A Woman Disguises Herself as a Man and Becomes the Top Scholar 女扮男装做状元
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Ding! With an Immortal Achievement, the Cousin Miss Starts Reading 叮，成就流芳百世，表小姐开卷了
Xu Yue transmigrates into a book. She becomes the delicate, vulnerable cousin of the male lead in an examination-themed novel: her mother died young, she has no brothers and no one to rely on, and her family won't take her in, so she is awkwardly forced to live in the male lead's home. In her previous life, Xu Yue rose from being an orphan to earning a doctorate. She never believed in fate, and even though it was hard for women to get by in ancient times, she never stopped thinking about how to
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From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装，我靠科举官居一品
[Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour
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Reborn as a Man: Feng Qiansui Rules the Court 重生女扮男装：凤千岁权倾朝野
Completed. Villainess + woman disguising herself as a man + reborn + strong heroine + no romance The heroine is a true villain: greedy, ruthless, highly skilled in martial arts, and sharp-tongued! Scene One: Asking the Emperor for money Emperor: “I appoint you imperial inspector for the south. Investigate the affairs in Xuzhou thoroughly. If you find anyone committing crimes and undermining the state, and verify the evidence, punish them according to the law! I grant you this golden badge. Whoev
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Disguised as a Man, I Took the Official World by Storm 女扮男装的我在官场杀疯了
Just after Jiang Ting, a powerful political figure, retired, she died in an earthquake. When she opened her eyes, she had become Jiang Ting, an orphan whose entire family had been massacred. To avenge her family and survive, she bound her chest, took medicine, disguised herself as a young man, and embarked on the thorny road to the imperial examinations. She uncovered a murder case, exposed a merchant's scheme, brought down the powerful, and claimed the top examination rank again and again! A
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Imperial Exam Triumph: The Strongest Female Grand Secretary 科举逆袭：最强女首辅
After finally becoming the first female heir in her family, she opens her eyes and finds herself back before the revolution. Her father is dead from the start, leaving her with a frail mother and three beautiful older sisters. She is the only son who can carry on the Cheng family line... Cheng Qing looks down at her slightly developed chest, wondering what on earth went wrong. Surrounded by scheming wolves, Cheng Qing, now with a new soul in her body, sets herself two small goals: First, keep pr
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The Alluring Powerful Minister 权臣妖娆
Also known as The Female Top Scorer and The Female Imperial Tutor. He was a celebrated, charmingly elegant top scorer, showered with every favor under the heavens. Only after the Du family was destroyed and he hanged himself in prison did the world learn that “he” was a woman! After her father's death, the family's good name was ruined. Dozens of loyal servants starved to death. The beautiful women of the household were either made into servants or reduced to playthings for officials. Reborn, Du
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This Chancellor Is a Little Wild 这个丞相有点野
Bai Ning is the young master of a renowned healer's estate. Disguised as a man and hiding her identity, she traveled alone to the kingdom of Nan Chu with a letter in hand. Entrusted with a great responsibility by the late emperor, she became the youngest chancellor in Nan Chu's history at the age of thirteen. From then on, she carefully laid her plans, executed corrupt officials, purged the court, and helped the new emperor take the throne. Though they were wary of each other at first, they even
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The Top Female Scholar 女状元
Gu Qingmo's entire family, loyal to the bone, died unjustly in the Shaoshan Rebellion. She alone escaped the sea of flames. After eight years of lying low and biding her time, she finally had everything in place. Disguised as a man, she returned to Shengjing, manipulated factional conflicts, played power games, and threw the court into turmoil. Everyone urged her to let go, but only that seemingly carefree man wrote to her and protected her. After it was all over, Gu Qingmo once asked Su Jie,
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The Imperial Examinations: The First Female Grand Chancellor 科举：第一女首辅
Feng Xi transmigrates into the foolish fiancée of the male lead in an imperial-examination novel, an NPC on his path to greatness. According to the original plot, the male lead, who grew up in the countryside, is found by his family. The first thing he does after reclaiming his status as a scion of a prominent clan is send someone to erase the stain that is her. After that, the male lead displays his talents, places first in the imperial exams, rises through the ranks, and wins the hearts of a b
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The Farm Girl Who Became Top Scholar 农家女状元
Mo Zhen, a modern-day tomboy, somehow transmigrates into ancient times as a real man! She takes the imperial exams, becomes the top scorer, protects the people, and rights wrongs. She makes buns, builds a franchise, and grows richer than kings. She charms handsome men and noble young ladies alike, living a dashing and carefree life. “Wife, you've had enough fun. Time for bed.” Alas, the man is actually a woman.
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From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅
(A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing,
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A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男：农家子的科举青云路
[Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become
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A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常
[System + women’s imperial examinations + no disguises as men + transmigration + fictional setting + no romance + farming] In her previous life, Zhuge Yunshu was an orphan with no one to support but herself, and she lived a thoroughly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps Heaven couldn’t stand watching her do nothing, so it dropped something on her from a great height and killed her. Then she was reborn as a baby in an ancient farming family. In this era, where farming is the main way of life, everyone,
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She Died Pursuing the Imperial Exams for Her Husband: Life Is Hard in a Man-Dominated World 考科举因夫掉命，男尊女贵挺难活
[Strong female lead] + [political scheming] + [one woman, multiple husbands] + [comedy] You somehow end up in a world where men are revered and women are prized. There are many men and few women. One woman marries three husbands, and women stay home to serve their husbands and raise children. But you’re rebellious to the core and insist on disguising yourself as a man to take the imperial exams. After years of hard study, you finally become the top scholar! You work hard to build a career, but e
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The Charming Top Scholar 俏状元
She encounters the Crown Prince, places first in the imperial exams, and becomes a pillar of the court. With a smile, she turns back the enemy; with a few words, she stuns the rebels. She leaves the battle-hardened female general distraught, the neighboring kingdom’s prince lovesick, her devoted older brother full of regret, and even the cold, unfeeling heir to the throne lowering his guard. Everyone in the capital knows the charming top scholar and young Hanlin academician, but who understands
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My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙
Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o
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The Boss Puts on a Secret Identity and Takes the Court by Storm 大佬她披上马甲A爆朝堂
To avenge her elder brother, she disguises herself as a man and enters the government as an official. The officials soon notice that Lord Yuchi, once as gentle as jade, has become bold and dazzlingly cool. The cute, soft-spoken young woman is sweet on the outside but ruthless within: clever, calculating, wealthy, and armed with plenty of secret identities. She doesn't even blink as she takes down her powerful political rival. As she keeps tormenting him, the feared minister falls for her... Qin,
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The Female Top Scholar Across a Thousand Years 跨越千年女状元
Qian Minglan, a doctoral student in history, transmigrates to an imaginary dynasty. To avenge her eldest sister, she disguises herself as a man and takes the imperial examinations, ultimately claiming the top spot. She takes on foreign envoys in flawless English, astonishing all of Daliang. With her literary talents, she can secure the nation; with her martial prowess, she can pacify the realm. After achieving fame and success, she quietly retires.
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The Farmer's Daughter Is a General with a Pocket Dimension 农门女将有空间
Her soul crossed into another world, where she became a child disguised as a boy. Later, she was forced onto the battlefield. Watch as she makes her mark in the military camp, only to gradually attract the attention of a carefree young noble. Though he had already fallen for her, he refused to admit it, stubbornly insisting that he would never like such a violent girl. Not long afterward, the young noble told her earnestly, “I want to spend my life with you.” She gave a quiet laugh, kept a strai
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Disguised as a Man: The Tyrant Charms with Her Beauty 女扮男装：暴君她美色撩人
[Woman disguised as a man + no romance + strong heroine + gradually becomes everyone’s favorite] Jun Lin was born into the modern world and then reborn in another era. After disguising herself as a man, she finally managed to ascend the throne, only to be poisoned by her childhood friend and turned into a puppet under his control. Her memories became jumbled and her personality changed drastically. After five years of tyranny, she died in court. Jun Lin: “Thanks for asking. I woke up in a mass g
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The Utterly Ordinary Female Top Scholar 平平无奇女状元
Cui Lan'er, a poor student, unexpectedly unlocks a magical study space and disguises herself as a boy to enroll at an academy. From licentiate to top scholar, she surges forward every step of the way. She stirs up a storm among a crowd of handsome men. They’re astonished by her knowledge and captivated by her beauty, and the way they look at her gradually takes on a different meaning. The heroine: My heart belongs to studying!
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After My Wife Passed the Imperial Exams, Her Disguise as a Man Shook the Court 夫人中举后，女扮男装惊爆朝堂
[Transmigration / woman disguises herself as a man / political intrigue / sweet romance] Zhou Ziwei was a top student at Yanjing University, with degrees in both history and philosophy. After an accidental fall, she... unbelievably transmigrated into the body of a timid Zhou family young lady who shared her name... She became an adviser, founded schools, sat for the imperial examinations, fought corrupt officials, and made the most of her talents. There was nothing she couldn’t do... Watch her d
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A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举
Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance.
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My Whole Family Transmigrates, Disguises as Men, and Takes the Imperial Exams 全家穿越女扮男装去科举
(This is a novel, so don't take it too seriously!!!) One day, the Li family transmigrated into the third branch of the Li family, and Li Xi became its only child. The eldest branch looked honest and simple, but was skilled at scheming. The second branch seemed to get along well as brothers, but was lazy, selfish, and self-serving. The original owner's family was honest, kind, and filial, yet they ended up torn apart, with their family destroyed. The family had just transmigrated and expected
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Transmigrating as Li Chengqian: The Great Tang's Number One Green Tea 穿越李承乾：大唐第一绿茶
After completing his mission in the Qing dynasty, Zhao Heng took his System and transmigrated to the prosperous Tang dynasty, becoming the five-year-old Li Chengqian. With an emperor for a father, an empress for a mother, and a pretty face no one could resist, who could hold back from becoming emperor of the prosperous Tang dynasty with a start like this? Li Shimin had recently noticed that his and the empress's child had changed. He cried easily, clung to people, and was a bit of a schemer. He
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Jade Table: The Pillow of Mountains and Rivers 【青玉案】山河枕
[A woman disguised as a man in government + a career-driven heroine + revenge + political intrigue + top scorer] The night her family was wiped out, she hid that she was a woman and became “him.” After ten years of hard study, Tang Suilian came first in all three stages of the imperial examination and was personally named top scorer by the emperor. The top scorer was paraded through the streets in court finery. Who could recognize the woman beneath the robes? To investigate the bloodshed, she ga
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The Female Censor Who Poaches Other Women's Men 扒墙脚的女御史
No transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger, not a power fantasy, not a sweet romance Warning: I tried my best to write this with my brain switched on, but please don't read it with yours. Better yet, don't read it at all. It's the author's first novel, and the story is riddled with toxic elements. Yi He is an orphan who has lived disguised as a man for over twenty years. To avoid unwanted advances from her relatives, she even has to pretend to be attracted to men. Over the course of her li
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She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反
[Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and
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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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The First-Rank Female Top Scholar 一品女状元
No brainless protagonist + no System + imperial examinations + political intrigue + comedy + ancient setting + woman disguised as a man + history + transmigration After unexpectedly dying, a modern university student transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the daughter of a once-wealthy but now ruined family. Faced with poverty and bullying from outsiders, she decides to turn her fortunes around through the imperial examinations and restore her family. It is destined to be a grueling and extr
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Disguised as a Man, I Broke the Hearts of Everyone in the Dorm 女扮男装后，渣了全宿舍
Su Yan was forced to live as a boy from birth. Her unquestioning obedience only led to a tragic death. After dying, she entered a quick transmigration world and returned with her skills maxed out. She only wanted to focus on her studies, but unexpectedly became roommates with the school's four male heartthrobs. The aloof top student: “Su Yan, if you want it, you can have my first place.” The domineering campus heartthrob: “Su Yan, from now on, I've got your back.” The frail beauty: “Su Yan, I'll
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Panic! After Giving Up, the Little Slacker Is Forced to Take the Throne 慌！摆烂后，小咸鱼她被迫登基了
My mother, who always insisted on having her way, and Consort Zhang next door became pregnant at the same time. Consort Zhang gave birth to a big baby boy, so I became a “big baby boy” too. I spent eighteen years as a prince while pretending to be a boy. To keep my secret identity from being exposed, I usually kept a low profile. My brothers put on a “Nine Dragons Contesting for the Throne” to fight over succession, so I gave up and decided to coast through life. Who knew that when my father die
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I Fled in Disguise as a Man, and Now Master Bo Is Hunting Me 女扮男装出逃后，我被薄爷通缉了
You Li is the useless little pet Lord Bo keeps at home. He can’t fight or talk back, and he’s soft, timid, and great at acting cute. Lord Bo has just two rules for Young Master You: be home by eight, and dating is fine, but don’t cross the line. Lord Bo is too busy guarding against girls to realize the person he should really be watching out for is a man. You Li is pregnant! Lord Bo admits he was blind. All these years, he never realized You Li was a woman pretending to be a man. That day, with
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She Only Wanted to Teach for a Living, but Every Student Turned Out to Be a Competition Maniac 她只想教书糊口，弟子却全是卷王
[No romance + teaching + adorable kids + farming + building wealth + infrastructure] A warm, slice-of-life story Zhang Ziruo transmigrates into the role of the evil adoptive mother of a tyrannical villain, destined for a tragic end. She plans to win the villain’s favor while he is still young, only to discover that he has been reborn... Taking stock of her new circumstances, she decides to open a school and become a teacher! She’ll raise the villain to be a virtuous, capable, open-minded, and po
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Luring Ghosts and Catching Criminals: A Low-Ranking County Magistrate 坑鬼捉凶，一品小县令
When Chu Ling opened her eyes, she had become the novel's number-one female side character, a troublemaker who ultimately got herself killed when the heroine shot an arrow through her heart. Knowing how the plot would unfold, Chu Ling spat in disdain, broke free of the story's control, and threw herself into building a career. But being a county magistrate is no easy job. One day, a ghostly maid comes to air her grievances; the next, a ghostly tutor shows up to reprimand her. Even stepping outsi
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Jilted on My Wedding Night, I Bond with the Grand Agricultural Official System 新婚夜被鸽后我绑定了大司农系统
[Women in government + farming and infrastructure + satisfying revenge with light comedy + career-focused with a little romance + male lead in a supporting role + beloved by everyone + romance after an arranged marriage] Lin Ran transmigrates to a fictional dynasty and gains a grandmother obsessed with chanting sutras, a father who brings bad luck to his wives, a bookish second younger brother, a wastrel third younger brother, an influential family by marriage, and a misfit System that hounds he
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I Build Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代搞基建
[Woman Disguised as a Man + Infrastructure Building + Career-Focused + Fiercely Protective + Clear-Eyed Heroine] Original title: Building Infrastructure in Ancient Times Tang Yixuan, a brilliant engineer, transmigrates into the body of a woman who has taken her brother’s place as the new magistrate of Qingchuan County. To stay alive, she racks her brains and exhausts every resource at her disposal. She builds waterworks, raises tall buildings, paves roads with concrete, and constructs a city. Be
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The First Thing I Did as a County Magistrate: Feed the Whole County 做女县令第一件事：让全县吃饱饭
[Farming + infrastructure development + improving people’s livelihoods + System + a female magistrate’s rise to power] Shen Zheng opens her eyes to find she’s become a newly appointed female magistrate. The county office is so poor that plaster is crumbling off the walls, and the granary is so empty even the mice stay away. Everyone knows that the poorest county in all of Liuyang Prefecture is this very county, Tong’an. Just as she thinks she’ll have to waste three years in Tong’an before retiri
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The Shameless County Magistrate Shocks the Imperial Court 无耻女县令震惊朝野
[Female Disguise + Farming + Infrastructure + Comedy + Adorable Child + Sweet Romance] There are no pocket dimensions or supernatural powers in this story. She relies on her wits alone! After transmigrating to impoverished Yinshan County, Yu Jiu'er disguises herself as a man and sits the imperial examinations. Unlucky enough to offend the wrong person, she flees after a night of passion. Using the money she brought back from the capital, she launches a major infrastructure drive. Then she d
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Her Clan Falls into Ruin, but She Turns Her Fate Around Through the Imperial Exams! 全族落魄，她靠科举逆天改命！
[Heroine Does Not Disguise Herself as a Man | Civil Service Exams and Government Career | A Name in the History Books | A Strong Heroine Who Grows] In her previous life, Jiang Ruchu was a fallen noblewoman. Her father was faithless, her mother weak. Carrying a keepsake, she married into the prominent local Huo family to repay a debt of gratitude. When her husband entered school, Jiang Ruchu quietly supported him through his studies... She kept a low profile and fulfilled her duties, hoping only
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I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚
Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household.
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