Jinyiwei, Scheming Hero, and a Male Lead Who Grows Over Time 锦衣卫+腹黑+成长系男主

1. 1 被 After Being Driven from the Prince's Manor, I Became the Strongest Imperial Guard 被赶出王府后，我成了最强锦衣卫 Golden Scales in the Pond池中金鳞Eastern Fantasy3.1M WordsOngoing 69.7kReads8.6Score5.4kShelves

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   It's quite good, but the world-building isn't very expansive at the beginning. It suddenly expands later on, so it takes some time to adjust. It's worth watching.

2. 2 锦 The Brocade Guard's Bid for the Throne 锦衣夺位 404taxiEastern Fantasy252k WordsOngoing This is not a feel-good power fantasy in the traditional sense, but a wuxia novel set in an imaginary world and filled with political intrigue. There is no System here, and I won't turn every other character into a mindless pawn just to make the protagonist look good. On the contrary, everyone has their own principles, desires, and plans, and each of their choices has its own reasons. The story is now in its second volume, but it's only just getting started. There are still several major event 5.1kReads6.5Score405Shelves

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   I'm looking for a good book to read, so I'm recommending "The Embroidered Uniform Guard's Seizure of the Throne." It's a fictional martial arts story with political intrigue, no system, and no mindless cheating. Follow a low-ranking member of the Embroidered Uniform Guard as he navigates the power struggles between various factions and forges his own path.

3. 3 锦 The Embroidered Uniform Guard Solves Cases with Spirit Sight: From the Start, I Get the Lingbo Microstep 锦衣卫通灵破案：开局获凌波微步 Cong, the Twenty-Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month腊月二十八琮Eastern Fantasy2.6M WordsCompleted 47kReads8.7Score4.4kShelves

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   Good, worth watching, quite funny.

4. 4 假 You Drove Me Away With Your False Benevolence, So Why Are You Crying as I Loot Your Home? 假仁假义逼我走，我来抄家哭什么 Positive Film Kid正胶小子Eastern Fantasy1.7M WordsOngoing [Imperial Guards + power fantasy + ruthless and decisive + takes down hypocrites + face-slapping] [Kill, kill, kill, kill!] The ruthless Cheng Yu transmigrates into a martial arts world and becomes an Imperial Guard! He serves the once-mighty Da Qian Dynasty, where a rising martial world holds sway and challenges the weakening court. Born without family, he was adopted by ordinary foster parents of humble status. He struggles to survive in a world where strength decides who gets to speak and wha 13.5kReads7.6Score1.1kShelves
5. 5 红 Red Chamber Factory Supervisor: From the Start, I Kill Jia Rong and Take Qin Keqing 红楼厂督：开局杀贾蓉，收秦可卿 Lin Daiyu Pulls Lu Zhishen Out by the Roots林黛玉倒拔鲁提辖Historical1.8M WordsOngoing [Decisive and ruthless] [Powerful Imperial Secret Police official] [Romance with the women of the Garden] [Comprehensive martial arts setting] After transmigrating into Dream of the Red Chamber, he becomes the unlucky Jia Rui, who was tricked to death by Wang Xifeng in her “lovesick trap.” He awakens the Martial Arts System and joins the Western Depot. By changing the fate of Dream of the Red Chamber and suppressing this world, he can grow infinitely stronger! From the start, he kills Jia Ro 64.5kReads8.9Score6.5kShelves

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   The cunning and ruthless eunuch guard!

6. 6 大 Ming Dynasty Embroidered Guards: Rewarded for Punishing Evil and Upholding Justice 大明锦衣卫：惩奸除恶奖励万物 Rising From the Abyss风起于渊Historical1.2M WordsCompleted I Slay Demons in the Great Ming Dynasty High Martial Arts Ming Dynasty: I Extract Cultivation Without Limit It was the Jiajing era. The emperor revered the immortals, treacherous villains threw the world into chaos, and ordinary people’s lives were worth less than grass. Su Yuan transmigrated to a high-martial-arts version of the Great Ming Dynasty with a Bi An waist token and joined the Imperial Brocade Guard. Dressed in a flying-fish robe and cloud-climbing boots, he wielded a Xiuchun saber, s 14.8kReads8.7Score1.2kShelves

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   He was the sharpest blade of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, ruthless and cunning, with flawless schemes. The world called him a national scourge, to which he chuckled, "Indeed." Yet, the corrupt officials he eliminated and the loyal ministers he protected, all did so in the shadows. Later, the emperor on the throne smiled and asked him, "Minister Shen, are you loyal or treacherous?" He bowed deeply, his eyes like an abyss: "Your Majesty, I am the most obedient dog in your hands." —Until that night, he personally pressed a poisoned dagger against the emperor's throat. [Question] When an idealist chooses to fall into darkness to protect the light, will his ultimate fate be to become a new light, or to be completely swallowed by darkness?

7. 7 锦 The Embroidered Guard: From the Start, I Have Max-Level Dragon-Elephant Skill and Sweep the World 锦衣卫：开局满级龙象功横推天下 Irritable Keyboard爆燥键盘Male-Channel Fanfiction643k WordsCompleted He transmigrates into a world of martial arts and becomes a member of the Imperial Brocade Guard. At court, the Eastern and Western Depot, the Dragon Guarding Manor, the Divine Constabulary, and the Six Fan Gate are all packed with experts, keeping the Brocade Guard down. In the martial world, Shaolin and Wudang, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, the Sun Moon Palace, and the Carefree Sect boast countless grandmasters, all looking down on the Brocade Guard as lackeys of the imperial court. Fortunately, Qin 6.1kReads8.7Score258Shelves
8. 8 仙 Immortal Martial Ming: From the Start, I Became a Ghost-Cultivating Brocade Guard 仙武大明，开局成为鬼修锦衣卫 Gray and White Rain灰白雨Eastern Fantasy4.4M WordsOngoing “Have you ever heard the story of the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts?” The Brocade Guards walked openly by day, while Yin soldiers commandeered the roads. During the Yongle era, whenever you walked along the streets of the capital, someone would always ask you that question. Ninety-nine vicious ghosts, tens of thousands of ghost spirits. The figure leading them represented a legend. A legend about the Night Parade of a Hundred Ghosts. “After that, there were no more ghosts in the Great Ming.” 54.6kReads9.2Score4.5kShelves
9. 9 开EN Blade's Edge: Rebellious Start in a Chaotic Jianghu 开局叛出镇抚司，我刀问江湖 Writer Number Seven七号写手Eastern Fantasy1.5M WordsCompleted [Court and martial world] + [Strong wuxia flavor] + [Following one's convictions] + [A story of growth] The dynasty was nearing its end. Regional princes carved up the realm, and chaos was about to descend. Great sects and hidden clans entered the world; monks and Daoists roamed the martial world. Barbarians, demonesses, foreign tribes, and demonic cults all took advantage of the turmoil. Shen Yi transmigrated into the role of a low-ranking guard in the Pacification Office. From the start, he ki 72.5kReads8.5Score6kShelves
10. 10 透 Seeing Through Everything: Starting as a Constable on Street Patrol 透视万物：从成为衙役巡街开始 One Sword to Split the Firmament一剑破苍穹Eastern Fantasy595k WordsCompleted [Imperial Embroidered Uniform Guard + visual crime-solving + decisive and ruthless + invincible power fantasy] After transmigrating to the Ming Dynasty, Su Jun became a lowly county yamen runner. He also found himself with eight sisters-in-law, which was a huge headache. Just as he was fretting over it, he activated the strongest golden finger in all the worlds: X-ray vision that could see through anything! [Scanning target: Chen Hong. A dignified and elegant woman of the Su family.] [Scanning t 900Reads8.3Score108Shelves
11. 11 重 Reborn in Great Qi, I Crack One Strange Case After Another 重生大齐，我屡破奇案 Parallel Needle平行针Mystery1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + no golden finger + funny mystery-solving.] The Great Qi has an organization called the Embroidered Guard, with the authority to execute first and report later. It is known as the imperial court's lapdog. In this world, there are no elaborate cultivation systems, only martial artists. See how Qing Yan, given a second chance at life, uses his position as an imperial lapdog to crack one bizarre case after another and stir up a storm in the Great Qi dynasty. 5.5kReads8.7Score411Shelves
12. 12 朝 The Imperial Court's Strongest Hound, Starting as a Brocade-Clad Guard 朝廷最强鹰犬，从锦衣卫开始 Don't Want to Drink不想喝酒Eastern Fantasy1.0M WordsCompleted After transmigrating into a world where martial strength reigns supreme, Lin Xiao becomes a low-ranking Imperial Guard. By chance, he awakens the strongest Martial Arts System. With its help, he climbs the ranks step by step until he holds absolute power over the realm. At court, he commands authority, and a single word can decide whether any official lives or dies. Across the martial world, his blade dominates the four seas, and every major faction submits to him. 21.9kReads7.8Score1.1kShelves
13. 13 锦 Embroidered Guard, Fangs Bared 锦衣獠牙 Uncle Ribs排骨大叔Historical2.1M WordsCompleted [Adapted into several short dramas and animated dramas. Witty, lighthearted, slice-of-life comedy, ridiculous antics, sly tricks, and absurd humor.] After the old Taoist finished chanting, he shouted, “Begone! Soul, return to your body!” Li Xiaoya’s body jerked inside the coffin. He sat bolt upright, opened his eyes, and asked in confusion, “Where am I?” “(⊙_⊙)” The old Taoist performing the ritual rolled his eyes back and promptly fainted on the spot. Also known as: [Relax, How Many People Have 34.6kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
14. 14 大 King of the Great Ming: Wielding the Saber to Guard the World 大明王：御刀镇天下 Jin Wuya金无涯Eastern Fantasy2.4M WordsCompleted Yang Ling transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty, becomes a brocade-clad guard, and awakens a golden finger: spatial abilities. But he discovers that the Ming Dynasty here is nothing like the one he remembers. There is the mysterious Ming Emperor, the aloof and beautiful empress, an imperial consort who seems like a ghost at night, a domineering eldest princess, and a crown princess who brings ruin to the realm. Yang Ling cultivates yang energy by day and yin energy by night. Just as he finds his foo 23.8kReads8.3Score2.1kShelves
15. 15 山 Mountains and Rivers as Blades 山河为刀 Long Chen Haha龙晨哈哈Historical406k WordsOngoing [Political Intrigue] [Jinyiwei] [Single Heroine] [Crime Solving] [A Mix of Catharsis and Heartbreak] [Blood Feud] [Happy Ending] The sharpest blade of the Jinyiwei never wastes words. Chu Sheng, a thousand-household commander in the Northern Branch of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, leaves no one alive beneath his blade. No one knows that when he was nine, the entire Chu family was unjustly slaughtered. He crawled out of the blood and hid his revenge for fifteen years, waiting for the day he coul 23Reads—Score124Shelves

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    This one is alright. It has political intrigue, but no systematic plot, and the story is full of twists and turns. It's worth reading.

16. 16 特 Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates: A Scout in a Cultivation Dynasty 特种兵穿越：我在修行王朝当斥候 San San Deserves a Drink三三应得酒Eastern Fantasy5.6M WordsCompleted This novel is also known by its well-loved title, The King of Scouts. [Battle-Hardened Scout] + [Undercover Espionage] + [Fight to the Bitter End] + [Unorthodox Cultivation] + [War Between Humans and Demons] + [Apocalyptic Rampage] + [Immortal Realms Among the Stars] Special forces soldier Yang Zilun travels through time with his gear to the Great Jin Dynasty, where he becomes a military scout. It is an alternate world much like Huaxia, and a dynasty where cultivators exist. “Xue’er, I can’t fin 14.4kReads9.1Score1.9kShelves

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    These are a few books you can take a look at. I'm currently writing a new book about the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and these are the few I've read that are of decent quality. I haven't finished reading any of them yet, so feel free to take them if you're interested.

17. 17 大 The Ming Dynasty's Embroidered Uniform Guard 大明之锦衣为王 Master of Tiger Roar Manor虎啸山庄庄主Historical3.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating, Su Chao was reborn in the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty. To his surprise, he became the gang's top enforcer. Thugs aren't scary. What you really have to worry about is a thug with an education. With brains and brawn, a taste for liquor, and a way with women, this nobody's life is about to take off. Watch Su Chao live it up in the Ming Dynasty and carve out a life unlike anyone else's. “I'm Su Chao, though everyone calls me Quickblade Chao.” “Who hasn't heard of the battle 6.7kReads8.6Score672Shelves

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    No system, no cheat codes, only the collision of a real physical body with the torrent of history. Starting as a member of a gang, proceed cautiously step by step. Witness the rise and fall of an ordinary man in the late Ming Dynasty!

18. 18 既 We've Cut Ties, So What Does It Matter to You If I Join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? 既已断亲，我加入锦衣卫与你何干 Every Chance Meeting Is Fate萍水相逢总是缘Martial Arts1.0M WordsCompleted A modern-day traditional Chinese medicine doctor transmigrates into the body of the heir to a duke’s estate, only to face expulsion. Where is his birth mother? Is she dead or alive? Who was the woman he spent a night with? Who recommended him to join the Embroidered Uniform Guard? And who is that Second Master? The truth slowly comes to light. It turns out... 2.3kReads6.7Score135Shelves

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    The Embroidered Uniform Guard!

19. 19 八 The Eight-Year-Old Adoptive Father Who Pacifies the Realm 八岁义父镇抚使 It Really Can't Get Any Cheaper真的不能再便宜了Eastern Fantasy577k WordsCompleted An eight-year-old heir, possessed by the soul of a pyramid-scheme boss, has shattered meridians and awakens the “Adoptive Son System” in his moment of despair! “Call me your adoptive father, and I'll grant you a path to greatness!” From street thugs to the chosen geniuses of sacred lands, from corrupt officials to reclusive old monsters, he deceives the world with nothing but his silver tongue and uses the System to copy every technique. His three thousand adoptive sons are all outstanding talen 16Reads—Score—Shelves
20. 20 乱 From Wandering Refugee to Emperor in the Yellow Robe 乱世流民到黄袍加身 It Really Can't Get Any Cheaper真的不能再便宜了Historical478k WordsCompleted When he woke up, he was tied up with the others like a lamb waiting for slaughter. System countdown: 47 minutes. Around him, refugees wailed while their leader sharpened a knife. At the very moment Lin Zhao was about to be killed, he seized his chance and claimed his first life. Three strokes, three lives, and he led more than a dozen refugees into the wilderness. Over the next five years, he stole food from the jaws of wolves, rescued people from Khitan blades, and raised an army from a mountai 1Reads—Score—Shelves
21. 21 绣 The Embroidered Spring Blade Quells a Chaotic Age 绣春刀镇乱世 It Really Can't Get Any Cheaper真的不能再便宜了Historical602k WordsCompleted Xie Ming, a junior Jinyiwei officer, was framed for colluding with the enemy and thrown into the imperial prison, left on the brink of death after offending the powerful chief eunuch of the Eastern Depot. The protagonist's soul transmigrates into his body and takes over. A struggle for power between the imperial court and the great clans; infighting between the Jinyiwei and the Eastern Depot; the intermingling of martial sects and court factions; the mysterious machinations of the Tower of Heave 134Reads—Score—Shelves
22. 22 锦 The Embroidered Uniform Guard: Your Majesty, the World Shouldn't Be This Way! 锦衣卫：陛下，这天下不该这样！ Li Changqing黎长青Historical378k WordsCompleted Shen Yi opens his eyes to find he has become the capital’s biggest laughingstock: Shen Lang, the legitimate grandson of the Earl of Ningyuan, who died in a courtesan’s bed at the Entertainment Bureau. Everyone in the city knows it. The soul of a twenty-first-century science and engineering student now inhabits this disgraced body. Just as he is about to curse, a cold voice rings out in his mind: [The System for Punishing Evil and Upholding Justice has been activated. Beginner’s gift: thirty year 233Reads5.9Score123Shelves
23. 23 影 Shadows over the Hall of Loyalty 影落忠义楼 Yang Ximo阳夕陌Martial Arts557k WordsCompleted [Shadow Guard’s Rise + Court Intrigue and the Martial World + Stunning Beauties] He is the sharpest shadow guard in Prince Night Falcon’s hands. With his Feihong Sword, he has spilled countless drops of blood and never once failed. During a mission, he meets Mu Yao, a tender moonlight in a turbulent age, and then catches the fiery starlight in Shen Siyue’s eyes, a beacon of hope in utter despair. Little does he know that from the moment they met, Tong Xinling, an attendant of the Ruyi Tower, has 69Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Although the title isn't great, the content is definitely top-notch. It's a story of a shadow guard's rise to power and intrigue in the martial arts world. The protagonist is a young shadow guard, and the story blends the swordplay of the martial arts world with the undercurrents of the imperial court. The plot is fast-paced and the fight scenes are crisp. It features both tense confrontations on the brink of life and death and delicate and touching romances.

24. 24 来 Arriving in Southern Ming, an Engineering Student Crushes the Qing and Restores China 来到南明，工科生横扫满清复华夏 Ripples in the River of History历史长河的浪花Historical535k WordsOngoing In the first year of the Hongguang reign, Jiangnan is on the verge of falling. The realm is shattered, and the people are displaced. A modern engineering expert unexpectedly arrives in the storm-tossed chaos of the Southern Ming. The land is divided among warlords, powerful enemies press at its borders, and the old and new dynasties take turns on the stage. He has no peerless martial arts, but he possesses engineering, manufacturing, and scientific knowledge far ahead of his time. He gathers dis 1.1kReads—Score103Shelves

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    Let the heroes of the Southern Ming Dynasty who resisted the Qing Dynasty see the light of day again.

25. 25 工 An Engineering Student Ventures into the Late Ming 工科小伙闯明末 Ripples in the River of History历史长河的浪花Historical1.0M WordsCompleted A middle-aged bachelor, beaten down by society and thwarted at every turn in the modern world, with no connections to his name but plenty of knowledge and ability, is accidentally transported to the Chongzhen era at the end of the Ming dynasty. Relying on his modern knowledge while adapting to the era’s actual technological and industrial capabilities, he works hard to quietly change history and prevent China’s decline. 2.9kReads7.8Score197Shelves
26. 26 重 Reborn in the World of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer 重生笑傲江湖世界 Author Chen Ran作者陈然Male-Channel Fanfiction740k WordsCompleted The protagonist is reborn in the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. What are the Five Mountains Sword Alliance, the Sunflower Manual, or the Dugu Nine Swords compared to doing whatever you please? The martial world is simply a place where people clash with one another. 47Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A young outlaw venturing into officialdom: The path to becoming a junior officer in the Imperial Guard.

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