The Greatest Traitorous Chancellor

High Intelligence, Cunning Plans, Masterful Schemes, Treating the World Like a Chessboard

Looking for a novel with a protagonist like Murong Li from The Legend of Qin: someone who treats the world as a chessboard and all living beings as pieces, plans everything out, and plays life like a game, but is willing to become a piece on the board himself when necessary.

Powerful Ministers, Eunuchs, and Fake Eunuchs

One Hand Covers the Sky.

Wuxia, Court Politics, Scheming, and Alternate History

Traditional wuxia stories where the male lead is powerful and influential, has a hidden faction, roams the martial world, and falls into a love-hate relationship with the female lead.

Looking for Historical or Alternate-History Novels With Good Prose and a Smart Protagonist

Dynasties, Imperial Dynasties, Emperor Dynasties, Heavenly Dynasties, Immortal Courts, Sacred Courts, Heavenly Courts, and More

The Heroine Is an Empress or Female Emperor, and the Hero Is a Fake Eunuch

Wielding Power over the Court and Commanding the Army

Looking for a Cool Fictional Historical Novel About the Protagonist's Time Travel

Ideally, something like *The Carefree Little Scholar* or *The Best House Husband*. The protagonist brings modern knowledge to the past and plays the pig to eat the tiger. He just wants to take it easy and coast through life, but the times won't let him.

Princes, Heirs, Behind-the-Scenes Manipulation, and Political Scheming

Power Over the Court, Command of the Army, No System

Historical Transmigration Stories About Live-in Sons-in-Law, With No System or Golden Finger and Solid Logic

Alternate History, Princes Vying for the Empire, and Political Scheming

Sign-In Rewards That Grant Forces Like Luowang, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Xuedizi, and Langya Pavilion

The Protagonist Is a Corrupt Official, but Wholeheartedly Serves His Country and Its People

The protagonist is known throughout history as a treacherous minister, but works for the good of the country and its people

Any High-IQ Novels Like The Nation’s Prince Consort?

Not feel-good power fantasies, and preferably involving nations or countries.

She Helped the Empress Rule, Then the Empress Fell for Her Just as She Tried to Retire

Anyone got any?

The Male Lead Is a General, and the Female Lead Is an Empress

Traditional Fantasy, No System, and No Rushed Ending (Guys, I'm Out of Books to Read)

I want to read books similar to The Abyss.

The Male Lead Is Crowned a Prince and Wears a Python-Robe

Dressed in a Python Robe, with an Overwhelmingly Powerful Background

A Treacherous Official as the Protagonist: Scheming Against the Court with Ambition to Spare

The Male Lead Is a Chancellor Who Lives in a Thatched Hut, Eats Egg Fried Rice, and Is Falsely Accused of Embezzlement

A Treacherous Male Lead Who Makes the Empress Cry