[Imperial examinations + farming + alternate history + everyday life]
Lin Yan had just passed the civil service exam when he somehow transmigrated.
The bad news: he had become a live-in son-in-law, married into a family to bring good fortune.
The good news: he got himself an adorable, clingy little wife for free.
What?
In ancient times, a live-in son-in-law was treated worse than a dog?
Then how did Lin Yan, a poor kid who’d lost both parents and been sold off for two taels of silver to marry into the family, become the backbone of his father-in-law’s household?
Not only did their life keep getting better, but he also breezed through the imperial examinations.
By the time he stood proudly in the Golden Throne Hall, his family’s businesses had already spread across the land.
What?
I’ve already become an official, and you still expect me to curry favor with the powerful?
Sorry, I, Lin Yan, am the powerful one.
His biased grandmother: “Yan’er, we only sent you into the marriage to bring good fortune because we had no choice. We needed to support your cousin’s studies. Now even your father-in-law’s dog has a title from the emperor. You can’t forget how the Lin family raised you…”
Lin Yan: “Yan’er is dead. You made your choice, Grandma! Don’t come looking for me again. I don’t want my father-in-law’s family getting the wrong idea…”
The Empress: “With my beloved minister Lin at my side, the realm will be at peace!”
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