The Imperial Exam Bride, Cherished in His Hands

“My son! You’re dead, so how can your mother go on living? My poor, ill-fated boy…”

At the sight of the woman in ancient dress wailing before her, Lu Weiwei’s head throbbed painfully.

Transmigrating was one thing, but now she’d been gender-swapped and turned into a man… no, a little boy?

It turned out a widowed mother and her child were struggling to get by, and had no choice but to deceive everyone to protect themselves.

Why not go along with it and keep living as a man? In this day and age, women had it far too hard.

But being a man in a backwater village wasn’t much better, especially when Lu Weiwei couldn’t lift a shoulder pole or carry a thing.

After thinking it over, it seemed the only option was to believe that “knowledge is wealth” and take the imperial exams.

So Lu Weiwei embarked on the long road of the civil service examinations, determined to make something of herself.

Only, there seemed to be quite a few obstacles along the way. Besides all the ridiculous people, there was also

A certain young lord, his face suspiciously flushed: “Lu Wei, as long as it’s you, I’m willing to bend for love!”

Her doting father: “Sweetheart, everything I have is yours. Why put yourself through all this hardship?”

Lu Weiwei said expressionlessly, “There’s only one thing on my mind: passing the imperial exams. No one is going to stop me!”