After Exile, I Helped My Husband Top the Imperial Examinations

【Main story completed, occasional extra chapters will be added】【Check out the upcoming novel "The Virtuous Matriarch Returns from the Future" if interested!】Jiang Wanning, born into a prestigious scholar family, was pampered and awaited a good marriage upon her coming-of-age ceremony.

Unexpectedly, her family backed the wrong political faction. When the new emperor ascended the throne, the Jiang family became the first target of purge. Though the female members escaped being forced into prostitution, they couldn't avoid exile to bitter cold lands.

When Jiang's mother fell critically ill, Wanning had to sell herself to become the auspicious bride for the sickly Lu Shang in a remote mountain village. Her arrival didn't improve Lu Shang's health - within a month of their marriage, he died.

Alone in the cold mourning hall at night, a chilling wind brought familiar muffled coughs from the ebony coffin. Jiang Wanning: "..." Jiang Wanning: "A ghost!"

News of the sickly husband's corpse resurrection spread through Lu Village by noon. But Wanning discovered her revived husband had changed - no longer wallowing in self-pity, protecting her from mother-in-law's abuse, eventually leading her to start anew.

They moved to town to do business, established security agencies and construction teams, becoming wealthy. Wanning opened a private school teaching girls, gaining scholarly admirers despite societal prejudice.

When Lu Shang returned to imperial examinations under her guidance, he topped the rankings and rose rapidly in officialdom. Wanning rescued her relatives, established nationwide women's schools, and mentored the first female Imperial Examination scholar.

While outsiders thought Wanning relied on her husband's success, Lu Shang knew - she gave him belonging in this foreign world. Through business struggles and betrayals, she remained steadfast. Even his literary skills were taught by her from illiteracy to top scholar.

PS: Male lead is a transmigrator

Upcoming novel "The Virtuous Matriarch Returns from the Future" synopsis:

Xie Hanyi, raised as perfect aristocratic wife, endured toxic in-laws and her husband's lover until accidentally time-traveling to 5000 years future. Here she becomes military general. After returning to original timeline, she divorces her scumbag husband. Meanwhile, her modern-era househusband Xiao Zhi time-travels back to ancient political struggles, desperately trying to reunite with his warrior wife.【Heroic female general x High-status househusband】