Any Readable Transmigration Novels Set in Ancient Times? 有没有能读下去的古言穿越小说
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The Paranoid Tyrant Throws a Tantrum, but the Empress Is Too Much for Me 偏执暴君无能狂怒，皇后欺朕太甚
[The comic adaptation, with the same title, is now available on Tomato: “You Made Me a Palace Maid, So Why Did You Make the Tyrant Kneel on a Washboard?”] [Mind-reading + changing the plot + a cast of lovable idiots + laugh-out-loud comedy + one-on-one romance, both leads have eyes only for each other] After Ning Xiaoxiao transmigrated into a book, she unexpectedly gained the golden finger ability to change the plot. From then on, she began living the life of a feel-good heroine who could do wha
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Fleeing Drought and Famine: A Sign-In Spring to Build a Dynasty 旱灾逃荒：签到一口泉，打造王朝
[Farming + spatial ring + building a dynasty + fleeing famine during a drought] In the year of the great drought, the earth cracks, the rivers run dry, and the land is filled with scenes of utterly heartbreaking misery! Li Qingshan transmigrates into this world and becomes the head of a household! Looking at his beautiful wife, hungry and pitiful, Li Qingshan's heart aches…! Day one sign-in: obtain a spring and two catties of pork belly! Day two sign-in: obtain wheat seeds and corn seeds! … Use
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My Proud and Talented Lady of the Marquis’s Manor 我的侯府傲娇才娘子
Also known as: “I Just Transmigrated and Picked Up a Proud Marquis Household Heiress” and “One Female Lead” Food gives life continuity. Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and song give it charm. A little wealth, fame, and success give it grandeur. Gu Zhengyan transmigrated and unexpectedly won first place in a poetry competition. He even married a young lady from a marquis’s household, only for the furious marquis to throw them both out. Gu Zhengyan took his wife back to his impoverish
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A Commoner Conquers the Nine Provinces 布衣镇九州
Zhao Ce transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becoming an impoverished scholar with a terrible reputation. He also discovers that he borrowed money to get married, then squandered it all, and ended up buying a pitiful little cripple on the way back to make up the numbers. The little cripple has mismatched eyes and is treated like a monster. Zhao Ce: What kind of miserable life is this? A disastrous start? But when he takes another look at the little cripple, so tiny and thin, blinking those big eye
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The Daily Gossip of an Ordinary Nobody in Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼之路人甲的吃瓜日常
This is a story inspired by Dream of the Red Chamber. The protagonist transmigrates as Jia Cong, a lesser son of the illustrious Rongguo Duke’s household, a minor character in the original novel. He is no overpowered hero, has little ambition, and feels no saintly urge to save others. His ultimate goal is simply to enjoy a life of eating and waiting to die within the limits of his circumstances. But after truly entering the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, he wants to do what he can to ensure
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A Doomsday Couple’s Survival in Ancient Times 末世夫妻的古代生存路
Li Lin and Xinqi are an ordinary married couple living through the apocalypse. The only unusual thing about them is that Xinqi has a storage space. So even though Li Lin is merely an ordinary strength-type evolver, they can still live comfortably with plenty to eat and wear. But they never imagined that the child they kindly took in would turn out to be an ungrateful traitor. Once the secret of their space was exposed, Li Lin and Xinqi fled from place to place, but they still couldn’t escape the
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Your Highness, Hold Her Back! The Princess Consort Strikes to Kill 王爷拦着点，王妃出手就要命
Transmigration + sweet romance + a devoted couple Lin Ye transmigrates by accident, only to be used as a pawn by her own father and forced to marry a disabled prince. Lin Ye: “Your Highness, I’ve come to defect. How about we pull off a spy-within-a-spy operation?” The prince: Is this woman an idiot or what?! With silver needles in her delicate hands, she heals the prince’s legs. With deft hands, she takes up carpentry and strikes fear into powerful enemies on every side. The prince turns into he
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Transmigrated as a Sickly Heiress, She Sets the New Fashion in the Capital 穿成病娇大小姐，引领京城新时尚
Transmigration + unlimited space + making money + friendship and romance + sweet devotion + mutually faithful romance A wealthy heiress transmigrates with all the supplies from her mansion into the body of a delicate legitimate daughter from an official family, poor as a church mouse. She may look fragile, but she’s a sly one who never lets herself lose out. She sells modern cosmetics and opens beauty salons, nail salons, and shopping centers, making money hand over fist. What? The Minister’s wi
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After Descending to Earth, the Lucky Baby Girl Becomes the Darling of the Entire Imperial Clan 下凡后，锦鲤奶包被整个皇族团宠
[Everyone’s darling + sweet romance + alternate-world setting + mutual devotion + lighthearted style] The emperor of Yunxi has ten sons in a row, and he longs for a daughter more than anything. When the empress goes into labor, Yunxi welcomes its first little princess in a hundred years. The emperor of Yunxi issues an order: “Dote on her! All of you, dote on her!” Whatever the little princess wants, even if it’s a star in the sky, they must pluck it down for her. As they spoil her, Yunxi grows r
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The Tyrant of an Enemy Kingdom Fell for Me After I Went to War Disguised as a Man 女扮男装出征后被敌国暴君看上了
Completed [Transmigration + woman disguising herself as a man + doting romance + lighthearted, imaginative comedy + one-on-one romance] Chu Xiaoqi was born into a wealthy family in the 21st century. Her parents were both leading astronomers. Though they spent all day engrossed in their work, they doted on their precious daughter. Curious about her parents' research project, Chu Xiaoqi sneaked into their laboratory one day... There she discovered a huge, bizarre object. Unable to resist touching
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Fleeing Famine and Farming: Four People Transmigrated into a Book and Became Mothers 逃荒种田，四人穿书喜当娘
Four promising young single women from the modern era woke up drunk after a class reunion and found themselves in another era. Even more unbelievable, all four were pregnant, and none had the original owner's memories. So who were the fathers of their babies, and what were they supposed to do out here in the middle of nowhere? At long last, they got a golden finger, but it gave them a completely unreliable mission...
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She's Gone Mad! The Day She Transmigrated, the Sickly Young Lord Vowed to Give Himself to Her! 疯了!穿越当天，病娇世子爷他要以身相许!
Original title: After the Heir’s Consort Turns Dark, All the Gods Fall at Her Feet [Transmigration + two scheming minds locked in a battle of wits + obsession + political intrigue + bickering couple] Yun Jincheng transmigrates and, the moment she opens her eyes, strips the sickly heir of his clothes and stumbles upon a secret he has kept hidden for years. Rumor has it that the heir of the Prince of Zhennan, who has been frail for years and gasps for breath after just a few steps, isn’t sick at a
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I Transmigrated into a Mad, Corrupted Minister's Story, and He Wants Me Dead 穿到疯批奸臣黑化后他一心要杀我
(A story about a ruthless, deranged minister who learns to be a decent person for love. A vengeful, ruthless woman versus a deranged wolf-king of a man who dotes on his wife.) [Yandere + Corruption + The Chase After the Divorce + Devoted to Each Other + Happy Ending] Xiao Chizhan is the most treacherous minister in the imperial court and the only prince in Daliang without royal blood. Bullied throughout his childhood, he turned dark, murdered his father and brothers, and made his first act after
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The Divine Doctor and Poison Princess 神医毒妃
A descendant of a family of poison doctors in the 21st century, she possesses extraordinary gifts and excels equally at medicine and poison. One day, she transmigrates and becomes Bai He ran, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Wen’s household in the Eastern Qin Dynasty. Her birth mother is dead, her father refuses to acknowledge her, her stepmother holds power, and her sisters are false-hearted. Her fighting spirit blazes to life. In this life, she will live by her own rules. Those who bully
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The Divine Doctor and the Demon Empress 神医魔后
A descendant of the Xuanmai lineage in the 21st century transmigrates one day into the body of Ye Wenyan, the fourth daughter of a first-rank general's household in the Northern Qi Kingdom. Her father died unjustly, her mother was cast aside, and the old madam turned ruthless and kicked her when she was down. Her second uncle and aunt used every trick in the book to murder her and silence her. Her third sister stole her fiancé and humiliated her by making her a concubine. The infamous witch of t
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My Princess Consort Is a Goofball 我家王妃是逗比
Overnight, she transmigrates into the body of a minister’s daughter. Her father doesn’t care for her, her mother doesn’t love her, and now they’re forcing her to get married! She hears she’s to marry the emperor’s most favored prince? She likes princes: they’re loaded! She hears the prince she’s to marry is crippled? She likes crippled men: they’re easy to boss around! With her remarkable medical skills, she cures the prince’s legs. She originally planned to keep him around as her backer, but wh
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The Divine Doctor's Daughter 神医嫡女
Feng Yuheng, a renowned physician skilled in both Chinese and Western medicine in the 21st century and a senior military doctor in the ground forces, transmigrates with a bang into the body of the Feng family's legitimate daughter in the Great Shun Dynasty. Unfortunately, her father doesn't care for her, her grandmother doesn't love her, her mother is timid, her younger brother is still a child, and her sisters are each more vicious than the last. Reborn in a new life, she absolutely refuses to
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Your Highness, Tempt Me: The Spoiled, Good-for-Nothing Third Miss 殿下诱妃：绝宠草包三小姐
She transmigrated into another world, with an adorable little dumpling in tow, and even picked up a foolish husband along the way. Eight years later, she returned, ready to take down every hypocritical white lotus and scheming green tea! With a portable space, ancient divine beasts, and all kinds of pills at her fingertips, she could handle anyone who dared defy her! He was the crown prince of Dongchen, hailed as a godlike figure: discreet and mysterious, as beautiful as an immortal, and in comm
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Snatching Up Adorable Babies: My Rugged Husband and I Are So in Love 疯狂捡萌宝：我和糙汉夫君超有爱
[Adorable Kids + Rugged Hero + Beloved by All + Lucky Charm + Pocket Dimension + Everyday Life + Marriage First, Love Later + Devoted Couple, 1v1] ★ A sweet and lovable heroine who can be cute or cool VS a bold, mighty, rugged hero. A doting husband who'll melt your heart. Ruan Yaoyao transmigrates into a book as a doomed supporting female character, only for a rugged mountain man to find her and bring her home to be the mother of his children. Being the stepmother of one child means she can avo
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With My Reborn Son's High-Stakes Schemes, Becoming Empress Dowager Is No Dream 重生儿子手段高，晋升太后不是梦
[Fictional Imperial Harem Drama + No Romance + Giving Birth and Raising Kids + My Son Must Be Crown Prince + Ambitious + Clear-Eyed] Content warning: The romance isn’t mutually exclusive, she doesn’t love the male lead, and there are painful, heartbreaking parts. The male lead is a scumbag emperor. Song Yuyan was hooked on a palace-harem management game. She never expected to open her eyes and find she had transmigrated to ancient times. After keeping a low profile for three years, she entered t
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The Adorable Family Darling: I Become the Villain's Daughter 爆萌团宠：我给反派当女儿
Ning Ning transmigrated into a book, and the regent who held the emperor hostage to command the nobles and wielded absolute power was her father! What? He was a terrible father who would even sacrifice his own daughter in the coming struggle for the throne? The adorable little princess Ning Ning wasn’t having it. She dusted herself off and headed for the door, only to be surrounded by a squad of tall, imposing soldiers. Their handsome, distinguished leader strolled over and picked her up. “Be go
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The Willow by the Palace Wall 宫墙柳
Why must the imperial consorts compete for the emperor’s favor? A smash-hit, heart-wrenching historical romance that burst onto the scene in 2019! Recommended by countless tearful readers, this unconventional palace-intrigue novel will stay with you long after you finish. In the lightest of styles, it captures everyone’s deepest regrets. In May of the year I turned fourteen, with the pagoda trees in fragrant bloom, I sat in Yong’an Palace, propping up my head as I dozed. The man’s laughter held
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Qing Transmigration: Kangxi’s Beloved Concubine Raises Kids on Easy Mode 清穿康熙心尖宠：咸鱼贵妃养崽记
[Crossovers and Slow Transmigration] [System] [Feel-Good Story] [Silly] [Drama Queen] [Qing Dynasty] [The Grave Robbers' Chronicles] Guarjia Qingwan transmigrated and immediately decided to coast, relying on her golden finger to stay alive. But then she was forced to awaken memories of her past life: Guan Qingwan, Nalan Xingde's second wife, the most superfluous "third wheel" caught between his first love, his old flame, and his many lovers. She resolutely entered the selection and took charge o
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Transmigrating into a Refugee Exodus: I Use the System to Raise an Emperor 穿越逃荒：我靠系统扶持一代帝王
Gu Jiu unexpectedly transmigrated to ancient times, where everything was already inconvenient. Then disaster struck. With no other way to survive, she clung desperately to the person who had saved her. With her benefactor by her side, she had nothing to fear on the road to refuge. What could she do when disease, hunger, wild beasts, and villains all came at once? Bring it on! She was a jack of all trades with a System pocket dimension, capable of taking down anything. (Xie Zhan: You can't put o
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Transmigrated into My Fair Princess and Ran Off with Ertai 清穿到还珠格格，把尔泰拐走了
Wen Yan, an obscure online writer from the 21st century, transmigrates to the Qing Dynasty. She should have been born into a perfect family where her parents, a prince and a wandering swordswoman, were devoted to each other for life. So why did she transmigrate into the tragic role of an orphan? There's no time to hesitate. Mount Wutai? Qing'er? Only then does Wen Yan realize she's transmigrated into My Fair Princess III. She watched the series twice as a student, but aside from knowing that the
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After Failing My Tribulation, I Couldn’t Get Enough of Household Scheming 渡劫失败后，我沉迷宅斗不可自拔
[Traditional fantasy + female protagonist + no System + not transmigration into a book + household intrigue] After failing to overcome the tribulation, Shao Qiushi is reborn at the age of eight. It is the end of the Dharma age, and spiritual qi is scarce. Without a sacred grotto or blessed land, talismans, or elixirs, no one can draw qi into their body. Shao Qiushi enters the Fu household as a maid, intent on using the spiritual leyline beneath the estate to return to the path of cultivation.
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Qing Transmigration: The Side Consort Has an Assist System 清穿：侧福晋有助攻系统
A word of caution: This is a novel, not history, so don't scrutinize it. The names and anything else that differs from history are all invented for the story. If that's not your thing, read at your own risk. [Alternate Qing Dynasty + Assist System + Everyday Leveling Up + Raising Children] Song Shurou transmigrates and becomes a Song Concubine in the early years of the Yongzheng Emperor's reign. Song Concubine has a breakout? System: Don't worry, Shurou. Just say one sentence to Yongzheng, and w
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Reporting to You, My Lord: Your Little Maid Has a Pocket Dimension 报告世子爷，你的小丫鬟有空间
On her very first day after transmigrating, Qiu Tong faces a life-or-death choice. She decisively chooses to live, but can someone tell her why she ended up on the right when she clearly chose the left? And why did this damn lethal skill that can’t tell left from right transmigrate with her too? Damn you, heavens, are you trying to get me killed? Fighting tigers, chopping down wild boars, killing black wolves: are these really things a ten-year-old girl should be doing? She digs up ginseng, gath
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The Delicate, Scheming Medicine-Jar Consort Has the Sickly Tyrant Begging for Mercy 药罐贵妃娇又作，病娇暴君乖乖认怂！
Transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder concubine, Xiao Xiruo is destined to die of rage and leave her entire family dead? And she’s sickly, coughing up blood every day? Xiao Xiruo: Keep it together. Don’t panic! With powerful backing, I’ll take the court by storm and rule the imperial harem! Feng Wuyan, the puppet emperor of Great Yan, is a deranged villain who slaughtered everyone in the book until only its title remained. He does the cruelest deeds and strikes with the deadliest hand.
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I Transmigrated 999 Times and Drove the Mad Tyrant Insane 我穿越999次，逼疯了疯批暴君
With only six months left to live, Tang Wan masters a skill called “Transmigration,” allowing her to travel back and forth between the modern and ancient worlds. On her first transmigration, people mistake her for a ghost… On her ninety-ninth, she nearly dies at the hands of the dog emperor. On her 108th, she “defiles” the emperor’s innocence. After transmigrating time and again, she discovers to her delight that a little dragon energy can extend her life. Tang Wan: “Mooch, mooch, keep mooching
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After Transmigrating into a Book, the Tyrant Loves Me in All Five of His Personalities 穿书后，暴君他五种人格都爱我
[Ridiculously funny!!] One-on-one romance, both leads are pure, and it’s incredibly sweet. [Genuinely unhinged male lead + Heroine is a psychologist] Ji Wu transmigrates into a book as the short-lived, beloved white-moonlight consort of a split-personality tyrant! To avoid the tyrant, Ji Wu climbs over the wall to escape, only to crash into a handsome hero named Long Aotian and end up pursued by assassins. Luckily, Long Aotian protects her all the way. And so they begin a sweet romance. Then, on
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The Prince's Split-Personality Consort 王爷的精分王妃
Synopsis: [Ancient setting + Transmigration + System + Sweet romance and flirtation + Extra sweet + One-on-one] [Gentle, soft, and sweet princess consort * Prince Xuan, who is great at flirting] [Cute, lively maid * Dominant, abstinent War King] [Flirty, bold, and cool older sister * Adorable, innocent scholar] If you're going to read this, I recommend reading it one chapter at a time! !!! Heads-up: This is a fictional setting!!! Lots of kissing! Multiple couples, with no rivalry between wives
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The Princess’s Tactics Are Impeccable, but Her Little Slave Can’t Handle Her Flirting 长公主手段高，小奴隶他不经撩
[Master-servant romance + slight yandere elements + reborn revenge against scumbags + sweet romance + heroine spoils hero. A story about a princess who builds her power and takes revenge while doting on her little slave, then goes on to become emperor.] [Unhinged, dark princess vs. sweet, loyal puppy-like little slave] In her previous life, Gu Xun trusted the wrong people and watched her country fall and her family perish. Reborn, Gu Xun vows to protect her homeland and make the so-called destin
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Princess Consort, Stop Acting. The Prince Can Hear Your Thoughts 王妃别演了，王爷能听见你的心声
[The male lead can hear the female lead's thoughts + the female lead can understand animal speech] [Goofy and lighthearted + absurd comedy + feel-good romance, sickeningly sweet] After transmigrating into a book as a disposable side character, she manages to annoy the villainous Big Boss into fainting from the start. She plans to take advantage of his weakness and finish him off, but the villain hears every one of her thoughts. Later, the villain finally loses patience and demands, “I hear you c
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On Our Wedding Night, the Sickly Prince and I Fled Together 新婚夜：我和病娇王爷一起逃婚
Yu Jiao transmigrated. That night, dressed in her wedding gown, she hid in an alley and ran into a man in red. “Hey, what a coincidence! Are you running away from your wedding too?” “Yeah.” “I’m marrying Chu Yin. What about you?” “Hah. My name is Chu Yin.” After becoming the wife of a bewitching, sickly prince, Yu Jiao lived in constant fear. Rumor had it the Princess Consort of Yan wouldn’t survive three days. Yu Jiao turned to ask, “How long have we been married?” Chu Yin replied, “Be good, sw
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I Ran Away with the Child of a Fierce General 揣着戾气将军的崽，跑了
[Transmigration into a book + soft, dramatic heroine + straight-laced male lead + both are each other’s first and only] Mu Ningning saw a pop-up on her phone that read, “General, I don’t want...” Curious about what she didn’t want, she tapped it, and ended up transmigrating into a book... She had to complete her tasks to leave. Task one: Don’t break character. Task two: Survive on her own. Task three: Don’t get pregnant. Task four: Save the blood-soaked general with love and stop him from turnin
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After I Stopped Updating, the Prince Regent Dragged Me into the Book 断更后我被摄政王拽进了书里
[Possessive, villain, lighthearted, hilarious, sweet romance] Mo Li transmigrates into a book, dragged into the novel she wrote by the Prince Regent and turned into a little silver snake? To get back to her own world, she decides to kill the villain, Lu Ya, and fast-forward straight to the ending. But later she realizes that beauty is dangerous, especially male beauty! After spending every day together, Lu Ya starts looking at her in a very different way. ~ Lu Ya can hear the snake’s thoughts. S
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The Legend of Wu Sangui 吴三桂外传
A legendary soldier fell on the battlefield. His ethereal, lingering soul transmigrated into the body of Wu Sangui, the traitor who surrendered to the Qing. Would he submit to fate, become a legendary warlord, and be reviled for generations? Or would he change history, forge a new path, and bring blessings to countless people? Since he didn't want to leave behind an everlasting infamy, he would follow his instincts and create a miracle! Heaven had treated him well, granting him peerless martial
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The Poisonous Heiress: The Regent’s Beloved 嫡女毒妃：摄政王的心尖宠
She’s the real heiress of the marquis’s household, yet the fake heiress deceives and manipulates her until everyone turns against her and she meets a tragic end. Reborn, she returns to the marquis’s estate to take on her wicked older sister and punish the scumbag, while also cozying up to the future regent. But the longer she clings to him... Wait, Your Highness, why are you standing so close? The regent forcefully pulls her into his arms and sneers, “You flirt with me and then run away? Too lat
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The Great Song’s Starch Sausages: The Pushcart Queen Is Always Busy 大宋淀粉肠，小推车一姐很忙
[No romance + System + pocket dimension + satisfying wish fulfillment + career-focused plot] Shen Nianxi transmigrates into the body of a lovesick village girl from the historical era of Emperor Renzong. The original owner's corpse had already gone stiff, but Shen Nianxi's arrival brings her back to life. Just as she prepares to accept that she has transmigrated, she discovers that her new family is desperately poor. Even their thin rice porridge is rationed grain by grain. Shen Nianxi feels
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Proud and Free in Wulingyuan 笑傲武陵源
There are two kinds of fate: One is heavenly destiny, the other is fortune. Heavenly destiny is a beam of light that illuminates the road ahead. But for some, fortune is like starlight in the night, illuminating the world! . . . . . Autumn of the first year of the Jingde era, Northern Song dynasty. Wulingyuan. He, it, and she met for the first time. Fortune shattered the barriers between the human, immortal, and demon realms, broke through the shackles of time and space, and brought three souls
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