A Woman Disguised as a Man Takes the Imperial Exams and Rises to the Top: Feel-Good, No Couple 女扮男装科举文，位极人臣，爽文，无cp。
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My Clan Raised Me to Greatness, So I Gifted Them Purple Robes 全族扶我青云志，我赠族人朱紫袍
After dying suddenly from overwork, workaholic Chen Yan is reborn as the only son of a newly born provincial graduate in the Great Liang Dynasty. His father is successful, so Chen Yan promptly decides to lie flat and enjoy the good life, with food brought to him and clothes laid out for him. But when he learns at the age of six that he was switched at birth with a farmer's child, his life takes a turn. The day the fake young master returns to the Chen family, he goes out to work in the fields an
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- 2 Quick Transmigration: Every World Starts in Hell 快穿：每次都是地狱开局 [No romance pairings / alternate history / nation and family] [Please don't use AI to generate the heroine. The author commissioned the illustrations at personal expense.] Yin Lingyu is one unlucky girl. In her quick transmigration missions, she always gets the most hellish start and has to roll up her sleeves and climb her way up, becoming the beautiful, tragic woman everyone admires. World One: The top scholar's younger sister, sold into a brothel. (Setting: Li Shimin of the Tang dynasty) Worl 20.4kReads9.5Score1.9k14d adds
- 3 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 48kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
- 4 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
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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
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- 6 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 12.2kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
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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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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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Reborn as a Man: Feng Qiansui Rules the Court 重生女扮男装：凤千岁权倾朝野
Completed. Villainess + woman disguising herself as a man + reborn + strong heroine + no romance The heroine is a true villain: greedy, ruthless, highly skilled in martial arts, and sharp-tongued! Scene One: Asking the Emperor for money Emperor: “I appoint you imperial inspector for the south. Investigate the affairs in Xuzhou thoroughly. If you find anyone committing crimes and undermining the state, and verify the evidence, punish them according to the law! I grant you this golden badge. Whoev
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- 10 I Transmigrated as the Villainous Tycoon's Son, So I Joined Him in His Evil Ways 穿成反派大佬之子，我同流合污 [Complete] [No romance × woman disguised as a man × strong heroine × transmigrate into a book] [Pure antagonist's perspective × no unnecessary romantic entanglements × ruthless and merciless] [No situation where the male lead is stronger than the strong female lead] When Zheng Luoqi wakes up, she discovers that she has transmigrated into a romance novel as the daughter of its main villain. Step by step, Zheng Luoqi watches her father become a great corrupt official. Then the male and female lead 2.7kReads9.0Score28414d adds
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Disguised as a Man to Become a Powerful Minister [Imperial Exams, Male Rivals] 女扮男装当权臣【科举，雄竞】
[The heroine is stunningly beautiful. She's killed people, burned corpses, and led rebellions. She has no morals.] A poem says: "Her hands are soft as young shoots, her skin smooth as cream, her brow like a moth's wing. When she smiles, she is utterly charming." Yu Han is a born beauty, a goddess among mortals. No one could suit the title of Goddess of the Luo River better. But she is also greedy, vain, lazy, cowardly, and utterly self-serving. She is also a time traveler who has been through
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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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- 13 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 1.1kReads8.5Score10114d adds
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The Empress of the Imperial Exams 科举为凰
[Woman disguised as a man + the white moonlight + feel-good imperial examination story + no romance] Xie Yan is a lucky soul. She is both the Chancellor’s daughter and his son. The young master Xie is famous throughout the capital. The already powerful Xie family now has a top scholar among its ranks. At court, where the officials’ thoughts are unfathomable, she lets her brilliance shine. With an imperial noble consort for an aunt, the Chancellor for a father, and the wealth of a hereditary marq
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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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- 16 Transmigrated as Cao Cao's Daughter: From Farming to Empress 穿成曹操女儿，从种地到女帝 Cao Sui, a graduate student in agricultural science, has just finished slogging through her thesis when she jolts awake and opens her eyes to a woman gazing at her with tender affection. After spending over half a year recovering in bed, she finally gets up and learns that her father has gone off to fight the Yellow Turbans. The Yellow Turbans? What a historically specific term. Cao Sui is devastated. Why on earth did she have to end up in the Three Kingdoms? With disasters and war stacked aga 11.8kReads9.0Score1.8k14d adds
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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'm a Fake Official, Yet I've Won the Crown Prince's Heart 本官是假货，却哄得太子倾心了
[Transmigration and nation-building | Woman disguised as a man | Court intrigue | Farming and famine relief | Feel-good rise to power] Li Yanhe takes over another person's identity and becomes magistrate of Pingwu County. Disaster is everywhere, refugees are on the move, and the treasury is empty... At the grand court assembly, officials from every prefecture report disasters, leaving the entire court at its wit's end. One report from the Commissioner of Administration sends shock waves through
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The Actress Goes on a Rampage in the Imperial Exams 女明星她科举杀疯了
Top-tier star Yang Lanming opens her eyes and discovers she's transmigrated. The good news is that she still has the same face, a beauty that appeals to everyone around the world. The bad news is that she's now a child who couldn't hurt a fly. System notification: Your profile has been automatically changed from [academic ace of the entertainment industry] to [ancient imperial-exam master] She disguises herself as a man to sit the imperial examinations, unexpectedly embarking on a path to succes
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- 20 The Imperial Tutor's Road to the Civil Service Exams 农门帝师的科举之路 Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on... 21.8kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
- 21 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, 22.8kReads9.3Score2.2k14d adds
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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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Reborn to a Career in Politics 重生之政途
In her previous life, she was the eldest daughter of a powerful family. After her family lost a power struggle, she became a supermarket cashier to escape her enemies, barely scraping by in obscurity. By a stroke of luck, she was reborn and returned to her youth, reuniting with her family. To keep them safe, she carefully laid her plans and proceeded one step at a time, rewriting her tragic fate through her own efforts. They say politics is a man's world, but she refuses to believe it. Enterin
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- 24 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 473Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 25 The Minister's Daughter Is Ready to Make a Comeback 罪臣之女要翻身 A modern female programmer focused solely on her career had just been promoted and bought a house when she suddenly died at her desk. When she opened her eyes again, she had become a supporting female character in a novel, someone destined to be a stepping stone for the heroine. She had planned to spend this life as a carefree young lady who ate, drank, and waited for death, but this villainess was the daughter of a condemned official, exiled to Lingnan and in danger of losing her life. To survi 1.2kReads9.0Score14714d adds
- 26 The Lin Family’s Illegitimate Daughter Rose to Power 林家的外室女她出将拜相了 A major exam-fraud scandal shatters more than twenty years of peace in the court of the Great Li dynasty. Lin Xingzhou, once a chief examiner with a promising future, becomes a prisoner overnight, and the life of Lin Ying'an, the daughter of a concubine, is changed in an instant. To protect her family, she has no choice but to step into the Great Li court as it teeters on the brink of turmoil. The court is its own martial world. Where there is righteousness, there is evil. Watch as she, born the 719Reads9.1Score12514d adds
- 27 The Top Female Scholar 女状元 Gu Qingmo's entire family, loyal to the bone, died unjustly in the Shaoshan Rebellion. She alone escaped the sea of flames. After eight years of lying low and biding her time, she finally had everything in place. Disguised as a man, she returned to Shengjing, manipulated factional conflicts, played power games, and threw the court into turmoil. Everyone urged her to let go, but only that seemingly carefree man wrote to her and protected her. After it was all over, Gu Qingmo once asked Su Jie, 50Reads7.8Score414d adds
- 28 Transmigrated to Great Yin to Become a Grind King, the Female Top Scholar Sweeps the Field 穿越大胤当卷王，女状元横扫全场 Lin Yanshu, a graduate student in history, transmigrates into the body of an unfavored concubine-born daughter in the Great Yin dynasty! The worst possible start? She quickly discovers that women in the Great Yin dynasty can sit the imperial exams. With her modern knowledge and top-student mind, she even turns the Third Prince into her devoted fan! At the palace exam, she launches straight into a proposal combining Shang Yang's reforms with modern management, successfully claiming the title of 6Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 29 The Road to the Top Scholar: A Farmer’s Daughter’s Imperial Exam Journey 科举之农家女的状元路 This isn't a high-energy, over-the-top feel-good story, and the pacing is fairly slow. There are no dramatic showdowns with awful relatives or triumphant face-slapping moments. If that works for you, read on. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, young Liu Lu had just learned that her thesis had passed when a car accident sent her to the past. She woke up as a little farm girl. To make matters worse, her parents were out of favor and always did the most work for the least reward. What w 648Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 30 The Great Sheng Dynasty’s First Female Scholar 大盛第一女先生 Also known as: The Max-Level Expert Teaches and Inspires in Ancient Times [Transmigrated Expert + Multiple Couples + Ancient Romance with a Creative Twist + Strong Heroine] In the year 2222, special forces soldier Situ Ying transmigrates and becomes a teacher. She meets the dashing but tragic Prince Jing, and the two fall for each other at first sight and begin a sweet romance. Situ Ying starts with a spaceship and is bursting with good luck. If anyone messes with me, I'll take them down! She te 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I May Be a Young Woman, but I’ll Defend Our Borders 小女不才，为国守边 No System + no pocket dimension + fictional setting Liu Yang is a modern female doctor who is murdered and unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times. After dealing with a string of awful relatives, she raises her little brother on her own, studies military strategy, joins forces with her beloved, and makes friends. Step by step, she makes her mark on the battlefield! 163Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 32 A String of Suicidal Stunts, and the Reborn Heroine Doesn't Want to Live 一路作死，重生女主不想活 Open your eyes, close them, and a day has passed! Close your eyes and never open them again, and a lifetime has passed! Close your eyes, open them again... and you're reborn! After a lifetime of deceit and rivalry, having repaid her debts, avenged her wrongs, and settled her affairs, Wang Yun happily went to her death... But when she opened her eyes, she was reborn! Wang Yingzhang came back to life furious. So you won't let me live in peace? Fine. Then don't blame me for being ruthless. In her p 2.3kReads9.1Score23114d adds
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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
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The Su Family's Castoff Tops the Imperial Exams, and the Whole Clan Begs for His Protection 苏家弃子中状元，全祖哭求我庇佑
[Historical fiction + humble beginnings + imperial examinations + power plays + satisfying revenge + intellectual duels + high-IQ protagonist + cunning + ruthless] On a snowy night, I, Su Yan, was cast out of the family and expelled from the grand estate, abandoned like a pawn. I was an illegitimate son who should never have been born, a thorn in my legitimate mother’s side and dirt beneath my elder brother’s feet. They thought I would freeze and starve to death that winter. Little did they know
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