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Impostor of the Langya Clan 冒姓琅琊
(Also known as “The Matter of Me Pretending to Be a Nobleman of the Southern Dynasties”) To transmigrate isn’t a dinner party. It’s a deadly game at every turn. The south is beautiful, yet lofty ambitions often fade away. Since ancient times, the Southern Dynasties have been weak, their heroes short-lived. No golden finger, no System, and no second chance at life. Everything starts from zero! Original owner’s memories: none! Identity: none! Supplies: none! When transmigration becomes reality, ho
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The Phoenix in My Palm: My Business Empire 掌中锦凰我的商业帝国
[Palace and Household Intrigue] [Political Scheming] [Princess] [Comeback] [Revenge] [Mutual Healing] [Alternate History] [Happy Ending] [Three chapters updated daily] She is the orphan of a fallen dynasty, newly crowned Princess Jinfeng by the new emperor, and the most dazzling sacrifice on the chessboard of political intrigue. He is the young commander of the Northern Frontier, wrongfully accused and thrown from a cliff. He crawled back from a mountain of corpses, swearing to scour the world
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- 153 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 5Reads—Score—14d adds
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Demoting His Wife to a Concubine? The Marquis Regrets It Bitterly After His Principal Wife Divorces Him 贬妻为妾？主母和离后侯爷悔断肠
Rumor had it that General Lu had been in love with the Mu family's legitimate daughter for years. The emperor issued an edict arranging for Mu Qingning, the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Zhongyong, to marry Lu Changyan. The man went off to war before the wedding, and his younger brother escorted the bride into the general's residence in his place. After three years of managing the household, the man returned victorious and was made Marquis of Ding'an. He claimed he'd married the wrong wo
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- 155 A Trap Within a Trap in the Halls of Power 官场局中局 [Political intrigue + power struggles + influential figures + suspense + workplace drama + deduction] Cao Zili, head of the Phoenix Mountain project, falls to his death. Rumors claim a suicide note was found at the scene, but its intended recipient is a mystery, and the case is full of unanswered questions... Was it suicide or murder? And what was the motive? The body cannot be found, making the case difficult to solve... The provincial task force arrives, sending the political scene in Huzhou i 1.2kReads8.7Score12414d adds
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Peach Blossoms Topple the River and Mountains 桃花折江山
The TV drama Peach Blossoms Reflecting on the Mountains and Rivers, starring Liu Xueyi and Meng Ziyi. Zhao has a beauty named Taohua. Her fate is full of hardship, and she is married off to Wei far away. All she wants is to stay alive and climb her way up. Wei has a handsome chancellor who is ruthless and sharp-tongued, sweet on the surface but treacherous within. He cares nothing for anyone's life, so long as he gets what he wants. Taohua thinks everyone loves beautiful things. Surely he can't
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A Marriage Decree for the Short-Lived Prince? The Reborn Empress Shows No Mercy Night After Night 赐婚短命皇子？重生娘娘夜夜无情
[Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + secret identities + medical skills + reborn + punishing scoundrels + the fate of the nation] The emperor decrees a marriage: He Yunxi, eldest daughter of the mighty Marquis Wu, is to marry the sickly, short-lived prince Xuanyuan Jin. On their wedding day, a vicious old matron, acting on the empress’s orders, deliberately tries to put her in her place by forcing her to walk across red-hot iron plates. He Yunxi makes the wicked matron demonstrate how t
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- 158 On Our Wedding Night, the Substitute Princess Cured the War King's Gu Poison 新婚夜，替嫁王妃医好了战王蛊毒 The legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister, Ning Luo, was abandoned in a Taoist temple in the mountains after her father favored his concubine over her mother. She grew up in the countryside and died tragically in a blizzard. Reborn, Ning Luo came down from the mountains to exact her revenge. Her half-sister stole her betrothal, while her scumbag father ordered her to marry in her place and be buried alive with a dying God of War? Ha! Not only did she avoid being buried with him, she brought 4.8kReads8.9Score35314d adds
- 159 Where Does the Light Boat Go? 轻舟何岸 Are the four princes of Rui Kingdom really going to marry four common women from Chan Kingdom? Could it be because every woman in Chan Kingdom is beautiful and fertile? She has the talent to be a chancellor in a matriarchal kingdom, yet marries the “intellectually disabled” prince of a patriarchal kingdom, entering the marriage as a spy under the pretense of a political union. He is a prince with exceptional intelligence who hides his true self. But even after he regains his true self, is that r 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 Blood and Iron at the Border: Code Name Shadow Hunter 铁血边关：代号猎影 [Secret Agent] + [Special Forces] Lin Feng, the Northwest's top sniper, could take down an enemy with a single shot. But after his comrades framed him, he was saddled with the charge of treason and became a wanted fugitive along the border. His comrades were killed, the evidence was stolen, and layer upon layer of deadly threats drove him to flee into the Gobi Desert. A USB drive held a shocking secret: senior officers at the brigade headquarters had colluded with a smuggling syndicate. An ambus 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Chaos at Green Mountain 青山乱
[Historical transmigration + high-martial-arts world + power struggles and passion + war-era romance + mature, trope-defying + high quality, no fixed heroine] Original title: Green Mountains in Turmoil 1: From Death to Life (The turbulent life of the heaven-chosen one. A slow-burn, growth-oriented male lead. Deliberately paced, not a power fantasy. If that’s not your thing, don’t read.) My wish came true!!! A retired assassin dies, his soul vanishing, then transmigrates to another world. His gre
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- 162 The Marquis Killed Me in Childbirth for His Beloved, So After I'm Reborn, I'll Make Them Pay with Their Lives 侯爷为白月光害我难产而死，重生后我让他们拿命还债 The Marquis caused me to die in childbirth for the sake of his beloved. Reborn, I’ll make them repay their debts with their lives. 109Reads—Score314d adds
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Ink-Stained White Lapels 墨染素襟
[Alternate Ancient Setting] [Forced into Government Service] [Political Intrigue and Revenge] [Corrupted by the Desire for Power] [Multiple Supporting Character Subplots] [Traditional Slow Burn] One night, disaster strikes. Blood stains the gates of a noble household, and the entire Yang family is brought down. The only son, Yang Su, narrowly escapes death. The pampered young man he once was sheds his innocence overnight, burying an ocean of hatred deep in his heart. He has no interest in fame o
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- 164 The Ferocious Young Taoist Nun Tears Through the Capital, While Disabled Princes Come Bearing Blades 凶狠小道姑手撕全京城残王来递刀 [Palace intrigue, household intrigue, medicine, feel-good revenge, and a strong female lead] Two lotus blossoms grow from one stem, one yin and one yang, never meeting. Tang Zhaozhao grew up in a Taoist temple on Mount Yunwu. When she was sixteen, she received a letter from home: her twin sister, whom she had never met, was dead. Without hesitation, Tang Zhaozhao came down from the mountain. She not only opened the coffin to examine the body, but also turned the whole capital upside down. “My fa 22.2kReads9.2Score3.2k14d adds
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Stop Cultivating Spirit Roots! I'll Become a God by Trading Spirit Stocks 别修灵根了！我靠炒灵股封神
Eastern Fantasy #Scheming Protagonist #Behind-the-Scenes #Feel-Good Fiction #Subverting Expectations There are no bizarre secret-realm adventures here, only ruthless capital warfare fought with open and hidden blades! This story doesn’t preach about karma and ascending through enlightenment. It believes only in the strong crushing the weak through sect power! Traditional cultivation rules become a laughingstock in the face of capital. Chen Long catches the scent of money filling the air, and the
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My Connections Reach the Heavens. What's Wrong with Advancing Just a Little Faster? 我人脉通天，进步快亿点怎么了？
A king of soldiers retires from the military and enters government like a raging dragon. Every three years he takes a small step forward; every five years, a giant leap. His meteoric rise stirs up the political world! His enemies cry out in alarm: “This man is a monster! Who let him into government?!” With his commitment to serving the people and his brilliant strategic skills, Gu Yunfeng builds connections that reach the highest levels, then steadily climbs to ever-greater heights!
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Don't Mess with Her: The Princess May Lie Flat, but She'll Still Crush the Scum 别惹她，长公主虽躺平，但狠虐渣
[Transmigration, past and present lives, woman disguised as a man, political intrigue, sweet and satisfying] Yun Qing was a princess born of the emperor's elder sister. On the day she was born, she was switched, poisoned, and hunted down, ending up in the common world as a discarded daughter of the family who had to disguise herself as a man. Her heartless father, her vicious concubine stepmother, and all manner of monsters and demons wanted her dead. When she opened her eyes again, she had s
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Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡
"The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten
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The Blade's Shadow in Love and War: A Choice Between Power and Loyalty 风月刀影：权谋与情义的抉择
When a great fire devours the red gates of the Jun family estate, the young man who emerges through the smoke is no longer the dashing, carefree playboy who once spent his days cockfighting and chasing dogs. His eyes hold fire and blood, and in his hand he clutches half of a broken jade pendant, the last keepsake his father gave him before the family fell. Fate sweeps him like a tide into one abyss after another. From a life of luxury to utter poverty, from the son of the powerful to an outcast
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My Father Is a Wu Spy, and I’m a Chancellor of Qian 我爹是吴国卧底，我乾国宰相
[Alternate history, no System, espionage, ensemble cast, court politics, schemes and power struggles, war, unifying the realm] The court of the Qian Kingdom is a treacherous place, and the newly crowned top scholar Chen Feiyang faces danger at every turn. He carries the bloodline and mission of a Wu Kingdom spy, yet is forced to seek fame and office in Qian. The emperor of Qian closes in from the front, while his handler, Zhang Li, shadows him from behind. From a suspicious case at an inn to sp
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- 171 EN The Gods' Foolish Game 诸神愚戏 I have two principles in life: 1. I never lie. 2. I never believe anything anyone says, including myself. “Sir, I would like to point out that your second statement conflicts with the first.” “How so?” “If you never lie, why don’t you believe what you say?” “Oh, sorry. I forgot to mention that I don’t consider myself human.” “?” Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Cheng Shi, Cheng Shi who never lies. What, you’ve never heard of me? That’s all right. You simply haven’t been deceived by m 519.6kReads9.7Score67.5k14d adds
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Keep the Child, Get Rid of the Father: The Blind Matriarch Grows More Ruthless by the Day 去父留子，瞎眼主母越来越凶残
After being blind for fourteen years, Duanmu Jingshu, the matriarch of the Xuanping Marquis household, saves a fox spirit at a temple and makes a wish. When she opens her eyes, she realizes that the maid who stayed by her side doesn’t act the way she speaks. After their carriage enters through the north gate, it arrives at a residence in the south of the city, even though the Xuanping Marquis household is in the north... The man who greets her has a voice just like her husband, Wei Jin’an, the M
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The Ink Moon Halberd: Love and Revenge in the Western Regions 墨月戟：西域情仇
[No AI, entirely written by hand; court intrigue and an ensemble cast, with a traditional plot-driven narrative] [Subtle emotions, sweeping warfare, vivid characters] Beyond Yumen Pass lie the great desert and the Tianshan Mountains. With half Han heritage and half Hu blood, he was born amid the flames of a chaotic age, as the Han and the Xiongnu fought over the Western Regions. In a dreamlike lifetime, he saved the Cheshi princess and uncovered the fated bond between them as husband and wife in
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- 174 Bloodstained Path to the Throne 血染皇途 Ye Xiao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, possessed peerless talent in martial arts. He entered the martial world at fourteen and wandered for ten years. After inheriting the legacy of the Human Emperor, he returned to court, intent on claiming imperial power. But what he never expected was that as soon as he returned to the capital, he would be granted a marriage. His bride-to-be was a female general who had committed an unforgivable offense, whose name struck fear into everyone in t 77.2kReads8.8Score7.4k14d adds
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The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯
[Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr
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The World’s First Bride 天下第一嫁
She was the greatest female scholar in the Celestial Dynasty and the first female official in the imperial court: Bai Suxuan. A merciless fire and the accusation that she had burned herself to death to evade punishment brought her back from hell. Three years later, she became Qin Jiu, the infamous demoness of the Tianchen Sect. She practices forbidden, heaven-defying arts, trains young men, seduces her imperial uncle, toys with powerful officials, brings down favored concubines, and bullies nobl
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- 177 We Switched Marriages, and I Married the Spoiled Young Lord 换亲后，我嫁纨绔小公爷 Yun Jiao, Yun Qing's younger half-sister, was reborn. The first thing she did was frame Yun Qing and steal her marriage match. In her previous life, Yun Qing married Xie Qi, the disabled son of a Minister's household, and lived a smooth and happy life, which made Yun Jiao extremely envious. Yun Jiao, meanwhile, married Qin Xiu, the young heir of a Duke's household. She thought he was handsome, well-born, and better than Xie Qi in every way. But she never imagined that Qin Xiu would be such a sco 14.3kReads9.0Score90514d adds
- 178 Setting the Trap 做局 A mastermind uses the martial world as a game board and people as pawns. Those drawn into the game are at their mercy. My grandfather was a Feng Shui master and a master schemer, yet he died after a charlatan set him up. My father was killed, my mother took her own life after being humiliated, and I ended up in prison. To avenge my family, I joined the Golden Sect and became a charlatan myself, rising to become a master strategist. I’ve set countless schemes in my life. Living schemes and deadly 16.9kReads9.1Score1.8k14d adds
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Being Reborn Is Fine, But Why Am I Facing the Execution of My Entire Family from the Start? 重生没问题，开局就来满门抄斩？
With his entire household facing execution from the start, he saves himself with a prophecy: "The tiger tally will be stolen tonight." From then on, he wields brush and ink as a blade and plays with memories as his pieces. But every time he wins, he loses a memory. The closer he gets to victory, the closer he comes to becoming a "blank slate." When he finishes rewriting history, will the history books record his own ending?
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- 180 The Duke's Wicked Daughter Returns, and Her Whole Family Begs for Forgiveness 国公恶女回府，全家跪求我原谅 [A coming-of-age story] “A phoenix circles above a phoenix’s head; twin phoenixes face the sun, neither reaching the other. The fourth and third lines meet at noon and dusk; the immortal maiden and Queen Mother of the West are at odds.” The Duke’s residence has prospered for a hundred years. It absolutely cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of twin newborns. Feng Nanyin is branded an ill-omened “phoenix” by her grandmother and thrown out of the residence. Thirteen years later, disaster stri 3.9kReads8.2Score30214d adds
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A Storm Rises, and the Beauty Takes a Stand 风起云涌红颜怒
The male lead is not chaste. Please avoid this if that bothers you. Since I've transmigrated, why not make the country strong and conquer the world? Even if I'm forced into a relationship, I'll still make money and build my career. After transmigrating into the body of a stunningly beautiful female doctor, she remains devoted to the man she loves. She and her fiancé are in love with each other and have sworn to stay together for life, growing old side by side. Yet the iron-blooded “God of Slaug
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- 182 The Game That Must Be Broken (Complete Edition) 必须犯规的游戏（全集） The murder-mystery game based on the novel of the same name is now available for preorder! In a locked-room battle for survival, endless twists turn every detail into a contest for victory. This time, you get to decide your own fate! Fourteen novelists, fourteen days, fourteen terrifying stories: a deadly game has begun. Fourteen mystery writers are "invited" to a mysterious location. Each must improvise a mystery story to tell the others. When the story ends, everyone votes, and the highest-sco 12.5kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
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Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海
The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve
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My Phoenix Returns 吾凰归来
[A classic rebirth story, political intrigue and revenge, with a heroine focused on building her own career] The empress of the Kingdom of Nanyue, a legitimate daughter of a military family. She was the Prince of Yu's consort for two years and a benevolent empress for four, yet when she went into labor one day, the man she loved cut open her belly and killed their child. His reason was that she was a demon empress who would bring ruin to the nation, and that the child she bore would surely kill
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A Film and TV Crossover: Grant Me Three Thousand Wishes 综影视之许我三千心愿
A different possibility for various film and television worlds, making up for all the regrets of the original stories. No lovesick protagonists, no golden finger, logical storytelling, not canon, parallel worlds based on film and television dramas, intelligent protagonists, political scheming, palace intrigue, strong female leads, the Republic of China era, equally matched couples... 1. Aisin-Gioro Yongqi and Xilin-Jueluo Linlang 2. Lu Mengping and Qin Shuo 3. Xiao Zhenying and Lin Xie
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- 186 EN I'm Not a God of Theater 我不是戏神 The brand-new masterpiece by San Jiu Yin Yu, author of Slay the Gods | Winner of the Best Science-Fiction Web Novel Award at the Macau International Science Fiction Awards | A Chinese grotesque epic that turns the tide of an era After a scarlet meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization ground to a halt. From that day onward, humanity could no longer build a rocket, a nuclear bomb, an airplane, a car... The pyramid of civilization built upon modern science collapsed with a thunderous roa 1.7MReads9.9Score178.8k14d adds
- 187 Begging for Love 求娇 [Strong Heroine and Hero] [Love-Hate Relationship] [Defying Fate] [Print edition signed with a publisher] Gu Miaoyin always thought she was the pampered darling her emperor treasured most, until the Great Jin fell and the Northern Hu cavalry smashed through the palace gates. Only then did she realize how tragic her life was. Ten years of the emperor's favor could not withstand a sudden change of heart. In the end, she and her mother were trapped in the imperial city and burned alive. Reborn into 36.4kReads9.5Score4.8k14d adds
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A Moment’s Impulse Made Me the Founding Empress 一时手痒后，我成了开国女帝
[Strong female lead + warlord hegemony in troubled times + nation-building + ensemble cast] A prophecy descends from the heavens: a time of chaos is coming. Lu Zhao had only wanted to find a Beggars' Gang and get by. But someone said she was destined to become the Human Emperor. So Lu Zhao embarked on her path to conquer the realm amid the chaos. Strategist 1: “It's just a lord. We can replace her whenever we want.” Later: “I would gladly become the lord's sword, and die without regret.” Strateg
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The Official Road: Great Wisdom 官道：大智慧
[Authentic Political Drama + Inspirational + Political Intrigue + Business Warfare + A Sense of Justice] After spending so many years in government, Liang Guofeng has long since learned the philosophy of officialdom: A single transfer order sends Liang Guofeng to work in the southern province. He hoped to make a difference, but instead found himself constantly caught in traps and suppressed! A new place, a new environment, and a new job bring all kinds of trials. Every step is perilous, but ever
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- 190 Officialdom: The Eyes of Insight 官场：透视之眼 749Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 I Was Laid Out on a Plank from the Start! Now I’m on a Killing Spree in Shangjing 开局躺板板！我在上京杀疯了 [Political intrigue + a battle of wits among the whole cast + fast-paced plot + a touch of ensemble drama] Two and a half years ago, I transmigrated into Great Qi as the heir of the Prince of Saibei. Now I’ve been forced to stage a little “playing dead.” Jiang Yucheng: “Didn’t see that coming, did you? I’m not dead! I faked it!” But who could have guessed that this spectacular resurrection in Youzhou was actually a trap the Qi Emperor had laid for me long ago? The Qi Emperor: “Didn’t see that co 21Reads—Score—14d adds
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Ning Yan: When Women Rule the Roost 宁兖，牝鸡司晨
[Ensemble political intrigue + entrusted heir + factional strife + expansion of the realm + redressing an old injustice] [Wronged powerful minister male lead x emperor female lead disguised as a man] Also known as "After I Blundered into the Imperial Family, I Discovered I Was the Imperial Family" On a winter night in the seventh year of Chengxu, Emperor Zhao Ning Fu suddenly went mad. Wearing the robes of his favorite consort, Yan, he climbed the bell tower and rang the funeral bell before fall
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After the Max-Level Dragon King Is Reborn as a General’s Orphan 满级龙王穿成将门遗孤后
Xiao Hao, the commander of Huaxia's strongest special forces unit, the “Dragon Flame,” was known as the “Dragon King.” He transmigrated into the orphaned infant son of a disgraced, exiled general of the Dayun Dynasty, after the child's family had been slaughtered by a martial arts sect. The one who saved him was Sister Ran, the daughter of a prime minister and once his beloved. She had been renowned in the capital for both her talent and beauty, but now she was trapped in the entertainment quart
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Nightfall 夜悬
[Political Intrigue + Jianghu + Xianxia + Wuxia Mystery] There's a saying passed down through the Great Ying Dynasty: “Beyond the Embroidered Uniform Guards, there still hangs the Night.” This book tells the story of Zhao Feiyu, the former commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards known as the “Blade-Wielding Yama.” Under the name Night Hanging, he seeks the truth behind Prince Fu's massacre, gradually unraveling a deadly web of intrigue spanning the imperial court and the jianghu. Watch the
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Quick Transmigration: Judge Her by Her Deeds, Not Her Heart, Because Her Heart Is Shameless 快穿：论迹不论心，论心她超无耻
[Cultivation Quick Transmigration] [Spirit Spring Space] [Strong Female Lead] [One-on-One Romance] [Multiple Male Leads] [No Fixed Male Lead] [Male Leads Are Chaste] [Everyone Is Evil] [No Saintly Protagonist] After surviving for fifteen years amid mountains of corpses in the apocalypse, Mo Chenchen had long since seen the warmth and coldness of human nature for what they were. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a good-for-nothing concubine-born daughter of a cultivation clan, tormen
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- 196 The Seventy-Two Paths 七十二道 In the third year of Gengzi, sweltering heat blankets the Nanling Dynasty. At court, the powerful chancellor Qin Qingquan is surrounded by allies and wields absolute power, wantonly gnawing away at the dynasty’s foundations. The imperial authority is ruthlessly suppressed, teetering on the brink of collapse. Gloom hangs over the entire realm, the people suffer unbearably, and the prosperous age stands on the verge of ruin. Amid this treacherous turmoil, the martial arts prodigy Nangong Shaoqing 316Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 197 A Wandering Immortal, Dazzling as a Swan 游仙惊鸿 [Powerful, dominant female lead + yandere younger male lead + flamboyant cat pet + light domestic and palace intrigue] Her mother killed her husband and was branded a “mad princess” who had forsaken all human decency. Li Leyou grew up with nothing but the title of a noblewoman. Her father’s clan disowned her, while the imperial relatives avoided her like the plague. Even Fu Qian, the husband she’d given up everything to marry, treated her like dirt: he left for war on their wedding night, took h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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Yuwen Shiji, the Concubine-Born Son: From Sui Prince Consort to Tang Chancellor 庶子宇文士及，从隋驸马到唐丞相
Yuwen Shiji, the third son of Yuwen Shu, was famous in the capital as a “good-for-nothing.” He was no scholar and no warrior. In front of his two formidable elder brothers, he always kept his head down and wore a smile, never daring to drink even one cup too many. But no one knew that beneath this timid exterior lay a heart that saw all under heaven as a chessboard. When Emperor Yang of Sui sought a husband for his cherished daughter, Princess Nanyang, the young noblemen fought tooth and nail fo
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Reborn, I Make the Mad Prince Weep 重生后虐哭疯批王爷
[Not a wish-fulfillment novel!! Both reborn + heroine grows over time + second male lead takes the lead + be patient and keep reading, there are surprises ahead.] {Note: The heroine has seen the hero's puppy-dog devotion, so she has to be wary of his status as a prince when going after the second female lead. Her caution doesn't mean she's stupid.} In her previous life, Helan Xuenuo was drugged and set up to marry into the prince's household. From then on, she and Gu Shicheng became pieces in Qi
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The Broken Imperial Seal 残玺
“Anger is commonplace, but a smiling man is inscrutable...” Inspired by a hidden chapter of real history, this tells the story of a wild strategic-level scientist’s rise and growth. The premise is fresh, fantastical yet grounded in reality, and encompasses history, the workplace, the military, scientific research, national security, criminal investigation, elaborate schemes, murder, and modern high-stealth espionage, high-tech hacking, and high-intensity aerospace electronic warfare. The ending
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