Ladies, Looking for Historical Fiction Set in the Ming Dynasty 姐妹们 求女频，明朝文

1. 51 穿 Transmigrating to 1920: The Thrill of Fighting the Japanese 穿越1920，斗鬼子的日子爽 Everyone's Asleep睡啦都Urban735k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Fanqie Novels. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
2. 52 系 System: I Reincarnate as Empress Ma of the Great Ming 系统：穿成大明马皇后 Wei Nvyiqing魏女怡情Historical381k WordsCompleted [Complete] [System, born into the past, 1v1] [The System plays a minor role] [Although Lady Lü is the crown princess, she dies in the end] For reasons unknown, Lihua was born into the world at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. She became Ma Shi, the historically renowned and highly praised role model for women, later honored as Empress Xiaoci, wife of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although her fate was already written in the history books, Lihua had no intention of merely witnessing histo 234Reads8.1Score—14d adds

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   This is a time-travel story, female-oriented, fourth book, and while I'm not sure if there's a romantic pairing, it's definitely a female-centric novel!!! 🍅 (Both characters are virgins, 1v1, with some personal settings, mainly a sweet story). What to do when you wake up to find yourself at your wedding banquet with the chubby Zhu Gaochi? Running away is out of the question; after all, the person seated at the head of the table is the only prince who successfully rebelled. Following your heart is still very important. Upon closer inspection, this chubby man is actually quite handsome. The female lead (not a very shrewd person, often relying on the Crown Prince to cover for her, and Zhu Di pretending not to see it) has no choice but to roll up her sleeves and start reforming the Ming Dynasty in order to improve her quality of life, secure her position, and avoid having a grandson who is a student from the Oirat Mongols. But what's with this son? (The Erfeng version of Zhu Zhanji is here!!!) 🍅The female protagonist transmigrates into the future, becoming the renowned founding empress of the Ming Dynasty. However, she doesn't want to be a witness to history; she wants to be a creator of history, striving to improve the social status of women and the living standards of the people, and "conquering the world" alongside Zhu Yuanzhang (1v1, exclusive love, has a system but its presence is weak). 🍅The female protagonist transmigrates into the eldest daughter of Zhu Zhanji and the original empress. Originally, the emperor's daughter should be relatively lucky, but thinking that her mother will soon be deposed and that she will have a younger brother who is a "famous" Oirat student... She must save herself. In the end, the first female emperor of the Ming Dynasty is born. 🍑 [Female-oriented Ming Dynasty transmigration + Tianmu comparison review + true female protagonist + facing Zhu Yuanzhang without changing her expression, and even able to fight back and retaliate!] Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, she becomes Zhu Ling, the eldest granddaughter of Zhu Yuanzhang. She doesn't love red dresses but loves military uniforms, galloping across the battlefield, protecting her country, and making great achievements, but is framed and imprisoned. Zhu Yunwen and his mother were thorns in her side, and they tried to kill her time and again. Zhu Yuanzhang favored sons over daughters, insisting that she adhere to the three obediences and four virtues, becoming a virtuous wife and mother, and even demanding that her own mother be buried alive with her father, Zhu Biao. Since this era could not tolerate a woman's individuality and independence, then it was better not to be a princess of the Ming Dynasty. Just as Zhu Ling was secretly plotting to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, the Double Comparison System suddenly descended. 🍒Jing Shu transmigrated into the body of Hu Shanxiang, the first deposed empress of the Ming Dynasty, and she was devastated. Sun Shi was Zhu Zhanji's childhood sweetheart; she was at most a mascot offered to the royal family by her family, how could she possibly compete with her? Therefore, knowing the course of history, Jing Shu simply gave up. Grandson Zhu Zhanji finally agreed to consummate their marriage? Jing Shu: "No, no, no, Your Highness, please don't wrong yourself. You and Lady Sun are a match made in heaven. Why don't you let her be the Crown Prince's consort?" Later, Zhu Zhanji is reborn and desperately wants his eldest son...

3. 53 一 One Bowl of Budget Takeout, and the Greatest Empress of All Time Emerged 一碗拼好饭，吃出了万古第一女帝 YAN LiYAN藜Ancient Romance647k WordsCompleted [Alternate late Ming dynasty + ensemble cast + infrastructure + food + technology + unifying the world] When Zhu Ling opened her eyes, she had transmigrated to the end of the Ming dynasty and become a princess of the Shu royal house. As the most beloved daughter of the Prince of Shu, Zhu Ling should have lived in luxury at the palace. But the Ming dynasty had only three years left. Rebels were everywhere and disasters kept striking, while her father, Zhu Zhishu, Prince of Shu, was the stingiest 1.2kReads6.9Score11514d adds

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   Ming Dynasty, Female-oriented

4. 54 大 Great Ming: From Fallen Princess to Legendary Empress 大明：从亡国公主到传奇女帝 Jiang Jiucheng江九程Ancient Romance549k WordsOngoing (No CP + transmigration + no System + strong female lead + power struggle + nation-building + daily life + she eventually ascends the throne as emperor. Read with caution if this bothers you.) Zhu Meichuo's story begins on the night her kingdom falls. Chongzhen arrives with a sword in hand. The whole city is ablaze with war. As someone who has transmigrated, what choice will she make? How can she save the Ming Dynasty from its impending collapse? In this dark age on the horizon, watch as this se 11.7kReads9.2Score40914d adds

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   This is really good! 👍

5. 55 大 Great Ming: She Transmigrates to the Hongwu Era and Laughs Last 大明：穿越洪武，她要笑到最后 Alisha Zhukov阿丽莎朱可夫Ancient Romance176k WordsOngoing [Transmigration + parallel-world Ming dynasty + heroine has no pocket dimension or System + more than one transmigrator] [Some historical figures may be portrayed in ways that overturn readers’ expectations. Everything serves the development of the story.] Tianyu had studied traditional Chinese medicine since childhood. She never expected to graduate from college straight into unemployment, much less to suddenly transmigrate to the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty and become an ordinary resident o 5Reads—Score—14d adds

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   This story is set in the early Ming Dynasty. The female protagonist is a time traveler, not a naive and innocent character. Romance will develop later in the story.

6. 56 综 Film and TV Crossover: The Female Side Character Is Cool and Composed 综影视之女配很冷静 Send Me a Little Flower送我一朵小花花Female-Channel Fanfiction4.9M WordsCompleted My writing may not be the best, and it has plenty of flaws, so please be understanding. First World: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, Fucha Langhua (complete) Second World: Empresses in the Palace, Ulanara Yixiu (complete) Third World: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, Wei Yanwan (complete) Fourth World: The Imperial Age, Hu Shanxiang (complete) Fifth World: The Legend, Lü Zhi (complete) Sixth World: Serenade of Peaceful Joy, Miao Xinhe (ongoing) Seventh World: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, A' 5.7kReads8.1Score18314d adds

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   The author's writing has visibly improved, and the female lead is very insightful 👍

7. 57 借 Borrowing Heaven to Change the Ming Dynasty 借天改明 Calling to Heaven叫天Historical2.1M WordsCompleted I transmigrated right in front of Emperor Chongzhen. With my heaven-defying status as a transmigrator, I helped him reform the government, withstand natural disasters, crush the Later Jin, and make our power felt overseas! Could I finally erase the regrets of late Ming history? 13Reads8.5Score—14d adds
8. 58 穿 Transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty to Become Emperor 穿越明朝当皇帝 Junior Censor少司寇Historical1.5M WordsCompleted [Historical Writing Contest] He transmigrates into the body of the Ming dynasty’s last emperor, with less than five months left before the dynasty falls. Zhu Youjian, now with a new soul, is deeply troubled. He can only rely on his knowledge of future history and set out to turn the tide and change the course of events. First, move the capital and make a strategic retreat. Anyone who disagrees gets executed! Next, cultivate the land, carry out land reform, and manufacture guns and cannons. Anyon 371Reads8.8Score11514d adds
9. 59 老 Old Zhu, Listen to My Thoughts and Go on a Killing Spree. I'll Just Be a Lazy Fish 老朱听我心声杀疯了我负责咸鱼 Ten Thousand Miles of Passes and Rivers关河万里Historical1.5M WordsCompleted He transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty and ends up inhabiting the body of an idiot prince. He gets a Slacker System and quietly builds up Slacker Points every day. Little does he know, Zhu Yuanzhang can hear his thoughts. You don’t want to work for me? No chance! You don’t want to be the Crown Prince’s heir? Not a chance! 1.6kReads8.1Score15614d adds
10. 60 穿 Transmigrating to the End of the Ming Dynasty 穿越到明末 Zi Kun子坤Historical321k WordsCompleted He was getting a massage when a phone hit him and made him transmigrate! The key is, the phone can still access the internet! Isn't that a windfall from heaven? Watch how the protagonist, Lin Zikun, creates an era of his own in the late Ming Dynasty! The Americas? That's our Yinzhou! Australia? That's our Xinzhou! White people? They're only fit to grow cotton for us! Black people? What are those? 105Reads7.2Score—14d adds
11. 61 穿 Transmigrating to the Ming: The Sky Screen Reveals I’m an Empress for the Ages 穿越大明，天幕盘点我是千古女帝 YAN LiYAN藜Ancient Romance162k WordsOngoing [No romance, infrastructure, technological development, unifying the Earth] She transmigrates as Zhu Lingxi, Zhu Yuanzhang’s eldest legitimate granddaughter. Facing a suspicious imperial grandfather, a mother who died young, and a kind, overworked father, one thought burns ever more fiercely in her heart: Why shouldn’t the eldest legitimate granddaughter of Emperor Gao, the Great Ancestor, ascend the throne? To survive in the imperial family, she puts on the appearance of a useless fool while se 10Reads—Score—14d adds

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    🐉Zhu Shanxi, the thirteenth princess of Zhu Yuanzhang, traveled through the sixteen dynasties of the Ming Dynasty to expel foreign invaders…Looking forward to the Southern Ming era later on. 📚 [Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Qizhen await their beating]

12. 62 大 The Imperial Palace: From Crown Prince’s Concubine to Empress Dowager 大明宫阙：从太子侍妾到太后 Scholar He荷书生Ancient Romance125k WordsOngoing Transmigration + System + Female Protagonist In the eleventh year of Hongwu, a dying concubine of Crown Prince Zhu Biao is forced to transmigrate. To stay alive, she must complete one mission after another. Save Crown Princess Chang, save Zhu Yingying, save Empress Ma. Before she knows it, she has become the savior of the Great Ming. From the intrigues of the inner palace to the affairs of court, she helps Zhu Biao become an emperor for the ages. “My beloved consort, having you is my greatest fo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
13. 63 穿 Transmigrated as Empress Sun of the Ming Dynasty, But Started as a Bedchamber Maid 穿成大明孙皇后，开局却是通房 Yue Ming Jiangning月明江宁Ancient Romance840k WordsOngoing [Marriage First, Love Later + Restraint at First + Sweet, Devoted Romance Later] After Sun Minyi transmigrates into the infamous Sun Empress of the Ming dynasty, whom modern internet users love to condemn, she discovers that Sun really wasn’t Zhu Zhanji’s childhood sweetheart at all. She was nothing more than a maid serving the crown princess. Zhu Zhanji spent most of his time accompanying Zhu Di on northern campaigns, and Sun couldn’t even get near the crown prince’s grandson. How could she eve 629Reads—Score—14d adds
14. 64 明 Ming: The Goddess Chronicles 明：神女记 Yongle Yuan Ying永乐元樱Ancient Romance225k WordsCompleted Modern office worker Yang Xiaoqing plunges from a cliff amid blazing flames and yellow sand, only to land in a Ming army camp. Falling from the sky and seemingly immortal, she is hailed as the "Heavenly Oracle Goddess," and the wheels of fate begin to turn. Before the alcohol has even worn off, she finds a black-armored general holding a sword to her throat. He is none other than Prince Yan Zhu Di, the future Yongle Emperor! A golden star chart suddenly appears in her palm, and the battlefield's 25Reads—Score—14d adds

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    Go watch it now! Emperor Yongle (Zhu Di) of the Ming Dynasty dotes on the female lead! It's so addictive! Highly recommended!

15. 65 大 The Ming Emperor's Beloved Consort, Wan Zhen'er 大明宠妃万贞儿 Mad Twenty-Four Snake疯廿四蛇Ancient Romance745k WordsCompleted 7.7kReads9.4Score70014d adds

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    I just finished watching it recently, it was excellent.

16. 66 庶 The Poisonous Commoner Daughter: The Prince Falls for Her, Then Goes Mad 庶女有毒：郡王他沦陷后又疯了 Yuanyuan's Return Date沅沅归期Ancient Romance214k WordsOngoing At first, in Prince Shuosai’s eyes, Ning Chuge was no more than a lowly illegitimate daughter born to a Han woman. She was gentle and patient, the sort of girl who inspired pity. When he saw others bully her, he settled the matter with a few words. When she was in danger, he gave her his own hidden guards. When she was forced into a marriage in someone else’s place, he went straight to the palace to plead her case before the emperor. But when he stood up for her and was imprisoned for striking a 2Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A novel set in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, featuring a female protagonist who gradually awakens to her Han Chinese national consciousness.

17. 67 穿 Transmigrating to the Great Ming: A Down-and-Out Heiress’s Rise to the Top 穿越大明：落魄千金的登顶之路 Tomato's Midnight Diner番茄的深夜食堂Ancient Romance237k WordsOngoing From the top of a skyscraper to the heights of the Forbidden City, her life story is torn to shreds and rewritten from scratch. Ling Jiayi, a modern heiress from a wealthy family, sees her family go bankrupt overnight and learns the cruelty of the world. She leaps from a tall building, determined to end it all, but death never comes. When she opens her eyes again, she discovers that her soul has transmigrated to the Ming dynasty during the Yongle era, into the body of Su Jiayi, a condemned slav 3Reads—Score—14d adds

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    A rare and excellent article

18. 68 谎 The Lying Girl and the Iron-Blooded General 谎精少女和铁血将军 Lazy Cat Who Loves Peaches爱吃桃的小懒猫Ancient Romance285k WordsCompleted [Transmigration Romance + Historical Warfare + Bittersweet Love + Love of Country] She is Yang Zhenzhen, a language prodigy whose soul has transmigrated into another body, carrying the pain of her family’s annihilation. She meets him by chance amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He is Qi Jiguang, a young assistant general just starting his career, determined to crush the pirates, yet caught in a mire of political infighting and neglected military preparations. As a general, he sees th 23Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The female protagonist is fluent in foreign languages and helps the male protagonist fight against Japanese pirates. The male protagonist is Qi Jiguang, but the female protagonist marries the male protagonist as a concubine (not voluntarily). The writing is excellent, the plot is based on history, plus some of the author's imagination, and most of the characters are real historical figures.

19. 69 综 Starting Over in Another World 综重来一世 Qing Xi Jiang Li清兮将离Ancient Romance286k WordsOngoing The life I got to live over again. No golden finger, no System. I was simply lucky enough to be reborn. I, and all of us, have never been alone, so I can only do my best to change my fate. But I can never act recklessly, or my relatives will be slaughtered, their blood staining the ground. These are no longer cold words or pale descriptions. This is my life. Whether in a past life or this one, these women struggled in the vortex, grew up at the heart of power, and were ultimately wounded by its 70Reads—Score—14d adds

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    The novel "The World's Pity" is written by Hu Shanxiang.

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