Novels like The Imperial Exams! After Ten Years of Study, I Pass and Take Down the Nobility
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- 51 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
- 52 My Precious Grandson's Journey to the Imperial Exams 宝贝孙子的科举之路 My grandma is what everyone calls a nightmare, but she absolutely dotes on me and gives me anything I want. In that case, I'll make sure she gets to live a life free of worries, with fine clothes and plenty to eat. (No romance between people of the same sex. None. Any mentions of it early on are just a misunderstanding.) 4Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 53 The He Clan's Palace Graduate 何氏传胪 [Imperial examinations + business + farming + native protagonist + romance] Born into a family of scholars and farmers, he comes from a long line of officials. His direct relatives now include a third-rank court official, but his own branch is so distant that they have been excluded from the clan for five generations. To restore the family’s former glory and stop his grandmother and grandparents from being mocked, he has only one path: the imperial examinations. He takes exam after exam, builds 664Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 54 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
- 55 The Fallen Heir's Road to the Imperial Exams: A Brilliant Future with Beautiful Women at His Side 落魄世子科举路，红颜相伴展风华 [Transmigration] [History] [Ancient Setting] [Imperial Examinations] [Business] [Fictional Dynasty] [Court Intrigue] [One Female Lead] Xiao Yifeng, a history scholar from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Great Liang dynasty and becomes the fallen heir of the Marquis of Yongan. With the marquis's household in decline, Xiao Yifeng sets out to restore its fortunes. "Uncle Fu, we can't let the household sink any further. We have to pull ourselves together!" Uncle Fu agrees to stand by him and 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Reborn as an Exiled Prince, I Take the Imperial Exam in an Enemy Kingdom 穿成流浪皇子，在敌国考科举 [Light fantasy wuxia + irreverent imperial examinations + political intrigue + decisive killing + princes + golden finger + no romance] Yan Guijin has always been convinced that there's something wrong with him. Yan Shengyong never imagined that the abandoned baby he took in would one day become a radiant beacon in this prison of a world. [One] Taxes and forced labor are fiercer than a tiger, while the yamen runners are as greedy as wolves. How is a landlubber supposed to survive in a sea that s 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 I Was Supposed to Be a Good-for-Nothing, So Why Are Ten Thousand Swords Bowing to Me? 说好的废柴，怎么万剑跪拜？ She transmigrates into a fantasy world as a disposable supporting character, destined by the original plot to be cast out by her family. She makes a clean getaway and just wants to open a little shop and live in peace. But the buns she sells on the first day help a cultivator break through a bottleneck on the spot; The clothes she sews on a whim become defensive holy artifacts, sending powerful figures from every faction into a frenzy of bidding; And the stray cat she reluctantly takes in turns 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Reborn in 2000: Building a Fortune from Infancy 重生2000从婴儿开始打造财富 Lin Fan had lived a mediocre, unremarkable life in his previous life. By chance, he was reborn at the moment of his birth in the year 2000. Retaining every memory, he looked at his impoverished family and his young, inexperienced parents, and resolved not to live an ordinary life this time. Though still an infant, he would perform the deeds of a “child prodigy,” guiding his parents to seize every opportunity of the times. Starting in the countryside, they would launch a Taobao store, stockpile r 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 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 2.8kReads7.8Score30114d adds
- 60 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
- 61 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
- 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 Back in Ancient Times to Become the Top Scholar 回到古代当状元 [Imperial examinations in the early chapters, everyday life, then court politics] After accidentally transmigrating to an ancient, fictional dynasty, he discovers that he has a photographic memory and fights his way up through the imperial examinations. With a way of thinking unlike that of the people of the past, how will he find a way of life that suits him in this ancient world? 612Reads7.7Score10714d adds
- 64 The Imperial Exams: Daily Life of a Young Farmer in Ancient Times 科举：古代农家小子生活日常 [One Female Lead] + [No System] + [Farming] + [Everyday Life] + [Romance] + [Family Matters] The everyday life of a man from the bottom of society in ancient times. To avoid being bullied, wear silk, live in a big house, have a beautiful wife and concubines, own fine horses, and farm without paying taxes, he strives to pass the imperial examinations. And more… Of all pursuits, studying is the noblest. He had only just graduated, yet he threw himself into the imperial examinations. Though it was 1.1kReads6.2Score10914d adds
- 65 A Concubine-Born Son’s Road to the Imperial Exams 庶子科举路 Gu Yan, an illegitimate son of the Marquis of Yongning’s household, lost his birth mother at an early age and was treated as a thorn in his stepmother’s side. From the start, he was kicked awake and made to kneel before his marquis father. In a military family, having a scholar for a son was a joke. His stepmother sneered, “You’re not cut out for studying,” while his legitimate elder brother mocked him: “Can a bookworm put food on the table?” Gu Yan didn’t argue. He simply went from the marqui 2.3kReads6.9Score17014d adds
- 66 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
- 67 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
- 68 You Asked Me to Ghostwrite a Love Letter, So Why Did My Words Make a Great Scholar Weep? 让你代写情书，你落笔惊哭大儒？ [Imperial Exams] [Poor Family] [Love Letter Ghostwriting] [Farming] [Ensemble Cast] [Political Intrigue] Gu Ci, a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature, opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated into the body of a nine-year-old boy in the Great Feng Dynasty. His family is destitute from the start! His father and uncle have both failed the county exams. His little sister is crying for food, while his mother and older sister toil away weaving cloth! With nowhere else to turn, Gu Ci grabs a wri 110.1kReads8.5Score8.7k14d adds
- 69 The Fallen Noble Scion 落魄贵子 Reborn in a duke's household on the verge of ruin, with everyone despising her and her stepmother suppressing her! She must first survive if she hopes to become the noble benefactor who rebuilds a great family from the ruins! 355Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 70 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 4.7kReads8.8Score35514d adds
- 71 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
- 72 My Clan Funded My Exams, So I Won My Dog an Imperial Title 全族供我科举路，我赠族犬诰命身 In her previous life, Fang Ziqi was a PhD in science at one of China’s top five universities. In this life, she transmigrates into a farming family in the Great Liang dynasty! A poor household, a father who secretly studies, a biased grandfather, and an uncle who has failed the exams ten times… In an age when everything is inferior to studying, Fang Ziqi has no choice but to tighten her belt and embark on the imperial examination path! She begins her studies at six! Takes the exams at eight! Pas 22.1kReads7.8Score2.2k14d adds
- 73 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 879Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 74 The Way of Learning: A Transmigrator's Unconventional Path to the Imperial Examinations 学而致道：穿越之非主流科举路 A high school student transmigrates into the household of a gentry family in an imaginary dynasty, studies under his father and tutors, and takes the imperial examinations. The teachings of Song Learning and Han Learning, the schools of Cheng-Zhu and Lu-Wang, the essays of Su and Han, and the histories of Ban and Ma gradually seep into a young man’s heart. He studies from childhood through adolescence, taking in ideas that will never change for the rest of his life. Across a thousand years, he m 1.1kReads8.4Score11414d adds
- 75 From Humble Beginnings to Minister of State 布衣卿相寒门崛起 A poor scholar’s spirit rings clear, his pen splitting the heavens! When Lin Shen wakes, he finds himself in a thatched hut with a leaking roof. Before him lies his mother, at death’s door and worn to the bone; his young brother is coughing up blood, barely alive; outside, rapacious creditors kick at the door, demanding payment and threatening their lives! In this cruel world, are the poor truly no more than blades of grass? He will wield modern knowledge as a blade and turn the world upside dow 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 Sold into Slavery from the Start, I Rise to Grand Secretary Through the Imperial Exams 开局卖身为奴，我靠科举登顶首辅 After waking up, Wang Wei, a modern university student majoring in Chinese, transmigrated into Wang Gou'er, a young servant who had been sold by his own clan. He thought his life was over before it had even begun, but his new master turned out to be a wealthy provincial graduate. Even more unexpectedly, a twist of fate made him the young master's lifesaver, and he was assigned to work in the study. While the other servants were still struggling to memorize the rules, Wang Gou'er had already set 49.8kReads7.9Score4.3k14d adds
- 77 The Unparalleled Illegitimate Son 绝代庶子 [Alternate World + Transmigration + Ancient Setting] After transmigrating, he finds his mother brutally murdered and his younger sister unconscious beside her. When she wakes, she has developed a split personality. He heads to the capital to find his biological father, only to discover that his father's family is the source of all the hatred. Watch as a concubine-born son avenges his mother and drives his father into an inescapable corner, step by step. Once his revenge is complete, where will h 412Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 78 After Years of Hard Study, I Rise Ninety Thousand Miles Into the Sky 寒窗苦读多年，扶摇直上九万里 [Male POV, born into a new life as a baby, farming, imperial examinations, court politics] When the second son of the Chen family died unexpectedly, he left behind an unborn child. Zhao, who had already given birth to three daughters in a row, hoped this time for a son. The day she gave birth, the baby arrived prematurely, and there were twins. The villagers all said the children wouldn't survive. They waited and waited, and the child grew up. They named him Dongsheng. Dongsheng went to school. 42.7kReads6.5Score3.4k14d adds
- 79 Cast Out of the Marquis's Residence, I Rise from Poverty to Become the Top Scholar 被逐出侯府，我寒门崛起成状元 The score was just posted, so it’ll gradually go up as the story progresses. [Imperial exams and farming] + [Fictional ancient setting] Jiang Huai unexpectedly transmigrated into a book and became the second young master of the Marquis of Yongning’s household. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the Marquis’s biological son, so Jiang Huai was sent along with the original owner to live in the impoverished countryside. His new home had nothing but bare walls. They were dirt poor. No matter. He wrote popular 2.2kReads7.8Score16814d adds
- 80 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
- 81 A Scholar from a Humble Family in the Zhu Household 朱门寒士 A family of scholars, but who deserves a bowl of chicken soup? Climbing out of poverty: how many can fit on that narrow path? During the Jiajing reign of the Great Ming, the Zhu family hall in Zhuhe Village hosted a silent contest every night. The chicken soup's oily sheen floated only in the bowl of the eldest grandson, Zhu Yawen. The whole family tightened their belts to support a promising young scholar who had struggled for more than a decade without even passing the county-level examinatio 216Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 82 Transmigrated into the Foil Character in an Imperial Exam Novel 穿成科举文里的对照组 Yu Wenyan, a Shandong native who had worked hard to become a civil servant, transmigrates into a book. In the story, he’s a wasteful, gambling, wine-loving underachiever who resents his younger brother for being good at school and spends every day trying to sabotage his studies and civil service exam prospects. The transmigrated Yu Wenyan makes one thing clear: not studying is out of the question, and not taking the civil service exam is out of the question too. Playing dirty is out of the quest 25Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 83 The Farmer’s Wife of the Poor Scholar 寒门状元农家妻 Face-obsessed Qiao Baoying transmigrated and took a liking to a poor scholar. Everyone said she'd picked up a weed, but she thought she'd found a treasure. A house with bare walls and not a penny to their name? No problem. She had plenty of skills. She'd build their fortune, take on the troublemakers, make money to support the household, and spoil her husband. The thought of it made Qiao Baoying smile in her sleep. But then the poor scholar transformed into a powerful chancellor, leaving Qiao Ba 246Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 84 You Mock My Clan for Never Passing the Imperial Exams? What Are You Crying For Now That I Passed All Three with Top Honors? 笑我全族不中举？三元及第你哭啥 Zhang Yan, the top scholar of nine provinces, has just earned his doctorate when he opens his eyes and finds himself in a poor village in the Great Yong Dynasty. His clan has spent generations taking the imperial examinations, but after decades, not one of them has even passed the first degree. They have become the laughingstock of the entire village. But Zhang Yan sees the clan elders' good intentions. People say studying is hard, but how can it be harder than farming? He secretly swears, “Sinc 313Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 85 Awakening the Learning System at Three: Study, Take the Imperial Exams, and Become an Official 三岁觉醒学习系统，读书科举做官 [Imperial exams + study System + farm boy + one heroine] (The ratings have only just come in, and the book is still growing. Don’t let them fool you! It’s good, really good, really, really good.) Wang Yuan had just passed the entrance exam for a master’s program at a top university, but before he could bask in the admiration of his whole village, an accident sent him into the womb of a peasant family in ancient times. Fortunately, an earlier transmigrator had established a new dynasty and encour 4.4kReads7.5Score32714d adds
- 86 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. 40Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Transmigrating to the Great Song: A Guide to the Civil Service Exam 穿越大宋之考公指南 A serious historical novel featuring the imperial examinations, officialdom, a mix of classical and vernacular Chinese, a slow pace, political intrigue, highly intelligent characters, and military campaigns. This novel contains extensive classical Chinese, poetry, and archaic language. If that is not to your taste, please do not read it. Huang Zhongsi, a modern young man preparing for the civil service exams, transmigrates to a parallel world during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern 185Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 88 Sighs in Golden Thread 叹金缕 Who is the legitimate son? Who will inherit the family rites? Born to the principal wife, I was named the second legitimate son from the moment I entered the world, outranked by the eldest son of a concubine who had already been entered into the family register. Shen Zhaochan was not pleased. The registered eldest son was betrothed to the daughter of Grand Tutor Fei. When Miss Fei joined the household, before his mother Guo could even put on the airs of a mother-in-law, Miss Fei’s eyes shifted a 22.4kReads8.8Score2.4k14d adds
- 89 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, 172.9kReads8.9Score34.2k14d adds
- 90 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. 422Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 91 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
- 92 A Late-Born Son of a Farmer Takes the Imperial Exam and Leaves the Emperor Stunned 农家老来子考科举，强到朕傻眼了 Also known as The Late-Born Son of a Farming Family Takes the Civil Service Exams, and Grows So Powerful Even the Emperor Is Stunned; I Entered Government Through the Civil Service Exams and Became a Powerful Minister of Great Qian; Song Yuan, a rising star in the legal world, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into a farming family in Great Qian, becoming the late-born son whom the whole village mocks. With disasters striking one after another and his family mired in poverty, his life fro 12.1kReads8.1Score1.1k14d adds
- 93 Taking My Father’s Place in the Imperial Exams, Starting at Six 替父科举！从六岁开始 No corvee labor, no land tax. Crossing the class divide feels amazing! No wonder my father was willing to do anything to pass the imperial exams! The exams broke the aristocratic clans' monopoly on official careers under the Nine-Rank System, which had been in place since the Wei and Jin dynasties. With examinations at their core, they gave ordinary scholars a way to rise above their station. The appeal of the exams went straight to the heart of people's everyday concerns. Once scholars passed t 700Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 94 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
- 95 Reborn as a Marquis's Bastard Son? Then I'll Take the Imperial Exams! 穿成侯门庶子？科举！科举！科举 [Imperial Exams + Feel-Good Story + Business + Child Prodigy + Everyday Life + Political Intrigue] Song Mingyuan dies in a car accident and wakes up as an illegitimate son in the Marquis of Great Zhou's household. The good news: he has plenty to eat and wear, and maids to look after him. The bad news: his adoptive mother is his father's principal wife. Now that she has a son of her own, she sees Song Mingyuan as a thorn in her side and wants him dead! Song Mingyuan, who has transmigrated into t 17.7kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
- 96 I Bled My Family Dry in My Past Life, Now Six Yuan Makes Me a God 前世吸光全家血，今生六元来封神 [Farming]+ [Imperial examinations]+ [Making a fortune]+ [Power fantasy]+ [Lighthearted comedy] Lin Yunzhou spent half his life working his way up to the rank of interstellar marshal. He never expected to transmigrate to an ancient era with not a trace of technology... The good news: He went from being an orphan to the most doted-on youngest son in the family, and fell in love at first sight with a young lady. The bad news: His parents play favorites, his brothers are blindly filial, and his olde 5.9kReads8.0Score42314d adds
- 97 Dream of the Red Chamber: Restoring the Realm 红楼之重整山河 [Alternate History + Dream of the Red Chamber + Imperial Exams + Conquest] From a low-ranking civil servant in a later age to a collateral descendant of the Jia family outside the Ningguo Mansion. When Jia Yu transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he plans to leave the Jia family, a sinking ship, and make his own way. But he discovers that the realm is in turmoil: two emperors vie for power at court, rival factions undermine one another, petty family members run amok, and pira 143Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 98 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
- 99 The Top Scholar Becomes a County Magistrate: An Unusual Road to Success 状元当县令，不一样的青云路 [Alternate History + Nation-Building + Farming + Court Politics + No Romance] The main story is complete, and bonus chapters are still being updated~ The rating is low because so few people have rated it. Come give it a look! ₍˄·͈༝·͈˄*₎◞ ̑̑ Warnings: This is a brainless power fantasy!!! Please don't post opinions like how modern people would act, how ancient people would act, or how the protagonist's actions make no sense. If you think a modern person sent back in time couldn't do anything, feel 14.1kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
- 100 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
