Looking for Historical, Imaginative, Alternate-History Stories Where the Protagonist Doesn't Become Emperor 求历史，脑洞，架空，不当皇帝

1. 351 阎 King of Hell: You Really Changed All of History? 阎王：您真把历史全改了？ Wang Beidiao王北刁Urban893k WordsCompleted In the Northern Song dynasty, I was the Grand Marshal who held power over the court. At the end of the Ming dynasty, I was the Imperial Preceptor who turned the tide and saved the nation. In the modern world, I’m a wealthy collector, with stacks of authentic ancient books and manuscripts! I can come and go freely in the underworld. The City God and local earth gods follow my orders, and even Ox-Head and Horse-Face have to ask me for favors. It’s all because the Judge got drunk and had me dragged 650Reads9.1Score102Shelves

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   I highly recommend this novel; I've been reading it continuously, and the author's writing style is excellent.

2. 352 戍 Frontier Hero: From a Routed Soldier to the Emperor's Prince of Zhennan 戍边枭雄，从溃兵到御赐镇南王 I Want to Eat Haohao我想吃好好Historical330k WordsOngoing Heaven and earth are the board, and the people are its pieces. Everyone fights for a place on the board. But all that struggle amounts to nothing more than fighting in someone else's game. If you want to break free, you must leave the board and become an outsider... 2Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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   A super exciting historical novel! Highly recommended! Outside Longmen Pass, towering mounds of statues stand tall. In the darkest hour, they repelled the barbarians beyond the pass! 😇✨❤️😴😇

3. 353 三 Three Kingdoms: Replacing Sun Ce from the Start, and Da Qiao Is Pregnant 三国：开局取代孙策，大乔怀孕了 Lie Flat Vegetable Dog躺平菜狗Historical534k WordsCompleted "Madam, you wouldn't want your Sun family to lose its standing, would you?" Who watches this kind of thing? At Gantolu Temple, in a bamboo grove. Amid a lecherous laugh, Tang Bin transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era and happens to come across a young nobleman harassing Da Qiao. At that moment, the Life Simulation System comes online. Tang Bin simulates Sun Ce and gains his abilities, killing the young nobleman with a single heart-piercing elbow strike. Da Qiao is convinced that Sun Ce has pos 2.9kReads8.7Score296Shelves

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   [Cool][Cool][Cool][Drooling over the screen]

4. 354 寒 The Scholar from a Poor Family 寒门状元 Gentleman of the Green Mountain青山君子Historical2.1M WordsOngoing After transmigrating into the family of a common farmer, Ye Xuanmo arrives just as his paternal cousin passes the imperial examination. To revitalize the clan, his cousin invites a teacher to the family to educate the children. In an age when “all trades are base, and only studying is noble,” Ye Xuanmo wants nothing more than to pass the exams and change his family’s circumstances… 3.5kReads8.9Score331Shelves

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   The first four books are new. The second book is about someone who starts from a rural background in ancient times, passes the imperial examination with top honors, and is now the head of a prefecture. The third book is about someone who travels back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, starting as a clerk in Pingyuan and rising to become the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty, eventually unifying the late Han Dynasty; this book is already completed.

5. 355 三 Three Kingdoms: I'm Wang An, the An Who Brings Peace to All Under Heaven 三国：在下王安，安天下的安 Ink Galaxy墨银河Historical1.3M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era as Liu Bei's chief clerk, Wang An becomes a strategist under Liu Bei and helps him defy fate. Lu Bu betrays us from behind? I'll make sure you never set foot in Xu Province. A sneak attack on Jingzhou? I'll wipe out your Jiangdong first. Can't have both Wolong and Fengchu? I'm as good as two of them! … In short, wherever I'm around, the words "failure" don't exist in Emperor Liu's vocabulary. I'm the greatest secretary in the Three Kingdoms! 2.6kReads8.8Score161Shelves
6. 356 大 The Ming Dynasty's Uncle Regent 大明朝的叔父摄政王 Nidalee Bathed in Glory光辉笼罩奈德丽Historical171k WordsOngoing Zhu Shan, from the twenty-first century, is reborn in the fifteenth century. He goes from being an ordinary office worker to becoming Zhu Zhan Shan, a grandson of the Ming emperor. The name may not sound familiar, but his good nephew is none other than Zhu Qizhen, the famous Ming Dynasty God of War. For the sake of “the sun, moon, mountains, rivers, and the Ming Empire,” Zhu Zhan Shan gives Zhu Qizhen’s chubby, round cheek a firm pinch. He fights the Mongols and conquers Europe, sails south acro 4Reads—Score—Shelves
7. 357 大 Great Qin: I Have the Xuanyuan Sword from the Start 大秦：开局自带轩辕剑 Woodcutter in the Deep Mountains深山砍柴人Historical714k WordsOngoing Legend says that after King Zhou, there was no human king. When the Celestial Sovereign Fuxi's Primordial Eight Trigrams, the Earth Sovereign Shennong's Secret Records of Yan and Huang, and the Human Sovereign Xuanyuan's Divine Xuanyuan Sword are united in one person, he will surely lead humanity to reclaim its rightful place as sovereign of the Heavenly Dao. 5Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The first book, though it doesn't have a rating, is really good.

8. 358 大 Great Qin: The Northern Army Mutinies, and the Dragon Robe Suddenly Falls on Me 大秦：北军兵变，龙袍突然加在身 A White Horse Enters the Reed Flowers白马入芦花Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [War and Intrigue + Witty Schemer + Meticulous Historical Research + No System] “What are the Six Kingdoms to me? I shall lead Qin’s iron cavalry and conquer a vast realm!” I have a noble identity: the eldest son of the Great Qin Empire. I am Ying Fusu. A scion of the imperial house, the rightful heir of Great Qin. My father is Qin Shi Huang, the First Emperor of the Ages. Wang Ben is my brother-in-law, and Meng Tian is my close friend. I am the most legitimate and influential heir to this ancie 3kReads8.6Score230Shelves
9. 359 大 Great Qin: I Was Born Wearing a Shadow Mask 大秦：我戴着黑影面具出生 The Great Wall万里长城Historical318k WordsCompleted Ying Ziying transmigrates as the Ninth Prince of Great Qin. He is born on the very same day as Wu Qianmei, the future empress of Wu. On the night of his birth, Ying Ziying comes into the world wearing a Tala mask. His first cry kills several people inside the palace. That same night, Ying Zheng orders Ying Ziying sent out of the palace, concealing his identity as the Ninth Prince. Far to the north, Wu Qianmei is born in the Kingdom of Wu that very day, and her birth also brings ill omens. Eighte 1.6kReads8.5Score156Shelves

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   I don't know if this will suit your taste.

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