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- 1 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
- 2 The Rise of a Poor Scholar 寒门逆袭之路 (Farming + commerce + heroine + imperial examinations + humble origins) One day, Xu Rang transmigrates to an alternate dynasty and becomes a pedantic student who has yet to pass the lowest-level imperial examination. At home, he has a tearful, scatterbrained mother, while his two beautiful older sisters have caught the eye of wicked men. His younger brother and sister are sickly, and he is saddled with a mountain of debt. His assets: two acres of uncultivated wasteland and a dilapidated thatched 22Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 3 Aren’t You an Idiot? How Did You Become the Top Graduate? 你不是傻瓜吗？怎么状元及第了！ [Imperial Examinations] + [Alternate History] + [Political Intrigue] + [Careful Planning] Li Yu was a well-known history streamer in the twenty-first century. His life had been full of misfortune. By a strange twist of fate, he transmigrated into the body of a foolish seven-year-old boy in an ancient world. What kind of family is this? His third uncle spent the family fortune taking the imperial exams, yet couldn't even pass the lowest-level test. The family is desperately poor, and even an egg —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 A Butcher by Trade, an Imperial Exam Scholar by Hobby, I Rise to Grand Secretary 主业杀猪副业科考，官拜首辅台阁 A hub linking three provinces, a vital route by land and water. In Taiping Town, the Jiang family butcher shop welcomed a baby boy, Jiang Ping'an. His family had been butchers for generations, and he helped out in the kitchen on the side. Little did they know that one day a scholar would emerge from their family, rising from a shengyuan candidate to a jinshi, and beginning another story. 179Reads6.0Score10414d adds
- 5 I’m the Illegitimate Son of a Marquis’s Household, Yet the Princes Keep Seeking Me Out to Play 我侯府庶子，奈何皇子喜欢找我玩 The story of Jiang An, an illegitimate son of the Marquis’s household, farming and rising through the ranks in ancient times. He was a lazy fish to begin with, but a chubby prince just loves hanging out with him, and little by little, he stops being lazy. Who dares say Huang Chao wasn’t a real man? 647Reads5.5Score10114d adds
- 6 The Ultimate Book Boy: I'll Take the Imperial Exam for My Young Master 最强书童，我替少爷考状元 Ye Ming, a PhD in both history and literature, accidentally transmigrated to an ancient noble household. Only, he wasn't a young master. He was a servant in the manor. His father was a servant, his mother a housekeeper, his elder brother could never rise above being a shopkeeper, and his elder sister worked as a maid. The family's contracts of servitude were all held by their master. They were slaves for generations. Ye Ming: A nightmare from the start! To change his fate, Ye Ming volunteer 558Reads6.1Score11614d adds
- 7 The Imperial Exams: Top Scholar at Fourteen, and My Whole Family Is Stunned 科举：十四岁案首，全家都懵了 [Everyday life + imperial examinations + lighthearted power fantasy + warmth + coming-of-age] Xiao Yunzheng transmigrates into another world and becomes the “bookworm” mocked by the entire village. His father spent his whole life trying to pass the lowest level of the imperial examinations and never succeeded. The villagers all say the Xiao family is doomed to die out and will never rise again. His mother worries herself gray-haired, his eldest sister protects him with a cleaver, and his little 6.3kReads7.5Score60614d adds
- 8 The Imperial Exams: I Am Lu Ming, Bound for the Top 科举：在下陆鸣，直指青云 (Historical setting + transmigration + alternate world + imperial examinations) Lu Ming, a Chinese-language major, is reborn into a farming family. His father keeps them fed by working the land, his mother supplements their income by weaving, and he has an older sister who is always bickering with him. To change his family's circumstances, Lu Ming has no choice but to pursue the imperial examinations. At six, he tells the story behind the phrase “astonish the world with one brilliant act,” amazi 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Imperial Exam: A Powerful Minister’s Rise Begins with a Five-Year-Old Prodigy 科举，权臣之路从五岁神童开始 [Alternate History + Ancient Setting + Farming + Business + Imperial Exams + Child Prodigy + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Fan Xian, a PhD in political economy from Huaqing University, one of Huaxia’s top universities, suddenly dies and transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old boy named Fan Xian in the Great Xia dynasty. He finds himself in an official family that has fallen into utter decline over three generations. The year before he arrived, the family had been forced to move from the county 168Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Three-and-a-Half-Year-Old Dumpling: I Want to Be the Top Scholar 三岁半小包子：我要当状元 If the three-and-a-half-year-old little dumpling knew that the bite of locust blossom cake he was munching on at the threshold of the clan school would change the fate of the entire Dasheng dynasty, he would probably just blink his big eyes and ask, “Can I have an egg with it?” In Bluestone Alley, cooking smoke curled into the air as the little dumpling and his grandmother scraped by with a battered pot. His mother embroidered by lamplight, each stitch like a line of poetry, while his grandmothe 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Twin Souls Take the Top Prize: I Rule the Imperial Exams with a Health System 双魂夺魁：我靠健康系统科举封神 Zhang Yan, a modern academic planning consultant, dies from overwork and transmigrates into the body of Shen Yan, a concubine-born son of a marquis’s household. From the start, his legs are broken and he’s thrown into a woodshed to await death. After binding with a dual-soul imperial examination System, he shares one body with two souls and defies fate. First in the county exam, first in the prefectural exam, provincial-level Jieyuan... He delivers one face-slapping comeback after another agains —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The Red-Robed Top Scholar 红袍状元 In remote Xiahe Village, five-year-old “Chuanzhu” Chen Heng makes a name for himself with the memories and keen insight of a scholar from his past life. During a poetry game, he comes up with “spring fever” and “aphrodisiac” to match the prompt. At school, he memorizes the Three Character Classic at an astonishing speed, leaving even the old teacher convinced he's a prodigy. By the banks of Qingxi River, his family's secret-recipe grilled fish wins over his teachers and the noblewoman Su Baoluo. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Sons of Commoners 庶家子弟 Born a concubine’s son in the Chen family, Chen Zhengqing’s name seems to define his fate: poor, insignificant, and overlooked. He and his mother huddle in a corner of the family estate, clinging to twenty mu of barren, drought-stricken land so poor even the tenant farmers shake their heads. Year after year, they struggle to make ends meet. His fortunes begin to turn when he happens upon a tattered farming manual. While the legitimate sons recite poetry and study the classics at the clan school 820Reads—Score10414d adds
- 14 Doomed to Die Young? The Beloved Legitimate Daughter Brings Her Whole Family a Long Life 早夭？团宠嫡女带着全家长命百岁 On the day the Jiang family's eldest daughter is granted an imperial marriage, Jiang Qinghan, the pampered youngest daughter who has been foolish for fourteen years, suddenly regains her wits. Everyone says the emperor's grace is boundless and his blessings profound, but only the Jiang family knows the truth: she's back. Jiang Qinghan: At last, this incredible fortune has come my way! But! Why is her whole family a bunch of doomed cannon fodder? Let's see how Jiang Qinghan uses the original stor 830Reads7.0Score10914d adds
- 15 Born into the Prince's Household: The Second Son's Journey Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿：王府嫡次子的科举征程 Zhao Mingyu was born into the Northern Jing Prince’s household as its second legitimate son, with a noble title awaiting him from birth. The court’s aristocrats expected him to become another wastrel, while his elder brother, the heir, saw him as a harmless pawn to keep on the board. Instead, he chose the Analects during the childhood object-selection ceremony, began his classical education at three, and sat the imperial examinations at twelve. From the county exam to the provincial and metropol 35Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 16 A Son of a Great Ming Family 大明世家子 The foremost young master of a great family in the prosperous Yongle era: he can walk sideways if he wants, or upright if he wants. If he wants to take to the skies, he can do that too! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 From the Crowd to the Heavens 从人群中来到天上去 I’m going to take one step, then another, then another, all the way to the top!!! (I’m a new author, and everyone is welcome to read.) The story of an ordinary person. It’s not about being reborn, and there’s no golden finger. Please, please, come and read it! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 The Imperial Exams: The Best in the Land Is a Woman! 科举：天下第一是女郎！ [Disguised as a Man | Imperial Examinations and Officialdom | A Genius's Growth | Court Intrigue | Slow-Burn Romance] On the night Xie Mingze was born, two cries rang out in the delivery room, one after the other, yet the Xie family reported only one boy. Her twin brother didn't survive the night. The girl who lived was entered into the male register by her grandmother. Inside the family home, she was her mother's daughter; outside, she became the Xie family's only young master. She has complet 367Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 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
- 20 The Imperial Exam Grind King: I Paved a Road to Success Through Hard Work 科举卷王，卷出一条青云路 [Complete] Tang Yin, a modern-day workaholic, transmigrates to the ancient Great Qian Dynasty and finds himself caught up in the tragic tale of three generations of one family taking the imperial exams together. The jeers around me are deafening, but I have no time to pay them any mind. I just keep my head down and study. County, prefectural, and academy exams: I conquer them one by one! Provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams: I break through every tier! I study my teacher bald, drive my riv 13.4kReads7.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 21 My Five Sisters Helped Me Reach for the Clouds, So I Won Them Noble Titles 五姐扶我青云志，我送她们诰命身 Zhang Xiaozhi, a modern liberal arts student, transmigrates into the ancient world as Zhang Xiaozhu, the son of a butcher. He is too weak to lift a load or even hold a tool, and looks set to starve to death. His mother grits her teeth and decides to send him to school, but his butcher father refuses to hear of it. Studying will never make money as fast as slaughtering pigs. Just then, his eldest sister, Jinhua, speaks up: “Father, Mother, stop arguing. I agree that Zhu'er should study.” His se 677Reads6.7Score10714d adds
- 22 Changing My Family's Status, I Aim to Top the Imperial Exams 改换门庭，我要科举高中 A programmer from the 21st century had a happy family and a fulfilling life, but then he transmigrated into the family of a feudal-era small landowner. Seeing the tenants’ lives, his simple-minded cousin, and his family desperately guarding their farmland, he declared, “I’ll take the imperial examinations! I’m going to climb into the clouds and see what’s up there!” 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 I Transmigrated into an Imperial Exam Chief Examiner, and My Team Is Full of Geniuses! 穿越科举主考官，班底全是天才！ [Radically revamped imperial examinations + genius team + advanced knowledge + ensemble cast + nation-building + great-power rivalry + no System] A history professor transmigrates into the body of a down-and-out scholar during the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty. With his advanced knowledge and political acumen, he becomes a chief examiner and sets out to reform the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the students below, poring over the classics, Lin Mo sighs. “Everyone’s working themselves to death! And i 2Reads6.4Score314d adds
- 24 I Just Passed the Top Scholar Exam, and the Nomads Surrounded the Capital 刚考上状元，胡人就包围了京城 [Farmer's Son] [Daily Life] [Following the Army] [Not Wish Fulfillment] [Studying for the Top Scholar's Exam] [Grindset King] [Making His Dad Work Hard] Wang Tiedan swears he really never meant to rebel. All he wanted was to pass the imperial examinations and earn an official title. But he never imagined that after giving it everything he had and finally becoming the top scholar, the whole realm would descend into chaos. The northern barbarians are besieging the city, and refugees are flooding a 872Reads—Score4814d adds
- 25 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
- 26 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
- 27 The Imperial Examinations: Rising from a Humble Background 科举：从寒门开始崛起 Watch as Yang Yi rises from an ordinary commoner, step by step, to the pinnacle of power. The first part focuses mainly on his journey through the imperial examinations, while the later part follows his career in government. The more he suffers early on, the more wildly he strikes back later. 66Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 28 Saving My Family Through the Imperial Exams: I Win Top Honors with My Talent 科举救家：我靠才华状元及第 Zhao Yan, a doctoral graduate, pulled an all-nighter and died suddenly. When he opened his eyes, he had become a sickly child from a poor family in Great Zhou! His scholar father had been framed and had the tendons in his hand severed. His mother had cried herself dry, and his sister traded embroidered handkerchiefs for rice to keep the family fed. Then the Ma family’s thugs came to force his father to kneel and sign a contract, trampling a scholar’s dignity into the mud! Zhao Yan clenched his f 411Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 29 A Farmboy's Guide to the Imperial Exams: I'm One Lucky Layabout! 农家科举子我是躺赢狗！ Li Xuan opens his eyes and finds himself inexplicably transported to a dynasty called Great Qi. The country is in desperate need of rebuilding, and he is a farmer's son, the hope his whole family is counting on… 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Great-Grandpa's Spirit Appeared and Insisted I Transmigrate to Qing-Dynasty China to Become the Top Scholar 太爷显灵，非要我穿越清朝考状元 [Transmigration + Political Intrigue + Cutting-Edge Technology + Multiple Heroines. Outsmart everyone and get a thrill that makes your scalp tingle!] Chen Liancheng, Guangzhou's wildest tech genius! A Tsinghua PhD, the leading expert in brain-computer interfaces, and a million-yuan-a-year earner, he developed an AI chip that could turn the human brain into a supercomputer in an instant. And he himself became its very first test subject! During Qingming ancestral rites, a thunderstorm struck his 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Born to Humble Beginnings, I Defy Heaven Itself 出身皆微末我自逆苍天 This is a comeback full of cracks. It is not about conquering social classes or currying favor with the powerful, but about holding on to your truest self as you are crushed at every turn. When he finally reaches the top, he still dares to look back into the abyss and softly tell the twelve-year-old kiln worker’s son: “I got you out, but I didn’t become one of them.” Welcome to A Humble Birth, Yet I Defy Heaven. Discover how someone born into obscurity learns to become his own light through wind 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 I Use Modern Knowledge to Dominate the Imperial Exams 我靠现代知识，在古代科举杀疯了 Lin Feng, a modern-day rich kid and race car driver who likes to lie flat, accidentally transmigrates to ancient times in the Qi Dynasty, becoming Lin Yan, the younger, illegitimate son of a minor local official. Armed with mathematical and scientific knowledge far beyond his era, along with a vast collection of Chinese poetry that lets him show off without even trying, he repeatedly astonishes everyone on his path through the imperial examinations. During the palace examination, his brilliant t 1.1kReads7.3Score10614d adds
- 33 My Family Has Been Butchers for Generations, and You Want Me to Take the Top Scholar Exam? 我家世代屠户，你偏要我考状元？ Chen Dao transmigrated! The good news: His family owned property and a shop, a pork stall at the vegetable market. The bad news: His father shoved a butcher's knife into his hands and said, “If you can't pass the exam and become a licentiate, you'll come back and take over the family business!” Hell mode from the start: The Analects in his left hand, a cleaver in his right. He recited classical phrases while cutting pork belly for customers. At the county exam, sons of generations of Hanlin scho 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Struggles of a Concubine's Son 庶子的奋斗史 (Fictional setting, no need to nitpick. Everything serves the story. An imperial-examination novel.) A university student majoring in Chinese Language and Literature transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born son of a prominent family. In this dynasty, where the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children is stark, a concubine-born son's status is low. Most receive little attention from their families, let alone much of an inheritance. Ling Fengyu knows this all too well. He un —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 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
- 36 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
- 37 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
- 38 An Illiterate Clan Takes the Imperial Exams, While a Science Whiz Is Terrifyingly Good 全族文盲科举，理科学霸强的可怕 [Male POV + Reincarnated as a Baby + Imperial Exams and Farming + Court Politics + No Romance] The entire Xu clan was illiterate, a family of uneducated peasants that hadn’t produced a scholar in a hundred years. Third Uncle Xu was a drunk who beat his family, while Han was disabled and lame. They were often mocked and looked down on in the village, and even their own family didn’t care for them. Yet these two dirt-poor farmers somehow gave birth to a genius scholar? Xu Jinyuan had been the t 23.9kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 39 My Sister-in-Law Paid for My Exams, So I Repaid Her with Top Honors 长嫂供我科举路，状元及第报恩情 [Transmigration + Imperial Exams + Daily Life + Rags-to-Riches + A Sister-in-Law's Boundless Kindness + Ming Dynasty + Court Intrigue + Wish-Fulfillment] Modern civil servant Tan Jinqian transmigrates into the Great Sheng Dynasty as a penniless orphan from a poor family. Faced with a frail body, a young nephew, and a steadfast sister-in-law who has sacrificed everything to keep the household afloat, he clenches his fists. The imperial examinations! They are the only way to change his fate and re 164Reads7.5Score3014d adds
- 40 The Imperial Examinations of a Farming Family 农门科举 [Turbulent Court, Speaking Up for the People] After an accident, Zhang Ping transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. Scene One “To establish a path for the people, preserve the lost teachings of the sages, and bring peace to all generations: this is our mission. Even if we die nine times, we shall have no regrets.” Zhang Ping asked, “Teacher, isn't this the original aspiration of us scholars?” Scene Two He never forgot his original aspiration. After great hardship, Zhang 98Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 41 The Imperial Exam? I’m a Top Scholar in the Classics, So Why Can’t I Take the Military Exam? 科举？我文状元考个武状元合理吧 [Ripped Scholar Exams]+ [Transmigration]+ [Alternate History]+ [Humor]+ [Wish Fulfillment] When he woke up, top science student Xu Jie was completely bewildered! He had been one of Huaguo's leading science minds, devoted to research. But then he suddenly died in his sleep and, damn it, transmigrated straight into the body of a spoiled rich kid with muscles all over! On his wedding night, one hard squeeze of his bulging muscles left his petite new bride, who had been swapped in as a bride of good 221Reads—Score10914d adds
- 42 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
- 43 Everyone in My Family Is a Martial Artist, but I'm the Only One Who Can Pass the Imperial Exams 全家都是武夫，只有我会搞科举 [Beloved by the Whole Family] [Feel-Good Power Fantasy] [Crushing Everyone with Intelligence] [Easygoing Daily Life] [Imperial Exams] [Plagiarism for Success] The animated series is now available: "The Whole Family Are Martial Artists: I Alone Rise Above Them." Search for it on the site. Everyone in the family can lift a heavy cauldron with one hand. Only the second son, Li Changqing, is so frail he cannot shoulder a load or lift a finger. All he wants is to study the classics of the sages. His 23.1kReads8.0Score2.6k14d adds
- 44 Three Generations Paved the Way, and His Name Resounded Across the Realm 三代人托举，科举名扬天下 [Imperial Exams + Transmigration + No System + Farming + No Female Lead] Wang Changqian, who needed to find 365 girlfriends, transmigrates into the body of a farmer’s son. The good news: he’s no longer an orphan, and his family is warm and loving. The bad news: his family is so poor they can hear their own stomachs rumble. His grandfather is obsessed with the imperial exams and will do anything to force his two cousins to keep studying. With the family on the verge of starvation, Wang Changqian 716Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 45 A Humble Scholar's Road to the Exams, Starting with My Sister Beating the Young Master to Tears 寒门科举，从我妹揍哭少爷开始 In his previous life, Su Ping’an was battered by hardship and tormented by illness. After struggling for years, he was finally defeated by his disease. He looked up at the sky, ready to curse, but in the blink of an eye, he discovered he had been born into a poor family in ancient times. His new family came with poverty, a domineering mother, a miserly grandmother, young siblings, and a grandfather obsessed with becoming an official. Changing the family’s fate through the imperial exams was ever 243Reads6.3Score10314d adds
- 46 Born into the Marquis's Household: The Illegitimate Son Just Wants to Lie Flat 胎穿：侯府庶子只想躺平 Born into the household of a marquis as an illegitimate son, Shen Qingci thought he was in for a living hell. But to his surprise, his grandmother was loving, his stepmother was gentle, his elder brother always had his back, and his aunt was wise and understanding. Good food, a powerful family to back him up: wasn’t this just the ancient version of being born rich? Shen Qingci promptly decided: in this life, he would lie flat! But then His father was suddenly stripped of his title and executed, 485Reads5.4Score10614d adds
- 47 The Heir of the Marquis of Yixiang Knocks on the Doors of Power Through the Imperial Exams 异乡侯世子科举叩权门 Hardship forges a master of both letters and arms. Lu Han, the young heir of the Weiyuan Marquis's household, is five when his father is framed by villains, stripped of his title, and exiled. On the eve of the exile, the marquis entrusts his son to Lin Hu, the captain of his guards. That night, Lin Hu flees the capital with five-year-old Lu Han in his arms. The young heir dies of illness on the journey, and Lu Han, a brilliant dual-degree graduate from the 22nd century, takes his place. His path 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 The Disgraced Concubine-Born Son Takes the Hanlin Exam, and the Duke's Estate Is Reduced to Ruins 除谱庶子考翰林，国公府夷废墟 [Transmigration] + [imperial examinations] + [wits and strategy] + [never forgiving] + [no redemption] + [farming] + [court intrigue] Su Lingyun is reborn in the body of a concubine-born son in a duke’s mansion. With his father’s indifference, his grandmother’s neglect, his stepmother’s hatred, and his legitimate elder brother’s beatings, he has no choice but to do everything he can to escape. He studies hard and takes the imperial examinations, facing endless obstacles and attacks from the duke 408Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 A Literature Professor Taking the Imperial Exams? Let’s Crush the Competition! 文学系教授考科举？卷死众人吧！ [Farming + imperial examinations + court politics + heartwarming everyday life + fictional setting + marriage and children, though they play a small part] Xu Heng had just been appointed a professor in the Literature Department of A University. Before he could celebrate, he transmigrated into the eldest grandson of the Xu family's main branch in the Great Xia dynasty. The Xu family is a harmonious one, where parents are kind and children filial. Though they live in poverty, they pool all their r 485Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Little Scholar 小小童子郎 [Alternate history] [Farming] There are no shortcuts in life, though sometimes there might be. Earning an official title through the imperial exams is normally incredibly difficult. But Chen Yao transmigrated into the body of a farmer's son, and took a shortcut through life. He passed the preliminary child scholar exam and became a county magistrate. Then he used his knowledge to help his family and clan grow prosperous. He didn't let personal interests interfere with his public duties, eithe 88Reads6.9Score—14d adds
