The Hero Starts as a Prince, Refuses to Become Crown Prince, and Takes the Throne Instead 开局是皇子,拒绝当太子做皇帝
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Great Tang: Someone Save Me! I Really Don't Want to Be Crown Prince! 大唐:谁来救救我,我真不想当太子啊!
“Father, I want to resign! What? If I resign again, you’ll pass the throne to me? Don’t mess with me, I’m still young! Fine, I won’t resign. I’ll hold off for now, all right?” “Qingque, how’s your big brother treated you? Want to be Crown Prince? No need to pay, hey... Don’t go! Don’t go! I’ll pay you, okay? We can negotiate the price!” “Zhinu, want some Wangzai milk? Become Crown Prince, and I’ll give you all you can drink! What’s a Crown Prince? You can’t eat it? You little brat, are you tryin
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The Charming Sixth Prince Wants Nothing to Do with the Throne 风流六皇子,打死不想当皇帝
[Wuxia + court intrigue + imperial politics + empress + comedy] Xiao Yan is the sixth prince, and the last person in Great Xia who wants to become emperor. Late for court? His eldest brother puts on a show of insisting he be summoned, but his father waves a hand: “Let him sleep!” The assembled officials are left speechless. What has this wastrel done to earn such favor? On the surface, he's a carefree playboy who spends his days at brothels, composing poems and trading verses. In truth, he posse
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Spending Six Hours Every Day in the Past to Raise a Cold Palace Prince 每天去古代六个时辰养冷宫皇子
Top-focused, redemption, 1v1. A modern Chinese medicine doctor who seems gentle but is actually assertive x a pitiful, cold-palace prince who starts out helpless and turns into an unhinged, black-hearted man. Lu Xingzhi, a modern Chinese medicine doctor who has made a name for himself at a young age, has recently run into a strange problem. Every night at eight, without warning, he finds himself in ancient times, beside a boy named Yan Zhou. The boy is so pitiful that Dr. Lu, who has dedicated h
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Reborn, Never Become the Crown Prince 重生千万别当太子
After being reborn as the legitimate eldest son, Zhu Fangzheng binds himself to a System that makes him stronger whenever he gives up the throne. He works himself to the bone trying to goad his younger brothers into fighting for the crown. “Second Brother, we may be physically weak, but we have strong wills. Starting today, you're training with me,” Zhu Fangzheng urged him earnestly. Once the second prince had recovered, he declared, “The throne belongs to you, Eldest Brother. Mother, don't blam
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The Prince's Mind Was Read, and the Entire Royal Family Was Stunned 疯批皇子被读心,皇室全家都傻了
[A reborn king who keeps coming back, with an unpredictable personality X It's not my fault I'm a crybaby, I just have overactive tear ducts] [Two male leads + mutual devotion + a court power struggle riddled with bugs + the whole family can read minds + ensemble cast + changing fate] A flood of scenes appeared in Xiao Yifeng's mind... [The foolish emperor keeps working himself to the bone for an heir, unaware that a rival prince had someone drug him long ago, and that he's been cuckolded countl
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Enemy Princess: I Can't Take It Anymore, Princes, Take More Concubines! 敌国公主:受不了,皇子多纳妾吧!
[Harem + Flirting + Struggle for the Throne + Rousing + Political Intrigue + Conquest + No System] Xiao Chen's soul transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing prince. From the start, his older brother frames him, and he ends up sleeping with the enemy kingdom's supposedly hideous princess! But it turns out the princess is a peerless beauty in disguise! His brothers regret it so badly they practically break their third legs slapping them! Forced to marry the princess and exiled to the bitt
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Reborn as the Emperor 重生之老子是皇帝
To sleep with beauties in his arms and wield power over all under heaven when he wakes: now that’s the life a man should lead! Zhao Dongting transmigrates into an emperor and tirelessly pursues this modest goal.
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After Swearing Loyalty to the Crown Prince, I Discovered the Emperor Was Loyal to Him Too 效忠太子后,发现陛下也效忠太子
Also known as: “Everyone Else Is a Prince, But He’s the Son”; “Give Up Hard Training and Enjoy an Invincible Life”; “The Crown Prince Has Everyone’s Support, So Why Is His Majesty Rebelling?” Jiang Jiexing was injured and sealed inside a divine source for fifty years. By the time he awoke, his father had become a Martial God, overthrown the previous dynasty, founded the Great Yu, and ascended the throne as emperor. He had little interest in the throne, and he had also been bound to a Dowry Syst
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A Girl Transmigrates into a Little Prince, and Everyone Hears Her Thoughts 女穿男小皇子被读心了
A woman becomes a man; palace intrigue and political machinations; an ancient setting with a fresh twist; mind-reading. Qi Wang, a female university student from the 21st century, transmigrates to the fictional ancient Great Zhou dynasty and becomes a young prince with the same name, who drowned and died. Great Zhou has seven princes, and Qi Wang is the youngest, only five years old. After Qi Wang’s soul enters the young prince’s body, he gains a special ability: mind-reading. But there’s a catc
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Dynasty Wars: I Killed My Brother-in-Law with My Own Hands from the Start 王朝争霸:开局我亲手斩了妹夫
No System, no heroine, no transmigration. Rivers of blood, bones paving the way. After fifteen years in a dream of yellow millet, Li Anzhi's temperament changed completely. He no longer wanted to follow the same path he had in the dream. The first thing he did upon waking was send his beastly brother-in-law, the emperor's son-in-law, and the son of the Minister of Justice to the executioner's block. Sometimes, solving a problem doesn't have to rely on brains alone. A knife works just as well.
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From the Start, the Favoring Decree Made Me an Enemy of the Entire Dynasty 开局推恩令我得罪了整个王朝
"Confucian and Daoist cultivation + fantasy + xianxia + no System + no female lead + literary feuds + conspiracy theories" This book has few typos and works well as an audiobook. Library security guard Su Mu unexpectedly transmigrates, taking the place of a poor scholar who died in the imperial examination hall. To lay the original owner's lingering obsession to rest, Su Mu writes a policy essay on governing the country that moves the heavens and earns the favor of the nation's fortune, purify
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I Became Regent from the Start, and the First Emperor Was Stunned: Is This Really My Great Qin? 开局监国,祖龙懵了这是我大秦?
After transmigrating as the First Emperor’s seventh son, he may not be favored, but he enjoys a carefree life. Then, one day, he suddenly gains the authority to rule as regent. At the same time, a National Destiny System binds itself to him. He had planned to keep a low profile until the reign of Qin Er Shi before making his move. But circumstances have changed, so he’ll have to make new plans. Kill Zhao Gao, punish the Confucians, establish academies, and distribute new crops. Ying Ziqi: “I’ll
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I Live Freely in My Fief, Yet They Call Me a Worthy Prince 我在封地逍遥,却被称贤王
[Alternate history + laid-back comedy + a real rascal!] As a prince, it's not unreasonable for me to have a fief of my own, is it? It's my fief, so I make the rules. That means I can do whatever I want, right? On my first day in the fief, I visited a brothel. On the second day, I went to a gambling den. Lost money at the casino? Absolutely impossible. Isn't it all my money anyway? Extorting wealthy merchants for protection money was just business as usual. Beggars lining the streets asking for a
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The Foolish Fifth Prince Is Exiled to Danzhou 痴傻五皇子发配儋州
For twenty years, the Fifth Prince was known as a fool. Then, without warning, he was made Prince of Danzhou and sent to a distant land crawling with wolves and tigers. The emperor’s intentions are unfathomable, and the crown prince is sharpening his knives. A thousand miles of road lie ahead, with danger lurking at every turn. A graduate student from a top university, who has transmigrated through time, can he overcome this crisis? What ties does he have to the colorful cast of characters he me
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Xuanhuan: I Really Don't Want to Get Stronger 玄幻:本王真的不想变强
[Fantasy Wish Fulfillment] Zhao Chong accidentally transmigrates to another world, where martial artists rule. But he discovers that he has no martial meridians. Fortunately, he has a System. To stay alive, he starts constantly cultivating Martial Sages. One hundred Martial Sages aren't enough to keep him safe. Two hundred Martial Sages still aren't enough. Ten thousand Martial Sages. Now he finally feels somewhat safe, though by then the entire Jiuxuan Continent is trembling beneath his fee
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Regent of Great Qian: Father, Stop Forcing Me to Become Crown Prince 大乾监国:父皇,你别逼我当太子
The emperor feigned illness, then a single edict appointing him regent dumped an empty treasury, crumbling border defenses, and a mountain of rotten accounts on Xiao Jingxing, the least noticed of the Sixth Princes. His brothers wanted him dead, the great clans wanted him to fail, and the officials wanted him to take the blame. Everyone was waiting for him to fall flat on his face. But he started by auditing the books and seizing the granaries, then stabilized military supplies and salt prices,
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Great Tang: From the Start, I Used the Imperial Jade Seal to Crack Walnuts 大唐:开局传国玉玺砸核桃
[Great Tang] [System] [Mischievous Kid] [Sign-In] [Funny, Hilarious] After transmigrating to the Great Tang, Li Ke becomes an eight-year-old boy. He has been signing in for eight years from the start and has received countless rewards! One day, Li Ke uses the Imperial Jade Seal to crack walnuts. Li Shimin: TAT Ke'er, don't, don't smash it! Li Ke: Come on, Father. Give me a dog’s bark! Li Shimin: Ah!!! I am the emperor, and you want me to bark like a dog? Li Ke: If not, then how about letting me
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Xuanhuan: Your Majesty, Please Stop Ruining the Kingdom! 玄幻:陛下,求您别败国了!
Qin Changsheng becomes an emperor from the start and gains the support of the Ultimate Foolish Emperor System. He can live forever as long as he brings his country to ruin! And so begins his long career of ruining the kingdom… Qin Changsheng: I imposed heavy corvee labor and raised taxes. Why do you support me even more? As he watches the Qin Kingdom grow ever more prosperous, Qin Changsheng can only say that ruining the country is far too difficult!
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The Discarded Prince Becomes King 废子为王
The people of the entire city have lost all hope of surviving, and the city’s commander has ordered everyone to die fighting when the walls fall. Just then, a tiger’s roar thunders across the sky. One black flag after another appears on the horizon. “B-black flags! It’s the Seventh Prince! The Seventh Prince is here! We’re saved...” Hold Jin’an at all costs, drive out the Japanese pirates, unify the Central Plains, sweep across the land...
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My Years as Emperor 我当皇帝那些年
Ye Tian, an ordinary wage earner, transmigrates and wakes to discover he has become the ruler of a nation. Being emperor is a blast. The first thing he wants to do is take the empress, who rules the realm by his side, and shed his virginity. Then he’ll revel in wine and women and throw a wild, anything-goes party. He loves his kingdom, but loves beautiful women even more. Filling his harem with beauties from across the land is his greatest dream.
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The Laziest Emperor 最懒皇帝
"History remembers him as the laziest emperor ever... On his first plane ride, he was caught in a crash and somehow transmigrated into the body of the young crown prince of the Ming Dynasty. His startling words won the emperor's favor. Though young when he ascended the throne, he was shrewd and meticulous, using ruthless methods to cow those with treacherous ambitions. His sound policies made the nation rich and its people strong, while his invincible army pacified the realm and spread the empir
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The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷
[System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge
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Never Yield the Land 不让江山
At first, I looked upon the world and saw nothing but heroes and great men. Then I looked again, and saw nothing but a rabble. Rather than entrust this realm and its people to you, I might as well take it for myself!
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The Crown Prince? Not Even a Dog Would Take That Job! I Want to Be a Playboy! 太子?狗都不当!我要当纨绔!
[Farming novel] After unexpectedly transmigrating to Great Heng, Li Wen'an discovers that he is the current royal family's eldest legitimate son. He immediately feels as if the sky has fallen! What is an ancient emperor? The ruler of all under Heaven? Nonsense! Isn't he just the biggest workhorse in the realm? There's no way he's taking the position of Crown Prince! The problem is, his previous self was exceptionally capable, so the current emperor, Li Hongjing, thinks very highly of him.
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Genshin Impact: Traveling with Lumine 原神之我与荧同行
Teyvat is crawling with monsters. To put it simply, it's a place full of danger. But for Yi Jiahao, who has a System, these monsters are nothing to worry about. Have you ever seen a Vision with seven elements? Your Tartaglia has a demon transformation, but I wonder how it compares to my Divine Armor? While adventurers are getting pummeled by Ruin Guards, Yi Jiahao brings his five divine beasts and blasts a hole right through the ruins… Venti: Can your five divine beasts become my Five Winds
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The Ultimate Crown Prince 极品皇太子
The man standing before you is the most outrageous and one-of-a-kind crown prince in history! He talks back to the emperor, catches corrupt officials, wreaks havoc in the capital, puts down rebels, conquers cities, and charms beauties. Before he knows it, he's living the dream: drunk with beauties in his arms, awake with the fate of the world in his hands! Everyone urges him to ascend the throne, but... “Help! I don't want to be emperor!”
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I Am the Crown Prince 吾乃皇太子
After transmigrating into the body of a deposed crown prince, he plans to stay out of the struggle, earn a little money, marry a wife, and enjoy a carefree life. Alas, the country is in crisis and the court is in turmoil. A deposed crown prince is still a crown prince. How can he hand over this beautiful land to someone else?
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The Strongest Crown Prince in History 史上最强太子爷
One moment, he's transmigrated and become the Crown Prince! Corrupt ministers stir up trouble, his siblings turn against one another, and powerful enemies close in from every side. Every step is fraught with danger! Facing such peril, Liang Xiu has only this to say: “This land is magnificent beyond words, and only I can show it the way!”
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The Chronicles of Chengning 承宁纪事
Tang Ji was raised by his master from childhood. At fourteen, he set out to travel the land; at nineteen, he arrived in Liangzhou and offered a plan to capture a city, embarking on a path of no return. His origins also seem far from ordinary. Fine clothes and wealth, a carefree wanderer, a life of endless pleasures. A dream left behind in Penglai, peace and prosperity for the realm, a name resounding through Luocheng. The story begins in the fifth year of Jiaming...
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I Hunt Down Transmigrators in Ancient China 我在古代抓捕穿越者
The protagonist, Long Chen, transmigrates into an ancient world. But it turns out that world is full of transmigrators. They belong to many different factions. Long Chen, himself a transmigrator, receives a mission: eliminate every other transmigrator. …
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The Lonely Dynasty 寂寞的王朝
This book recounts the five-year founding war of the Eastern Han Dynasty, beginning in the third year of Wang Mang’s Dihuang era (22 AD) and ending in the third year of Jianwu (27 AD). Based on traditional historical records and supplemented with unofficial histories, notes, anecdotes, and folk legends, it vividly recreates the grand history of the Eastern Han’s founding.
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Conquer the World 争霸天下
There are only two reliable ways to solve a problem: money and a blade. There are no shortcuts to climbing your way up, and if there are, they’re only for those who are better prepared. In times of peace, Fang Jie wanted to live as a wealthy landowner, but failed. In times of chaos, Fang Jie wanted to live in peace, but failed again. So he fought to rule the realm.
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The King’s Way: Who Can Stand Against Me? 王之道谁与争锋
He is Zhao De, the empire's fourth prince, raised in luxury and wanting for nothing. Yet, by imperial decree, he assumes a false identity, abandons the dignity of his princely rank, and joins the army on the battlefield. Starting as an unknown soldier at the very bottom, he fights bloody battles on the frontier and narrowly escapes death time and again. Together with brothers-in-arms who share his life and death, he rises step by step amid the smoke and chaos of war. In the mortal world, he
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The Southern Song Dynasty’s Top Undercover Agent 南宋第一卧底
In the sixteenth year of the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Shen Mo, a modern-day undercover agent, began manipulating the fate of the empire in the palm of his hand. Countless ingenious schemes, ruthless plots, and brutal tactics poured from him. His modern forensic techniques cracked one bizarre Southern Song case after another, while his espionage skills crushed the secret agents of the Liao and Jin. When the Mongol Yuan cavalry, invincible across the land, came thundering toward them, the
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Ruling the Realm 宰执天下
The ruler governs as prime minister; the executor administers the state. Serving the monarch above and bringing peace to the common people below, with all ministers yielding the way and receiving honors above every official: this is the prime minister. Assisting in government, setting national policy, and countersigning imperial edicts, second only to the prime minister: this is the chief administrator. After an air disaster, He Fang leaped a thousand years into the past, returning to the Northe
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I Transmigrated, So Why Am I a Wolf? 穿越了,怎么是狼
Some transmigrate into the body of a farmer’s son, pass the imperial examinations, and become pillars of the nation. Some transmigrate into the body of a prince and remain unshaken amid raging storms. But how come I transmigrated into a wolf, and not even a grown one, but a wolf cub?
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After Reincarnation, You're Still a Scumbag 轮回后的你依然是渣男
Even after reincarnation, you’re still a scumbag
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A Tragic Rich Kid Opens a Tourist Attraction 悲剧富二代开景区
I transmigrated, my family fortune was stolen, my luxury car was gone, my mansion was gone, and so was my company. Oh, I still have three islands. Damn this System, making a transmigrator work for a living. How about opening a tourist attraction? The mermaid legend could work, and Journey to the West could work too. Peach Blossom Island is out of the question: I’m the island master. Should I add immortal cultivation? Maybe demonic cultivation too?
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Great Tang: I'm Li Ke, and I Win by Collecting People's Last Words 大唐:我,李恪,靠收遗言躺赢
After 36 straight hours of overtime, Li Ke, a burned-out 996 office worker, dies suddenly. When he opens his eyes, he has become the most ill-fated prince of the Tang dynasty: Li Ke, Prince of Shu! He carries the bloodlines of both the Sui and Tang imperial houses, and history marks him as a high-risk figure who was wrongfully executed. It’s hell mode from the start! Fortunately, his golden finger, the “Kind Words App,” comes online. It senses regret within five zhang, and collecting it earns re
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