Any Stories About a Concubine’s Son Striving to Get Ahead? 有没有庶子之类挣前途的
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Life as a Kept Man in Ancient Times 在古代吃软饭的日子
Someone asked Lu Chao how he became the youngest Minister of Works in the empire. What was the secret to his success? Lu Chao glanced at the person beside him and smiled. “First, you need to have a general for a wife.” The story of Lu Chao, a modern-day corporate drone who accidentally transmigrates to ancient times. He originally plans to lie flat, but ultimately becomes a wise minister of his generation.
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- 2 The Imperial Exams: From a Duke’s Bastard Son to a Powerful Official 科举！从公府庶子到权臣的青云路 [Not a BL novel! Not a male-male romance! One male lead, little to no romance, and a plot-focused story.] [Transmigration + Illegitimate Son of a Duke’s Estate + No System + Imperial Exams + Political Intrigue] He transmigrates, and the good news is that he’s now an illegitimate son of the Duke of Wei’s household, with food and clothes taken care of and no need to worry about making a living. The bad news is that he’s not only unloved, but also mocked and looked down upon. Heh. Never look down o 48kReads8.9Score4.3kShelves
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Transmigrate, Turn the Imperial Exams Around, and Raise a Wife 穿越，科举逆袭养媳妇
[One heroine + imperial examinations + transmigration + alternate history + devoted husband] Zhang Yue feels a sudden wave of dizziness. When he wakes up, he has become the illegitimate son of the Zhang family's second branch. Just thinking about being an illegitimate son gives him a headache, but then he sees his gentle, tender concubine mother and the First Madam, who has always looked after him, and feels like things might just work out after all... Life is hard. Yue sighs!!!
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- 4 The Struggles of a Concubine's Son 庶子的奋斗史 (Fictional setting, no need to nitpick. Everything serves the story. An imperial-examination novel.) A university student majoring in Chinese Language and Literature transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born son of a prominent family. In this dynasty, where the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children is stark, a concubine-born son's status is low. Most receive little attention from their families, let alone much of an inheritance. Ling Fengyu knows this all too well. He un —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Guide to Surviving as a Lowborn Son in Ancient Times 古代庶子生存指南 [The male lead transmigrates without a golden finger; domestic family life; studying for the imperial examinations; the female lead appears late; fictional historical setting] After transmigrating as the concubine-born son of a civil official in an unknown dynasty, Huaize planned to take life easy and be a contented freeloader in the ancient world. But Huaize had hoped to keep to himself, only to discover that in an age when collective punishment was common, everyone in a prominent family had 7.8kReads8.4Score594Shelves
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Reborn as a Marquis's Bastard Son? Then I'll Take the Imperial Exams! 穿成侯门庶子？科举！科举！科举
[Imperial Exams + Feel-Good Story + Business + Child Prodigy + Everyday Life + Political Intrigue] Song Mingyuan dies in a car accident and wakes up as an illegitimate son in the Marquis of Great Zhou's household. The good news: he has plenty to eat and wear, and maids to look after him. The bad news: his adoptive mother is his father's principal wife. Now that she has a son of her own, she sees Song Mingyuan as a thorn in her side and wants him dead! Song Mingyuan, who has transmigrated into t
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I Became a Marquis's Illegitimate Son, and the Imperial Exams Won Me a Wife and Glory for My Descendants 穿成侯府庶子，我靠科举封妻荫子
A sickly modern-day man transmigrates overnight into Su Yiheng, the illegitimate eldest son of the Marquis of Ningyuan's household. Born prematurely and frail, he lost his mother young, leaving his little sister without a protector. Their stepmother is sweet-tongued but wicked at heart. If he wants a peaceful life, the military path is out of reach, so he'll pursue a career as a civil official through the imperial examinations! After two lifetimes of being weak, Su Yiheng looks at the graceful y
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- 8 On My Wedding Night: My Concubine-Born Husband Is a Transmigrator 大婚夜：庶子夫君是穿越的 [Female-audience novel + Male Lead’s Perspective + One-on-One Romance] [The female lead is extremely possessive, spoiled, and willful. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] After a stroke of luck, Wen Zongji transmigrated into the body of a marquis’s illegitimate son. The story opened on his wedding night with a county princess. The original owner had married Anhe, the princess and daughter of the eldest princess, despite being only an illegitimate son of a marquis, entirely thanks to an incre 102.4kReads8.3Score11.3kShelves
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The Marquis's Son Fails at Lying Flat 侯府郎君躺平失败记
Just after Feng Yanchu transmigrates, he hears a series of smacks before feeling a stinging pain on his butt. How embarrassing! His pants have been pulled down and he’s being spanked! Then he hears several children wailing. Three other kids are getting beaten nearby, too. Looks like they got into trouble. At least he isn’t the only one being punished, which makes it a little less embarrassing. The male lead transmigrates into the body of an illegitimate son in a marquis’s household. He expects t
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- 10 The Concubine's Son Rises: From the Cold Courtyard to the Chancellor's Seat 庶子青云：从冷院到宰执 When he woke up, modern university lecturer Gu Yanzhou had become the least favored eight-year-old illegitimate son in the Marquis Dingyuan household. His birth mother had died young, his father ignored him, his stepmother was cold, and his siblings bullied him. His former self had even been pushed into a pond and “accidentally” drowned. In his previous life, he led graduate students through academic research. In this life, he’ll make his mark in the imperial examinations of the fictional Shengj 777Reads7.7Score111Shelves
- 11 I Transmigrated into a Book About the Imperial Exams and Brought Home a Fussy Little Wife 穿书科举，娶了个小作精回家 [Imperial examinations + sweet romance + face-slapping + infrastructure development and rising through the ranks: a scheming, smug transmigrated playboy x a spoiled, somewhat crafty but not too calculating troublemaker] Xie Zi'an is a spoiled young master who transmigrates into a book, becoming the husband of the villainess. In the original story, the man he replaces is framed and found alone with the unconscious Xu Nansong. The two are forced to marry, but after the wedding, he discovers that X 23.3kReads8.7Score2.5kShelves
- 12 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: The Depressed Life of a Lowborn Official's Son 穿越古代之小官庶子的颓废生活 [Farming] [Transmigration] [Everyday Life] [Slow Pace] [No System] [No golden finger] [No Superpowers] [Not a Face-Slapping Story] Readers who mind these points can move along. Yang Dingxin, courtesy name Yuanshi, was a man in this life and a woman in his previous one. After earning a master's degree in law from a prestigious university, she joined a top law firm and finally made partner at the age of thirty-eight, only for a car accident to reset her life. When she opened her eyes again, she ha 33Reads6.2Score110Shelves
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The Fake Heir Was Cast Out of the Marquis's Estate, Then Rose to Power Through the Imperial Exams 被赶出侯府假世子靠科举逆袭权臣
Chen Yan worked himself to the bone as an office drone. After finally paying off his mortgage and car loan, he had 400,000 yuan in savings and was ready to lie flat in a small county town. Little did he know that disaster can strike at any moment. He transmigrated! The good news: he was still a man in this life, so he wouldn't have to experience period pain. He was born into a wealthy marquis's household, surrounded by fine clothes, delicious food, and his family's boundless affection. The bad n
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A Hound of the Imperial Court? You’ve Never Faced the Six Fan Gate’s Blades 朝廷鹰犬？没挨过六扇门的刀
Also known as: Six Doors: Confiscating Estates and Wiping Out Clans [Transmigrate into a book + ruthless and decisive + single or no heroine] Reality isn’t a game, nor is it a storybook. Reality has rules, and breaking them brings retribution. My name is Li Jun Su. I paid the price for breaking the rules. After that, I was reborn. Unlike the real world, this world was dominated by martial arts, and the path to immortality flourished. Power mattered more than authority. The Great Qian Dyna
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The Laid-Back Life of a Marquis’s Bastard Son 穿成侯府庶子的摆烂生活
[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,
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Reborn as the Firstborn of a Concubine: My Legitimate Brother Is an Immortal Emperor! 穿越庶长兄：嫡弟竟是仙帝转世！
[Signed for print publication | Brothers standing shoulder to shoulder, no romance, lighthearted and funny with a touch of ensemble cast, satisfying and never groveling, both brothers become top-tier powerhouses later on] After transmigrating, Yun Qing became the eldest son born of a concubine in one of the cultivation world's most powerful families. The good news: He possessed a Chaos Dao Embryo and an ancient double pupil. He could seize the sun and pluck the stars, with a boundless path to im
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Dream of the Red Chamber: Jia Cong's Road to the Imperial Exams 红楼：庶子贾琮登科路
[Imperial examinations + Dream of the Red Chamber spin-off + Transmigration + No golden finger + Not a wish-fulfillment story + One female lead, romance develops later] The rating has only just opened. Everyone is welcome to give it a try. He was once a young history professor. One night, while staying up to write a grant proposal for the National Natural Science Foundation of China, he worked himself to death. Who could have guessed he would transmigrate into the body of nine-year-old Jia Cong
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- 18 The Horror Realm: Entering the Strange World from a Psychiatric Hospital 惊悚领域：从精神病院进入诡世界 (The hardcover edition has been published!) [Infinite Flow] [Original Horror Instances] [Mild Horror] “Chen Ji murdered his mother a week ago and spent three days with her corpse before he was arrested.” “You have been diagnosed with schizophrenia and are about to be transferred to a psychiatric hospital for supervision.” “Do you have anything to say?” The black-haired boy before them slowly raised his head, his expression calm. “I’ll say it again.” “The thing I killed wasn’t my mother...” “It w 335.3kReads9.5Score66.6kShelves
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The Imperial Exams! After Ten Years of Study, I Pass and Take Down the Nobility 科举！寒窗十年，上岸就斩勋贵
“The autumn wind howls in August, sweeping three layers of thatch from my roof!” The moment Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes, he found himself facing a catastrophe. Framed and cast out of the marquis's household by his own father, he was now being hunted, with his life hanging by a thread. He chose to fake his death and flee south to seek refuge with family friends. On the way, however, he ran into an imperial inspector investigating a case. From the inspector, he learned that his family friends had
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- 20 I Use Modern Knowledge to Dominate the Imperial Exams 我靠现代知识，在古代科举杀疯了 Lin Feng, a modern-day rich kid and race car driver who likes to lie flat, accidentally transmigrates to ancient times in the Qi Dynasty, becoming Lin Yan, the younger, illegitimate son of a minor local official. Armed with mathematical and scientific knowledge far beyond his era, along with a vast collection of Chinese poetry that lets him show off without even trying, he repeatedly astonishes everyone on his path through the imperial examinations. During the palace examination, his brilliant t 1.1kReads7.3Score111Shelves
- 21 I’m the Illegitimate Son of a Marquis’s Household, Yet the Princes Keep Seeking Me Out to Play 我侯府庶子，奈何皇子喜欢找我玩 The story of Jiang An, an illegitimate son of the Marquis’s household, farming and rising through the ranks in ancient times. He was a lazy fish to begin with, but a chubby prince just loves hanging out with him, and little by little, he stops being lazy. Who dares say Huang Chao wasn’t a real man? 852Reads5.5Score101Shelves
- 22 From the Start, I Was a Lowly Illegitimate Son, but the Imperial Exams Carried Me to Success 开局低贱庶子，我靠科举步步青云 Transmigration, imperial examinations, illegitimate son, political intrigue, court politics, play the pig to eat the tiger, male-oriented, historical, one female lead When Lin Yan transmigrated, he became an inconspicuous illegitimate son of the Lin family. He harbored no deep-seated hatred and had never endured relentless bullying. All he knew was how to keep his talents hidden, guard his heart, and live quietly. While others studied hard for the imperial examinations, he already had a firm gr 19.3kReads6.7Score1.7kShelves
- 23 Born into the Marquis's Household: The Illegitimate Son Just Wants to Lie Flat 胎穿：侯府庶子只想躺平 Born into the household of a marquis as an illegitimate son, Shen Qingci thought he was in for a living hell. But to his surprise, his grandmother was loving, his stepmother was gentle, his elder brother always had his back, and his aunt was wise and understanding. Good food, a powerful family to back him up: wasn’t this just the ancient version of being born rich? Shen Qingci promptly decided: in this life, he would lie flat! But then His father was suddenly stripped of his title and executed, 490Reads5.4Score106Shelves
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The Wei Clan's Cursed Son Becomes Grand Secretary—Now They Beg Me to Return 魏家孽种成首辅，全族跪求我认祖
(Also known as The Wei Fox) [Political Schemes][One Female Lead][Ensemble Cast][The Wei Faction] Condemned from birth, I was given the name Niesheng. On the day I was born, my mother died in childbirth, and my grandfather mourned before the ancestral hall. The whole household looked at me askance, all calling me a disaster star who had stolen another's fate. My biological father hated me like an enemy, my elder half-brother regarded me as an omen of bad luck, and my stepmother hid a knife behind
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The Plain Jane’s Comeback: Making Money and Getting Rich 普女逆袭：一心搞钱，一意暴富
Ordinary heroine VS male lead adored by everyone (neither has been with anyone else) The heroine is born poor, clear-headed and patient. Step by step, she rises from the bottom to become a CEO. Rumor has it that Xu Ning, heir to Huayu, leads a wild private life, with countless lovers whom he treats lavishly, showering them with houses, cars, and gifts worth millions. Qi Xia is drowning in debt and loves money above all else. She thinks he's a gigolo who can make it rain cash. Unfortuna
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Dream of the Red Chamber: The Strongest Imperial Guard—The World Is Mine! 红楼：最强锦衣卫，我只手遮天！
[You can enjoy this even if you've never read Dream of the Red Chamber] After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Huan becomes an unloved son born to a concubine. The dynasty is nearing its end, officials are corrupt, martial artists flout the law, and court factions scheme for power. Fortunately, Jia Huan awakens a golden finger and joins the Embroidered Uniform Guard, rising through the ranks. If anyone crosses him, he slaughters them, while also taking the opportuni
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What If Minglan and Her Husband Could Hear My Thoughts? 知否，当明兰夫妇能听到我的心声
[Woman transmigrates into a man + transmigrates into the TV adaptation of The Story of Minglan + mind reading + System] Transmigrated as Minglan’s unborn younger brother in The Story of Minglan! Sheng Changyu becomes a master of snark, never realizing Minglan can hear his inner thoughts. Every sarcastic remark he makes is heard by Minglan! The further Sheng Changyu goes, the more he realizes that the story isn’t following the right plot at all!
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- 28 The Story of Minglan: The Sheng Family’s Illegitimate Son 知否之盛家庶子 A blended world, a fantastical legend. In this same world, women carve out their own place in the inner household. What might they achieve if they were men? The realm, political schemes, the heir to the throne, the imperial throne, conspiracies and stratagems: amid all the twists and turns, can one navigate the court and carve out a path through the bloodshed? I am Sheng Changxun, the seventh son of the Sheng family. Greetings, everyone! 712Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 29 The Story of Minglan: The Yuan Family's Son by a Concubine 知否之袁家庶子 Synopsis 1: See how a modern young man makes his mark in the world of The Story of Minglan, rising to power until he commands the realm by day and sleeps in a beauty's arms by night. Synopsis 2: Yuan Wenhua, armed with a General Training System, enters a world much like the Song dynasty, where he wins glory on the battlefield and shapes the imperial court. 2.4kReads8.1Score103Shelves
- 30 Transmigrated into The Story of Minglan: Made a Baron at Nine 穿越知否，我九岁封男爵 Reborn as a son born of a concubine in the Sheng Minglan world, persecuted by his stepmother, he escaped the Kang household from the start and changed his name to Xu Zijian. He used the poem “Ode to Lime” to deal with her, have himself struck from the family register, and frame his stepmother, Lady Kang. Using his medical skills, he performed surgery to save the Cao family's only son and took him in as a younger brother. He rescued Emperor Renzong's last son, the Jiayou Emperor, when he contract 2.5kReads7.1Score128Shelves
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Reborn in Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia Huan, the Concubine’s Son 重生红楼之庶子贾环
A doctor transmigrates into the Jia household of the Jia family in Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming Jia Huan, the most useless son born to a concubine. Follow his efforts as he rises step by step, blooms like a lotus, escapes his predicament, and makes up for the story's many regrets.
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The Struggle for the Throne 夺嫡
In the Great Kang dynasty, court rivalries were fierce and the political landscape treacherous. Noble clans and aristocratic families schemed against one another... Lu Zheng, a decent young man from twenty-first-century Earth, transmigrated as a concubine-born son of the Lu family in Jiangnan. Shunned by his stepmother, exiled by his family, and forced to depend on others, he suffered one humiliation after another. Watch as Lu Zheng rises to the challenge, grows stronger by seizing every opportu
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Transmigrated as a Bastard Son of the Marquis, I’m Framed from the Start 穿越候府庶子，开局让我顶罪
After transmigrating, Zhou Qing becomes an unwanted illegitimate son of the Marquis’s household, pushed out to a small village. And the first thing he’s expected to do after waking up is take the blame for his legitimate half-brother? Hmm, not a bad plan, but Zhou Qing isn’t interested. If nobody cares how a pawn feels, then he might as well flip the whole board! (×) Naturally, he should sit down and talk things over, finding a solution both sides can accept. (✓) Whether it’s the martial world o
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- 34 The Pei Family's Concubine-Born Son 裴家庶子 [Two male leads + historical romance] The story is complete. Enjoy! [Ambitious, white-lotus-style son of a concubine]+ [Cold-hearted, soft-faced, ruthless minister] [Youthful-looking, scheming, unhinged prince]+ [Decisive, formidable, martial emperor] (From the protagonist's perspective) Born into a complicated family, beautiful, powerful, and tragic, he goes from an unloved son of a concubine to the top scholar in the imperial exams. He then helps the ninth prince, who is neither the eldest no 323Reads7.0Score102Shelves
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A Dream of Red Mansions: Love Among the Hairpins 红楼环钗缘
A young civil servant awakens as a concubine-born son of the Rongguo Mansion in Dream of the Red Chamber. He takes charge of the major characters’ fates and makes peace with the regrets of the past, bringing to life a poignant and epic tale wrapped in opulence and splendor... A taste that starts sour and spicy, turns bitter, then sweet. How to read: Take your time and savor it. Side effect: You may become interested in the original novel! [One Female Lead] + [Imperial Examinations and Military A
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The Marquis's Bastard Son Has a System 侯府庶子有个系统
The story of a son born to a concubine coming of age, and a weak golden finger System that the male lead struggles to raise. From the inner courtyards of a marquis's manor to studying at an academy and fighting on the frontier, see how this son turns his life around.
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- 37 The Demonic Path: The Jin Clan’s Illegitimate Eldest Son 魔道之金家庶长子 “Yanxi Literary Society”: It’s late summer, and I’m Yanxi. Please be kind. There are ten regrets in The Untamed, but the one I can’t help feeling sorry for is the man who spent his whole life scheming and lying, harmed countless people, and killed his father, brother, wife, son, teacher, and friends. There was no wicked deed under the sun that he hadn’t done! And yet, the one person he never wanted to hurt was the person who protected his dignity. I want to give him an older brother, a true olde 1.5kReads9.1Score138Shelves
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Transmigrating to an Unmanageable Life in Ancient Times 穿越之躺不平的古代生活
[The rating has just been posted and will rise] Ancient life + Slow-burn story + Studying and imperial exams + Devoted love + One heroine + Gradual pacing Chen Wen'an grew up in an orphanage and worked his way through college, graduating while holding down a job. After joining the workforce and becoming one of the office drones, he was walking home from work when he got distracted by a phone call and failed to notice a truck running a red light. Just like that, he became one of the transmigratio
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From the Start, I Cut Down My Kin, Top the Imperial Exams, and Slay My Way Through the Court 开局先灭亲，科举中状元杀穿朝堂
[Historical fantasy + imperial examinations + transmigration + rebirth + court politics + power struggles] Zhao Jingyu, a screenwriter with a modest reputation in the entertainment industry, watched a video about ancient male entertainers and had the misfortune of transmigrating into the body of one. He has no intention of becoming a helpless victim for others to bully. Anyone who picks on him gets wiped out! His shameless grandfather covets his body? Wiped out! His corrupt second uncle aids and
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- 40 A Floating Life in Blue Robes [Female-to-Male Transmigration] 青衣浮生【女穿男】 Reader’s note: A woman transmigrates into a man, marries, and there is one couple throughout. The story is low-key, with no major twists, no inner-courtyard scheming, and only basic political machinations. Please read only if you’re okay with all that. I was a modern-day overworked teacher who suddenly died and transmigrated into the lowly illegitimate son of the Marquis of Daqi’s household. The moment I opened my eyes, I was faced with the terrifying reality of having the wrong gender, and I’d 10.4kReads9.3Score1.4kShelves
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This Start Is Pretty Miserable! 这个开局有点惨啊！
He transmigrates straight into an assassin training camp! After barely escaping with his life, he unexpectedly takes the place of an official’s son! He originally planned to pursue the imperial examinations, but the dynasty is in its final days and chaos engulfs the land! Watch the protagonist carve out his own place in the world! The author is no good at writing introductions, so please head straight to the story...
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A Bastard Son in the Eastern Jin: From Dowry Servant to Rising Star 东晋庶子：从陪嫁仆从开始逆袭
The comic adaptation just came out. If you’re interested, go check it out. No System + political machinations + comeback + reform + aristocratic clan power struggles + plotting from behind the scenes In the first year of Jianwu, Sima Rui declared himself emperor, while the Langya Wang clan held the court in the palm of its hand. Under the Nine-Rank System, those from humble families had no way forward, as aristocratic clans monopolized the court generation after generation. Lu Heng, a tomb raide
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- 43 The Concubine's Son Becomes Emperor 庶子成皇 In the eighteenth year of Longxing, the Great Zhou, which had once united the land under its rule, was already in decline, and the realm was in turmoil. Within its borders, heroes rose from humble beginnings, while powerful clans stood poised to act. Beyond them, the steppe barbarians and fierce warriors of the northern tribes held sway in the lands beyond the desert, weapons at the ready. Beset by troubles at home and abroad, where would this mighty empire go from here? At such a time, the Nort 1.1kReads8.6Score101Shelves
- 44 A Woman in a Man's Body: A Concubine-Born Son's Guide to Getting Rich 女穿男：庶子暴富手册 [Woman transmigrates into a man's body + transmigration + one-on-one romance + marriage before love + slow-burn + farming and business] [Sweet-talking, ruthless rent collector vs. theatrical holdout who refuses to break off the engagement] When Zhao Wenduo opens his eyes, he's become the disowned illegitimate son of a duke's household. A vast fortune? None of it is his. A houseful of servants? They've all gone to the legitimate son. All he has left are two crumbling alleys, a marriage contract, 1.1kReads7.0Score131Shelves
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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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Great Zhou's Northern Suppressing King: From Bastard Son of a Marquis to Imperial Tutor 大周镇北王：从侯府庶子到帝师
Li Congyi’s soul enters the body of a concubine-born son of a marquis in the Great Zhou. His father doesn’t care for him, his mother doesn’t love him, his elder brother dislikes him, and his younger brother shows him no respect. In an age when human life is worth less than grass, Li Congyi can only hide his thoughts, put on a mask, and keep his head down to survive. But a golden-scaled creature is no pond fish. Once the storm comes, it becomes a dragon. Seizing his chance, Li Congyi embarks on a
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- 47 A Commoner's Son Schemes for Power 庶子谋权 Reborn in the womb as the illegitimate son of a marquis, he and his mother were targeted by the legal wife from an early age. His birth mother was murdered when he was still young, so he began concealing his true self and biding his time. In this life, he will hold all power in his hands and dominate both the imperial court and the martial world. He will make everyone fear him and become a notorious minister. 2.1kReads7.7Score125Shelves
- 48 With a Photographic Memory, Isn’t It Only Natural I Came First in the Imperial Exam? 过目不忘，我中状元正常吧？ Lu Chengan forgot to drink Granny Meng’s soup. One day, he transmigrates to a remote mountain village in the Great Zhou dynasty and becomes the second son of the Lu family’s second son. To take the imperial examinations, Lu Chengan has no choice but to urge his father to better himself. Before he knows it, his father becomes an official. Lu Chengan: Does he still need to work hard? 47.9kReads8.6Score5.1kShelves
- 49 The Imperial Exams: A Bookish Son in a Clan of Illiterates 科举：九族文盲出了个读书郎 [Complete] [Imperial Examinations] [Transmigration + No System] [No heroine in the early story; there may or may not be one later, and if there is, she won't get much page time] Not a single person in the Gu clan, spanning nine generations, could read or write. Even the family genealogy had been written by the clan chief through a mixture of guesswork and asking around. Then, all of a sudden, this family produced a scholar. At first, the villagers and the Gu clan relatives had little faith in Gu 80.6kReads8.7Score9.1kShelves
- 50 Dream of the Red Chamber: From Illegitimate Son to Emperor 红楼：从庶子到帝王 [You can enjoy this even if you haven’t read Dream of the Red Chamber.] Jia Qiong transmigrated into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and became Jia Zheng’s eldest illegitimate son. He faced constant oppression, had a bleak future, and was even in danger of losing his life. Fortunately, Jia Qiong awakened four great destinies. From diligence that made up for a lack of talent to becoming a peerless general, he mastered everything at astonishing speed and made rapid progress. He took on treac 4.1kReads6.7Score361Shelves
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