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- 101 Reborn as Cannon Fodder in a Farming Family? A Science Prodigy Crushes the Imperial Exams 穿成农家炮灰？理科状元卷穿科举 After pulling an all-nighter on his research, He Cheng'an, a top science student, dies suddenly and wakes up in a novel as a doomed cannon-fodder character, and an inferior foil to the protagonist, no less? He calmly spreads out the exam paper. Then I'll outwork you all until you question your lives! Others study hard for ten years; he memorizes all the primers in a day and passes the entry-level scholar exam at eight. Others tear their hair out over eight-legged essays; he writes like a god, so 5Reads6.9Score314d adds
- 102 A Cunning Official in Great Qian: Making My Way as Chief Minister 大乾苟官丶混在大乾当宰辅 A friendly reminder: This is a work of pure alternate history and has no connection to real history. After my soul transmigrated into a scholarly family in Great Qian, I brought with me the learning of a thousand ages, seeking only warm wine, peace of mind, and a beautiful woman by my side. I deliberately kept my exam scores low, hoping to land some undemanding government post and stay clear of political strife. But things rarely go as planned. Great Qian’s prosperity was only a facade. Corrupt 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 A Good-for-Nothing Transmigrates into an Ancient Sage 废物穿越成了古代文圣 Sitting in his office, a preposterous thought suddenly crossed his mind: Once he had money, he would pin that hateful female boss to the bed and give her a good grinding, letting her see how it felt to be ground down. Suddenly, a blinding bolt of lightning, sharp as a sword, split the pitch-black night sky and struck straight toward the building he was in. In an instant, Wang Yong felt as if his body had been sucked into a bottomless vortex. Everything around him spun at an astonishing speed, an 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 The Lame Farmer's Rise to Power 跛脚农家子的权臣之路 Reborn as a lame peasant boy in ancient times, in an era when no one believed in him, Gu Cichuan overcomes one obstacle after another to claim the position of The Outcast. He seeks no great power, only to stay true to himself and do right by the world. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Transmigrating into the Imperial Exams: The Chief Minister Comes from a Poor Family 穿越科举：首辅他出身寒门 [Imperial Exam Fiction + No Golden Finger + One Female Lead, One-on-One Romance + Warm Family + Top of All Six Exams] Of all pursuits, none is nobler than study! Shen Yu was a top student at Jinghua University in Huaxia. After transmigrating, he became Shen Yu, taking the county-level examination in Taiping County! When in Rome, do as the Romans do! Shen Yu quickly adapted to his new identity! He never expected to have such good luck: just after transmigrating, his family split up, freeing him f —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Taking the Imperial Exam in the Great Ming 我在大明考科举 [A Poor Scholar’s Journey Through Time] Gu Cheng was an orphan from a young age, and life was hard. But with extraordinary perseverance and talent, he used a government student loan to earn doctorates in both Chinese language and literature and archaeology. During graduation season, Gu Cheng applied to a Fortune 500 company. He ranked first in both the written test and the interview. But when the hiring list was announced, Gu Cheng’s name was nowhere to be found. When he asked HR why, he lea 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Who Can Out-Grind Me in the Imperial Exams? 科举卷王谁怕谁 Six-year-old Chen Yong'an lies sprawled across the trunk of a large willow tree by the river, his head and limbs dangling limply as he drifts in and out of consciousness. His whole body feels cold and soaked, and something is digging into his chest and stomach. He tries desperately to turn over, but can't summon any strength. His stomach churns, and he chokes up another mouthful of murky river water... Chen Yong'an has just graduated from his master's program when he transmigrates to a farming 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Great Chu: After My Engagement Was Broken, I Became a Carefree Poet 大楚：退婚后，我成了逍遥诗仙 Mo Chen, a PhD with degrees in both the sciences and humanities, had an accident after staying up all night writing his dissertation and transmigrated into the body of a destitute scholar who shared his name. From the start, his fiancée broke off their engagement. But Mo Chen was no longer the man he used to be, and this was no challenge for him. Watch as his indomitable will and talent turn his fortunes around, making him a carefree poetry immortal renowned throughout the land. 541Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Chen Family Ancestral Grounds Are Smoking, and a Top Scholar Has Emerged 老陈家祖地冒烟出状元了 A great fire, a selfless sacrifice, and Chen Ping'an, a librarian at the Palace Museum, is accidentally reborn in the Great Xia dynasty, a realm much like the Ming dynasty, as a six-year-old farmer's boy, carrying with him the knowledge of an entire library. In an age dominated by farming, Confucianism, and the civil service examinations, knowledge is his only weapon. The library he imagines is an endless treasure trove, but also a sword hanging over his head. He can understand the currents of h 230Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 110 Dumped After Failing the Exams, I Made My Name Across the Land with Song of the Water Tune 落榜被甩，一首水调歌头名扬天下 What is the true meaning of reading? College student Gu Chen transmigrates to an alternate ancient world, where he becomes a notoriously unsuccessful scholar. The rich young master of Jiangcheng tries to kill him and sneers that he was born poor? Then I'll show him that I decide my own fate, not Heaven! The greatest literary mind of the enemy nation writes an unmatched couplet, and no one in the realm can complete it? Then I'll put pen to paper and leave them questioning their entire lives! The 375Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 111 A Five-Year-Old from a Poor Family: Six Top Exam Honors Shake the Court 五岁寒门，科举六元震朝堂 A PhD in Chinese language and literature transmigrates into the body of Gu Yanzhi, a destitute five-year-old boy. After three days without food, when his third uncle tries to seize their grain, Gu Yan recites the Classic of Filial Piety and puts the clan chief in awe. At seven, he takes the exam for child scholars. The examiner berates him for writing too little, then spends the night verifying his answers before kneeling to present them to the prefect. The five words "Establish the heart for He 19Reads—Score714d adds
- 112 Rising from Poverty, Starting with Education 寒门崛起，从求学开始 [Transmigration] + [Imperial Exams] + [Comedy] + [Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger] Jian Yi transmigrates to ancient times into a poor family. He thinks that his modern knowledge will let him thrive, but from the start he gets caught sneaking into a class and then has to split from his family. After numerous twists and turns, he begins his studies. The road is full of hardship as he takes the imperial exams and becomes an official, teases his charming wife, battles corrupt ministers, and suppresses —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 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 396Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 114 Rising Through the Imperial Exams: Changing My Family's Fate 科举兴家：带着全家改换门庭 [Imperial examinations + transmigration + farming + no golden finger] [Romance included. The male lead is devoted to one woman. The heroine appears less often, and romance is not the main plot.] [The male lead is talented, but he still has to work hard. He climbs the ranks one step at a time.] A top student who had just graduated suddenly transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son in ancient times. Determined not to spend his whole life farming, he embarks on the long road to the imperial exa 9.7kReads6.9Score71914d adds
- 115 A Farm Boy's Road to Turning His Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 农家少年科举翻身路 In his previous life, Hang Yan had always been a top student, but he never managed to make anything of himself. He went from being a beloved prodigy to a wage slave everyone pitied. People said good grades were useless, but then he was reborn in the womb and returned to an era when studying could change your fate. A dilapidated home, a doting family, I, a genius boy, will pass all six imperial examinations and rise to power over the whole court. Go ahead and tell me studying is useless again. I 122Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 116 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 22Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 117 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 69Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 118 A Woman in a Man's Body, I Became Chief Minister Through the Imperial Exams! 女穿男，我靠科举成首辅！ Wow! I got my first rating! I hope it goes up! One life traded for a chance to transmigrate. Zhou Jin, a thirty-year-old PhD, sacrificed himself to save a child. When he opened his eyes again, he had become an unborn baby named Zhou Huaijin. Fortunately, though this Zhou family of farmers isn’t wealthy, his parents are honest and hardworking, his older sister is gentle and considerate, and their little courtyard is filled with the simplest kind of warmth. He puts down roots in that warmth and 2.7kReads7.8Score30414d adds
- 119 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
- 120 The Chosen One of an Imperial Exam Novel 科举文里的天之骄子 [New novel! The rating is low for now, so read the bonus chapters first] [Serious historical drama + woman transmigrates into a man + everyone’s darling + no romance + Mary Sue + imperial examinations + household intrigue + struggle for the throne + unifying the realm] [Note: This is a romance story with no CP. The protagonist, Jin Yu (Sun Wei), is a woman transmigrated into a man, adored by everyone, and, so to speak, incapable of falling in love with anyone. It’s perfectly normal for male and 16Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 121 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
- 122 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. 51Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 The Imperial Examinations: Rising to the First Rank of Officialdom 科举之官居一品 Synopsis: A scholar in the morning, admitted to the imperial court by night. The protagonist begins as a young scholar from a farming family and rises step by step through the imperial examination system. In the end, he earns a place on the honors list, becomes a jinshi, and enters the ranks of officials. After becoming an official, he works his way up through the bureaucracy until he reaches the highest rank and governs the realm as chief minister, guiding Chinese civilization to become the mos 1.9kReads7.6Score10114d adds
- 125 If I Could Transmigrate, I'd Bask in Beauty and Become a Little Poet Sage 若我穿越，倚红偎翠，做个小诗仙 [Literary Plagiarism + Poetic Duels Between Talents + Multiple Heroines + Poetry] Su Qinghuan wakes up to find himself in a bandit stronghold, about to be executed. The absurd part is that he manages to survive by reciting a few poems. To his astonishment, although the Great Qian Empire reveres poetry and prose, there is no Li Bai, no Du Fu, no Yuan Zhen, and no Bai Juyi. Does that mean he can recite their poems whenever he likes? From there, Su Qinghuan becomes a tutor in poetry and prose, atte 372Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 126 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 346Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 127 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
- 128 Poor-Born Child Prodigy: At Five and a Half, I Face-Slap My Entire Clan in the Imperial Exams 寒门神童：五岁半科举打脸全族 [Genius child from the start, satisfying comeback, putting every skeptic in their place!] Xu Fei is a five-and-a-half-year-old farm boy who was born into an ancient era, yet is treated as a “nobody” by his family. His biased grandmother makes him work and feed the chickens, while every egg goes to his thirty-year-old uncle, a licentiate who has yet to pass the imperial exams, and his “child prodigy” cousin! Xu Fei is furious: Pretend to be a prodigy? I can do that, too! He recites poetry in publ 4.5kReads8.0Score32614d adds
- 129 The Concubine's Son Rises: From the Cold Courtyard to the Chancellor's Seat 庶子青云：从冷院到宰执 When he woke up, modern university lecturer Gu Yanzhou had become the least favored eight-year-old illegitimate son in the Marquis Dingyuan household. His birth mother had died young, his father ignored him, his stepmother was cold, and his siblings bullied him. His former self had even been pushed into a pond and “accidentally” drowned. In his previous life, he led graduate students through academic research. In this life, he’ll make his mark in the imperial examinations of the fictional Shengj 763Reads7.7Score8914d adds
- 130 A Pure Heart Climbs the Ranks 赤子登阶 [Alternate World + Reincarnated as a Baby + Imperial Exams + Martial Arts + Everyday Life + No Golden Finger] Yang Yuan never imagined he’d wake up one day as a swaddled baby in ancient times. He never imagined that in this strange world, with no System, no pocket dimension, and no golden finger of any kind, he’d have to rely on himself, one step at a time: rolling over, crawling, standing, then memorizing the Thousand Character Classic. He began his studies at three, learned martial arts at fou 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 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
- 132 The Top Scholar Is Real, and So Is the Beggar 状元是真的，乞丐也是真的 Shen Mo, a Peking University history professor, wakes up one day as a nameless beggar. No household registration, no food, no shoes, and only a yellow dog so thin its skin clings to its bones. He spent thirty years studying the imperial examinations in his previous life, yet in this one he cannot even get near an exam hall. From a ruined temple to the Golden Throne Hall, from eating tree bark to earning top honors. The top scholar is real, and so is the beggar. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 I, San Mao, Will Take the Imperial Exams 我，三毛，要科举 [Alternate world + farming + imperial examinations + everyday family life] One brick was all it took to turn Chen Ping'an into a poor farmer’s son. Farm the land? The taxes are too high. He shakes his head and gives up. Go into business? He’d still be stuck with corvee labor. No, that won’t work either. That leaves only one path. Fortunately, as he pursues his studies, he has the support of a teacher and several like-minded friends by his side. Along the way, Chen Sanmao overcomes one challenge 1.1kReads7.4Score10014d adds
- 134 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 177.8kReads8.7Score14.7k14d adds
- 135 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
- 136 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
- 137 The Civil Service Exams of a Poor Scholar: Painting the World with My Brush 寒门科举：执笔画江山 [Alternate History + Imperial Examinations + Farming + Everyday Life + Lighthearted] Good news: A broke, unmarried forty-year-old has transmigrated and gets to start his life over! Bad news: As soon as he arrives, he finds out his family is already fifty years in debt! Life’s greatest treasure is experience. It’s amazing how much more exciting life can be when you live it backward! This time around, I’m going to live a colorful life! A carefree life! The imperial examinations? No! I’m going to c 19Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 138 Transmigrating to Great Xia to Showcase My Poetry 穿越大夏秀诗词 A loser with a technical school diploma from the 21st century transmigrates to an ancient era in a parallel world. He plans to use the poems and various inventions he knows by heart to face-slap the locals, build a harem, and rise to glory. But what he never expected was... 365Reads5.9Score10214d adds
- 139 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
- 140 Transmigrate, Turn the Imperial Exams Around, and Raise a Wife 穿越，科举逆袭养媳妇 [One heroine + imperial examinations + transmigration + alternate history + devoted husband] Zhang Yue feels a sudden wave of dizziness. When he wakes up, he has become the illegitimate son of the Zhang family's second branch. Just thinking about being an illegitimate son gives him a headache, but then he sees his gentle, tender concubine mother and the First Madam, who has always looked after him, and feels like things might just work out after all... Life is hard. Yue sighs!!! 338Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 141 The Imperial Examination: Starting by Talking My Parents into Splitting Up the Family 科举，从忽悠爹娘分家开始 Li Yunzhi was born in a province known for its fierce competition in the civil service exams. Millions of people sat the exams every year, and under his parents' urging, he kept taking them year after year. At last, he stood out from the crowd and secured a civil service post. But before he could tell his parents, he was in a car accident and transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Wei. Looking at his family of impoverished peasants, their bare cupboards, and several downright awful relatives, L 3.2kReads7.9Score22714d adds
- 142 After Transmigrating, I Take the Imperial Exams, and the Emperor Wants to Retire as a Team 穿越后科举，皇帝竟想组队退休 [Imperial examinations, transmigration, an alternate setting. No System, no pocket dimension. Focused on earning a living through the examinations and passing down family values. No harem, no womanizer protagonist.] Just as Xia Wenlou had finally achieved his dream of lying flat, a car accident transported him to ancient times. For the record, he had absolutely no desire to transmigrate. And to make matters worse, it happened just as he'd made a name for himself and was starting to enjoy life. N 4.7kReads8.1Score57914d adds
- 143 Imperial Exam Comeback: From Farmer’s Son to First-Rank Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：从农家子到一品阁老 A modern young man transmigrates overnight and becomes a farm boy, descended from generations of farmers. Other people who transmigrate get a golden finger or a System. But when he takes a look at himself, he has nothing at all and is one of the lowest-ranking people of this era. He wants to invent things and change the age, but he's hopeless with his hands. He wants to master Neo-Confucianism and stand above the world, but, well, he knows nothing... Sigh, he'd better face reality. After thinkin 4.7kReads8.8Score36014d adds
- 144 The Marquis's Son Takes the Imperial Exams 侯府子科举 When fortune’s winds are fair, I’ll seize their strength and climb the ladder above the crowd. Before the palace gates, whips crack; the road to the clouds is lined with seven beams of purple jade. I have mastered the Four Books and Five Classics, and trained with blades, spears, swords, bows, and halberds. If I will not give myself to the realm, then what was the point of all my self-cultivation? A single-heroine story. Many thanks to all my readers. 431Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 145 Imperial Exams: Nine Generations of Butchers, and Then One Scholar 科举：九代屠户，出了个读书人 [Imperial Exams + Farming + Ancient History + History + No System + Alternate History + Transmigration] The Lin clan was a family of butchers. For nine generations, every man had slaughtered pigs. They were all so fearsome-looking that they could stop children from crying at night. The Lin family tombs must have had smoke curling up from them, because somehow they produced a delicate little scholar with a head full of knowledge. At first, the villagers all said the murderous aura around Butcher 7.7kReads7.9Score58814d adds
- 146 From Kitchen Worker to Imperial Exam Candidate 穿成灶户考科举 After transmigrating into the past as a “stove worker,” she lives at a saltworks in poverty. She had thought that working hard might let her become a salt merchant, but the ancient world has a rigid class system, and the only way to change her family's fate is through the imperial examinations. See how Ling Xiao, having transmigrated from the modern era, takes the imperial examinations while leading her family to prosperity, making her way from the saltworks to officialdom and gradually changing 640Reads7.2Score10614d adds
- 147 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: I Become the Pillar of the Southeast 穿越古代：我成东南擎天巨柱 [Alternate Setting] [Passionate] [No System] [Officialdom] Jixi County's Longchuan Liu clan is a famous local family. Liu Xian transmigrates into the body of an unlucky fellow who died of excitement after passing the jinshi exam. The man had the same name as him. Liu Xian didn't inherit the original owner's memories, and has no idea what to do around the man's wife, whose intelligence is almost supernatural. See how Liu Xian holds fast to his principles amid the pursuit of fame and fortune, paci 84Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 The Poor Aren’t Meant to Become Top Scholars? I’ll Defy You, So Why Are You Crying? 寒门不配出状元？我反了你哭什么 Lu Feng transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the top-ranked scholar in the highest tier of the Great Qian Empire's imperial examinations. He thought he would become a general or minister and help the emperor accomplish great things, but instead, aristocratic clans framed him and threw him into the imperial prison, claiming that a man from a humble family had no right to become the top scholar. In prison, he awakens the Lord System, but its activation condition is that Lu Feng must leave 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 My Lord, I Choose Only the One I Watched Grow Up 夫君，我只选自己看着长大的 The main story is complete. Extra chapters will be posted on a schedule. Read with confidence. The story of The Chancellor’s Rise is about a boy from a mountain village who eventually becomes Grand Secretary. A motivational story naturally needs its sacrificial characters, and Gu Qinghe, or more accurately, her entire family, are all doomed supporting characters. As the growth-oriented protagonist, he has to face plenty of setbacks. His parents can’t survive, and anyone close to him has to die f 97Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 150 Run! That Deadweight Is Here 快跑！那个拖油瓶来了 [No romance] [Completed] When Song Yu opened his eyes, he found he had become the deadweight little brother dragged along by the heroine of a tragic romance. Let’s see how he gradually changes what everyone thinks of him and turns his sister’s miserable fate around. The “friend” who coveted his sister and poisoned her brother-in-law gets locked away for good. The original male lead, who thinks he’s tragically devoted, can stay away. The jealous princess gets one slap, and the scheming cousin get 125Reads7.1Score—14d adds
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