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She Held a Reunion Feast, and the Entire Court Showed Up? 她办个同窗宴，满朝文武都来了？
[Group transmigration + ensemble cast + no System + imperial examinations + everyday academy life in the early story + political intrigue in the middle and later story] (Everyone is highly intelligent and career-driven; the heroine has no romance) An earthquake sent Zhu Lan and her entire class of top students into a book, where they became a notorious group of failures! How could they turn things around? Oh, apparently all they had to do was pass the highest-level imperial exam. What a relief!
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I Find the Top Scholar So Charming 我见探花多娇媚
Jing Bao has three wishes: First, protect the family estate of the main branch; second, enter the Imperial College, place third in the palace examinations, and bring honor to the family; third, keep living as a man in disguise until the end. Lord Gu has three wishes too: First, help someone protect their family estate; second, help that someone place third in the palace examinations; third, bring the disguised top scorer home and make her the mistress of the household.
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I Became the Most Popular Person at an Ancient Academy and Was Forced into a Love Triangle 穿到古代书院成为万人迷被迫修罗
[Dual Male Leads + Beloved by All + Love Rival Showdowns + Ancient School Setting] Sons of the Chancellor, the Dali Court, and the General: the school’s F4 {All male leads are devoted to one person + lighthearted comedy} Su Mingjue transmigrates into the body of Jinling Prince’s spoiled legitimate son. Because he’s lazy and uneducated, Jinling Prince sends him from the south to study at Luming Academy in the capital, thousands of miles away. Hoping to return to the city as soon as possible and
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The Hilarious Heir Apparent Needs More Than Just a Lesson in Decency 沙雕世子她缺的不止是德
[Cross-Dressing as a Man + Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance + Yandere + Ancient Academy + Political Schemes + Ensemble Cast] The moment Xiang Mu transmigrated into a book, she knew she was doomed. Her father was the most heinous villain in history, and she was the most notorious young wastrel ever. The entire country wanted the villainous father and son dead, and even her own lovely wife was sharpening a knife in the courtyard, ready to kill her with her own hands. To change her fate of being ki
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I Became the Tycoon's Dark Moonlight 穿成大佬的黑月光
What do you do when your husband commits murder right in front of you? Asking for advice online. It’s pretty urgent! Xu Ning wakes up in the body of a poor girl whose father doesn’t care about her, whose mother doesn’t love her, and who has been abandoned by a scoundrel. To get revenge on him, she uses a trick to marry a lame scholar from Qingshui Village. The moment she opens her eyes, she sees her husband, the one she married by mistake, smashing someone’s head with a rock, blow after blow. Re
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My Desk Mate Is Still a Poor Little Thing: I Take Her Home to Be My Wife 同桌还是小可怜，捡回家，做老婆
The least noticeable seatmate in class, a helpless girl with no presence at all, becomes the nation's sweetheart ten years later? Gu Yan is reborn in his senior year of high school and gains a System. Chu Weiwei: “You're bullying me.” Gu Yan: “That's because you're so cute. Look, why do I never bully anyone else? I only bully you, right?” Chu Weiwei: “Well… I guess you can't take all the blame. I'm half responsible, too.” By bullying his seatmate, Gu Yan earns all kinds of System rewards and, qu
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The Enchanting Demon Minister: Your Majesty, Please Behave 妖臣撩人：皇上请您自重
[Woman disguised as a man] In her previous life, she suffered at the hands of a scumbag, watched her whole family drown in blood, and was literally angered to death. Reborn into this life as the capital's number-one wastrel, she sees all of Chang'an's splendor in a single day. Let the scumbags and shameless women come at her. If she can't make them cry, she loses. Her wicked stepmother and slutty stepsister? They can go find somewhere else to bother people. Fame, fortune, and a crowd of princes
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After Faking Her Death in Disguise as a Man, She Starts Playing the Frail, Scheming Green Tea 女扮男装死后，她开始演柔弱绿茶
The print edition of [Playing Coy] is available on all platforms. [The heroine is everyone’s beloved, with maximum “moonlight in the heart” appeal + doted on by all + universally adored + strong female lead] Qin Buwen disguised herself as a man and played the part of a treacherous official for sixteen years. At the height of her infamy, everyone in Chang’an, even the dogs, would go out of their way to avoid her. Then she was betrayed and abandoned by everyone. She leapt from a tall building, onl
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The Prince's Madcap Bookish Attendant, Disguised as a Man 女扮男装疯批太子小侍读
[Rebirth + possessiveness + yandere + woman disguised as a man + regret and redemption + sweet and heartbreaking romance + both leads' first love. An obsessive, controlling male lead vs. a freedom-loving heroine who isn't a saint] Su Cenan died in the fourth year of her imprisonment in the imperial palace. She never expected to open her eyes again and find herself reborn in the days when she had entered the palace disguised as a man to serve as the Crown Prince's attendant. The Crown Prince, J
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Eldest Farmhouse Daughter: After I Transmigrate, I Become the Prince’s Cherished One 农家长姐：穿越后成了王爷心头宠
The moment Cheng Ying opens her eyes, she finds herself in a human trafficker's den. She's stunned. With her tiny arms and legs, has she transmigrated? Her father is a top general in the imperial court, framed for treason and sentenced to have his entire family executed? How can she stand for that? But whose adorable, sweet, and obedient little child is this? After learning about her background, Cheng Ying decides to do two things. First: Raise the little one well, and help them become a person
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After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Saved the Mad Crown Prince 女扮男装后，我救赎了疯批太子
Original title: After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Saved the Tormented Crown Prince A seemingly sweet but secretly calculating crown prince vs. the forceful second son of a general’s household, a woman disguised as a man who protects her husband Shang Zhengyu is the general’s daughter. She has been raised as a boy since childhood, and one day she’s suddenly told that she has transmigrated into a book and been bound to a System that requires her to save the obsessive villain. By then, she has ju
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She Disguises Herself as a Man, and the Emperor Gets Kissed by the Regent Again 女扮男装，皇上又被摄政王亲哭啦
[Woman disguised as a man + devoted to one another + a little silly + heroine is a doctor + timid heroine + lighthearted, everyday sweet romance] [An overpowered hero: the gold standard of gentlemanly conduct, loves cuddling up to the heroine, hopelessly lovesick, and very easy to appease] Shen Jingli transmigrates into the body of the emperor of Dayuan, expecting to enjoy a lavish life of endless extravagance. Instead, she turns out to be a miserable puppet emperor, while the regent is the re
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Ding! With an Immortal Achievement, the Cousin Miss Starts Reading 叮，成就流芳百世，表小姐开卷了
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
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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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A Country Girl’s Daily Life of Preparing for the Imperial Exams 农家女的科举日常
[System + women’s imperial examinations + no disguises as men + transmigration + fictional setting + no romance + farming] In her previous life, Zhuge Yunshu was an orphan with no one to support but herself, and she lived a thoroughly carefree, lazy life. Perhaps Heaven couldn’t stand watching her do nothing, so it dropped something on her from a great height and killed her. Then she was reborn as a baby in an ancient farming family. In this era, where farming is the main way of life, everyone,
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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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My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟，女扮男装科举忙
Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o
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The Imperial Examinations: The First Female Grand Chancellor 科举：第一女首辅
Feng Xi transmigrates into the foolish fiancée of the male lead in an imperial-examination novel, an NPC on his path to greatness. According to the original plot, the male lead, who grew up in the countryside, is found by his family. The first thing he does after reclaiming his status as a scion of a prominent clan is send someone to erase the stain that is her. After that, the male lead displays his talents, places first in the imperial exams, rises through the ranks, and wins the hearts of a b
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The Farm Girl Who Became Top Scholar 农家女状元
Mo Zhen, a modern-day tomboy, somehow transmigrates into ancient times as a real man! She takes the imperial exams, becomes the top scorer, protects the people, and rights wrongs. She makes buns, builds a franchise, and grows richer than kings. She charms handsome men and noble young ladies alike, living a dashing and carefree life. “Wife, you've had enough fun. Time for bed.” Alas, the man is actually a woman.
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From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅
(A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing,
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GB: No Cross-Dressing as a Man, No Way GB不女扮男装不舒服
[Gender-bender quick transmigration · Female lead stays the aggressor · No fixed pairing · Woman in men's clothing · All male characters are virgins] - Tang Jin, a great demon who grew from wild grass, was bound to a quick transmigration System. Apparently, the System was originally designed for male task-takers, so Tang Jin could only play male cannon fodder, male villains, or male supporting characters in each story. [If you're lucky, you might even get to be the male lead~] Tang Jin: "Want th
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Aren't You Supposed to Tell Me Your Gender Before We Start Dating? 不知道谈恋爱之前要先报性别的吗
[High-IQ rebellious girl disguised as a boy] VS [Handsome, clueless, low-EQ attention seeker] From the start, Ji Jin was kicked out by her wealthy biological father and sent off to boarding school. Then her half-brother cut off her allowance. Ji Jin didn't care one bit. She'd take care of herself, even if it meant getting into trouble. So she went with her deskmate to sell herself at a night market, only to end up in the lockup after getting drunk and starting a fight. Jiang Cuo never imagin
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She's Disguised as a Boy! All Her Male Dormmates Want to Turn Her Gay 女扮男装！男寝室友们都想掰歪她
(Secret Identities / No Fixed Pairing / Everyone's Favorite / Regret and Redemption) To change her own fate and that of her twin brother, Qin Mu disguises herself as a man and moves back into the boys' dormitory her brother fears. Bystanders: That sissy's got some nerve, moving back into the male idol's dorm! Onlookers: Just you wait. That sissy will run away with his tail between his legs again! When her secret identities are exposed, all five god-tier roommates are dumbfounded!!! The business
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