Imperial Exam Stories with a Beautiful Female Protagonist, Preferably No Romance 科举文，要主角是女的，长的好看，最好无CP
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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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- 2 Reborn into an Ancient Farming Family, She Becomes a Renowned Female General 胎穿古代农家，农门女将名满天下 [Career-focused + strong heroine + heroine stands on her own + female general] [The heroine relies on no one and brings glory to her family through her own abilities.] [The whole family is harmonious and full of positive energy.] [Things to note] The heroine has no romantic pairing, but her family members do. There is an age gap between the heroine and her older sister, and the heroine has to grow up. [Things to note] The section on body searches during the imperial examinations is fictional, no 6.8kReads9.1Score90814d adds
- 3 With the Notable Ministers System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man in Ancient Times 手拿名臣系统，我在古代女扮男装 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 119.8kReads9.6Score11.5k14d adds
- 4 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 197Reads8.4Score—14d adds
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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 + No CP + Women's Imperial Exams + No Cross-Dressing as a Man + Academy Life + Slow Pace + Alternate World] In her previous life, as an orphan with no family to support, Zhuge Yunshu lived an utterly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps even Heaven couldn't stand to see it anymore. It killed her with a piece of falling debris, and she was reborn as a farmer's daughter in ancient times. In this agrarian society, men and women alike had no choice but to work in the fields once they reached the app
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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 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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- 8 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 8.5kReads9.5Score1.3k14d adds
- 9 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, 3.7kReads9.1Score47514d adds
- 10 The Lady of the House 女家主 (No romance, not a wish-fulfillment story) Lin Zhiyi was born into this life thirteen years ago and spent all thirteen years in a foolish stupor. (Note: She was reborn with her memories, became foolish after birth, and has been the same person all along.) Then one day, she comes to her senses, facing the deaths of her father and uncle in battle, the emergence of hidden enemies, and an emperor who dislikes her from the start. Lin Zhiyi thinks it over and decides: retreat. So, after making thoroug 784Reads9.1Score13414d adds
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I Conquer the Imperial Exams in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频科举文里大杀四方
After dying, Lin Muwei transmigrates from her former life as an office worker into the body of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an. With powerful enemies outside and schemers within, the beautiful young woman has to pass herself off as a man, disguising her gender to fool everyone! Pampered beyond measure, Lin Muwei sets her sights on becoming the capital’s number-one wastrel! Who could have guessed that the marquis’s household would suddenly fall from favor, and Lin Muwei would turn t
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- 12 Reborn as a Little Girl, I Use Three Years of Exam Prep and Five Years of Mock Tests to Teach Dad the Imperial Exams 穿成小奶团后，用三年高考五年模拟教爹考科举 Ning Xin, a veteran high school homeroom teacher, transmigrates into the body of an adorable six-year-old girl in ancient times. At home, the family has nothing; outside, they’re surrounded by hungry wolves. The only way out is to push her father to take the imperial examinations. Bad grades? Then do a mountain of practice problems! Hates studying? Then it’s time for counseling! Young love?? No way! Anyone who lays a hand on my dad will have to go through me! At last, with her guidance in every 184Reads8.7Score10714d adds
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Trying to Inherit My Family's Wealth? I Disguised Myself as a Man and Took the Imperial Exams, Winning All Six Honors 吃绝户？我女扮男装科举六元及第
[Imperial Examinations + No CP + A Woman Disguised as a Man (She Reveals Her Identity Once She Holds Great Power) + Political Intrigue + Ensemble Cast] Reborn into an ancient farming family as its only “son,” she is so despised by her entire clan that they wish she would die soon so they can seize the Lu family's estate. Lu Ming: That's no problem. So what if they try to trip her up and stop her from taking a master? She'll walk the road to success no matter what! After observing mourning for t
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Imperial Examinations: Reborn, She Took Her Ex-Husband's Steady Job 科举：重生后她抢了前夫的铁饭碗
[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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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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I Came First in the Imperial Exams and Became a Just Official in Ancient Times 科举成状元，我在古代当青天
An ordinary female college student is reborn in an imaginary ancient dynasty, where she becomes a man. As he struggles to adapt to this era, he sees the hardships of the common people, the extravagance of the powerful elite, the integrity of scholars, and the opportunism of politicians. This is a society ruled by a brutal class system. Unluckily for him, he has been reborn here, and all he wants is to live with dignity. Study, take the imperial examinations, become an official. At first, he only
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Book Transmigration: The Tyrant Cub I Raised Is Sweet and Well-Behaved 穿书：我养的暴君幼崽又奶又乖
[No romance + raising kids + woman disguised as a man + fictionalized dynasty] As the saying goes, “When Heaven is about to give someone a great responsibility, it first tests their resolve and wears out their body...” Mu Qianran has always agreed with this, until she transmigrates into a Mary Sue novel. Disguise herself as a man and work as a tutor? Sure. It's right up her alley, and it means she can survive! Become the future tyrant's father? Sure. After all... who could turn down the wonderfu
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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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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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- 20 Great Qin: My Frail and Delicate Worthy Minister 大秦：我那身娇体弱的贤臣 Female transmigrates as a man + no romance + focused on building a career Zhang Yuanqing transmigrates into the body of a down-on-his-luck noble from the State of Chu during the Warring States period. “System for Great Ministers of the Ages activated. Host, work hard to become one of history's greatest ministers!” Wait, wait, wait. Having a System is a good thing, but what does it mean to become one of history's greatest ministers? It's a given that King Zheng of Qin will unite the six states. A 14.6kReads9.5Score1.6k14d adds
- 21 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 9.4kReads9.4Score1.4k14d adds
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The Real Heiress Crushes the Competition for Men 真千金她横扫雄竞
Overnight, she became the real heiress of the Chancellor’s household. All right, so the whole family would treat the fake heiress as their darling, and after she died… Wait a minute. Where were the melodramatic power struggles of the wealthy? Where was the vicious white-lotus villainess? What kind of place had she transmigrated into? Why was she fleeing famine? The feudal world battered Rong Yu over and over. There was nothing tender or springy about her life. What vicious female rival? The only
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After I Stopped Letting People Walk All Over Me, the Cold-Hearted Powerful Man Doted on Me 不当受气包后，被清冷权贵娇宠了
Transmigration + Alternate World + Imperial Examinations... Shen Xiaoqing transmigrates to a village in an unknown era. It's poor, but that's no problem: she'll make money. This era is unlike any dynasty. Women can take the imperial examinations, too. First she encounters her awful grandparents, then her fourth uncle, who refuses to live an ordinary life and wants to take the crooked path. Deal with the scoundrels, and set those who stray back on the right track! Whatever happens, she can't let
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After Fleeing the Chaotic Era, I Became the Founding Empress 乱世逃亡后，我成了开国女帝
[Publication rights signed] [Strong heroine + political intrigue + turbulent times + power struggles + ensemble cast] She’s fleeing from the start, a female warlord in a chaotic age. Lin Zhihuang, originally named Lin Zhihuan, transmigrates as a county magistrate’s daughter, only to find tens of thousands of refugees attacking the city from the start! While others transmigrate into palace or household intrigue, she transmigrates straight into a chaotic age and a desperate flight from famine. The
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She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？
[Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief!
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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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- 27 After Volunteering to Leave the Capital, I Won My Way Back to the Center Through Achievement 自请出京后，我靠政绩杀回中枢 [Strong Female Lead and Court Intrigue | Farming and Nation-Building | Ensemble of Young Characters | No Golden Finger | No Rebirth or Transmigration] A wild, unorthodox scholar arrives at Bailu Academy to teach. On her very first day, a group of aristocratic students mock her in public and make things difficult for her at every turn. “Where did this poor scholar come from? What makes you think you’re fit to teach us the sages’ wisdom?” But in just half a month, these haughty young nobles wi —Reads—Score—14d adds
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Quick Transmigration: The Crown of Technology 快穿之科技王冠
[No fixed pairing: some worlds have romance, some don't] Su Qian, a national treasure, died and was bound after death to a little fool who claimed to be an interstellar talent development System. The missions are demanding, and she's on her own for everything. Still, at least she has her wits about her. [Reader's Notes: 1. The story focuses on career, not romance. 2. Moral crusaders, please don't read. The author has a temper and will argue back. 3. Characters have many sides. Feel free to be h
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- 29 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 6.8kReads9.1Score66814d adds
- 30 After Reincarnating as a Wretched Old Woman, I Just Want to Live a Laid-Back Life 穿成极品老妇之后只想当咸鱼 The old woman was a real piece of work. She drove her eldest daughter-in-law to her death, then doted on her second son, who passed the highest imperial exam and married the daughter of the prime minister. She even encouraged him to favor his concubine and neglect his wife. In the end, the prime minister had the whole family killed. The old woman suddenly came back reborn, only to be scared to death by what she had experienced in her previous life. Manxing, a promising 25-year-old woman, transmi 31.1kReads9.4Score4.3k14d adds
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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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After Reincarnating as a Man, She Studies Her Way to Restore Her Family's Honor 女穿男后，靠读书为家族改换门楣
A 38-year-old office drone transmigrates into the body of a little boy, working hard to act cute by day and studying himself to death by night. He, Jiang Mingfei, is the sole heir in four generations of the Jiang family, and he’s determined to lead them all to a better life. “Grandpa, your fifties are the perfect age to strive for success. How about taking a look at past provincial examination questions?” “Father, I heard that passing the provincial-level imperial exam qualifies you for an offic
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The Chancellor’s Graceful Beauty 权臣窈窕
In the third month of the twenty-first year of Yuanhe under the Northern Zhou, the Sui residence was destroyed. By a twist of fate, Sui Yang regained her life. After climbing out of her grave, she became Xiao Yunyang’s thirteenth son, a marquis of Anyang in Yaojing. From that day on, the Sui family’s second young lady, Sui Yang, ceased to exist. There was only the Xiao family’s thirteenth son, Xiao Wenzhen. She returned from hell, bearing a blood feud, and entered officialdom to clear the Sui fa
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- 34 I Only Wanted to Pass the Civil Service Exams, but They Forced Her to Seize the Throne 本想科举做官，非逼她谋朝篡位 (The comic adaptation is now available) [No CP] [Strong Female Lead] [Female Empowerment] [Imperial Exams, No Disguise as a Man] [Political Scheming] [Reincarnated in the Womb] [A Light Ensemble Cast] Yu Zhao transmigrates. In her previous life, she grew up in an orphanage and worked herself to the bone, finally graduating at twenty with a bachelor's, master's, and doctorate. Just as she joined a research institute and was on the verge of a bright future, a sudden pebble struck her dead. When sh 7.9kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 35 Peace Across the Land 山河无恙 A companion volume to The Alluring Minister, also known as The Female Emperor’s Tutor. Political intrigue + a woman disguised as a man + battles of wits at court! He was a dashing, romantic top scorer in the imperial examinations, famous throughout the land! He was also a brilliant strategist who stepped up when the nation was in peril, planning far ahead. A master of both letters and arms, his genius astonished the world, and his elegance was unmatched. He left countless legends and stories beh 480Reads8.9Score10114d adds
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To Avoid Planting Rice, I Work Hard to Pass the Imperial Exams 为了不插秧，努力考科举
[The short drama adaptation is now streaming] A modern SSS-rank researcher dies suddenly and transmigrates to the Great Xing Dynasty. His health is so poor that he's not allowed to pick rice in the fields until he's six. Sunstruck and light-headed, Li Jing decides that farming with this body is a risky business, so he immediately resolves to study for the imperial examinations. That's what he's good at; the transplanting can be left to the professionals! The following year, now named Li Yiqing,
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The Marquis's Illegitimate Son Turns the Tables in the Imperial Exams 侯府庶子科举逆袭
Wen Rugui is a concubine in the Ningyuan Marquis's household. Seeing that the household's ship is about to go down, she spends all day trying to use connections to secure her position, terrified that if the child she's carrying is a girl, she'll be traded away too. She watches the women in the household live shackled by rules, their lives worth no more than grass. When she gets a chance to go out, she runs away with the baby she is carrying. And Xun Huan is that baby...
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Reborn as a Wicked Foster Mother: I Raised the Villainous Tyrant All Wrong 穿成恶毒养母：把反派暴君养歪了
[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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I Played the Rat Race in Ancient Times and Rose to Marquis and Minister 我在古代搞内卷，一路封侯拜相
[Strong heroine, no romance, nation-building, career-focused, light political intrigue, few top-quality men] After transmigrating into the backward Great Kang, a place where people slept on the floor and got nothing but soup for meals, Jiang Hui could only describe herself as numb. Completely numb. To make sure she could survive, she joined the army and earned distinction. Then the emperor sent her off to become magistrate of a godforsaken county. Luckily, she held two doctoral degrees. Building
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- 40 The Marquis's Estate Honors Class 侯府重点班 The print edition of The Marquis’s Elite Class is now available [adorable children + parenting + doting in-laws + lighthearted + healing] Xu Wan becomes a widow the moment she marries into the family. All she wants is to keep her head down and enjoy the freedom of being a marquis’s wife. But on the very day she arrives, her stepson, a notorious little menace throughout the capital, gives her two nasty surprises in a row. Xu Wan grabs a knife and charges out, making a name for herself across the 58.7kReads9.6Score8.3k14d adds
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The Beloved Daughter of the Matriarchal Clan: Top Scholar Wife, Please Stay 女尊团宠录：状元妻主请留步
[Everyone's Favorite + White Moonlight + Farming + Imperial Examinations + Political Intrigue + Male Rivalry] [From Humble Beginnings to the Top | Reborn Without a Cheat | Careful Planning Every Step of the Way | Rising Through the Ranks] Fang Xue's soul transmigrates into a matriarchal dynasty, only to find herself in a home with barely four walls. Frail and sickly, how is she supposed to make a living? Then she'll earn her keep with the simple pleasures of daily life, and study by lamplight
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- 42 After Transmigrating to a Matriarchal World, the Kept Woman Became Everyone's Darling 穿越女尊后，软饭女成了万人迷 [Everyone’s favorite, a laid-back heroine who just wants to live off someone else, endless romantic rivalries, full-on Mary Sue, mindless feel-good story, early chapters focus on the heroine at the academy, later chapters on court politics] Important! Important! Important! Everyone who gets involved with the heroine, regardless of gender, is inexperienced. Song Qizhi transmigrates. Before that, she was just an overworked office drone stuck in the 996 grind. Now she’s become a penniless scholar w 618Reads6.3Score—14d adds
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On Results Day, the Jiang Family's Young Lady Becomes the Third-Ranked Scholar 放榜日，姜府千金她成为了探花郎
Her father died young, and on the day the examination results were announced, her own brother, Jiang Huaizhao, was murdered by villains. To uncover the truth and shoulder the burden of the Jiang family, Jiang Huaining takes her brother’s place and transforms herself into the most sought-after new third-place graduate. When she first steps into court, not only are conditions harsh, but wolves lie ahead and tigers lurk behind. She watches every word and step, as if treading on thin ice. Her corrup
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- 44 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. 4.1kReads9.4Score75614d adds
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The Beautiful Android Wins Hearts in Ancient Times 美女芯机人在古代惹人爱
Sola is a cyborg from the future. On a mission to travel back along the timeline to the Great Qin era, help their ancestor Ying Zheng live longer, and assist him in unifying the world, Sola encounters a magnetic storm on the way back and unexpectedly arrives in an alternate era. There, Sola meets Song Qingyan and begins to develop a sense of self through their time together. Sola thought a sweet romance was within reach, but it turns out they were only a substitute. Heartbroken, Sola decides to
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- 46 Explosives Under the Negotiation Table: The Young Lady Storms the Imperial Court 谈判桌下埋火药，大小姐入朝杀疯 [The heroine’s creed: Power and money are what let a woman live freely and boldly!] [Strong heroine + satisfying story + vying for the finest men in the realm] Jiang Yu thought she’d be content with a modestly comfortable life. But when she turned eighteen, one ridiculous twist after another came her way. First, the husband she had supported with her own money for years passed the imperial exams at the top of his class, then demanded a divorce so he could marry a noblewoman. Then the Duke’s mans 36.1kReads9.2Score5.2k14d adds
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The Hidden Phoenix Sings Clear 隐凤清鸣
In the ancient Great Yu Dynasty, the imperial examinations offered a broad road to power and glory, drawing countless children from humble families to pursue their dreams. Yet behind all that splendor lurked darkness and intrigue unknown to most. She was Su Jinyu, the orphaned daughter of the Great Yu Dynasty's youngest grand secretary. Born with memories of her previous life, she had once been a legal scholar, and from birth she bore the heavy burden of clearing her father's name. Su Moxuan had
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The Hilarious Heir Apparent Needs More Than Just a Lesson in Decency 沙雕世子她缺的不止是德
[Cross-Dressing as a Man + Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance + Yandere + Ancient Academy + Political Schemes + Ensemble Cast] The moment Xiang Mu transmigrated into a book, she knew she was doomed. Her father was the most heinous villain in history, and she was the most notorious young wastrel ever. The entire country wanted the villainous father and son dead, and even her own lovely wife was sharpening a knife in the courtyard, ready to kill her with her own hands. To change her fate of being ki
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A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭
Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea
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- 50 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 2.9kReads9.5Score48214d adds
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