You Told Me to Be a Spoiled Brat, So Why Did I Become the Top Scholar?

After transmigrating to the Great Zheng era, Chen Yi discovers that the original owner, a wastrel heir, not only failed to behave like a proper young noble but even spent a fortune to buy the top scorer in the imperial examinations. Then someone reported him, and the emperor ordered an immediate palace examination. One couplet nearly cost Chen Yi his life. Was he doomed from the start? Luckily, he has a doctorate in Chinese linguistics. In court, he composes a poem in five steps, and a policy essay astonishes the civil and military officials. His grandfather, the Marquis of Wu'an, even draws his sword right there in court: “Your Majesty, please give my grandson one last chance!” Chen Yi: “Huh? I should've known better than to go to all that trouble. Grandpa, how about... we rebel?”