From Woman to Man: The Growth of a Noble Family's Illegitimate Son

I couldn't continue reading after chapter nineteen. The male lead is so stupid! He puts a maid who wants to be his concubine next to his sister as her personal maid, sending an ambitious woman to his sister's side? It's like he's sending his future brother-in-law to be a concubine! Utterly speechless.

Shennong's comment: The quality is acceptable, but the title is misleading. This book is a story about a poor scholar from ancient times who rises to the highest position in the government. From that perspective, it is well written. However, the title insists on adding "woman transmigrates into a man," but there is no trace of this at all.

Currently, the male protagonist's personality seems somewhat unlikable. His excessive confidence and childishness make him seem unlike a hardened office worker who has been through the harsh realities of life, or the exceptionally talented and intelligent male lead found in imperial examination novels. Instead, he resembles a mediocre, unremarkable supporting character typical of this genre.

I'm very dissatisfied with the male lead, who only ranked third. It's laughable. Cheng Yan's talent is inferior to the protagonist's; he's clearly a perennial runner-up, yet he's been promoted to the top scholar. Isn't the emperor afraid of resentment from his clan? Is he trying to support a poor family? This emperor has absolutely no ability; without aristocratic families, he's nothing.

Cheng Yan's mother had only been dead for a few months before he was allowed to take the imperial examination? Wasn't he supposed to be in mourning?

I only watched it because the synopsis looked good, but the main character is disgusting! His mouth is sewn shut, he's mute, he's framed, and instead of explaining himself, he expects people to understand him. It's toxic!

The male protagonist you wrote is a complete idiot, a moron, and mentally unstable! He even travels through time? He's probably from ancient times.

Chapter Nine disappointed me. Was she born into a family that favored sons over daughters? She wasn't even reborn, yet she was immediately subdued, and she was still feeling wronged after being bullied? Sigh.

I've read up to chapter nine, and it's quite well-written. I've already invested 🤭. I like female leads who are shrewd and calculating, not idiots.

The author clearly didn't do any research, treating arbitrarily changing seats in the imperial examinations as cheating. In Chapter Fifteen, the protagonist is assigned a seat next to the toilet, and spends 10 taels of silver to change it – a major red flag.