The Top Science Student Takes the Imperial Exam? Even the Emperor Is Stunned

Daxia Dynasty, Apricot Blossom Village.

Li Su’s head throbbed with pain, as if someone were drilling into his skull. Nausea welled up, and when he slowly opened his eyes, darkness greeted him.

A memory not belonging to him surged within his mind.

He had transmigrated, arriving in a fictional ancient era.

The original owner was also called Li Su. At birth, a Taoist priest had declared he was destined for high office, and bestowed upon him this very name.

At two or three years old, he indeed displayed exceptional talent for reading.

His family was of humble farming stock, yet they persisted in sending him to study. At nine, he passed the preliminary exams, earning the title of child scholar, and was hailed a prodigy.

He went to the county to study further, but his classmates, jealous of his gifts, deliberately led him astray—encouraging idleness, indulgence in food and drink—so that at nine, Li Su’s path became crooked.

He grew selfish, disregarding his family’s situation, constantly demanding money, which he spent not on studies, but on eating and drinking.

For several years, he failed the imperial scholar exams, never making the list.

Rumors spread that he was now ordinary, and Li Su, frustrated, abandoned himself even further.

This injury came from standing up for someone at his classmates’ instigation—struck on the back of his head with a club, splitting it open. Upon waking, Li Su found himself inhabiting this body.

As for Li Su himself, in his previous life, he was the top scorer in the science s