Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams, Snatched Up by the Empress

Li Xuan, reborn as the illegitimate son of a poor family, had one great dream: to live a carefree life with enough food and clothes, just lying flat. Unfortunately, his parents didn't love him, and his siblings weren't close to him. Even his fiancée, betrothed to him since childhood, forced him to break off their engagement. In the end, Li Xuan was driven out of his home with not a penny to his name. With no other choice, he forced himself to become a workaholic. Relying on the sheer grit he'd built up in his previous life as a wage slave, Li Xuan worked his way up through the Great Liang dynasty until even the empress and princesses were fighting over him.