High Intelligence, Cunning Plans, Masterful Schemes, Treating the World Like a Chessboard 高智商，有谋略，算计足，以天下为棋

1. 951 剑 Where the Sword Rises, Storms Gather 剑起风云 Mu Xiao Sansheng沐潇三生Eastern Fantasy4.6M WordsCompleted In these turbulent times, it is not the world that is in chaos, but people’s hearts. The Gu family, loyal servants of the Tianfeng Kingdom, are heroes through and through. But fate is fickle. The heir to this illustrious military family spent twenty years in a daze, becoming the target of countless whispered insults and mockery. Then, on the young heir’s twentieth birthday, memories of his previous life suddenly returned. What troubles him most is realizing he seems to have done a lot of foolish 62.8kReads9.0Score7.1kShelves

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   Especially the third gentleman who planned the eternity, with a touch of red, laid out the world with heaven and earth as the disk, and the emperors as his sons, which is unforgettable

2. 952 枕 Poison Between the Sheets, Hidden Tides Rising 枕间鸩，暗潮生 Zero Six One零六壹Ancient Romance143k WordsOngoing The courtesan Wan Niang of Qunyu Terrace doesn't sell nights of passion. She sells lives. The most powerful men in the capital kneel beneath Xie Wan's skirts, while she holds the darkest secrets of the entire imperial court in her hands. The world envies the passion she shares at her bedside, and men vie to become her favored guests. Only Prince Duan, Pei Chengyuan, comes to her door seeking the life of the crown prince. "Your Highness drove the former crown prince mad, exiled the fourth prince, 1.9kReads—Score246Shelves

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   Xilan, the evil courtesan is the leader of the underground dark network in Shangjing, and she joins forces with the villain prince to kill the prince. Belongs to all evil people, every word is calculated [like].

3. 953 盛 The Son of a Golden Age 盛世公子 Brewing Water on a High Mountain高山煮水Historical503k WordsCompleted That year, the State of Xia lost its mainstay. That was also the year Li Luo took up his butcher's knife. Everyone thinks I'm a good-for-nothing wastrel. Who could know that the fate of the realm is already in the palm of my hand? I climbed Mount Miaowang by night and laid the foundation for a world-shaking scheme. Li Luo: “I intend to conquer a vast, vast territory...” 392Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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   High IQ, Machiavellian and calculating

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