Noble Women of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 魏晋南北朝世家贵女
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- 51 My Dear 檀郎 Yun Nixi is implicated when her relatives’ estate is confiscated and becomes a slave. Sold to the Huan household, she serves as a personal maid to Huan Xi, a young nobleman from a distinguished family. Using the family’s inherited knack for pretending to be a spirit medium, Nixi makes money by sticking close to the young master, all while secretly admiring her cousin Shen Chong. She plans to buy her freedom, reclaim her grandfather’s farmland, and return to a life of independence. As the politic 2.3kReads8.9Score33814d adds
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Lady Ruler of the Zhao Clan 赵氏女君
As the feudal lords battled for supremacy and war ravaged the land, the immensely wealthy Cui clan of Wei sought protection by marrying into the state of Zhao, offering half their fortune as a dowry. The heir, Zhao Mu, chose Cui Xiaoman. Her cousin Cui Wanxiu resented Xiaoman and spread the auspicious rumor that Xiaoman had been born under a sign proclaiming her the future empress of all under heaven. The lords raced to claim the beauty and become rulers of the realm, while Zhao Mu stood guard o
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- 53 Tender Allure 娇引 [The print edition of A Captivating Temptation is now available] [Sweet romance in Beijing’s elite circles, both leads are devoted only to each other] A refined, aloof, secretly seductive big shot × a wild, rebellious young heiress with a wicked streak! Seduction! Tension! A long-planned pursuit! The first time they met, Wen Yu played Beijing power player Pei Yi. He saw right through her. “Don’t want to take responsibility?” The second time, Wen Yu barged into the restroom and caught a glimpse o 16.1kReads9.2Score1.9k14d adds
- 54 A Love That Hurts: The Crown Prince, Go Easy on Me 虐恋情深，太子殿下轻点爱 Liu Wan transmigrated. At first, she thought she'd landed at the happy ending of some sweet romance novel. Then she saw the new consort the Crown Prince had just married. The consort was breathtakingly beautiful and talented in every way, and Liu Wan finally realized she'd become the original heroine of a story about a supporting character's triumphant comeback. In the end, she'd be treated as a disposable pawn, have her hands and feet cut off, and be made into a human swine. So she steeled hers 3.5kReads7.5Score30914d adds
- 55 Miss, Does a Little Cultivator Know How to Cultivate Immortality? Call Me Senior 姑娘？小修士懂修仙吗，叫我前辈 [Mortal cultivation + immortal cultivation + power progression + unrequited love turns mutual] Wei Yuan lived alone for eighteen years before learning that the world had another side: a wondrous, dazzling realm no ordinary person had ever seen. Without hesitation, he set off toward the unknown. Liang Wangshu was a prodigy even in the cultivation world, where talent was everywhere. She devoted herself entirely to the Dao, seeking only to ascend. In an illusion, she and Wei Yuan had once been husb 9.6kReads9.0Score1.3k14d adds
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Ten Days to the End 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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You Were Cold as Ice in My Last Life, So Why Are You Crying Now? 前世冷冰冰，这辈子你哭什么？
[Reborn + bittersweet push and pull + the hero regains his memories later] A calculating, dignified, aloof statesman with the bearing of a noble flower VS a radiant, passionate noblewoman who loves fiercely and hates fiercely Xi Lingxian was born into a family of military officers. Her mother died young, but her father treasured her and raised her to be carefree and innocent, making sure she was happy in every way, even when it came to her marriage. The legitimate son of the Langya Wang clan was
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- 58 The Ugly Daughter-in-Law Takes on Her Cruel Mother-in-Law 丑媳妇大战恶婆婆 The print edition is titled The Fading Embers of Mortal Life and is available on Taobao. [Satisfying highs and heartbreaking lows] [Traditional period setting] [Family drama] [The hardships of real life] This is the story of the joys and sorrows of three generations of women in a dysfunctional family, and how they grow amid the chaos of family life. Fu Ying is born into desperation. Her mother is a gambler, and her father is violent. When she reaches marrying age, no one dares take her as a wife 57.6kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
- 59 All I Want in Life Is Half a Heart’s Contentment 一生只求半称心 The comic adaptation is coming soon! [Traditional] [No gimmicks] [Not a power fantasy] [No cheat abilities] In the 1970s, Li Laoman had no sons, so he wanted to find a live-in son-in-law for his third daughter, Li Fan. Li Fan refused and stole her second sister Li Ting's fiance instead! Now Li Ting had not only lost her man, but also had to take on the responsibility of finding a live-in son-in-law for her younger sister. With Li Laoman pressuring her, she had no choice but to take Zhong Wensong 9.5kReads8.9Score78214d adds
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Chang'an: The Chen Family's Youngest Daughter 长安丶陈氏幺娘
My ancestor was the founding emperor of the Chen dynasty in the Southern Dynasties! I'm the eldest daughter of the most direct branch of the family, born to my parents in their old age! But my unreliable older brother ran off to the borderlands long ago. Poor little me started studying before I was three, helped my parents manage the family business at four, and took charge of the household at six. I was only eight, and I was the only one left at home... What should I do? I don't want to stay in
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The Life of a Genius Wife 鬼才夫人生活录
When it comes to transmigration, Wang Jing has this to say: Even fake artsy types have rights! But there’s no stopping Heaven when it closes its eyes and goes on a rampage! If we’re both transmigrating, why does everyone else land in the peaceful reigns of Emperors Wen and Jing or Emperor Wu, while she ends up in a dynasty on the brink of collapse? Why does everyone else get to scheme and plot in the palace and inner quarters with all kinds of women, while putting on shows of intrigue and strate
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Northern Wei: From Frontier Refugee to Emperor 北魏：从边镇流民到大帝
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- 63 The Rise of Northern Wei in a Chaotic Era 北魏之乱世崛起 In the final years of the Northern Wei dynasty, corrupt politics and social upheaval left the people destitute. The Rouran repeatedly invaded from the north, and border warfare was constant. While traveling, Li Yunfei gets lost in the mountains. After crossing them, he stumbles into a battlefield and is captured by the Northern Wei army, forced to serve as a foot soldier. Newly arrived in ancient times, he finds everything strange and bewildering, but thanks to the adaptability and quick wit of 86Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Women: A Portrait Gallery of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 她们：魏晋南北朝女子图鉴
This book traces the history of the Two Jin and Northern and Southern Dynasties, with remarkable women from each era as its focus. Spanning from the Western Jin to the early Sui, it details the sweeping changes of more than three centuries of division and reunification, while also highlighting the lives of outstanding women from a period in Chinese history marked by the most frequent changes of regime. It draws out their most distinctive qualities and offers interpretations of their lives from a
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The Duchess Is Busy Supporting Her Family After Confiscation and Exile 国公夫人她，抄家流放养家忙
Tang Yue has transmigrated! Feeling the fine clothes on her body, she thinks she’s finally escaped the miserable life of an overworked wage slave and can start living like a rich lady, ordering servants around. But before she can celebrate, she discovers that life as a rich lady isn’t easy. At home, her husband’s family sneers at her and gives her the cold shoulder. Outside the home, her greedy relatives suck her dry. The original owner had been miserable, caught between the two sides. Could thi
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- 66 After My Husband Cheated, I Left Him Without Hesitation and Married a Divorcé 老公出轨后，果断离开嫁二婚 [Second male lead wins her heart + husband’s pursuit and regret + male lead is chaste, female lead is not + taking down scumbags] After He Wan died, she transmigrated. She spent eight years redeeming this world’s great villain, and eventually married him. She thought that was the happy ending, but in their third year of marriage, the villain cheated on her. Only later did she learn that the other woman had also transmigrated here. She was a player on a mission to win him over. “Mu Huaian, I want 214Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 67 After I Was Sent to the Battlefield, I Was Forced to Play It Safe Until I Became a Great General 穿到战场后我被迫苟成了大将军 Su Li was caught completely off guard when she transmigrated onto a battlefield, where she was bound to a System. The System told her she had to fight for the future wise ruler of her country and put an end to the wars. Once the ruler had brought peace and prosperity to the land, she could retire and go home. Su Li, holding a story script about disguising herself as a man to take her brother’s place in the army: “...” Forced to accept reality, the lowly soldier Su Li began to cling nervously to 1.7kReads9.1Score23914d adds
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The Earl’s Household Turns Its Fortune Around 伯府翻身记事
Lin Yunzhu lands in a novel written for male readers as the second-born illegitimate daughter of the villainous Yongning Earl’s household. Her legitimate elder sister is a snobbish woman who broke off her engagement when the male lead was down on his luck. The original character is a scheming woman who seduces the female lead’s fiancé. Her younger half-sister is a little white lotus. Her eldest brother is bad at business, and the family is so poor they’re about to run out of food. Her second bro
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The Supporting Girl in the Period Novel Rolled Her Eyes 年代文女配翻了个白眼
[The blurb is misleading. This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, and the leads are ordinary people. If you only like mindless wish fulfillment, please don't read this. Thank you.] Qiu Bailu transmigrates into a period novel as a clownish, supporting villainess, destined to scheme her way to a lifetime of poverty. She's so angry she laughs. She's unapologetically hypocritical. When she read the book, she sided with the protagonist and thought the villainess was awful. Now that she's the villainess,
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- 70 The Compound’s Factory Beauty Has Been Snatched Up by the Villainous Capitalist Young Master! 大院厂花被反派资本家少爷拱了！ [Period Setting, Beautiful but Miserable and Powerful Tycoon's Son + The Factory's Most Beautiful Woman, Friends with Benefits to Lovers, Face-Slapping and Striving in the Factory Compound, The Villainous Family's Loving Everyday Life] Bai Xiaotong finally found a chance to sleep with her childhood sweetheart. Only afterward did she realize she'd slept with the wrong man, and that this world wasn't real at all. It was merely a novel set in a bygone era. In this fictional world, her cousin was th 28.9kReads8.3Score3.5k14d adds
- 71 The Tyrant Tormented Me? I'll Turn Around, Seduce the Powerful Eunuch, and Seize His Empire 暴君虐我？转身勾搭权宦夺他江山 For eight years in the palace, Xiangjun fought to get ahead and tried to please everyone, yet the palace’s noble masters still ground her down, used her, humiliated her, and cast her aside... Those nobles basked in all the wealth of the realm atop heaps of corpses and bones, yet mocked her for trying her hardest and not knowing her place. In the end, the child Xiangjun risked her life to bear called her enemy “Mother,” while Xiangjun was cut open alive so the baby could be taken from her. She di 114.4kReads9.6Score16.6k14d adds
- 72 Joy with You 与君欢 [Palace Intrigue and Political Scheming + Marriage Before Love + Mutual Devotion] A young king and queen join hands to bring peace to the realm, brimming with ambition! A sinister, calculating ruler versus a clever, decisive queen: evenly matched, they win the world together! Jiang He, daughter of an envoy from Qi, was forced to enter the palace as a servant after her mother died and her father disappeared. Then, just before the marriage alliance, the princess of Qi died a tragic death, leaving 26.3kReads9.5Score3.4k14d adds
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The Road to Glory for a Noble Lady 高门贵女的荣华之路
As the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Xuanping's household, Lin Chuyue married the Fourth Imperial Grandson, Zhou Xiao, as his principal wife at sixteen. At nineteen, she became a princess consort, and at twenty-six, she rose to become the most powerful woman in the Great An Dynasty: the empress. Who hasn't exclaimed that Lin Chuyue was born under a lucky star? Yet the hardships she endured are too painful to speak of. Zhou Xiao's childhood sweetheart of a cousin, a concubine reborn, and a ma
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- 74 Reborn as a Noblewoman of an Aristocratic Family 重生之世家贵女 In her past life, Gu Qingyun believed there was a Buddha in this world, and that he saw all the suffering of every living being. So she remained trapped in a sea of misery until she spectacularly descended into hell! Living her life over again, Gu Qingyun finally understands: the so-called Buddha is merely an excuse the weak make to avoid facing reality. If virtue is repaid with resentment, then what repays virtue? The Buddha says to lay down the butcher’s knife and become a Buddha on the spot? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Reborn and Remarried: The Scumbag Cries His Eyes Out 重生改嫁：渣男痛哭流涕了 [The husband’s groveling redemption + reborn + punishing scumbags + face-slapping + second male lead takes the crown + both leads are each other’s first and only love + ensemble cast + everyone’s favorite] Everyone envied Cui Yaoning’s life at first. She was the legitimate daughter of the Qinghe Cui clan, spoiled and willful from childhood. Then she married Pei Yu, the top scholar from another prestigious family, and he doted on her to no end. Pei Yu had grown up with her, and they were deepl 34.8kReads8.3Score4.7k14d adds
- 76 Cui Clan’s Lady Qing 崔氏女卿 Revenge and court intrigue × women's awakening Black lotus heroine × sweet-faced, black-hearted censor × unhinged power broker On a rainy night in Chang'an, the entire Cui clan was slaughtered, their blood staining the steps. Ten-year-old Cui Lingyi crawled out from beneath the corpses, hid the golden seal of the legitimate daughter, and carved the name of her family's killer, Li Junchen, into her bones. Five years later, she returned to Chang'an as a celebrated beauty, a poisoned hairpin hidden 231Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Chang’an in Ruins 长安裂 Key plot points: 1. An imperial examination fraud scandal exposes the ugly side of the great clans. 2. The massacre of a poor scholar’s family reveals the reformists’ plight. 3. The leads face difficult choices between political ideals and love. 4. A string of murders unfolds amid court intrigues. 5. The failure of the reforms ultimately brings tragedy to the country and its people. Xie Chenzhou (male lead): A censor-in-chief born to a humble family. He bears the burden of revitalizing his clan —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 Spring Banquet 春日宴 She kept male favorites and toyed with powerful ministers! For eight years, the arrogant and tyrannical Princess Danyang, Li Huaiyu, wreaked havoc across the court and country. She died on the day the new emperor ascended the throne, bleeding from every orifice in a truly gruesome death. The officials celebrated and the people rejoiced: Evil gets what it deserves! Good riddance! Yet on the seventh day after her death, Princess Danyang returned to life in the body of the Bai family’s Fourth Mis 13.5kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
- 79 Empress of the Xie Family 谢家皇后 In her first year in the palace, she is a Talented Lady. In her fifth, she is a Jieyu. In her tenth, she wants to become empress. As empress, she can hold on to everything she treasures and keep it from being taken away. She can protect herself and her child, and she can... stay by his side. This is a road with only one direction: take a single step back, and all will be lost. The bright yellow ceremonial parasol moves forward, and the emperor's procession slowly enters the city gate. A yellow p 8.7kReads9.2Score1.1k14d adds
- 80 The Glory of Five Clans, the Song of Seven Houses 五姓风华，七望长歌 Across the long river of history, the Five Surnames and Seven Great Clans shone like brilliant stars, their splendor unmatched. The young lord of the Li clan of Longxi turns the tide amid deadly danger, transforming his sworn enemy's scheme into the foundation of victory. The daughter of the Li clan of Zhaojun breaks free of convention and saves her family's failing business with love and wisdom. A gifted son of the Cui clan of Boling becomes mired in the political arena, where he and the woman 24Reads—Score—14d adds
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She Played at Being a Divine Being in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty 她在东汉末年装神弄鬼
[Career-minded heroine + domineering, dashing hero] [Please note: This is a novel, not an academic paper. It has flaws and mistakes. If that bothers you, don't read it.] [The heroine is fifteen when she first transmigrates.] She thought transmigrating would let her live an easy, wonderful life. Instead, Heaven hit her with a harsh reality: she had landed in the late Eastern Han dynasty, with chaos about to engulf the land. To stay alive and protect her family, she has no choice but to embark on
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- 82 A Noblewoman of an Aristocratic Clan 世家贵女 [Strong Female Lead + Crushing Scum + Face-Slapping + Revenge + Melodrama + Counterattack + Female Ensemble] Lu Qin, the eldest daughter of the Jing’an Marquis Household, was married for three years, only to end up divorced. With a terrible hand from the start, how can she turn the tables? The Jing’an Marquis Household is the most powerful noble family in Great Qi. For years, they have guarded the northern frontier with great care. Yet imperial power is a sword hanging over their heads, already 398Reads9.0Score3114d adds
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Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝
(Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo
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The First Lady Lord of a Chaotic Era 乱世第一女公子
Even the composed and unflappable Yu Chengzhou has never been this at a loss. Famous from a young age and hailed as a prodigy, he lived nineteen flawless years, proper in conduct and chaste as jade. Then one misstep sent him tumbling into the pit that was Ji Yunzhou. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't climb out, so in the end he decided he might as well stay there. But she told him, “I dug this pit on a whim. I can help you fill it in, but I'm not responsible for pulling you out...” Wa
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- 85 After Her Mother Remarried, the Metaphysical Princess Took the Capital by Storm 随母改嫁后，玄学王妃火爆京城 A powerful cultivator from the Mystic Sect failed her tribulation and was reborn as a country girl in a remote mountain village! Her father was dead, and her mother was about to remarry! Her stepfather was so weak he couldn’t lift a finger. Other than his looks, he had nothing going for him. He was penniless, a criminal exiled from the capital, and would have to depend on her and her mother to support him. Jiang Xianya resisted the urge to toss him to the wolves and did a quick reading of his fa 12.7kReads9.2Score1.8k14d adds
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The Noble Spirit of the Orchid Pavilion 兰亭风骨
[Historical romance / Soul swap / Wei-Jin elegance / Ensemble cast / Two strong leads / Devotion / Slow burn / Serious drama] She is the Xie family's gifted daughter, famed for her graceful verses throughout Jiangzuo, trapped in a shell of “perfection” where even a smile must be hidden behind her sleeve. He is the seventh son of the Wang family, a wild eccentric who feigns madness to shun the world. With a pot of rough wine and half a poem, everyone considers him a lost cause. A sudden thunde
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Pillar of Jin 晋柱
A nobody from the 21st century had just come to his senses and prepared to make his mark when he suddenly arrived in the year 303, at the end of the Western Jin dynasty, as a low-ranking army cook. He had gone from being a nobody in the 21st century to a nobody at the end of the Western Jin. He had left the civilized age for a time when powerful clans ruled and men of humble birth had no path to advancement, when the Han people had lost the vigor of the Qin and Han dynasties and were being crush
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- 88 After Claiming Him by Force, the Crown Prince Keeps Pursuing, Competing, and Flirting with Me 强取豪夺后，太子又争又抢又撩野 (Forced marriage and conquest, intense tension, the powerful one bowing his head, a gorgeous and brazen young escort chief VS a ruthless, hot-tempered prince, both virgins) Prince Li Mingyu was looked down on from birth because his mother's family was lowborn. He was sent to a military camp on the frontier to be toughened up. But who could have expected a palace coup? Li Mingyu returned to the palace with 150,000 frontier soldiers to save the emperor. All the princes of noble birth were killed o 152Reads—Score1514d adds
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The Fallen Jin Dynasty 残晋
In 290 AD, Sima Yan, founding emperor of the Jin dynasty, died, bringing the brief Taikang era of peace to an abrupt end. Having learned from the late Cao Wei dynasty, where a weak imperial clan had led to the dynasty’s downfall, Sima Yan sought to prevent powerful ministers from usurping the throne. He sent members of the imperial clan to govern the provinces and gave them real military authority, hoping that if turmoil ever struck Luoyang, they would immediately lead their troops to the capita
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A Fated Hero, Forced to Conquer by the Goddess of Vengeance 天命枭雄，复仇女神逼我称霸
[An alternate-history story, not based on real history. Set in the era after the Three Kingdoms, as the Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms period begins.] Cheng Feng, a state-owned enterprise employee, sees his hopes of marriage crushed by an exorbitant bride price. After one night of heavy drinking, he transmigrates to the war-torn Northern Jin, becoming the nephew of the head of the Jiang clan in Liangzhou. At this time, the Five Barbarians are wreaking havoc across the Central Plains. The empir
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Transmigrating to the Eastern Jin Dynasty with My Girlfriend 和女友穿越到东晋
The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties: absurd yet beautiful? What a joke. There was nothing beautiful about it! Yang Xingqiu, an engineering graduate and history buff, meets medical student Ye Yanghe at a history enthusiasts' club. After they become a couple, they transmigrate with their girlfriend to Mount Bagong during the Battle of Fei River, while visiting the set of a popular web drama. Will they struggle to survive amid the flames of war, become victims of aristocratic politics
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Starship Empress: From the Start, I Take Control of the Northern and Southern Dynasties 星舰女帝：开局掌控南北朝
[Strong Female Lead + Political Intrigue + Turbulent Era + Southern and Northern Dynasties + Struggle for Supremacy + Ensemble Cast] She is Ling Xi, the greatest starship captain of the interstellar age. She commands the stars and subdues the universe with her fists, but an accident involving a black hole sends her soul into a time of chaos. When she opens her eyes again, she has become an eight-year-old girl named Lou Zhaojun in a frontier town of the Northern Dynasties. The dynasty is crumblin
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- 93 Spring Over the City: A Collection of Historical Romances by Yiyimaiqian 满城春（一枚铜钱古言精选） A collection of classic historical romances by popular Jinjiang author Yi Mei Tong Qian. These three works are all timeless favorites, perfect for staying up all night to read: Spring Over the City, Poisoned Wine, and Strange Tales of the Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month. The Liu family of the capital is an eminent clan so powerful that even the imperial family treats them with respect. Liu Yan, the legitimate youngest daughter of the second branch, is brilliant and blessed with both wisdom and g 23.2kReads9.4Score2.9k14d adds
- 94 The Great Clans of the Six Dynasties: The Xie Family Saga 六朝门阀：谢氏家族传 A family history series. The Xie clan stood at the pinnacle of aristocratic politics in Chinese history. A renowned elite noble family, its distinguished scions have been celebrated throughout the ages. This book explores the Xie clan's role in history, focusing in particular on its fortunes over more than a century during the Jin dynasties. Following the lives of the Xie clan's sons and daughters against the political backdrop of over 300 years of the Six Dynasties, it portrays the elegant, fre 125Reads8.9Score2514d adds
- 95 Eleven in the Southern Dynasties 南朝十一娘 A modern office worker transmigrates after a strange dream into the eleventh daughter of the Langya Wang clan. She struggles to adjust to life in ancient times, learning its etiquette and culture, but is forced into a political marriage with Sima Baijia, a disabled young master of the aristocratic Sima clan. It turns out Sima Baijia has also transmigrated and is pretending to be weak to stay alive. Together, they face palace intrigues and family troubles, uncover the truth behind the deaths of S 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 96 A History of Social Life in the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties (Chinese Ancient Social Life History Series) 魏晋南北朝社会生活史 (中国古代社会生活史书系) The Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties were a historical era marked by far more division and fragmentation than unification. Northern and southern cultures developed along separate paths, but this was also a time of intense cultural exchange, which gave rise to the new heights of prosperity reached during the Sui and Tang dynasties. Cao Pi once said, “A family of distinction for three generations knows how to dress; one for five generations knows what to eat. This shows how difficult 236Reads8.7Score9714d adds
- 97 Noblewomen Plotting in Troubled Times 乱世清谈之贵女谋局 At the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty, the land was in chaos and powerful clans vied for supremacy. Pei Wei was born into a prominent family, but after it fell into decline, she had to depend on others. Though confined to a grand household, she was full of schemes and strategy. Wang Xuan, head of a distinguished Jiangnan clan, was aloof and reserved, skilled in refined discourse and sharp beneath the surface, with a firm grasp on the levers of power at court. The two kept meeting at banquets and 7Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Noblewoman of a Great House Rules Above All 世家贵女她权力至上
[Strong female lead + no CP, because that stuff can go die + fun + no System + no transmigration + no pocket dimension + no being reborn] (A practice piece, please be kind) Once you enter the palace gates, you find yourself in a sea of intrigue. Power comes with bloodshed, and sincerity is nothing but the biggest joke. In this scheming imperial harem, who isn’t putting on an act? “I have no wish to compete with the world. Eagles and falcons, do not suspect me.” “Scions of the great clans all str
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- 99 The Marvelous Northern Wei 神奇的北魏 During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, rival powers carved up the land and the political situation was chaotic. The Tuoba Xianbei, nomads of the grasslands, rose with the tide, unified the Central Plains, and established a remarkable dynasty that governed the heartland through the rites and music of Chinese civilization. The Remarkable Northern Wei is a popular history of the Northern Wei, set against the backdrop of the Wei, Jin, Northern, and Southern Dynasties. Drawing on historical sour 405Reads9.5Score10614d adds
- 100 I Became a Great Woman Chef in the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties 我在魏晋南北朝当大女煮 When Han Li, a special forces instructor, opened her eyes, a blade was already at her throat. She had become an illegitimate daughter cast aside by the Han family in the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties. Refugees were besieging the estate, while her legitimate elder brother was forcing her into a marriage to pay off a debt. Everywhere she turned, people sneered that women were inferior to men. Gripping the short blade in her sleeve, she smiled. She used modern hand-to-hand combat to 21Reads—Score—14d adds
