Expelled from the Marquis’s Household: The False Heir Rises Through the Imperial Exams, Season 1

About the story

A modern young man, Chen Yan, unexpectedly travels into another era and becomes the false heir raised for eighteen years in the household of the Marquis of Zhenyuan. Almost as soon as he opens his eyes, his identity is exposed in public and he is expelled from the household, falling from luxury into destitution. His biological father is a compulsive gambler, and the family has nothing. His starting circumstances could hardly be worse. Fortunately, his birth mother, Lady Bai, truly cares about him, and old friends offer help when he needs it most. Taking the money they provide for his journey, he resolves to turn his life around through the imperial examinations. But no sooner does he return to his home region than he finds his father being beaten over gambling debts. With one crisis following another, his journey from rock bottom begins.