B-Grade Period Dramas b级年代文

1. 1 探 The Number One Scholar's Remarkable Second Sister-in-Law 探花郎的极品二嫂 Red Bean Soup绿豆红汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Meng Qing is an ordinary transmigrator, born into the Tang dynasty as the eldest daughter of a paper horse shop in Suzhou, Jiangnan. She has lived a comfortable life for eighteen years and chosen a promising marriage for herself. In an era that favored agriculture and suppressed commerce, Meng Qing is a merchant's daughter. To improve her family's social standing and give her children a chance to study and enter officialdom, she invests in the right prospects and marries Du Li, the second son o 141.2kFavorites159.4kClicks/ch431.6kGifts

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   Meng Qing, who has evolved with each stage of life and serves as a role model, has always been strong, possesses high emotional intelligence, is insightful about needs, and maintains a humble yet assertive demeanor towards her partners. It was through her that I truly understood the meaning of this word.

2. 2 第 The First Imperial Exam Tutor! 第一科举辅导师！ Retreating Halberd退戈Romance681k WordsCompleted Student: “Our teacher is so benevolent, teaching and sharing her knowledge!” What can she do? She needs to eat too. Student: “Our teacher is so broad-minded, so indifferent to fame and fortune!” What can she do? She can’t take the imperial examinations. Student: “Our teacher is so brilliant, with a wealth of knowledge from past to present!” What can she do? She memorized all those classics and went through twenty-four years of modern education. All the students: “Teacher, 131.7kFavorites405.9kClicks/ch115.1kGifts

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   The female lead is very good at sophistry.

3. 3 权 Power Is a Woman's Best Beauty Treatment 权力是女人最好的医美 Big White Teeth大白牙牙牙Romance913k WordsCompleted An ambitious prince as my lover A powerful general as my father An emperor son who depends on me And I am the regent empress dowager caught between them My lover says, “When I become emperor, you’ll be the most honored empress in the realm.” My father says, “When I become emperor, my daughter will be the most favored princess in the realm.” My son says, “Your son will always honor and respect you, Mother.” They all swear their devotion, trying to move me with love and family bonds so I’ll hand 70.4kFavorites57.1kClicks/ch93.6kGifts

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   Reality is thought-provoking; what will become of us under the influence of power, much like the smile curve?

4. 4 拥 After Getting the Male Lead Treatment, She Lives It Up 拥有男频待遇后她爽翻了 Xi Liuyun西鎏沄Romance767k WordsCompleted [New Upcoming Novel: The Princess Takes What She Wants, Both the Throne and the Handsome Men] Heavily revised several times. Pirated copies are incomplete. Strong female lead and feel-good story + men competing for her in a fierce love rivalry + every male love interest is chaste People are products of their environment. Ever since transmigrating into a gender-swapped male-oriented novel, Lu Jinlan has come to deeply understand this saying 42.6kFavorites39.1kClicks/ch57.2kGifts

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5. 5 我 Rising Through the Ranks with Medicine in the 1970s 我在七十年代靠制药升职 Whispering Cat呓语猫Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Lin Yuanshu was a seasoned slacker at work. She lived by the principle that as long as the pharmaceutical factory stayed open, she could slack off until the end of time, and she refused to buy into her boss's empty promises. But before the factory could go under, she transmigrated to the food- and clothing-scarce 1970s, becoming a newlywed bride. Her mother-in-law was unreasonable and domineering, her father-in-law believed men should rule, and her husband was socially anxious and meek. She'd ra 13.5kFavorites21kClicks/ch14.2kGifts

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   The female lead's career is on a upward trajectory, making for a satisfying read; she's adept at engaging key figures in conversations. The male lead, a charming and supportive husband, seems perpetually youthful.

6. 6 淘 Gold Rush in Russia [The Nineties] 淘金俄罗斯[九零] The Flute Player吹笛人Romance838k WordsCompleted Forced to play a poisonous adopted daughter in a period novel, He Changyi earns herself the title of “ungrateful little hooligan.” At the end, the puppet on a string jumps into a river and drowns herself. Luckily, the whole story ends before she actually drowns. She may be alive, but her money is dead (...) To save her wallet, He Changyi decides to become an idol. Scratch that: a black-market trader. The red giant in the north falls apart, the ruble turns into worthless paper, and order gives 48.4kFavorites60.8kClicks/ch103.8kGifts

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   A wish-fulfillment novel with exaggerated logic; the female protagonist is a normal person.

7. 7 七 The Women’s Director of the 1970s 七十年代妇女主任 Zhang Jiayin张佳音Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Going VIP on the 25th, with a 10,000-character update. Thanks for your support.] Zhao Ke was a disgruntled workaholic who traveled back to the 1970s and became remarkably laid-back. After all, once the college entrance exams returned, her future would be bright. Then one day, out of the blue, Zhao Ke realized she was living in a novel set in the past. Everyone in the book was either the male or female lead, or one of the awful people who got humiliated by them. The latter included, but weren' 85kFavorites180.2kClicks/ch220.2kGifts

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   Inspirational writing style

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