Looking for Ancient Settings, Political Intrigue, and a Highly Intelligent Protagonist 求古代，权谋，高智商
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Transmigrated as a Treacherous Minister's Legitimate Daughter, She Plays the Part to Perfection 穿成奸臣嫡女，她本色出演
[Transmigrate into a book + Career-focused early on + Sweet romance + One-on-one romance + Both leads are devoted to each other] [Two-faced, ruthless minister's daughter × Wild, formidable iron-faced general] The ruler of the business world transmigrates into a book overnight, becoming the daughter of the treacherous chancellor. She throws her weight around and commits every kind of evil, with the label “vicious supporting female character” practically branded onto her. She's madly pursuing the
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- 2 She Just Wants to Lie Low, but They Keep Forcing Her to Rebel 她想咸鱼躺，非逼她造反 [Screen adaptation rights sold] Lu Songli transmigrated into a book and became the cannon-fodder first wife of Xie Zhan, the male lead of The Powerful Minister's Beautiful Young Second Wife. In the book, her friend Zhao Yutan, who returned in glory from a place of exile, would steal her husband. The two of them carried on behind her back while she was gravely ill, and their affair literally angered her to death. Lu Songli was about to roll up her sleeves and tear into the cheating scumbag and 107.4kReads9.5Score12.4kShelves
- 3 The Regent’s Sickly Sweetheart Is a Powerful Big Shot 摄政王的病娇娇是大佬 [Everyone’s darling + light fantasy + slightly unhinged, occasionally theatrical + powerhouse] In her previous life, she rode through the martial world, a spirited and valiant female general. Reborn, Ming Qingqing carried the weight of her country’s enemies and her family’s grievances. She moved carefully, determined to avenge them and cut down every schemer hiding in the shadows. Watch as she navigates the imperial court, roams the martial world with her companions, and ventures into a mysterio 1.3kReads9.3Score160Shelves
- 4 My Phoenix Returns 吾凰归来 [A classic rebirth story, political intrigue and revenge, with a heroine focused on building her own career] The empress of the Kingdom of Nanyue, a legitimate daughter of a military family. She was the Prince of Yu's consort for two years and a benevolent empress for four, yet when she went into labor one day, the man she loved cut open her belly and killed their child. His reason was that she was a demon empress who would bring ruin to the nation, and that the child she bore would surely kill 2kReads9.1Score242Shelves
- 5 So What If You’re Reborn? 纵你重生又如何 [The main story is complete] [Two powerful leads + no point in being reborn as a concubine’s daughter + face-slapping and punishing scoundrels + the male lead has a secret crush] [A cool, composed beauty with overwhelming combat prowess vs. a mysterious, bewitching prince] [One-on-one romance + happy ending + single and chaste] Her mother was the most favored legitimate princess, her uncle was the reigning emperor, her maternal grandmother was empress dowager of the realm, and her older brother 2.4kReads8.9Score309Shelves
- 6 A Marriage Decree for the Short-Lived Prince? The Reborn Empress Shows No Mercy Night After Night 赐婚短命皇子？重生娘娘夜夜无情 [Strong female lead + decisive and ruthless + secret identities + medical skills + reborn + punishing scoundrels + the fate of the nation] The emperor decrees a marriage: He Yunxi, eldest daughter of the mighty Marquis Wu, is to marry the sickly, short-lived prince Xuanyuan Jin. On their wedding day, a vicious old matron, acting on the empress’s orders, deliberately tries to put her in her place by forcing her to walk across red-hot iron plates. He Yunxi makes the wicked matron demonstrate how t 11.8kReads9.3Score1.3kShelves
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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
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Fake Eunuch: From Helping the Empress Dowager Ascend the Throne to Ruling Through Intrigue 假太监：从扶太后登基到权谋天下
A power fantasy of court intrigue set in an alternate history, starring Mo Wujin, a fake eunuch who transmigrates into the imperial palace! The moment he opens his eyes, he is swept into the turmoil of an emperor and empress at odds and a court in chaos. He appears humble and obedient, but in truth he is cunning and ruthless, with unparalleled strategic brilliance. He can manipulate the peerlessly beautiful empress dowager, whose power holds sway over the entire court. He can also keep the patie
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- 9 After Breaking Off the Engagement, She Became an Investor Everyone Wanted to Win Over 退婚后，她成了万人追捧的投资人 [Medical skills + transmigrated supporting villainess + political intrigue + strong heroine + secret identities + satisfying read] Bai Jiu'er, a doctor, transmigrates into the body of a vicious supporting character with a truly tragic ending. In her previous life, she was the male lead's wife, only to end up as a miserable prostitute. After transmigrating, she has nothing but money. At least she isn't married yet. First step, obviously, is to break off the engagement! What? The male lead went cr 51.1kReads9.2Score7.6kShelves
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Ambush 伏杀
[Original title: Ambush] Beneath the awe-inspiring might of Heaven, all living beings are mere ants. And yet he dares, with the strength of an insect, to turn the world upside down. For family, for friends, for the burning hatred in his heart, for the nightmares that haunt him year after year, for justice, and for fairness. This story is set in an imaginary world and has no connection to actual history. Everything in it is fictional. Any similarities are purely coincidental.
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Spring's Joy, Year After Year 岁岁春欢
[The print edition of Years of Spring Joy is now available on all platforms] [Heroine and scumbag reborn + male lead transmigrates + mutual salvation + play the pig to eat the tiger] At seventeen, Shen Jiasui married Lu Yunzheng. The Shen and Lu families were both military dynasties, making them a formidable match. Two years into their marriage, Lu Yunzheng defeated the enemy kingdom and won renown across the land. But the Shen family was condemned for treason and executed to the last member. On
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- 12 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 118.2kReads9.6Score11.4kShelves
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The Empire as My Canvas 江山为卷
[A completely fictional xianxia history: political intrigue + xianxia + no System.] “Your Majesty, the Ninth Prince has broken through all four passes. He has led his army across the Yinma River and is closing in on Tianmen Pass.” The ministers were speechless. How could that dissolute heir, who spent every day drinking and womanizing and even brought dancers on military campaigns, have broken through all four passes? From the looks of it, he was going to attack the strongest pass in Western Shu
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- 14 Offending the Imperial Daughter 惹金枝 (Film and television rights have been sold. The physical book will be available for preorder on July 10 at 19:00.) Shi Buyu was born smiling. At that moment, lightning flashed and thunder roared, collapsing a row of outbuildings in the Shi family compound. Days of torrential rain brought devastating floods and countless victims. Rumors soon spread through the capital that she was a disaster star sent into the world. But she was as precocious as a demon, with a photographic memory, and learned bo 257.8kReads9.7Score30.2kShelves
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Schemes of the Eastern Palace: Taking You into My Embrace 东宫谋：揽卿入怀
[A stubborn, scheming Crown Prince + a cool-headed, clever noblewoman] Lin Qingyi made the wrong choice about two men in her life. One was Lu Zheng, her fiancé of five years. The other was Crown Prince Shen Huaian, who asked for her hand by imperial decree after she broke off her engagement. Three years ago, on the day she and Lu Zheng were to marry, he received an imperial order to go to war. As they parted, he swore, “I will never let you down.” Three years later, she was about to marry Lu Zhe
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- 16 Beauty and Strategy in a Land of Rivers and Mountains 山河美人谋 [Proud young lady who always gets even vs. frail, scheming Ninth Prince] Her fiancé was a total jerk, and he was planning to kill her to keep her quiet. Ye Jiao decided to strike first and find a scapegoat while she was at it. She thought the scapegoat would be a transparent, sickly “living corpse,” but rumors were misleading. He was clearly a two-faced, deeply cunning Ninth Prince. After Ye Jiao used the Ninth Prince’s name to punish her scumbag fiancé, Li Ce, the real Ninth Prince: “Miss, I be 18.3kReads9.5Score2.5kShelves
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Firework Tree 烟火树
[A calculating, unhinged prince × a clear-eyed, carefree transmigrator] He had spent half his life laying out a game of chess, calculating every move to perfection. Tan Xu, the only prince with a different surname in the Great Yu, was known to the world as a sickly invalid, forever dependent on medicine. No one knew that beneath that pale skin was the true master of three hundred thousand borderland cavalry. He feigned weakness, acted harmless, and toyed with everyone in the palm of his hand
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- 18 The Xie Family's Short-Lived Son Has Lived to a Hundred 谢家的短命鬼长命百岁了 [Screen adaptation rights sold] The lid of a dead person's coffin won't lie flat because they had an unresolved longing in life. Given time, that longing turns into a demonic obsession, and unless it is resolved, their descendants will suffer. Yan Sanhe's job is to release the dead from their obsessions. One day, she gets hounded by Third Master Xie, who claims to have one. Yan Sanhe says she doesn't deal with the living. Third Master Xie replies, “Everyone says I won't live long. Just think of 125.4kReads9.6Score17kShelves
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Mother, Please Stop Trying to Find Me a Concubine 娘，真的别给儿子纳妾啦
Multiple heroines + alternate world + political intrigue + satisfying power fantasy Shen Zhi'an transmigrates into an ancient family of merchants as its only son. To ensure the Shen family line continues, his mother is intent on taking concubines for him so he can father a dozen sons. Shen Zhi'an's own dream is to live as a spoiled young master. But the world is in turmoil, and the Jiangnan Shen family has become a target of the imperial court. Shen Zhi'an has no choice but to flee. In Great Zho
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The Crown Prince Is a Treasure Trove, but She Flirts and Runs 太子浑身是宝，但她撩完就跑
[Clever revenge + ensemble court drama + male lead fakes his death and reveals his identity, then goes mad + heroine is his one true love] [Power couple comedy | Strategic mind games | All the right ingredients | Fictional setting] Axiang, a huntress, bought herself a live-in husband. He was handsome, with a fine figure and a noble, radiant air, like an immortal crane descended from the heavens, or a jade-faced gentleman from a storybook. But he had no idea how to show affection. When she offer
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The Phoenix Perches on the Parasol Tree, a Dragon Roars in the Court 凤栖梧宦海龙吟
The story follows Xiao Jingyan, an overlooked crown prince, and Lin Su, a clever and patient young eunuch. Amid the schemes of the imperial palace and struggles for the throne, they depend on each other and fight to survive, eventually rising to the pinnacle of power through blood and tears. Yet in the end, their identities, the system, and the choices they make tear them apart, leading to an irreversible tragic ending. The crown prince becomes an emperor with no one left by his side. He possess
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I'm a Strategist, and I'm Good at Raiding and Wiping Out Entire Clans 我是一个谋士，擅长抄家灭门
[Alternate World] [Cold Weapons] [No Female Lead (or One Female Lead)] [System] “I have a hundred plans for this matter!” “Do you have one that isn't especially vile?” “Then I have fifty more!” “No scorched-earth schemes!” “Then I have twenty more.” “No poison.” “Ten.” “I'd still like to have a decent reputation.” “Then I'm out.” If a man lives a regular life, traveling between the same three places every day, serves as the empire's chief strategist, and never has to worry about money, does
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A Lone Woman in Troubled Times, Plotting an Age of Prosperity 乱世孤女，谋千古盛世
[Strong Female Lead + No CP + Empress + Ensemble Cast + Political Scheming + War + Power Struggles in a Chaotic Era + Nation-Building and Farming + No Spatial Storage or System + Slow-Burn Growth + Epic Length] Yun Huaijin suddenly became a "corpse" in a world torn apart by chaos. She crawled out of a pile of bodies, with only a child on the verge of starving to death beside her. In this world, nobles lived in drunken indulgence, powerful clans monopolized knowledge, bandits slaughtered withou
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The Playboy Won Me a Noble Title, and the Reborn Matriarch Went on a Killing Spree 纨绔为我夺诰命，重生主母杀疯了
[Signed for publication] [Clear-headed, independent true heiress x play-the-pig-to-eat-the-tiger fake wastrel] [Female-oriented fiction + heroine reborn + hero transmigrates + political intrigue] After more than ten years as the wife of the Ningyuan Marquis's heir, managing the household and dutifully serving her parents-in-law, Shen Tangning believed she had done nothing wrong. Not until the usually distant heir began an affair with her half sister, now married to his younger brother, and they
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- 25 Marry Me Beneath the Bright Moon 明月嫁卿卿 Song Chuyu thought she and Kang Rui were deeply in love, and that no one could ever come between them. Yet that person had been living by their side all along, pampered under the title of “sister-in-law.” After being reborn, Song Chuyu didn’t spare Kang Rui a glance as he rode through the streets in triumph, and she certainly wouldn’t marry him again. * When Kang Rui woke up to find himself back in the impoverished days of his youth, he struggled to get used to the drafty windows after having li 85.4kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
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Why Not Sail Together 何不同舟渡
"The print edition under the same title is available to buy online" [No golden finger, no transmigration, no rebirth. A pure historical romance about family and country, with high-IQ espionage and political intrigue] [A double agent undercover + a petty thief who grows: a lone wolf plays a game of raising a rabbit, gives her fangs, then insists they run away together] In a chaotic age, she is a thief worth less than a blade of grass, willing to do whatever it takes to stay alive. She steals ten
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Letters of Salt and Plum 盐梅笺
📖 The Salt and Plum Letter | Jiajing-era Jiangnan · Poisoned Salt Scandal · An Ensemble of Political Intrigue “Salt can season a feast, and plum can balance a broth, but justice in this world must be won with flesh and blood. A sudden breach in the sea wall sent a raging tide swallowing the coastal villages. Xie Heng, an upright official devoted to reforming the salt administration, was framed by a corrupt faction and died unjustly. His lifelong good name was smeared, and he was branded a neglig
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Reborn in 1993: Dark Sea 重生1993，暗海
The physical edition of Wrathful Sea, Calm the Abyss is now available. Presales officially begin at 19:00 on October 11. [Reborn] [Mystery] [Undercover Agent] [Revenge] [Anti-Drug Operations] [Counterespionage] The golden finger is extremely weak, and he relies on his own abilities. This is a battle of wits between highly intelligent opponents, so you need to keep your brain switched on. There is no showing off and face-slapping! Ideal for veteran readers. If you understand it, you'll find it ve
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The Prince Is a Woman, but the Villain Mistakenly Helped Her Take the Throne 断袖王爷是女的，反派误捧上帝位
[A female special forces soldier transmigrates into a prince known for being gay. She starts by raiding an execution ground and forcibly binds the reborn chief strategist.] Two formidable leads reborn + transmigration + political intrigue + woman disguised as a man | An electric, logic-driven power fantasy full of mind games Fu Changyan, the chief strategist reborn, stakes everything on the most absurd choice, the notorious “gay prince” Ning Wang, hoping to change his family's doomed fate of exe
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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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Marry a Wife to Cut My Taxes? I Started by Supporting My Beautiful Bride 娶妻抵税？从养活美娇媳妇开始
[No System + alternate world + farming + hunting + slow burn + not a wish-fulfillment story + political intrigue and warfare + competing for supremacy in troubled times] “Yucheng, do you want a wife or not? Just say the word and I’ll send one over.” “Then go ahead and send her over.” Shen Yucheng thought it was just a joke, never expecting to actually end up with a beautiful wife. The dynasty is in its final years. Warlords carve up the land, and refugees are everywhere. With nothing but bare wa
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South Branches Toward Dusk, The Regent Has Been Plotting This for Ages 南枝向晚，摄政王他蓄谋已久
[Just received a rating] Complete ◎ [Revenge after being reborn + mastery of medicine and poison + powerful leads who cherish each other + everyone’s a schemer + palace intrigue and political machinations] Important: No stupid villains. Everyone has eight hundred tricks up their sleeve, and the battle of wits is at its peak! In her previous life, Shen Nanzhi, the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s family, was blind to the truth. She used a forbidden technique to save a scumbag man, dr
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Broken Jade, Sunken Palace 碎玉沉宫
[Political intrigue + strong female lead + reborn for revenge + childhood friend] The empress who holds power over the court × the childhood friend and powerful minister who lives only for her × the fourth prince whose fortunes have declined, bound to her across two lifetimes In her previous life, blood stained the Phoenix Palace, her young child perished, and her clan was destroyed. After killing the faithless emperor with her own hands, Ren Lingyi accepted her death without regret. After wakin
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Hooked on Acting Obedient, the Regent Begs for My Kisses Every Night 装乖上瘾，摄政王夜夜索吻求我疼
The rating just opened and will rise [Possessive to the extreme | Two schemers pretending to be mad | Reborn revenge | Explosive sexual tension] [Powerful man lowering his head, possessive and obsessive, brooding regent] VS [Face of a goddess, heart of a snake, wicked woman who trains men like dogs] On the first day after being reborn, Guan Nanyin booked Chunfeng House’s top courtesan. In her previous life, her husband had brought his widowed sister-in-law into the manor and personally cared for
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When the Lanterns Fade, the Calamity Ends 灯明劫尽
[Two strong leads, brilliant strategists, devoted only to each other, revenge, dual identities, dual personalities, an alternate world not based on any historical dynasty, plenty of witty flirting] She is the eldest princess, rumored to be cherished by all, yet she witnessed her mother spend her life being manipulated by the man she loved. Gentle and composed on the surface, she excels at reading people and understands human nature. To stir up the court, she will stop at nothing. She will destro
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Wealth and Power: The Concubine's Merchant's Scheme 锦绣钱权：庶女商谋录
From five taels in her private stash to wielding control over the empire’s finances, she relied on the simplest principle: Everything in the world can be calculated. Human greed, tangled interests, the rise and fall of dynasties: it is all just a ledger waiting to be tallied.
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Help! The Crown Prince I Created Is About to Be Exiled! 救命！我捏的太子要被流放了！
Shen Zhaoning has two secrets. One is that she created a virtual husband, the crown prince, in Doubao, and made him fall in love with her and get up to all sorts of spicy things. The other is… She transmigrated into the game!!! On the day she arrived, Shen Zhaoning looked at Pei Yue, cool and aristocratic, frail yet beautiful, and forced herself to stay calm. Of course. She’d made herself a top-tier man. But as she looked at him, she suddenly remembered that she’d set the difficulty higher by ma
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- 38 Heir to the Northern Marquis: This Villain Has an Unbelievable Background 北侯世子：反派的我背景逆天 [Fantasy dynasty + invincible background + top-tier villain + a little political scheming + faux ensemble cast] Pei Su was born into a fantasy world as the eldest legitimate son of the Pei family, the foremost of the seven great clans in the imperial capital, a thousand-year-old house. A closer look revealed that his grandfather had been appointed Left Assistant Minister of the Department of State Affairs and granted the title Duke of Pei, hailed as a pillar of the nation who supported the state 126.5kReads8.7Score10.3kShelves
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The Commander’s Plan to Win His Beloved 指挥使的掌心谋妻
[Transmigrated Special Policewoman × Cold-Faced Embroidered Uniform Guard Commander × Love After Marriage × A Battle of Wits Between Two Powerhouses] Version One: Xie Lanyin, an elite modern-day special police officer, opens her eyes to find herself transmigrated into the body of a delicate young lady from an official family who has been kidnapped by bandits. She turns the tables and disables her kidnapper with a hairpin, only to run into Zhan Shuo, the Embroidered Uniform Guard commander who ha
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A Strategy for Realm and Rivers: Chronicles of Court and Jianghu 山河策【庙堂江湖录】
[Peerless Heir] [Jianghu and Court] [Blood-and-Iron Warfare] [Political Intrigue and Wits] [Alternate History] [Chivalry and Tenderness] [No Transmigration] [No Golden Finger] The Dingbian Prince’s household is wiped out. Ten-year-old heir Ling Canglan narrowly escapes. After years in hiding, he makes his name in a single stroke. He studies both literature and martial arts, and grows into a man of great talent. Faced with the enmity of his country and the hatred of his family, he joins the army
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Planning to Rule the World: Everyone Is a Pawn 谋定天下，一切皆为棋子
This is a novel whose characters will live on in readers' minds. Each one has their own reasons for doing what they must. No one schemes for the sake of scheming. Eastern Turkic soldiers collapse in droves after their drinking water is poisoned. Lin Yan did it. Xueyantuo cavalry is shredded by the “three-by-three formation and Mo Dao line.” Lin Yan taught them that. At the Four Crossings of the Yellow River, Lin Yan uses modern military thinking to crush the steppe cavalry. On their wedding n
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- 42 He Spoiled His Concubine and Neglected His Wife. Reborn, I Broke Off My Engagement to the Scumbag and Married the Prince 宠妾灭妻，重生我退婚渣男嫁王爷 The physical book is available on all major platforms. Formerly titled Riding the Phoenix. [Reborn + Powerful Female Lead and Male Lead + Nation and World + Political Schemes] Before the age of seventeen, Shen Yu was the legitimate daughter of a military family who could wield a blade and charge into battle. After seventeen, she became the frail wife of Jiang Manor's Vice Minister Jiang. Her father and brothers died in battle, and the entire Shen family was honored for their loyalty. Bearing 88.8kReads9.5Score12.2kShelves
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Jade Belt Hook 玉带钩
[Palace intrigue in an ancient setting, childhood friends + coming of age + mutual redemption + one-on-one, both leads devoted only to each other] [Proud, cunning, ruthless beauty of a crown prince X gentle-looking, resilient noblewoman in disguise] In the tenth year of the Tianqi era of the Ying Dynasty, Prince Qi rebelled and was defeated. The Ning family of the Duke of Li’s household was implicated and convicted, and the entire family was massacred. Only their young daughter, Ning Yue, was re
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The Day He Left Office, 100,000 Citizens Blocked the Road to Give Him Sweet Potatoes 离任那天，十万百姓拦路送红薯
Power plays are the ultimate romance for men. Power plays combined with a slow-burn story set in the world of officialdom. Real life has no absolute black and white. Gray occupies most of our time, and everyone has their own logic behind everything they do.
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Ink-Stained White Lapels 墨染素襟
[Alternate Ancient Setting] [Forced into Government Service] [Political Intrigue and Revenge] [Corrupted by the Desire for Power] [Multiple Supporting Character Subplots] [Traditional Slow Burn] One night, disaster strikes. Blood stains the gates of a noble household, and the entire Yang family is brought down. The only son, Yang Su, narrowly escapes death. The pampered young man he once was sheds his innocence overnight, burying an ocean of hatred deep in his heart. He has no interest in fame o
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After Being Banished to the Cold Palace, I Cling to the Imperial Preceptor 被打入冷宫后我赖上了国师
[Transmigrate into a book + Subverting tropes + Light political intrigue + Devoted to each other + Not a wish-fulfillment story] Jiang Dai was just a busy modern office worker. She clicked on a political intrigue novel to investigate a case, but before she could finish reading it, she opened her eyes one day and found herself as an abandoned consort in the Cold Palace who wouldn't survive three chapters... No, not even one. Where was the essential System for someone who'd transmigrated into a bo
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The Sinful Sea of the Capital 京门孽海录
The enmity between the Zhao family and the Emperor, the Chancellor, and the Empress has always been a thorn between them. They must trust and work together, yet they keep rubbing against that thorn. Can a unity born of pain endure into the next generation?
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- 48 If Father Doesn't Die, How Can His Daughter Ascend the Throne? 父皇不死女儿怎么登基 [Court Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Villainous Heroine + Dark Younger Brother, a Powerful Team] A scorpion and a venomous snake carve out a path through the treacherous imperial harem. When Li Ruyue was seven, she watched helplessly as the people from the Court of Judicial Review fabricated evidence to frame her mother. Her mother was sent to the Cold Palace, the Qin clan was charged with treason, and all 142 people in Zhaoyang Hall were slaughtered before her eyes. She sat in the blood, watching 3.4kReads9.1Score2kShelves
- 49 From the Start, Armed with Just a Blade, I Slaughter My Way from Death Row to Regent 开局一把刀从天牢死囚杀成摄政王 [Ruthless] [Scheming] [Powerful Minister] [Fights Dirty] [Chinese-Style Enchantress] [Backstabbers Deserve to Die] Transmigration isn't about holding back. It's about doing whatever you please. The moment Chen Yan opens his eyes, he's in a prison dungeon, after his own father and younger brother reported him. With his life hanging by a thread, he doesn't hesitate for a second. He turns to a powerful minister and becomes his most loyal lackey! The powerful minister demands a token of loyalty. Che 11.9kReads8.9Score926Shelves
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Help! This Lousy System Is Making Me Found a Sect! 救命！这破系统让我开宗立派！
After transmigrating to another world as a sickly man, the male lead triggers a System: if he fails to save twenty people within three years, he’ll die of his illness. He sets off on a journey to save people, meeting one lovely confidante after another along the way. In the end, he’s forced to found a sect and finds his happy ending. (This is not a cultivation novel.) The premise is fairly fresh, leaving behind the traditional level-up-and-fight-monsters formula. The protagonist is frail at firs
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