The Road to Grand Secretariat, Starting with the Imperial Exams

It's supposed to be a novel about the imperial examination system, but it's already 230 chapters and the female lead hasn't even started school yet. What kind of imperial examination is this?

Will the female lead struggle and then just get married? Couldn't she find someone who marries into the family? The male lead doesn't have to be so outstanding! Otherwise, I feel like she's just working hard for the male lead's family. In ancient times, a married daughter was truly considered "water spilled from a cup," belonging to another family.

Author, why don't you change the title? This story is clearly biased towards everyday domestic drama, which is not available to those who like this type of story. Meanwhile, those who want to read about imperial examinations and official careers are getting tired of waiting for the title!

The novel has 380,000 words and the female protagonist is only three years old. Is she a time-traveling/reincarnated character?

I was really enjoying it, but after so many chapters, the female lead hasn't grown up and is only just starting school; the pacing is too slow. I'm starting to lose interest.

Does this book have a male protagonist?

Another bunch of transmigrated/reborn female characters! It's making me dizzy. The female lead is so pitiful; she has to live consciously within such an obvious novel setting after growing up, and constantly worry about loopholes in the world's plot.

I think the game description could be shorter; it's just too complicated, and I'm too lazy to rack my brains to figure it out. 🤔

It's pretty good. The female lead's interactions with her sister and family are very interesting, especially the distinct personalities and ways of handling things between the two sisters. At first, I thought it would be the typical story of a mischievous younger sister and a gentle older sister (not that it's bad, but this kind of writing seems quite common and difficult to make stand out). But then I gradually realized that it's written in a very original and unconventional way.

I think this book is actually quite good, especially the later chapters about becoming an official; they're very insightful. Why isn't it more popular?