The Son of Heaven Invests the Wei's Third-Place Scholar! You Say He's a Lowly Son-in-Law?

Also known as: The Emperor names him Wei's top third-place graduate, and you say he's a lowly live-in son-in-law!

In an age of fierce competition, some are born into nobility and enjoy power and status, while others come from humble families and drift with the tide. Xiao Jingyun transmigrates to the Wei Dynasty and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a wealthy merchant family, trapped in dire straits. To escape his predicament, he finds a way to reinvent himself. In an era when all pursuits are inferior and only scholarship is esteemed, he resolutely chooses the imperial examinations to change his fate!

From student to licentiate, provincial graduate, tribute scholar, and then jinshi... He overcomes every obstacle along the way, wanting only to be the one who moves the pieces and controls his own destiny. But when he looks back, he discovers that the world has changed because of him: the people thrive, the state is stable, powerful enemies submit, and he is hailed by all as the founder of an achievement that will endure for generations!