[Imperial Exams + Alternate History + Ancient Times]
He transmigrates into an impoverished family in ancient times, where literary talent reigns supreme.
A poor household, an injured father, a pregnant mother, a young sister, and him, just ten years old.
A disastrous start. The only way to change his fate is through reading.
But even the most careful plans cannot compete with fate's arrangements, and in the end, he gives up literature and takes up arms.
Starting with the military examinations, he heads north, making a name for himself as he goes, with the capital as his ultimate destination.
His fortunes begin to change at this very moment!
Poetry, songs, and prose?
Those are just things I jot down in my spare time.
Essays on statecraft?
I wrote those in a drunken haze, too.
The emperor is stunned: "The realm has ten measures of literary talent, and he alone has twelve. The talented scholars of our dynasty are two measures in debt!"
The princess says, "To borrow Wu Chengan's words, they're all a bunch of idiots!"
