Any Stories About Political Intrigue, Masterminds, and Biding One's Time?

1 惹 Bewitching the Golden Branch Kong LiuAncient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted 231.2kReads9.7Score28.2kShelves

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[Two of my favorite Machiavellian books] 9.7 High Score Ancient Words has been completed! After reading this, you will have a brain! IQ article! ①The female protagonist is smart and wise, has a well-organized strategy, and helps the male protagonist plan the world. ②Online article on everyone's IQ! The IQs of each of them are so shocking that your scalp will tingle! Drive low and go high. In the early stage, Jiaojiao changes her fate according to the script. In the later stage, it is pure IQ PK! The person you thought was playing chess turned out to be just a chess piece. Who is planning the layout of this huge chessboard in the world...

3 天 Fish of the World Happy AcornEastern Fantasy7.5M WordsCompleted 102.8kReads9.0Score10.2kShelves

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Forbearance, layout, and strategy, these 4 books are very suitable for what you want. The first strategy is about a fisherman arranging the world. He has no intention of fighting for the world, but you force me. In the second book, he was framed, then hid it for many years and plotted the world. The latter cannot be said to be exactly the same! But it's pretty much the same.

4 纨 The Spoiled Young Heir Heavenly Fragrant EyesHistorical4.4M WordsCompleted 154.7kReads9.1Score15.4kShelves

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Forbearance, layout, and strategy, these 4 books are very suitable for what you want. The first strategy is about a fisherman arranging the world. He has no intention of fighting for the world, but you force me. In the second book, he was framed, then hid it for many years and plotted the world. The latter cannot be said to be exactly the same! But it's almost the same.

7 引 Bringing the Phoenix Home Zhi ZhiAncient Romance640k WordsCompleted 145.4kReads9.5Score20kShelves

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These four books are all plots, palace fights and house fights.

11 瘸 Cripple? No, No, No, You All Have to Kneel Down and Call Me Sir. Mo Bai 1Historical1.4M WordsCompleted 15.2kReads8.2Score1.1kShelves

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The high-quality plot hides the fictitious plot, the rhythm is comfortable and compact, and the characters are dense and unsystematic.

12 你 You’re All Chasing the Heroine? Then I’ll Marry the Demoness Paper ParcelEastern Fantasy3.9M WordsOngoing 139.5kReads9.3Score11.1kShelves

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In the first book, the protagonist is the Sixth Prince, who has a high level of martial arts. He has sword discussions with the Sword Master and the Sword Master. He has secretly organized forces and plans everything. Marry the devil. In the second book, the protagonist, the son of King Jingbei, is resourceful and resourceful. In the late stage of the Five Realms of Wufu, he uses the heaven and earth as a chessboard to serve the country and the people, and lays out the world. The third book, the protagonist Jin Yiwei, is forbearing.

15 以 Use Power to Seek the King You Sui212k WordsCompleted 1.6kReads9.3Score191Shelves

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⭐①The male protagonist is a prince who enters the palace and pretends to be a eunuch. He is ruthless in order to take revenge and fight for power in the palace. ②Two male protagonists, His Majesty played a big game of chess in order to be with the one he loves. This kind of love mixed with intrigue is really highly recommended. The cunning disputes in the court and the emperor's strategy are all very well written.

16 何 Why Not Cross the River Together? Xian YukeAncient Romance483k WordsCompleted 187.6kReads9.7Score30.7kShelves

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Highly recommend these two books! ! Even if I read this book for the second time, I couldn't help but peek at it secretly in class and later find out that there is this book. I don't need to say more about the authority of He Budu. It's the book that I haven't been able to find a replacement for since I read it on July 3, 2024. It's a mountain of Machiavellian writing in my heart. If any book friends passing by have favorites about Machiavellian writing, they must recommend it to me. Machiavellian writing is so delicious! ! !

17 南 Nazhi Xiangwan, the Regent Has Been Planning for a Long Time Doudou from Zhongyue ProvinceAncient Romance724k WordsCompleted 26.7kReads8.8Score3.9kShelves

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The heroine's plotting, all the staff's insights, and top-notch wits ◔.̮◔✧. Ending, rebirth of revenge + double skills of medicine and poison + mutual love between two strong men + all members' scheming + palace fighting. Highlighted reminder: Refuse to outwit the villain, all members have 800 scheming, peak wits! In the previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, went blind and worked hard to save the scumbag by using forbidden magic. What happened instead was that the scumbag and Bai Lian's cousin secretly set up Chen Cang, causing all the loyal members of her Shen family to die tragically! After Nirvana and rebirth, she held the silver needle in her hand and returned to the day when she introduced poison to the scumbag to extend her life. Faced with the scumbag's expectations and his cousin's fake cry, Shen Nanzhi sneered and withdrew the needle: "I don't understand the poison. Since my cousin is so affectionate, why not let you bleed and cut the flesh?" In this life, she has torn away the disguise, mastered both medicine and poisoning, and raised dead people from their flesh and bones! Xiao Duo, the regent of Dayuan, was the living king of hell with all the power in the government and the public, but he was tortured by strange poisons. Shen Nanzhi threw down the antidote and said coldly and arrogantly, "I will save the life of the prince. How about lending me your knife to kill all the demons and monsters?" Everyone in the world thought that the daughter of the Duke was just a delicate canary in the palm of the living hell. It wasn't until the powerful officials from all walks of life appeared on stage, and the decisive moves emerged one after another, that everyone was horrified to discover that the seemingly weak Shen Nanzhi was actually the full-level female Zhuge who was in charge of the world of chess and had all the plans! She and he faced life and death back to back, met gods and killed gods, and manipulated the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty at the palm of their hands! When the bloody road is cut through, the world will be at peace. The iron-blooded regent who had made Jiuzhou frightened had lost all his venom and locked her tightly in his arms. His voice was low and crazy: "Zhizhi, the country has been decided. With these beautiful mountains and rivers thousands of miles away, when will you be willing to give me a place?!" - The decisive and decisive medical poison queen × the crazy regents who bowed to her, joined forces to slaughter all the evil spirits!

18 抄 After Ransacking the House Snow Tea Woof WoofAncient Romance252k WordsCompleted 17.8kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves

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I think this is actually a more successful maneuver by the heroine. Some of the maneuvers are just like playing house, and they are not maneuvers at all.

19 走 The Horse-Riding Hidden Scheme Kai Zhong Feng ShuiUrban995k WordsOngoing 4kReads5.8Score543Shelves

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There are no routines, the more you watch, the more interesting it becomes! The novels written by Kai Zhongkan began with the first "The Road to Feng Shui Cultivation", then the second "One Man and One Mouse Want to Cultivate Immortality", and then "The Road to Mecha Immortality, Invincible from Exile on Mars". The first three books are now completed. The three books are combined into a Cultivation of Immortality series, which can be called the Cultivation of Immortality Trilogy. Now, he has started writing again. This time he is not writing about cultivating immortals. He is writing about things close to us, about Feng Shui, people's hearts, Kung Fu, layout, breaking the situation, the eight gates of the rivers and lakes, and the story of how he overcame obstacles all the way, established a business empire, and took advantage of the situation to build regional military power... This new book is called "Traveling Horses Hidden Bureau". The yin and yang of walking horses is Feng Shui, and the Bureau hiding the world is the people's heart. The purpose of the book:... You can't be afraid, if you are afraid, you will lose!

20 蝉 Cicadas Sing as the Sun Sets in the West Rain Falls, Bamboo Turns ColdEastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted 9.8kReads9.3Score952Shelves

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These are all the books you want. Jinghong is definitely the first one, then The Book of Gods is in the Snow, and the third one is All Heavens Supreme. The other three books don't seem so exciting and are slow-burning, but they are definitely good books. I recommend them to everyone.

22 烟 Misty Rain Tower A Night of Misty RainEastern Fantasy9.3M WordsOngoing 817.9kReads9.6Score78.6kShelves

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These books are all good

26 大 Youchen of the Great Song Dynasty Du HongHistorical339k WordsCompleted 22Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Fu Bi were able to thrive in the Song Dynasty court, but they had no power or strategy. If they didn't hold back, they would have been killed by Lu Yijian and Xia Wei.

27 重 After Being Reborn, I Can Use the Indisputable System to Turn the Situation Around Wen QihengAncient Romance73k WordsOngoing 51Reads—Score—Shelves

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Machiavellian layout text

28 长 After the Princess Royal Was Reborn, Even the Grand Secretary Couldn't Sit Still Dong ChichiAncient Romance476k WordsCompleted 8.4kReads9.2Score1.3kShelves

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The portrait of the family and the country's righteousness is in the style of a serious drama. There is a chief minister who is prudent and determined, there is a dormant and scheming princess, there is a revengeful man who endures humiliation and accepts a thief as his father, there is a transparent and beautiful temperament but comes from a traitorous family, there is a general who protects the country with blood, and there is also a gentle and talented woman who bravely takes the women's imperial examination. There is no female competition, everyone has a brain in the court strategy!

29 重 The Reborn Daughter-In-Law Seeks a Concubine Also Known as Light BoatAncient Romance514k WordsCompleted 23Reads—Score—Shelves

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Walked by and had a look, looking for critical reviews

30 这 This World Is in Danger Iced Sweet TeaAncient Romance275k WordsOngoing 532Reads9.3Score104Shelves

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[Love] [Like] [Salute] Dressed as the nineteenth prince who picked up the throne and succeeded to the throne in danger. He disguised himself as a man and froze to death. This country will be destroyed in a few years. The court is controlled by two parties. There are assassins... Change the views of people around you, establish the authority of the king, and win the hearts of the people... Can this country be saved? ? ? The country is here and the people are here

31 争 Conquest: From the Start, I Summon Zhao Zilong Xuan ZhiHistorical3.1M WordsCompleted 168kReads8.9Score21kShelves

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They all started plotting since childhood. There is no water character. They are very beautiful.

32 穿 The Book Transmigrator Tears into the Reborn Woman, Even Ripping Out Her Hair Ornaments Camellias and WineAncient Romance507k WordsCompleted 30.4kReads8.9Score2.5kShelves

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I really like this kind of heroine whose IQ is always online. She is sober and independent, and is proficient in tactics and layout. The more I watch it, the more interesting it becomes. I recommend it!

33 少 Juvenile Qingtian Case Record DongdingshanrenHistorical361k WordsOngoing 9.3kReads—Score906Shelves

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Machiavellian tactics to solve cases, temples and arenas, rigorous logic, all members' IQs are online... . . .

34 不 Unfaithful to Jin Prince of KaiyangHistorical1.7M WordsCompleted 984Reads5.8Score100Shelves

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A step-by-step historical novel! The author has a rigorous textual research style. I don't know how much information he consulted before he presented the three-dimensional history before our eyes! The age, official position, and hobbies of the minor characters in the book all correspond to those in the history books. The minor allusions in the book are all from the "Book of Han" and "Zuo Zhuan". The poems in the book are all appropriate and accurate quotes from the "Book of Songs" and "Chu Ci". The key is to be logical, not brainless or systematic, a truly good book!

35 山 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains MoonsetAncient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted 24.6kReads9.5Score3.3kShelves

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Both books are good

36 宁 Ning Yan, Si Chen Having Books Makes You RichHistorical152k WordsOngoing 348Reads—Score—Shelves

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The group is plotting tactics, all members have online IQs, entrusting orphans + party struggle + opening up territory + redressing old cases + counter-espionage, no time travel, no supporting characters to reduce intelligence, also known as "After accidentally breaking into Tianjia, I discovered that I am Tianjia"

38 世 The Prince Is Invincible By the Yili RiverHistorical590k WordsCompleted 36Reads5.9Score—Shelves

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This is a rare book written by Tomato in which all the members have online IQs. It has full characters, delicate writing style, and no system. The good-for-nothing prince is granted a marriage at the beginning, but in fact, the marriage is announced to him as a hostage in Beijing, in order to relieve the protagonist's father of military power. Facing the situation where the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked, the protagonist calmly copes with it, and finally retreats, starting the journey of fighting for hegemony in another world. The plot is compact and interlocking, and the tactics are top-level descriptions. What is rare is that all the members have online IQs and like unsystematic rushing.

40 沙 After the Sand Sculpture Guard Entered the House, the Buddhist Prince's Heart Beat Wildly Xuan Ying LuoAncient Romance555k WordsCompleted 195Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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These books are so beautiful! Machiavellian type! Small grudges are avenged on the spot, big grudges are laid out and avenged later!

44 我 I Am Not the God of Drama Three Nine Sound DomainUrban4.0M WordsCompleted 1.7MReads9.9Score172.5kShelves

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["Mortal Strategy" Reverse Cultivation Guide: What is it like to be struck by lightning and become a martial arts myth? The young man with hairy hair by the river pointed at the way of heaven and cursed: "Is it a thunderbolt to catch a fish? Did your KPI of thunder and lightning hit me?" Blue Star young man Jiang Fan traveled through time for the second time, bringing a barbecue grill to the world of martial arts. While others practice Qinggong, he studies the trajectory of thunder and lightning, while others seize the secret book and he specializes in fishing for golden carp - after all, the time and space code to return to his hometown is hidden in the belly of the fish. After saving a comatose heroine, she was involved in a battle between good and evil, and the grilled thunder fish unexpectedly realized the way to shatter the void. Jiang Fan held the grilled fish sticks and wailed: "I just want to be struck by lightning and go back to Blue Star to order takeout!" But when the Demon Cult used his cursed quotes as a tactic, Zhengdao rushed to enshrine him in the raincoat with fried hair, and even the golden carp in the river chased him across the dragon gate... This cursed and messed-up time traveler finally became a bug in the world that even God could not kill. ★Scientific Cultivation of Immortality Lightning Strike Navigation★Salted Fish's Daily Hidden Mysteries★See how the God of Barbecue uses the cursed three-piece set (middle finger, grilled fish, lying flat) to unlock the secret of Shattered Void!

45 第 The Ninth Special Zone Wei JieUrban6.1M WordsCompleted 253.4kReads9.6Score29.9kShelves

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Those who like Machiavellian layouts can read these books. The protagonists are quite tolerant and follow their own rules step by step. The world setting is a bit dark but very exciting.

46 南 North and South Are Fixed Ting MingHistorical69k WordsOngoing 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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Recommend the book you wrote [Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss][Blow a kiss], everyone's IQ is online

47 三 Three Kingdoms: from Foster Father Killer to Counterattack Godfather The Green-Robed Guest with WineHistorical4.0M WordsCompleted 19.4kReads8.7Score1.8kShelves

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This Machiavellian book is very well written. It has almost 100,000 words now, and there are no obvious poisonous points. The author has a very clear understanding of the background of the Three Kingdoms. The counselors and generals who appear are relatively natural. There is no forced pretentiousness. The updates are also quite stable. If you are short of books, you can catch up and read it.

48 官 Climbing the Official Ranks from Humble Beginnings Bao ErriUrban2.1M WordsCompleted 101.1kReads9.5Score11.9kShelves

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💥Highly recommended, Chapter 1 Tao Ju doesn't drink, which is a bit abnormal. Lu Haoming never believes in fortune telling, Feng Shui and the like. One month before graduating from college, he went hiking with his classmates and was stopped by a monk: "Hey, that friend in the white shirt, come here, come here." He thought he had dropped something, so he walked over and asked, "What's the matter?" The monk said, "The donor has a handsome face and will definitely become an official in the future." Lu Haoming doesn't believe this. As long as you sit down, these monks will talk to you for a long time. They will first compliment you, and then scare you, asking you to pay money and beg him to eliminate your misfortune. Lu Haoming raised his head and laughed, and said: "Editor, keep editing, someone will always be fooled by you." After that, he ran quickly to the top of the mountain to catch up with his classmates. Lu Haoming studied at Shangzhou Normal University. After graduation, he usually goes back to where he came from. Except for special relationships, he always goes back to his hometown to teach. As for whether to stay in the hometown city, county town, or return to the countryside, it depends first on everyone's relationship and secondly on everyone's luck.

50 双 Two Lifetimes of Love, Growing Old Together with You The Road to DreamingAncient Romance727k WordsCompleted 4.1kReads8.1Score504Shelves

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A loving couple who have been sweethearts for 55 years + two twins + male protagonist who is a UI designer. The plot line is rigorous (New Deal implementation, court games) and the emotional line is delicate (daily interactions, detail pampering). Modern skills are implemented (double-entry accounting, design applications). A relatively comprehensive sweet pet + power strategy + co-governance by two powerful forces + past life bonds + high love time travel + deep emotional and court binding