanglement, only an alliance of interests, and the person I marry will die. (For details, see the author’s note at the end of Chapter One.) [The blurb is in first person; the 37Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 77 A Zhuangyuan Emerges from a Farming Family Through the Imperial Exams 科举农门出了个状元郎 After finally making something of himself as an orphan, he opened his eyes in the darkness and found himself a five-year-old idiot in ancient times. From the start, the Husky System tricked him into going deep into the mountains, telling him to be independent and figure out how to survive there alone. To hell with that! I have a home and a family. There’s just one problem: this family is dirt poor! No worries. Getting rich and passing the imperial exams are well within his abilities! This is a s 345Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 78 The New Dynasty's Turmoil Begins with a Poor Scholar in Yuezhou 新朝风云，从岳州寒门开始 Lin Yue, a graduate student and a battle-hardened special forces king, dies in the line of duty and awakens in a war-torn era reminiscent of the late Yuan. He is now a poor young man on the verge of death in Yuezhou. In his previous life, he excelled in both letters and arms; in this one, he has nothing. He studies ancient characters and goes into business; he recites the classics and strengthens his body. Drawing on both his knowledge and his own abilities, he rises through the county, prefectu 37Reads—Score—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 A Farmer’s Son’s Daily Struggle to Succeed in the Imperial Exams 农家子科举奋斗日常 Born into a farming family in an unknown dynasty, Zhao Jue looked at his tiny arms and legs and thought, Farming was out of the question. In this age where scholars ranked above farmers, artisans, and merchants, and learning was considered the noblest pursuit, he’d better work hard at his studies… 219Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 81 From the Start, I Was a Lowly Illegitimate Son, but the Imperial Exams Carried Me to Success 开局低贱庶子，我靠科举步步青云 Transmigration, imperial examinations, illegitimate son, political intrigue, court politics, play the pig to eat the tiger, male-oriented, historical, one female lead When Lin Yan transmigrated, he became an inconspicuous illegitimate son of the Lin family. He harbored no deep-seated hatred and had never endured relentless bullying. All he knew was how to keep his talents hidden, guard his heart, and live quietly. While others studied hard for the imperial examinations, he already had a firm gr 20.4kReads6.7Score1.7k14d adds
- 82 The Exam-System Bargain Hunter Accidentally Wins the Whole Empire 科举捡漏王，一不小心捡了个天下 [Imperial Exam Fiction] [Alternate History] [One Heroine] [No Golden Finger] Xie Qi thought he had died, but one day he woke up to discover that he had transmigrated into the son of a poor farming family in an alternate dynasty. The only way to change his fate was to take the imperial exams! After finally passing the exams and becoming the top scholar, Xie Qi was badly set up by the emperor. He was sent straight to the most remote prefectural city. Since he was here, he might as well make the be 66Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 83 Failed to Transfer? Better to Strive Than Throw My Life Away 调剂失败，作死不如上进 Sun Zhaoyang, a woman in a man’s body, forgot to say she didn’t want to be assigned to a different major when she made a wish at Yonghe Temple in the modern world. The enormous force of her wish got her assigned to an alternate dynasty instead. The good news: She no longer has to be passed around like a football while people roll their eyes at her. The bad news: She’s a man now! What can she do? Make the best of it! She can’t just die again. Who knows what godforsaken place she’ll be assigned to 421Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 84 I Transmigrated to Another World and Married a Husband to Spoil Him Rotten 穿到异世，娶个夫郎使劲宠 [Two male leads + farming + imperial examinations + devoted to each other + gong protagonist] Warning: There’s a chapter involving adoption as a substitute. Please take note while reading; it isn’t actual adoption. After transmigrating, Zhao Zexun married Tang Yuanyuan, a fair-skinned, beautiful man. Tang Yuanyuan had a sharp tongue. The aunties who liked gossiping behind people’s backs would fall silent the moment they saw him, afraid he’d think they were talking about his family. His fierce re 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 85 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
- 86 A Humble Scholar’s Rise Through the Imperial Exams [Female to Male] 寒门科举崛起路【女穿男】 [Imperial examinations + woman transmigrates into a man + farming + food + making a name in history] In her previous life, Mu Suyan had worked her hardest just to become an ordinary university graduate. In this life, from the start, she became a penniless boy from a poor scholar’s family. His ancestors had once enjoyed great glory, but he had been born at the wrong time. The entire Mu family eagerly hoped he would restore their former greatness. He summoned the resolve to study through every har 222Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 I Opened My Eyes to Find Myself in Ancient Times, Straight from the Apocalypse 一睁眼，从末世到古代 [Two male leads, one-on-one. The gong: composed, reliable, and seemingly always in control, but actually a sensitive big dog who craves love. The shou: resilient and kind, seemingly devoted to healing others, but actually fiercely possessive.] Gu Yunqi transmigrated from a bloody apocalypse to a peaceful alternate world, where he gained a new family and friends. Blessed with supernatural abilities, he could excel in the civil service examinations and become a top scholar, or wield a spear and re 990Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 88 The Imperial Exam: A Transmigrator's Road to Reversal 科举，穿越人的逆袭之路 [Everyday Farm Life | Exam-System Comeback | Court Intrigue | No System] After a car accident, a modern soul is reborn as Sun Dingyun, a two-year-old boy in an ordinary farming family in ancient times. The only grandson in the family, he is cherished by his parents and protected by his elders. His family is well-off, and there are no nasty relatives stirring up trouble. He has no System, no photographic memory, and no golden finger. He is just an ordinary person. With his whole family backing 3.5kReads7.8Score22514d adds
- 89 On the Imperial Exams, Who Knows Who'll Be the One Sweating? 论科举，谁卷谁还不知道呢 In his previous life, he was visiting Dujiangyan with his mentor to draw up reinforcement plans when one misstep cost him everything. When Zhang Shi’an opened his eyes again, he was holding a little stick, facing a golden field of rice. The rice looked unusually small, though. Before he could figure out what he was doing, he spotted several sparrows feasting on the rice. His hands reacted even faster than his mind. He raised the stick and swung it at them. The thieving sparrows soon flew up into 482Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 90 You Need Money to Take the Imperial Exams 有钱才能考科举 Ancient times, farming, and making a fortune. After being knocked unconscious, Zhou Ningye awakened memories of his past life and unexpectedly gained a pocket dimension. With his parents missing, he had to struggle to make a living by farming while raising his younger brother and sister. When natural disasters and human calamities struck, he fled with his siblings and clan members in search of safety. But why do those two beggars look so much like their parents? After finding their parents, and 69.2kReads8.1Score6k14d adds
- 91 A Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in Ancient Times: My Frail Husband Works His Way Up to Grand Secretary 中医穿古代：病弱夫君卷成首辅了 [A romance-averse, emotionally steady physician of traditional Chinese medicine x an unlucky, beautiful, fragile scholar] [Transmigration + System + Medicine + Imperial Examinations + Heartwarming + No awful characters] Li Nanxing transmigrated as an ancient girl with the same name as her own, and even got bound to a medical System. Thanks for asking. I'm in ancient times, just transmigrated, and from the start I've been given a “skinny dog” of a fiancé. His father died young, his mother died of 2kReads8.8Score28714d adds
- 92 A Woman Reborn as a Man: I'm a Farmer's Son, and I'm Taking the Imperial Exams 女穿男：穿成农家子，我要考科举 [No CP, no heroine + woman transmigrates into a man's body + born into a new body + farming + imperial exams + a little business + fictional setting] Song Huaiyu dozed off for a moment and transmigrated into the body of someone from a poor family. Fortunately, she grew up in the countryside in her previous life, so farming and foraging in the mountains came naturally to her. Song Huaiyu sold goods from the mountains and raised livestock, but the money she earned went only toward improving her 125Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 93 I'm a Seven-Year-Old Prodigy, and I'll Earn Six Honors in the Imperial Exams 我七岁神童，科举路上六元及第 In his previous life, Su Mingli was a genius with a photographic memory. In this life, he was born into a poor family in the Great Zhou Dynasty and awakened the wisdom of his past life at age seven! Just look at this family: bran porridge every day, an honest older brother and sister-in-law working themselves to the bone, a good-for-nothing cousin, Su Mingzhi, who has failed the children's imperial exam six times, and parents nearly driven mad by the imperial examinations! Su Mingli: ...I can't 34Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 94 A Scholar from a Humble Home 寒窗读书人 Bystanders: Xu Sandan’s life is over (watching the drama unfold…) Family: What’s going to become of Sandan? (worrying…) Xu Heng (Xu Sandan): My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s (striving…) A story about Xu Heng, who transmigrates into a desperate situation from the start. With a disabled body and a poor family, he fights against a cruel fate step by step through his own efforts, ultimately turning his life around. An uplifting story about farming, cozy everyday life, and hard work. P.S. Ther 4.2kReads8.6Score33114d adds
- 95 I Only Wanted to Get By, but I Passed the Imperial Exams Six Times in a Row and Shocked the Emperor 本想混口饭，科举连中六元惊陛下 (Alternate history + imperial examinations + heartwarming + everyday family life + one heroine) He Mingfeng transmigrated. The good news: The knowledge in his head was his golden finger. The bad news: He’d become the village idiot. His family was dirt poor, and his grandmother looked at him like he was a burden. A hellish start? No worries! The village idiot suddenly “came to his senses,” leaving the whole village stunned. He caught fish and set up a stall, and had just started making a little m 6.3kReads8.2Score57214d adds
- 96 Great Ming: From the Imperial Exams to Absolute Power 大明：从科举到权倾天下 Li Ji accidentally transmigrates back to the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty, becoming the illegitimate son of a minor gentry family in Jiangnan! For ten years, no one knows he exists. His father dislikes him, and his elder half-brother and the servants bully and beat him at will. What a miserable life! No System, no inherited memories, just a completely new life... In the Great Ming, where everything else is beneath contempt and only scholarship is worthy, Li Ji originally only wanted to study, p 12.5kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 97 I Took a Master, Then Rose to the Highest Office Through the Imperial Exams 拜了个师父，我靠科举位极人臣 Ma Chengli was born into the Ma family, a clan of veterinarians, and grew up in the womb before being born into this world. Then, one day, the newly founded Great Ying dynasty suddenly announced that it would resume the imperial examinations, just eight years after its founding. His father, Ma Dawei, suddenly discovered: “Could my son really have the makings of a child prodigy?” His mother, Lady Zhang, declared with confidence: “My son has been clever and bright since he was little. He should ta 404Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 98 Turning the Tables in the Imperial Exams: A Cat Swapped for the Crown Prince from the Start 科举逆袭：开局狸猫换太子 [One-on-one romance + System + imperial examinations + historical fiction + transmigration to an alternate world] Chen Xiao was once the head of a modern family of martial arts practitioners. Who could have imagined that his fiancée and younger brother would betray him? After dying, he was born into the Great Wei dynasty and became the crown prince who had been switched at birth! On the road to success in the imperial examinations, Chen Xiao pushed forward with his indomitable spirit, repeatedly 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 99 After Rewriting the Family Tree, Smoke Rose from the Ancestors' Graves: I'm Rich! 重开族谱后祖坟冒青烟，发家啦！ [Business] [Imperial Exams] [Alternate Setting] [Everyday Life] [A Touch of Romance] Modern intangible cultural heritage video editor Li Yanning is in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of Li Yanning, a frail five-year-old boy. His biased grandfather and sharp-tongued step-grandmother are ready to let him die! Luckily, his reliable birth parents go all out to protect him. So touching... But after the family splits up, they're left with nothing. His parents are bullied, and his greedy 3.6kReads8.6Score32714d adds
- 100 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
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