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The Record of Clearing Injustice: The Divine Detectiveress 昭雪录之神断女提刑
[Historical setting + mystery-solving + orthodox detective fiction + suspense + master detective + female protagonist] Her father was implicated in a massive case, stripped of his official post, and died in despair. Before his death, he compiled a lifetime's worth of experience solving cases into a book titled Records of Clearing Injustices, and instructed his daughter: If you lack the resolve to seek justice for the people of the world, you must never open this book. Determined to clear her fat
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- 2 The Chanzhou Mystery 澶州迷案 [Looks-obsessed, talented bandit heroine × smiling, brilliant male coroner] Zhu Hongyun grew up in a bandit stronghold and had planned to make her fortune in the bustling capital. By a twist of fate, however, she ended up in a small county in Chanzhou and became a constable at the local yamen. Chanzhou was remote, and its yamen offices were understaffed and overwhelmed with frequent cases. She had no choice but to team up with the coroner Liu Weinian, pack her bags, and travel around Chanzhou so 168Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 3 A Small Town of Clear Waters, Kind People, and Countless Murders 小镇水清人善多命案 [Mystery-focused, with a touch of romance, an everyday writing style, and a warning for readers who care about historical accuracy] One night, unnoticed by anyone, Granny Qiao, a widow who had been ill for years, died in Willow Lane in Pingxiang County. Did she die of illness, or was there more to it? What stories lie behind the cases of the corpse in the dry well, the missing girl, and the man of unknown identity? Beneath the seemingly peaceful and harmonious surface of Pingxiang County, how ma 408Reads8.3Score102Shelves
- 4 The Official Has Been Demoted Again 大人又被贬官了 Originally titled The Official Has Been Demoted Again On the day the Left Chancellor's daughter was to be married, she was dismembered inside her bridal sedan in full view of the crowd. Everyone said the crime had to be beyond human capability. So the most famous Master He in Chang'an was thrown into jail. He Jingxin: ...But I'm not really a master of the occult! I'm just a con artist! He Jingxin couldn't tell fortunes. She'd never read the Book of Changes and didn't know how to read faces. Song 25.9kReads9.5Score4.5kShelves
- 5 The Spring Renewal Pharmacy 回春药铺 [Pure historical romance + no rebirth or transmigration + revenge + political intrigue] Every thrilling tale begins in a little apothecary. After a chance encounter, a master and apprentice who have both suffered the slaughter of their families and endured countless hardships find themselves facing powerful enemies. They have no choice but to assume secret identities and disappear into the bustling streets of the capital, plotting carefully and advancing step by step as they seek revenge, stirri 19kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
- 6 The Six-Person Case Files of the Dead and the Supernatural 六人丧诡案录 [Historical mystery + detective work + ensemble cast] Male lead: A warm, cheerful, and protective Deputy Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Female lead: A coolheaded, independent, and brilliant young detective On the night of Jingzhe, the monk Jici died with a strange smile on his face. A parchment scroll was found at the scene, with a prophetic verse written at its beginning. It foretold the imminent deaths of six people. The first would die before 126Reads8.1Score—Shelves
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The Spirit Doctor Princess's Case Files I: Mysteries of the Nine Hells 神医灵妃诡事录一之九幽疑云
Thanks for asking. I’m in Nanling, and I just climbed out of a coffin. My name is Mu Jingyu. The moment I opened my eyes, I was lying in the flimsy coffin the Mu family had prepared for me. My biological mother and stepfather couldn’t stand the sight of me, my fiancé cheated with my stepsister, and the original owner died horribly? Wow, this is a hell-level start. Reborn in Nanling, where I’m opening new levels. Who am I? I’m Mu Jingyu, an heir to a spiritual vein in the 21st century. I can see
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- 8 The Spirit Physician and Her Phantom Cases III: Night of Illusions 神医灵妃诡事录三之幻夜弥天 In the twenty-seventh year of Tianrui, strange cases broke out one after another in Jiuyou City, the capital of Nanling. Since the establishment of the Xuanchasi, a bureau dedicated to investigating supernatural cases, it has solved seven such cases in a row. The five members of the Xuanchasi first struggled to adjust to one another and learn to work together. In time, they came to fight side by side, each complementing the others. With Mu Jingyu's origins finally revealed, the Duke of Mu's hous 1.3kReads8.3Score357Shelves
- 9 The Divine Healer and Spirit Consort: Strange Tales II, The Crimson Fiend's Haunting 神医灵妃诡事录二之红煞惊魂 Strange cases are cropping up throughout Jiuyou City, so the imperial court establishes the Office of Mystic Investigations and appoints Mo Xing'an, heir to Prince Wenzhao, to oversee it. He has no interest in solving cases, but when the mysterious Mu Jingyu gets caught up in one, he willingly steps into the trap. Mu Jingyu, who transmigrated here, possesses spirit eyes that can see life and death. Together, they join forces with the Office of Mystic Investigations’ other four members, following 1.4kReads8.5Score353Shelves
- 10 The Divine Doctor and Spirit Consort: Strange Tales, Volume Four: The Palace’s Vengeful Curse 神医灵妃诡事录四之怨宫遗咒 The Xuancha Office solved a string of bizarre cases, but beneath the layers of fog they had swept away lay a vast web that had been woven long ago. Fragments of old cases and new investigations were tightly intertwined, impossible to separate. The five members of the Xuancha Office, once strangers learning to work together, had long since outgrown their awkwardness. The understanding they had forged fighting side by side was ingrained in their bones. Each used their strengths as a blade to cut t 2kReads8.5Score386Shelves
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The Dead Cross the River at Chang’an 长安尸渡
A detective story whose heroine can perform autopsies and solve cases. Once her period of mourning was over, Wen Qingning packed her bags and returned to Chang’an, only to find that her fiancé, Shen Muhuai, had not only taken a concubine but also married a new wife. His household was practically a garden in full bloom. Shen Muhuai gazed at Wen Qingning tenderly. “A Ning, I took a concubine for your sake and married a new wife for your sake! A Ning, I did it all for you!” Wen Qingning looked at S
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The Chief Investigator 第一提刑官
“The rain kept falling, and spring slipped away unnoticed. Only when the skies cleared did we realize how deep into summer we were.” From coroner to judicial commissioner, Chu Zhaoyun has become an extraordinary woman in the Great Sheng capital of Bianjing! One day, Chu Zhaoyun had just shut her willowwood case and hadn’t even washed her hands when she spotted a man standing in the doorway. She immediately grew wary. “Lord Duan, does this case fall under the Imperial City Division? Is it a major
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The Strange Female Detective: Too Few Days of Romance 诡案女奇探：少逢烂漫时
They first met while investigating a case in the morgue. Lou Bai: “That woman climbs walls pretty fast.” An arrow shot straight into the woman's shoulder. Tang Tang'er: “Black clothes, pale face. What kind of lousy ‘King of Hell’ are you? You have a dog's nose, though.” She flung a cloud of medicinal powder into his face. Lou Bai and Tang Tang'er: “What a nuisance!” When they met again, a misunderstanding made them colleagues at the Bai'an Prefecture. Together with a group of young men from the
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Strange Tales of the Great Song: The Headless Corpse 大宋诡事：断头记
[Song Dynasty mysteries + suspense + detective work + headless corpses + shocking twists] On a dark, windy night, it’s the perfect time for murder and arson! The newly appointed magistrate of Changqing County dies suddenly in a woman’s chambers in the middle of the night. The next day, his headless body turns up in the countryside! Qiaoniang, the famous courtesan who spent that night with the magistrate, flees in a panic and becomes the prime suspect! Ye Jun is ordered to investigate, only to di
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Mad Forensic Doctor: The King of Hell Dotes on Her 法医狂妃：阎王他恃宠而骄
Who could have guessed that Shen Wangyou, a top forensic pathologist who worked herself to death from overtime, would wake up transmigrated into an early-era tragic romance novel as a doomed cannon-fodder character? The moment she opens her eyes, she’s pinned down at the execution grounds, waiting to “meet her end.” Her charges are the standard fare for a vicious female rival: framing her master’s household and attempting murder. As the executioner’s token is about to fall, Shen Wangyou takes i
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- 16 The Poison-Treating Forensic Doctor: From Cast-Off Consort to Chief Coroner 法医毒妃从下堂妃到首席法医 When she opened her eyes, she was a discarded princess consort, divorced and condemned to drink poison. Her “crime” was plotting to kill the prince's beloved, the moonlight in his heart. In front of the coffin, the assembled guests watched her “atone with her death.” But she held the poison wine and gave her former husband, the powerful prince, a cool, professional smile: “Your Highness, are you sure your beloved really died from my ‘poison’?” “According to my preliminary examination, she died 550Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 17 The Top Female Coroner of the Dali Temple 大理寺金牌女仵作 The workaholic forensic pathologist Chu Xin opens her eyes to find she has become Chu Ximo, the daughter of an ancient coroner, complete with a deadbeat father whose cause of death is a mystery and a bankrupt life in a house stripped bare. To uncover the truth behind her father’s death, she volunteers at the Court of Judicial Review, where her hard-core methods, “discussing bacteria while examining skulls, chatting DNA while analyzing blood types”, leave everyone stunned, including her peerlessl 15Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 18 The Cold-Faced King of Hell's Little Coroner 冷面阎王的仵作小娘子 Laughs and high-stakes thrills collide! The wildest ancient crime-solving adventure imaginable! The moment she opens her eyes, Shen Zhiwei, a top modern forensic pathologist who worked herself to the bone, finds she has become the daughter of a despised coroner in the ancient capital! Her home is bare, creditors are at the door, and she’s facing the miserable prospect of being sold off as a servant. To survive, and to uncover the truth behind her father’s bizarre death, she has no choice but to 8Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 19 The Bone Painter 绘骨师 Su Qing, a forensic sketch artist in modern times, dies unexpectedly while protecting a crucial piece of evidence, the Seven Hells Diagram. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Yun Zhi, the daughter of a disgraced official in ancient times. Faced with her family’s ruin and the desperate plight of being reduced to a slave, she relies on her extraordinary skills in “reconstructing faces from skulls” and “drawing a person as they will look at three” to carve out a chance to survive at the 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Coroner's Wife Is a Swordswoman 仵作娘子是剑客 · The Ultimate Contrast · A Double Life: See how an ugly, mute coroner handles corpses by day and knives by night, playing the most thrilling game of identity in the narrow space between the authorities and the martial world. · Mind and Might · Cracking Bizarre Cases: From the “Faceless Corpse Case” to the “Red-Bride Serial Murders,” one uncanny case after another connects to a shocking conspiracy to wipe out his master’s sect. The coroner’s blade and the swordsman’s sword join forces to tear aw 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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Hongwu Era: I Became the Ming Dynasty's Top Official Through Forensic Examinations 洪武年，我靠验尸成了大明第一官
[The rating is here!!] [Hardcore forensic medicine + Ming dynasty under the Hongwu Emperor + mystery and crime-solving + steady rise to power + a clash of eras] In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, the Guo Huan corruption case rocked the court, and countless heads rolled. Shen Yan, a top modern forensic examiner, opened his eyes to find himself a condemned petty official awaiting execution. He was about to be taken to the Meridian Gate to be skinned alive! Faced with certain death, Shen Yan wield
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The Dali Temple Deputy Minister’s Female Coroner: Case Files 大理寺少卿家的女仵作【探案】
[The rating is low because it just opened!] [Lazy, lie-flat coroner x aloof workaholic Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Modern forensic pathologist Du Yexin was in a car accident and unexpectedly transmigrated into the body of a farmer’s daughter in Sui’an County, where she became entangled in a murder case. To clear her name, Du Yexin had no choice but to use her modern forensic knowledge to find the real culprit. - Xu Mian, son of the Minister of Justice, solved the theft from t
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Bone Reading and Skin Painting 摸骨画皮
Qin Zhao is one of the finest forensic experts in the field. She made her name through sheer professional ability and is known as an oddball with sky-high IQ and rock-bottom EQ. Thanks to her remarkable skill at reading bones and reconstructing faces, she can restore the appearance of the living from even the most severely decomposed corpses. But during a field assignment, she was hit by a stray bullet and died on the spot! For no apparent reason, her soul ended up in the body of Zhaor, a countr
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Nemesis: Legend of the Famous Detective, Part Two: The East Trembles 宿敌外传二之名捕震关东
A collection of short wuxia stories: Pursuit, On the Run, Dominion, Romance, Crimson Demon, and Tragic Green. Each story has different characters and a different plot.
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- 25 Archrivals: Side Story Two, The Great Storm of the Famous Constable 宿敌外传二之名捕大风暴 A short martial arts novel featuring seven stories: Snow of Beauty, Wicked Flowers, Carefree Days, Right or Left, Proud Bones, Silent Flight, and Dream of Terror. Each story has different protagonists and a different plot. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Rivalry: The Famous Detectives Face Off, Part Two 宿敌外传二之名捕大对决 A collection of short wuxia stories featuring eight tales: “The Skeleton Painting,” “Cold River,” “The Meeting at Tan Pavilion,” “Broken Dream Blade,” “A Grand Affair,” “Flowers in Bloom and Fade,” “Beating the Tiger,” and “Catching the Rat.” Each story has a different protagonist and a different plot. 23Reads—Score—Shelves
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The Struggle for the North and South 南北逐鹿记
No System, no transmigration, just an alternate-history novel. See how a streetwise youth rises from the corners of the jianghu to the heights of the imperial court, and how his street-level mindset transforms into the art of ruling like an emperor.
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- 28 When a Laid-Back Princess Meets a Top-Tier Client 当咸鱼郡主遇上顶级甲方 [The rating has just been released and will keep rising] [Historical mystery + case-of-the-week investigations + ensemble character growth + lighthearted daily life] Shen Zhiyi, Princess of Jing'an, has one goal in life: save enough for retirement, then lie flat in Jiangnan. Until Minister of the Court of Judicial Review Ji Yan drafted her into service. “Help solve cases, or become a suspect. Pick one.” Shen Zhiyi: …I choose a third option! Get paid to slack off! She promptly rounded up: A care 5.6kReads7.5Score830Shelves
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The Little Princess Is Always Trying to Undermine Me 小郡主她总想拆我台
[Historical romance + mystery-solving + one-on-one romance + sweet love + ensemble cast] [Quirky young princess × aloof, sharp-tongued heir] After my imperial uncle caught me causing a scene in a brothel, I became an unofficial member of the Dali Temple. My immediate superior, Xie Zhiyan, is the sharpest-tongued heir in the capital. He’s so cutting that even the flies find him harsh when he examines a corpse. “Your Highness, if you’re bored, why not lick the tiles in the morgue clean?” That is,
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The Alluring Female Coroner 倾城女仵作
(Comic adaptation of The Beautiful Coroner now available) (Print edition of The Beautiful Coroner now on sale) After the mysterious death of her father, a coroner, Ye Caitang was saddled with a huge debt of fifty taels of silver. She had no choice but to sell herself to the Six Doors and work like a beast of burden for her creditor, Xia Yue, a renowned detective. Fortunately, Ye Caitang possessed the soul of an experienced modern forensic pathologist. Using modern forensic science, she deciphere
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The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作
A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod
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Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤：古代奇案秘闻
On the surface, the realm enjoys peace and prosperity. Beneath it, bizarre cases occur one after another. A single lawsuit uncovers a scandalous affair in a grand household. A coffin opened at midnight reveals a corpse with no shadow. A groom dies on the eve of his wedding. A playboy falsely accused of adultery is left to suffer injustice. A coroner who steals corpses to cheat death secretly plots misdeeds... Every case is shrouded in mystery. See how Censor Li Xing holds court at night and uses
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The Great Ming’s Master Thief: The Imperial Guards Forced Me to Investigate a Case 大明神偷：被锦衣卫逼去查案
Transmigration to the Jiajing era | No System | Embroidered Uniform Guard | Mystery and Investigation | Political Schemes | Lighthearted Comedy During the Jiajing era, modern master thief Chu Zhongtian transmigrates into the Ming Dynasty and becomes the legendary thief known as "One Plum Blossom." No System, no status screen, no golden finger handed down from heaven. The moment he arrives, he's captured by the Embroidered Uniform Guard. His handwriting is so sloppy when he signs his confession
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- 34 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤：中国古代冤案录 [A somber, stirring lament for the loyal and upright; a record of wrongful convictions that offers profound lessons for history.] The annals shine bright, yet deeds cannot be concealed; wronged spirits linger, their tears of blood not yet dry. Drawing on historical records and clearing away a thousand years of mist, this book recounts wrongful cases through the ages: the tragic upheaval of Xia Qi’s overthrow of Boyi under the guise of abdication; the brutal deaths of Wu Qi and Shang Yang amid th 50Reads8.4Score—Shelves
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Against the Meridians: Liar, Stop! 逆经：骗子住手
[Original novel for the animated series This Taoist Is Not Quite Right] Life is unpredictable. The fit thrive under Heaven's law, Those skilled in force become generals, those skilled in strategy become kings. Born into the lowest of professions, he refuses to live like a nobody, He waves the yin-yang banner and sees through the Six Lines of Divination. Watch him play at being a spirit medium, watch him swindle and deceive, Watch him make ruthless decisions, watch him rise like a hidden dragon f
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The Unrivaled Chronicle of the Classic Historian 无双典史传
A thrilling mystery! A young county investigator’s legendary crime-solving career! Chen Xun possesses the secret art of the Heavenly Eye. In just three short years, he rids the region of bandits and thieves, making a name for himself! Just when he thinks everything is finally going well and looks forward to marrying the beauty of his dreams, one murder after another takes place: In full view of everyone, a murder occurs inside the Guanyin Hall. The suspect is the last person anyone would expect.
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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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The Poisonous Concubine Forensic Doctor: Slaughtering My Way Through the Embroidered Guards' Prison 法医毒妃：在锦衣卫大牢杀疯了
In her previous life, she was a top forensic examiner whose very name struck fear into the hearts of criminals. Then she transmigrated, only to become the sole survivor of the Shen family's massacre. To stay alive, she hid her abilities and played the fool, pretending to be deaf and mute. She became A Chou, an ugly woman tasked with emptying chamber pots at a brothel. Then one night, the famous courtesan was skinned alive, and A Chou was caught on the spot holding a brow knife! “That knife work
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Record of a Thousand Lanterns 千灯录
[Mystery solving + palace intrigue and household scheming + face-slapping and revenge + powerful families + court and kingdom] Fifteen prospective husbands are locked in a fight to the death in my family’s back courtyard, while all I want is to become a nun. Schemes and deceit, suspicion at every turn, bloodshed and tragedy piling up, a deadly battle in the back courtyard with no survivors allowed. [The high-born judge of the Court of Judicial Review, who loves wiping out entire households] x [T
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- 40 Hearing the Wronged 闻冤 [Historical Mystery Solving + Suspense and Deduction + Eccentric Martial World Figures + Feng Shui and the Supernatural + Special Constitution] During the Chenghua era of the Ming dynasty, Qipan Street in the capital was at the height of its prosperity. Strangely, there was a shabby little fortune-telling shop there, hopelessly out of place among its surroundings. A fortune-telling shop naturally made its living telling fortunes. But its owner had another special skill, known as “hearing the wro 2kReads9.3Score229Shelves
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The Female Coroner of Zhenhe Pass 镇河关的女仵作
[Set in ancient times] [Mystery and crime solving] [Episodic] [Focused on investigating strange cases] [Clever characters] [No System, no golden finger] Song Nianci was born into a family of forensic examiners. The trade had been passed down from father to son since ancient times, never to daughters. But misfortune never comes singly: hers was a generation with only one daughter. To keep the family business from dying out, her grandfather came up with a plan: find a husband to marry into the fa
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The Little Taoist Nun Has a Rebellious Streak 小道姑一身反骨
“As a hired assassin, killing is my specialty. I make sure my clients go peacefully.” “Be good. You don't need to cover your head. I'd never ruin that pretty face of yours. That would make it harder to carry your head to the Judicial Office and collect the reward.” The moon slanted over the river as night settled in. Mist hung thick in the air, dreamlike and hazy. Only the dim oil lamp hanging from a covered boat on the Qiantang River cast a faint, wavering glow. A small gray-robed Taoist, impos
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The Cold Palace Empress Goes on a Case-Solving Rampage 冷宫皇后靠破案杀疯了
Shen Yihan, a police captain, falls off a cliff while pursuing a killer. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most miserable empress in history: the widow of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen. The tyrant Zhu Di has usurped the throne, three thousand palace maids have been brutally executed, and danger lurks everywhere in the Cold Palace. She slams a palm onto the imperial desk. “Solving cases is my specialty. Killing people isn’t yours!” Zhu Di flies into a rage. “Seize her!” Who could ha
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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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Three Days in Luoyang 洛阳三日簿
If you open the account book titled The Luoyang Three-Day Ledger, every line of numbers represents a life. Three days before the Lantern Festival in the first year of the Zhengsheng era, Li Suan, a low-ranking clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, discovers a ledger that could turn the entire court of the Wu Zhou dynasty into a river of blood. The charcoal and ice gratuities are bribes; the sunken grain ships are murder. And the bloody fingerprints of twenty-seven ministers on the final page point t
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The Crossing at Zhiyao 知瑶渡
In a modern library, Lin Shiyao's fingers brushed the tattered cover of an ancient book. The next moment, the ceiling lights became dim candle flames, and air tinged with mildew and bitter medicine rushed into her nose. “Miss, it's time for your medicine.” An impatient old matron came in carrying a bowl of murky black liquid. A line of glowing text appeared over her: Keep her weak. Make sure nothing goes wrong before the wedding. Lin Shiyao lowered her eyes and accepted the bowl. The library boo
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The Legend of Yun Lan 云澜传
[Mystery and detective work + Tang Dynasty splendor + a match made in heaven] Everyone in Chang'an knew that Princess Nankang, Li Xieyun, was the most beautiful woman in the capital. But she was a man-eating flower: any man who got close to her either lost his position or his life! Only Shen Weilan, a newcomer with nerves of steel and a charmed life, dared to curry favor and become the wicked princess's kept lover! No wonder someone so fearless could clear wrongful convictions and drive off evil
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Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字：我的榜一全在局子里
A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case!
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- 49 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个 She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.7kReads8.9Score877Shelves
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I Solve Cases to Score Free Food at the Court of Judicial Review 我靠破案在大理寺蹭吃蹭喝
Mystery/Detective Frost veils his silver mask, dust stains his white hair, and Pei Shaoqing's fate was written in the Book of Life and Death long ago. Yet he insists on using the last of his strength to defy fate and unravel the mystery that even the gods have fallen silent before, all for her. Born with white hair, he was destined to grow old by her side; and the name Jiang Tang is the only sweetness in his life.
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