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  1. 151 They Called Me Sickly, So I Turned Around and Made a Name for Myself in the Imperial Exams 说我病殃子,我转身科举争光 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Farming + Alternate Ancient Setting, Imperial Exams, but Not a Conventional Exam Novel, Romance] My new book, [Reborn with the Appearance of an Eighteen-Year-Old, While My Children Are Already Twelve], is now updating. Please give it your support. Wang Erxiao was in the prime of his life when he transmigrated, born into the body of a farm boy named Wang Erxiao in the Great Liang dynasty. The Wang family now has three generations living under one roof. Counting his biological and cousin sisters, 27.4kReads7.2Score2.5kShelves
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  2. 152 Being a Court Physician Is Her Disguise, and She Once Loved the Prince with Both Her Heart and Soul 太医是她的伪装,王爷她爱过一双 Ancient Romance365k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate] [Plot-Driven] [Woman Disguised as a Man] [Fake Imperial Physician] [Hilarious and Absurd] "Your Majesty, I accuse Consort Zhen and Imperial Physician Wen of having an affair and bringing shame upon the imperial harem." This isn't Empresses in the Palace. It's Zhang Yao's real-life predicament: from the start, she's a sweet, innocent little girl accused of cuckolding the emperor. How ridiculous is that? Having transmigrated into the body of Wen, an imperial physician with no mem 2.5kReads9.0Score431Shelves
  3. 153 Transmigration: The Daily Life of an Ancient Imperial Exam Candidate, Son of a Peddler 穿越:商贩之子的古代科举日常 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations + Alternate History + Everyday Life in Ancient Times + Building Wealth + Slow-Burn + Coming of Age] In his previous life, Lin Xiang’an lost his parents at a young age and grew up dependent on others. After getting into college, he took a leave of absence to serve as a conscript. When he returned from the military and resumed his studies, he started a few businesses and gradually made his fortune. He achieved success at a young age, and his business kept growing. Then, one 2.6kReads7.9Score193Shelves
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  4. 154 Back in Ancient Times to Become the Top Scholar 回到古代当状元 Historical373k WordsCompleted [Imperial examinations in the early chapters, everyday life, then court politics] After accidentally transmigrating to an ancient, fictional dynasty, he discovers that he has a photographic memory and fights his way up through the imperial examinations. With a way of thinking unlike that of the people of the past, how will he find a way of life that suits him in this ancient world? 600Reads7.7Score107Shelves
  5. 155 Farming Didn’t Work Out, So I Made My Fortune Through the Imperial Examinations 种田不成,只好科举发家 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted After being transmigrated into a womb, Song Yingzhi was reborn too. In his previous life, Song Yingzhi had been born into the body of a child in a dirt-poor farming family. During the day, he worked in the fields with the men of the household. At night, he slept in the pigsty. When he was sixteen, his grandmother decided to sell the family’s pigs so Song Yingzhi could marry a wife, then cleaned out the pigsty and turned it into his bridal chamber… After getting married, Song Yingzhi became even 3.9kReads7.4Score458Shelves
  6. 156 I Only Want to Be a Military Doctor, So Why Are You Making Me Empress? 我只想当军医,你们让我当女皇? Ancient Romance965k WordsCompleted [Feel-good revenge + transmigration + System + medicine + nation-building + conquering a chaotic age + empress + cheat powers] Medical student Liu Yi transmigrates into a war-torn age. The world is in chaos, the imperial court has fallen, and ordinary people can barely survive. But she brought along her all-purpose doctor System. System: “I can give you medical equipment.” System: “I can give you medical books.” System: “I can give you an entire modern hospital.” System: “Your goal is to becom 6.1kReads9.5Score859Shelves
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  7. 157 Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation Through Robbery 穿乱世,疯癫公主她靠抢劫建国了 Ancient Romance2.7M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + Struggle for Supremacy + Chaotic Era + Powerful Female Lead + Fleeing Famine + Infrastructure Building + No Romantic Pairing + Portable Space] Original title: Transmigrating Through Chaotic Times, the Mad Princess Builds a Nation by Robbing Others When Jiang Jin awoke, she discovered that she had become a princess of a fallen kingdom and was being sent to Liang City to become a plaything for the barbarian Jiao Liang. She thought about it and decided it would be better for others 149.6kReads9.5Score18.7kShelves
  8. 158 Failed to Transfer? Better to Strive Than Throw My Life Away 调剂失败,作死不如上进 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Sun Zhaoyang, a woman in a man’s body, forgot to say she didn’t want to be assigned to a different major when she made a wish at Yonghe Temple in the modern world. The enormous force of her wish got her assigned to an alternate dynasty instead. The good news: She no longer has to be passed around like a football while people roll their eyes at her. The bad news: She’s a man now! What can she do? Make the best of it! She can’t just die again. Who knows what godforsaken place she’ll be assigned to 460Reads6.8Score—Shelves
  9. 159 EN My Family Wielded Blades for Generations—Now I Wield a Pen! 我家世代提刀,到我这儿提笔了! Historical1.4M WordsOngoing Transmigrating into the heir of a marquis's estate, Jiang Xiaobai should have enjoyed a life of luxury and glory. Yet when he opened his eyes, he discovered that he already had one foot through the gates of hell. His father hated civil officials above all else, but his predecessor had gone and bought a top scholar! On the day his name appeared on the imperial honors list, there was no boundless glory. Instead, murderous intent came knocking! The entire city was waiting to see his head roll. But 324.5kReads8.7Score38.1kShelves
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  10. 160 Transmigrate into a Book as a Highborn Cannon-Fodder Supporting Heroine 穿书之身份高贵的炮灰女配 Ancient Romance339k WordsCompleted [Transmigrated into a book. The original owner was a villainous supporting character of noble birth. The heroine who transmigrates into the book throws out the original plot and even gives the original male and female leads a few kicks along the way!] If you’re looking for a power fantasy where the heroine crushes everyone, this isn’t for you. The heroine can’t escape the constraints of a feudal dynasty. Since those who aren’t of our kind must have different hearts, she can only seek small victo 5.3kReads8.4Score370Shelves
  11. 161 You Asked Me to Ghostwrite a Love Letter, So Why Did My Words Make a Great Scholar Weep? 让你代写情书,你落笔惊哭大儒? Historical1.3M WordsOngoing [Imperial Exams] [Poor Family] [Love Letter Ghostwriting] [Farming] [Ensemble Cast] [Political Intrigue] Gu Ci, a PhD in Chinese Language and Literature, opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated into the body of a nine-year-old boy in the Great Feng Dynasty. His family is destitute from the start! His father and uncle have both failed the county exams. His little sister is crying for food, while his mother and older sister toil away weaving cloth! With nowhere else to turn, Gu Ci grabs a wri 104.8kReads8.5Score8.3kShelves
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  12. 162 A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举 Ancient Romance187k WordsCompleted Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance. 298Reads6.1Score—Shelves
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  13. 163 I Conquer the Imperial Exams in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频科举文里大杀四方 Ancient Romance341k WordsCompleted After dying, Lin Muwei transmigrates from her former life as an office worker into the body of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an. With powerful enemies outside and schemers within, the beautiful young woman has to pass herself off as a man, disguising her gender to fool everyone! Pampered beyond measure, Lin Muwei sets her sights on becoming the capital’s number-one wastrel! Who could have guessed that the marquis’s household would suddenly fall from favor, and Lin Muwei would turn t 257Reads6.2Score—Shelves
  14. 164 Who Will Walk Beside Me Through the Night? 何人伴我夜间行 Ancient Romance880k WordsOngoing [Courtly schemes + wits and courage + fictional late Qing setting] Would you call her a ruthless, calculating schemer, or a refined young lady, educated and well-mannered? The unforgettable steward Jiao swears brotherhood with twelve heroes and establishes a stronghold. Hardship breeds hardship, but a chance encounter with spring can transform a fish into a dragon. Why did “Ji Liuniang” cast aside the “Liu” in her name, and what carried her to success? A shrewd and far-sighted minister of the co 7Reads7.2Score—Shelves
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  15. 165 One Touch, and They Fall Silent 一摸一个不吱声 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + golden finger ability + beleaguered wage worker + no romance] In her previous life, the heroine was a famous fortune-teller. In truth, she had a secret no one knew: whether she touched a living person or a corpse, she could see the course of that person's entire life. She was fortunate enough to be hired by the bureau as a senior consultant, helping them catch numerous criminals. As a result, the criminals' families took revenge and murdered her in the wilderness. After dying, 1.7kReads8.9Score170Shelves
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  16. 166 The Moment After I Reincarnated as the Dowry Bride 穿成陪嫁下一秒 Two Male Leads1.9M WordsCompleted Two men + mutually faithful + domestic life + dual career struggles + imperial examinations and court politics After a fire, Meng Wan transmigrated to a dynasty he had never heard of and became a male companion to a young lady from a duke's household. Before he could figure out where he was, the next moment he was bound hand and foot and sold off by the young lady. Meng Wan: “? ... Mmmph!!!!!!!” Song Tingzhou lost his father as a child, and his mother raised him alone. Defying everyone's obje 30.9kReads9.5Score4.3kShelves
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  17. 167 The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活 Historical600k WordsCompleted [Transmigration + historical setting + non-virgin male lead + ordinary protagonist with no golden finger] Chen Heyu, a fine young man of the modern age, transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing ancient playboy. He is a middle-aged widower with children, a low-ranking son born to a concubine, and not a single money-making skill to his name. He does, however, have plenty of ways to spend money and a mountain of debts from his romantic escapades. To avoid another beating from his father, 37.1kReads9.3Score4kShelves
  18. 168 The Top Scholar Is a Woman! 探花郎,她是女儿身! Ancient Romance715k WordsOngoing [Disguised as a Man + Transmigrate + Imperial Examinations and Court Intrigue + Ensemble Cast + Infrastructure Building + Equally Matched Couple + Beloved by All + Daily Life] A sensation swept through Jiangnan: the Jiang family, wealthy merchants for generations, had produced a scholar. Rumor had it that supporting this scholar cost the Jiang family enough in a year to sustain an ordinary household in Pingjiang Prefecture for three generations. A curious onlooker counted it all on his fingers, 153.6kReads8.9Score31kShelves
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  19. 169 You Wanted Me to Be a Treacherous Official, but My Entire Family Is Loyal? 让你当奸臣,你满门忠烈? Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Other people transmigrate to the Ming Dynasty and become powerful ministers for beautiful wives, concubines, and authority over the whole court. Mu Zhengju became a powerful minister for the blessings he could earn in the next life after death! To rack up enough blessing points, he lived to a hundred, becoming a living fossil, a veteran of six reigns, and tutor to three emperors. [Ding! You tricked Prince of Yan Zhu Di into successfully launching the Jingnan Campaign. The Ming Dynasty’s military 50.9kReads7.6Score3.5kShelves
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  20. 170 After I Handed Everything Over in the Apocalypse, the System Worked Harder Than I Did 末世上交后,系统打工比我都积极 Sci-Fi & Apocalypse572k WordsCompleted Synopsis [Apocalypse + No Romance + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Wild Imagination] Lin Xuanxuan is an ordinary office drone. She looks delicate, but has the heart of someone who could yank a willow tree out of the ground. Her life’s dream: inherit her mother’s pork shop. One day, she woke from a nightmare and found herself bound to a System. She learned that an apocalypse would break out in three days. Lin Xuanxuan: What are we waiting for? I’m reporting this to the government right away! An 4kReads8.7Score330Shelves
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  21. 171 Building Infrastructure in the Great Qin! Ying Zheng Discovers I’m a Woman 大秦搞基建!我女儿身被嬴政发现 Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted The second part of this book is complete, so you can read with confidence!٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷͈᷄ᗨᵒ̴̶̷͈᷅)و Transmigrates into a younger body + adored by everyone + no CP + career-focused + System + infrastructure building + cute pets + unifies the Six Kingdoms + changes the fate of dying in the second generation After attending a friend's Hanfu gathering, Zhao Jiuyuan was urged by his father back home in Hanzhong. As he drove through a tunnel, he somehow entered a time tunnel and transmigrated to the Qin Empi 16.4kReads9.4Score2.5kShelves
  22. 172 The Top Scholar Is Real, and So Is the Beggar 状元是真的,乞丐也是真的 Historical171k WordsOngoing Shen Mo, a Peking University history professor, wakes up one day as a nameless beggar. No household registration, no food, no shoes, and only a yellow dog so thin its skin clings to its bones. He spent thirty years studying the imperial examinations in his previous life, yet in this one he cannot even get near an exam hall. From a ruined temple to the Golden Throne Hall, from eating tree bark to earning top honors. The top scholar is real, and so is the beggar. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
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  23. 173 Lord Shen Is Reforming the Court Again Today 沈大人今天也在整顿朝堂 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Female-led power fantasy + refusing to let stress eat away at her + whipping the workplace into shape] Shen Yuan, courtesy name Weiping, meaning “resentment still unavenged,” was the daughter of the Marquis of Zhenbei. Disguised as a man, she passed the imperial examinations and entered government service. As she rode through the streets after placing third in the imperial examinations, red sleeves beckoned from every floor of the surrounding buildings. Shen, the new third-place graduate, rolle 38Reads5.4Score—Shelves
  24. 174 The Hilarious Heir Apparent Needs More Than Just a Lesson in Decency 沙雕世子她缺的不止是德 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [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 2.5kReads9.0Score389Shelves
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  25. 175 Only After I Ruled the World Did the Heir Start Pursuing Me 权掌天下后,世子才追我 Ancient Romance150k WordsOngoing A modern female CEO opens her eyes to find her entire family slaughtered. Amid a mountain of corpses and rivers of blood, she happens to save a badly wounded young lord. Disguised as a man and living under an assumed name, all she wants is to uncover the truth behind her family’s massacre and survive in a world in chaos. But the young lord she saved is looking at her in increasingly strange ways. He gets jealous for her, loses his composure for her, and lies awake all night thinking of her. He 8Reads—Score—Shelves
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  26. 176 Lie Flat Immortal Venerable 躺平仙尊 Eastern Fantasy146k WordsCompleted [Rapid-fire laughs + lighthearted + no romance] Lin Xian transmigrates to a cultivation world gripped by cutthroat competition. His previous incarnation was the ultimate grind king, who worked himself to death from cultivating nonstop. Lin Xian binds himself to a System that rewards him with cultivation whenever he rests, lies flat, or slacks off, but punishes him if he cultivates seriously... 1.2kReads—Score103Shelves
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  27. 177 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 9.2kReads9.0Score1.1kShelves
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  28. 178 Imperial Exam Comeback: The Chief Minister Is a Woman in Disguise 科举逆袭:首辅大人女扮男装 Ancient Romance162k WordsCompleted [System + No Saintly Do-Gooder + Comeback and Revenge + Rise in Rank and Wealth] [A Woman Disguised as a Man Takes the Imperial Exams] [Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings for Her] After an unexpected transmigration, Ye Bing became the posthumous child of the Ye family’s eldest branch. Faced with four beautiful older sisters, a frail widowed mother, and a scoundrel of a father who faked his death to marry another wife, Ye Bing decided to enter officialdom through the imperial exams so she could prot 200Reads—Score—Shelves
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  29. 179 A Female Chancellor's Rise Through the Imperial Exams 女宰相的科举逆袭 Ancient Romance315k WordsCompleted [Woman Disguised as a Man + No Romance + No Male Lead + Imperial Exam Comeback + Female Awakening] After fighting her way up from the bottom, Jiang Chuheng opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a twelve-year-old girl in ancient times, disguised as a boy and prone to tears. At home, she has an elderly grandmother, a timid mother, and two beautiful older sisters. Her eldest sister has been set up and faces the prospect of becoming a concubine. Things are going badly from the start! After 139Reads6.6Score—Shelves
  30. 180 I Passed the Palace Exam, and You're Telling Me I'm a Princess? 我都中状元了,你说我是公主? Ancient Romance575k WordsOngoing [No romance, female emperor] Yun Zhao is reborn into the family of a wealthy merchant in ancient times. At first, she thinks a life of comfort, with everything she needs and someone to look after her, sounds pretty good. Then she learns that being single is actually a crime in the Da Ning Dynasty! Any unmarried woman aged sixteen or older, or man aged nineteen or older, must pay a fine of two taels of silver each year. Unmarried women aged twenty or older, and men aged twenty-two or older, will 40.4kReads8.8Score5.3kShelves
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  31. 181 Sign-In: I Ruined the Heroine’s Moment in the Spotlight 签到:穿书女配搅了女主的风光局 Ancient Romance2.0M WordsCompleted [Sign-In System] [Disguised as a Man] [Imperial Exams] [No Male Lead] The story begins with farming and later moves on to the imperial exams and officialdom. (How should I put it? There are loads of handsome men and beautiful women. The female lead, supporting women, and supporting men are all gorgeous, that’s all.) Jiang Youzhen had barely transmigrated before she was lying flat on a plank, and became the only son of the Jiang family’s second branch. Everyone immediately started feeling her up. 814Reads7.6Score101Shelves
  32. 182 Born into a Farmer's Family as Their Late-Born Son, I Change Our Fortunes Through the Imperial Exams 胎穿农家老来子,靠科举改换门庭 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations + Daily Life + No Golden Finger] Just after passing the civil service exam, Song Xi was sent by a cement truck trying to meet its quota to an ancient dynasty called Great Qi. He was reborn as a farmer's son, and his mother gave birth to him at an advanced age, drawing plenty of ridicule from those around them. His family owned nothing but four bare walls, and they could afford meat only once or twice a year. Fortunately, his family loved him, and he had something to look f 19.5kReads8.3Score1.8kShelves
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  33. 183 Do Civil Officials Have to Resort to Fistfights? I Throw My Weight Around at Court 文臣尽头是武斗?我在朝堂横着走 Historical904k WordsOngoing The entire household of Minister Wang's family is made up of lean, refined scholars, each elegant and slight, capable of writing thousands of words on statecraft with a single stroke of the brush. Only the second son, Wang Ling, is an oddball: a nine-foot giant with shoulders broad enough to block a doorway, able to hoist a full water jar with one hand. Among a crowd of scholars, he looks like a wild ox barging into an orchid garden. Study? He falls asleep after half a lesson. Memorize? He can't 397.8kReads9.2Score50.8kShelves
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