Infrastructure Building, Female Lead, Can Become Emperor 基建，女主，可称帝

1. 251 穿 After I Transmigrated into a Famine, I Won by Taking It Easy with Cultivation 穿越灾荒后，我靠修仙躺赢了 Yan Xiao Yu Xi燕笑语兮་Ancient Romance348k WordsCompleted (No CP + strong female lead + feel-good power fantasy + cultivation + supernatural abilities + 10086 + the heroine is not a good person, I repeat, not a good person!) The lazy powerhouse Chen Yu was bored one day and insisted on drinking beer, eating fried chicken, and watching a fellow cultivator undergo a tribulation. But she got struck by a tribulation bolt for being inconsiderate and ended up in another world. She transmigrated straight into the body of a poor little girl named Xiaohua. The 160Reads8.4Score—Shelves
2. 252 穿 Transmigrate into a Natural Disaster: My Pocket Dimension and Superpowers Come to the Rescue 穿越遇天灾，空间异能来帮忙 Sticky Rice Rice Rice糯米饭饭饭Ancient Romance430k WordsCompleted Pocket dimension, natural disasters, water-based superpower, farming, infrastructure, no romance When the apocalypse arrives, Chu Qingning awakens two rare superpowers. She thinks she's the chosen one, only to die in the jaws of a zombie. After transmigrating, she becomes the daughter of a military family. Unfortunately, her mother died young, her father fell in battle, and her brother, stationed at the border, is falsely accused of treason! Kidnapped by bandits? This stronghold is nice. It's my 68Reads7.5Score—Shelves
3. 253 我 I Became a Lord in Ancient Times 我在古代当领主 Big Spender大款子Ancient Romance360k WordsCompleted “System, everyone else’s System comes with a pocket dimension and a spirit spring. Why are you stuck with nothing but a ‘junk recycling’ feature?” “Host, stop complaining! That bag of leftover takeout malatang would be a lifesaving delicacy in your territory!” While other transmigrators were throwing money around in ancient times, Gu Mingyue was roaming the world, picking up “trash” with her dirt-poor System. An unfinished building that had sat untouched in a corner of the city for ten years? Sh 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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   The female lead focuses on her career, while the male lead disappears midway through the story because the author wasn't good at developing romantic relationships, essentially resulting in a no-romance scenario.

4. 254 穿 Transmigrating to the Western Han to Build a Better World 穿越西汉搞建设 Liu Shanshan刘珊珊Ancient Romance664k WordsCompleted Wei Zhao transmigrated to the Han dynasty and discovered that she had become Wei Qing’s older sister, Huo Qubing’s aunt, and the songstress-turned-empress Wei Zifu. She never would have expected this. But she absolutely refused to fall into the huge trap of the Witchcraft Persecution, where all of Wei Zifu’s children died. So Wei Zhao set herself a modest goal: With productivity so low in the Han dynasty, wouldn’t it be great to develop it? Her younger brother and nephew were such good men. Woul 168Reads8.2Score—Shelves

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   The first book features a female protagonist who transmigrates into the historical figure of Empress Wei Zifu, who, with a clear head, develops her power and eventually rebels to become Empress Dowager. The second book features a female supporting character, a princess, who diligently builds her nation's infrastructure. The third book features a female magistrate disguised as a man, leading court officials in a competitive infrastructure development effort. The fourth book features a princess, favored by the previous emperor, exiled to a desolate land by the new emperor, who develops infrastructure, establishes schools, and strives for power amidst chaos. The fifth book features a princess exiled to the northwest, who frantically develops infrastructure and the economy. The sixth book features an ancient system that allows her to become a master of infrastructure development.

5. 255 朕 I Am the Empress 朕为女君 Ji He霁荷Ancient Romance562k WordsCompleted Xiao Xu never imagined two things would happen in her life. First, her father would become emperor. Second, she would become emperor too. “No one in this world can tame me. If I bow my head to you, it's only because taming you is part of my plan.” “That's right. I have a way to make everyone in the world submit to me!” “Look up at me. Only then can I give you more.” Xiao Xu is the fiercest she-wolf in the pack, the most fearsome of the Yin beasts. She is no man's woman. She is a gift from He 79Reads8.1Score—Shelves
6. 256 追 The System Came to Kill Me, but I Became an Empress! 追杀系统，结果我成了女帝！ Yang Shu阳姝Ancient Romance672k WordsCompleted [Empress] [No romance] [Political intrigue and conquest] [Decisive and ruthless] [Livestreaming the past] Synopsis: Her mother, a former princess of the previous dynasty and empress, has disappeared. Her father, the current emperor, seems like a gold-digging husband. And there's a stupid System trying to kill her. She should have been a pampered noblewoman, but instead she became a minister's daughter, surrounded by mysterious court officials and enemy nations watching hungrily from every direct 158Reads8.4Score—Shelves
7. 257 恶 The Evil Spirit Princess 恶灵公主 Windworld Antelope风世羚羊Eastern Fantasy314k WordsOngoing [Female-led story, no romance, strong heroine, career-focused + development in another world + cool beauty + no System] In the modern world, Wu Juehuan has heart disease. After devising the chilling Glass Bead Plan, she is banished by an unknown force into another world, inhabiting the body of an evil spirit. She thought that having a healthy body would finally let her live life to the fullest. Instead, her unusual identity makes good people wary of her, while her own kind, who are considered vi 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Perfect match!

8. 258 天 When Disaster Strikes: Watch Me Become an Empress on Livestream 天灾降世：看我直播如何当女帝 Yan Ri'an晏日安Ancient Romance265k WordsOngoing (An ancient-era coming-of-age heroine, focused entirely on building her career, with a slower pace) [No Romance + Strong Female Lead + Cross-World Livestream + Ancient-Era Natural Disasters + Gathering System] As a princess branded a bringer of disaster and exiled for fifteen years, He Su only wants to farm in her fief and live out her days in peace. Unexpectedly, natural disasters strike, and she binds herself to a Gathering System. Drought? Dig wells. Locust plague? Race to harvest. Epidemic? 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   This is a historical romance novel featuring a strong female protagonist who fights natural disasters and builds infrastructure in the early stages, eventually conquering the world and ascending to the throne during a chaotic war. It includes elements of high-dimensional live streaming and a system.

9. 259 你 You Go Wild, I Farm, and We Take the Whole Village to Cultivate Immortality 你发癫，我种田，带着全村去修仙 Chen Fengche宸风澈Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Reincarnated as a baby + ensemble cast + lighthearted healing + comedy + everyone’s favorite + cultivation] Previously titled: You Go Wild, I’ll Farm, and Take the Whole Village Cultivating / The Whole Village Is Full of Chosen Ones, and the Little Ancestor Is Unstoppable! Farming and growing up in the early stages, cultivation later on. No romance. After Ye Xi died, she was immediately reborn without drinking Granny Meng’s soup. And she was reborn in a world of cultivation, no less. The go 7.9kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves

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   Different types, all are beautiful

10. 260 作 What's Wrong With Being a Wealthy Witch? 作为女巫富裕一点怎么了 Sui Yao岁夭Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Completed] What’s it like to open your eyes and find yourself nailed to a cross, with a little breeze fanning the flames until they reach your skirt? What’s it like to share a body with a demon, get caught arguing with “yourself,” and be forced to spread the rumor that you have schizophrenia? Welcome to “The World Was So Unsanitary That I Had No Choice but to Become a Witch, and Somehow Ended Up the World’s Richest Person.” Please welcome our long-suffering protagonist, Lilith. “This world is s 2.9kReads8.7Score414Shelves
11. 261 第 The County Magistrate: I Have a Dream of Prosperity and Strength 第一县令：本官有个富强梦 The Silent Conch海螺无声Ancient Romance805k WordsCompleted [No System + farming and infrastructure building + no romance + slow-paced] Yongxin County has been poor for so long that no one ever imagined it could become wealthy one day. The local tycoons have been rich for ages, but when Magistrate Lu arrives, they find themselves facing a choice: become poorer or get even richer. Even a fool knows which to pick, but Magistrate Lu's scheme has a catch! The wealthy families of Longyou Prefecture tremble. Who on earth is making all the money? By the time th 1.2kReads8.7Score131Shelves
12. 262 八 The 1980s: A Cherished Darling Rushing Toward Wealth 八零捷报团宠娇娇向钱冲 Si Jiao Jiao肆饺饺Modern Romance2.5M WordsOngoing [Period setting + building wealth + doted on by everyone + native-born heroine + social butterfly + powerful figures + one-on-one romance] Before she turned fifteen, Shi Xiangxiang was stolen as a newborn. Her adoptive parents were denounced and sent down to the countryside, leaving her, though still so young, to shoulder the burden of feeding the whole family. After she turned fifteen, her adoptive sister, who had been reborn with a golden finger, returned in defeat after struggling her way t 36.9kReads9.4Score2.1kShelves
13. 263 我 Could I Really Get Canceled in a Rules-Based Horror Game? 我还能在规则怪谈里塌房不成？ Xi Yao喜杳Mystery2.2M WordsOngoing [Infinite-Flow + Rules-Based Horror + Horror Game + Strong Female Team + A Group of People With Questionable Sanity] Just before their debut, the group Shili belonged to was betrayed by a bandmate, who framed them for bullying. Their debut fell through, while the bandmate won netizens’ sympathy and relaunched her career to great success. To this day, Shili’s social media accounts are still flooded with abuse from the other girl’s rabid fans. As luck would have it, in the third year after the com 63.9kReads9.6Score7.5kShelves
14. 264 她 She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？ Little Su Mehmeh小素咩咩Ancient Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [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! 10.5kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves
15. 265 和 After the Divorce, the Villainous Stepmother Brings Blessings to the World! 和离后，反派后娘福载天下！ Mo Yi Mo Jia莫乙莫甲Ancient Romance758k WordsCompleted Su Xin peered into the secrets of fate and discovered that her terrible luck in this life was because someone had stolen her fortune and the merit she'd accumulated over a hundred lifetimes in her previous one! As she was pondering how to fix it, a bolt of lightning sent her back to her previous life. From the start, her stepfather had already packed her off to become someone else's stepmother. A wild System suddenly bound itself to her, too. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven troublesome k 36.8kReads9.6Score5.8kShelves
16. 266 手 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 Tianyang Peak, Who Loves Handmade Wheat Dumplings爱吃手工麦饺的天阳峰Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted 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 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
17. 267 穿 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 Blue Sky over Mountains and Rivers山水蔚蓝天Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [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 15.2kReads9.5Score2.1kShelves
18. 268 种 Farming: I Turn My Whole Family into Overachievers 种田，我让全家成卷王 Pink Fairy粉仙Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional setting, many original details, System, transmigrate into a book, no male lead, just enjoying the original leads’ romance without getting involved] Wang Qingman, a PhD in agronomy, devoted her life to developing high-yield, delicious crops. But at the age of twenty-nine, she collapsed at work from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes, the world she knew had changed. She had transmigrated into a novel called The Top Scholar’s Wife, becoming the female lead’s older sister, who 1kReads9.0Score136Shelves
19. 269 帝 The Imperial Princess's Stratagem: Within and Beyond the Mountains and Rivers 帝姬策之山河表里 Cao Mengyun曹孟云Ancient Romance160k WordsOngoing Su Huanhuan transmigrated. The moment she opened her eyes, the air was thick with danger and crisis lurked everywhere. Thankfully... She wasn't going solo. First things first, she'd find the other five transmigrated companions just like her. In Su Huanhuan's eyes ✪ω✪, the script Lingjing had given her was... From princess to empress: I sweep across the eight corners of the world with modern knowledge. But in her five companions' eyes ಥ_ಥ, the script was cl 20Reads—Score123Shelves

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    A princess elopes? No, she's going to rebel and become empress! Meanwhile, her companions are experiencing a long-distance relationship. A time-travel novel with stark contrasts, a lighthearted yet thrilling read!

20. 270 兽 Beast World: Fifty Is the Perfect Age to Make Your Mark! 兽世：50岁正是闯的年纪！ Seven and Nine七了个九Ancient Romance148k WordsOngoing [Beast-World Farming + Infrastructure Building + No CP + No Childbearing + Turning It Over to the State!] Zhou Jinsui appeared in the beast world, holding her newborn granddaughter. Before her stood a beastman male lead, eyeing them hungrily. Behind her was a System full of tricks. The System kept whispering temptations in her ear: “If your granddaughter gives the male lead a child, you’ll get ten thousand points. Save up enough points and you can go home. Listen to me: have ten first!” Zhou Jin 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Got it] Can I write a story about unifying the beast world?

21. 271 藩 This Fief Is Our Home, and Building It Is Everyone’s Job 藩地是我家，建设靠大家 xx, Typing Slowly慢慢打字的xxAncient Romance248k WordsOngoing [Princess and Feudal Lord + Ancient Apocalypse + Strong Female Lead + Farming + Infrastructure] Lin Xiaoxiao, a modern biology master's graduate, transmigrates into the body of Princess Jiang Yunli in ancient times. From the start, she's facing hellish difficulty: A dilapidated fief, thirty thousand impoverished people, and empty storehouses. But Lin Xiaoxiao isn't worried. She has modern knowledge, the ultimate golden finger. 26Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Princesses and princes, without any system, not dependent on men, farming, infrastructure building, decisive in killing, not saintly.

22. 272 穿 The Supporting Actress Who Transmigrated into a Book Just Wants to Build Infrastructure 穿书女配只想搞基建 All Tangled Up纠了个结Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Top student Li Yuhe transmigrated into a clichéd historical romance as the dim-witted supporting character, Princess Guangling. With her country destroyed and her family dead, her life was out of her hands, and she was destined to die in the palace. Li Yuhe’s response: No problem. She could play the villain just fine. With the Nation-Building System at her disposal, why enter the palace? Wouldn’t it be better to build a country and become its emperor? Later, while everyone else was caught up in 154Reads5.8Score—Shelves
23. 273 穿 After Transmigrating into a Princess, She Goes All Out Building Up Her Fiefdom 穿成公主后，她在封地疯狂搞基建 Joyful愉快Ancient Romance338k WordsCompleted When she wakes up, Liu Yushi discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a princess of the Dali Dynasty. Before she can even celebrate, she learns that she has already been banished from the capital and sent to her fief. Her fief lies in the barren northwestern frontier. Its only two cities are occupied by the border army and guarded by court officials, respectively. When she arrives, she discovers that her princess’s residence doesn’t even exist. She earns her first fortune by turning 1Reads5.5Score—Shelves
24. 274 末 Doomsday Queen Returns to Ancient Times to Build Infrastructure 末世女王，回到古代搞基建 A Little Wine Among the Flowers花间一壶小酒酒Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yaotiao, once the Zombie King of the apocalypse, transmigrates into the body of a frail young farm girl on the brink of death. Before she can even get excited, she realizes she's in the middle of a refugee trek. Her parents are away and can't walk well, and while she burns with a high fever, her grandfather's whole family abandons her at a ruined temple. Two little ragamuffins, neither even as tall as her waist, are with her. Both are skin and bones, pitifully calling her Big Sister. With no 176Reads7.0Score—Shelves
25. 275 公 The Princess Builds an Empire and Rebels: Has Her Secret Identity Been Exposed? 公主基建造反，马甲掉了吗 Morning Clouds Drift On朝云悠悠Ancient Romance349k WordsCompleted [Strong female lead + secret identities + nation-building and rebellion + feel-good power fantasy + hilarious, delightfully absurd] (The secret identity antics come first; most of the nation-building is currently planned for after she ascends the throne.) [Synopsis from the heroine’s perspective] The heroine is reborn as the legitimate princess of the Great Xiao, Princess Yikang. Her father dislikes her, her mother doesn’t love her, the other princes and princesses ostracize her, and the noble c 17Reads5.7Score—Shelves
26. 276 穿 Transmigrating to Prehistoric Times to Build Infrastructure: Chief, Don't Act Recklessly! 穿到远古搞基建：首领，别乱来！ Face It with a Smile微笑面对Ancient Romance391k WordsCompleted After an accident, Bai Xiaoning transmigrates to a prehistoric tribe. The tribespeople see how thin and pale she is and decide she’s no use for labor. Why not kill her and eat her instead?! But the chief says they might as well keep her and have her bear children. These primitive people are crazy!! Wait, I can still be useful... And so... Bai Xiaoning uses her medical skills to lower the tribe’s death rate. She cooks food and refines salt to improve its taste, so eating becomes more than a way t 33Reads—Score—Shelves
27. 277 我 I Build a Nation, Fight Poverty, and Develop Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代定国扶贫搞基建 Moon Listening to Grain月听禾Ancient Romance472k WordsCompleted Lou Yueling has just finished her studies and received a hundred houses. Before she can even start taking it easy, she wakes up as the poorest consort in the harem. With no other choice, she stays and binds herself to a Favorable Consort System. Then she discovers she's deeply in debt to the emperor, so she has no choice but to start working herself to the bone all over again. Taking it easy is out of the question. It's all for the sake of getting by! Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, the e 18Reads—Score—Shelves
28. 278 炮 The Cannon-Fodder Villainess Builds Infrastructure in the Qing Dynasty 炮灰女配在大清搞基建 Pine Soot松烟Ancient Romance613k WordsCompleted Strong heroine + nation-building + farming + management and strategy + overthrowing the Qing + overseas conquests Chuchu will eventually reach the top. My dears, will you join her in conquering the world? First, a little about what inspired me to write this: I’ve read a lot of Qing Dynasty transmigration novels. The female-oriented ones usually place the heroine in Kangxi’s harem or in one of the princes’ households. Most of the male-oriented ones have the protagonist transmigrate as one of the 37Reads5.7Score—Shelves
29. 279 上 Last Season's Palace Intrigue Champion Is Now Ruling from Behind the Curtain 上一届宫斗冠军，现在垂帘听政了 The Visitor Sings of Yantai来者歌燕台Ancient Romance322k WordsOngoing [No System] [Political Intrigue with an Ensemble Cast] [Ascends the Throne] [Serious Drama] Xie Jin transmigrates, and before she can even celebrate becoming the champion of palace intrigue, she realizes she's become the previous champion! With his dying breath, the young emperor personally places the Imperial Seal in her arms. Xie Jin looks down at herself. The three-year-old crown prince is hugging her leg, drooling all over her sleeve. Good news: No more serving in the emperor's bed! Bad new 1.8kReads—Score146Shelves

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    A modern graduate student transmigrates into the body of an empress, only to encounter the emperor's death, pressure from court officials, amnesia, and an assassination attempt...

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