The Scholar from a Humble Home: Rising to Glory Without Becoming a Live-in Son-in-Law

Yue Chong transmigrates to the Great Qian Dynasty, only to discover that his own father intends to sacrifice him in a marriage alliance between powerful clans and make him marry into his bride’s family. His younger brother even teams up with his future brother-in-law to make a fool of him. Before the wedding, they trick him into going to a brothel, enraging his future father-in-law, who orders him to apologize with thorn branches on his back. How can a fine, strapping man endure humiliation again and again? In a fit of fury, Yue Chong breaks with his family and enters the political arena. He wins the beauty pageant, takes top honors in the imperial examination, and charges ahead at every turn. On the road to exile, his father cries out, “Your father was wrong! I hope you can put the past behind us, my son!” In court, the empress says, “With Yue Qing by my side, how could the four seas fail to submit?” Scholars across the land declare, “Yue Chong is our role model. From now on, we’ll worship Yue Shen instead of Confucius.”