First Sight, a Thousand Autumns 始见千秋

1. 1 玩 Playing Song 玩宋 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance852k WordsCompleted As Wang Pang grows up and enters officialdom, here’s what the big shots of the Northern Song are worried about: Su Shi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Han Qi: Don’t even think about setting me up! Di Qing: Don’t even think about setting me up! Wang Anshi: Every day, I worry my son will become a treacherous minister. Fan Zhongyan: Every day, I worry my student will become a treacherous minister. Sima Guang: Every day, I worry my son-in-law will become a treacherous minister. This book wil 188.9kFavorites457.9kClicks/ch540.7kGifts

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   Old Wen, my impression is that he's good-looking.

2. 2 戏 A Playful Ming 戏明 Spring Creek Flute at Dawn春溪笛晓Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Wang Xiaowen was reborn as a baby with his memories intact. His mother was his father's second wife, and every day she relentlessly brainwashed him: "You've got a bad older brother. He loves showing off, and he's the biggest show-off in the whole area!" "When he was born, he even had some immortal send a dream, so your father treasures him like anything!" "And when your father and the others named him Yun, meaning 'auspicious clouds,' they even renamed his home Auspicious Cloud Tower!" "Hmph!" S 187.2kFavorites437.9kClicks/ch3.1MGifts

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   I love Wang Xiaowen's lively and playful personality. The descriptions of teacher-student relationships and family bonds in the story are particularly delicate. It's a wonderful read that needs no further explanation.

3. 3 朕 I Only Want GDP 朕只想要GDP The Beginning of the Clouds初云之初Romance1.8M WordsCompleted Su Zhan was the brightest rising star in the imperial capital, the architect of the northern frontier’s unbroken record of victory, and the man of countless young women’s dreams. Dashing and handsome, as noble and upright as pine and bamboo, he would rather break than bend. And the more he was like that, the more I wanted to snap his spine and make him kneel, tame as a dog, licking the top of my foot. Excerpt from A Few Tales of the Qin Emperor and His General Ying Zheng: “????” Ying Zheng: 123.2kFavorites268.6kClicks/ch877.8kGifts

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   It's good, mainly featuring dragons, phoenixes, pigs, and Zhu, plus the author's own original character (OC). It avoids stereotypes.

4. 4 帝 The Imperial Tutor 帝师 From Afar来自远方Danmei (BL)927k WordsCompleted Teaching is a noble profession, but being an imperial tutor is a high-risk job. Especially when your student is a playful emperor, your teaching assistant is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, your tea servers are the heads of the Eastern and Western Depots, the three grand secretaries of the Grand Secretariat and the ministers of the six ministries take turns sitting in on your lessons, and a pack of censors are watching like hawks, ready to roll up their sleeves and “convince you 119.9kFavorites374.2kClicks/ch73.7kGifts

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   Old Wen, my impression is that he's good-looking.

5. 5 假 What If Er Feng Were the First Emperor's Crown Prince? 假如二凤是始皇的太子 Frying Salt, Piling Snow煎盐叠雪Romance832k WordsCompleted Completed: [Li Shimin Livestreams After Becoming Fusu] New story now underway: [What If the First Emperor Were Li Shimin's Crown Prince?], a father and son bound together. After Li Shimin dies, he is reborn as a baby, and his father turns out to be the young King of Qin, Ying Zheng. At the baby-grabbing ceremony, little Er Feng grabs Ying Zheng's clothes and demands to be held. At four, he helps Ying Zheng put down the Lao Ai rebellion and is made crown prince. In his teens, he sneaks onto the b 112.2kFavorites176.5kClicks/ch362.7kGifts

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   The father-son relationship is very heartwarming, and the main perspective focuses more on Erfeng. I didn't particularly like some of the side stories.

6. 6 冒 [Three Kingdoms] Passing Myself Off as the Son of Heaven 冒认天子[三国] Cong Bi丛璧No CP907k WordsCompleted As a fan of Three Kingdoms history, it is perfectly normal to reconstruct a dragon robe according to archaeological illustrations and wear it for fun, right? But what if, you transmigrated while wearing that dragon robe? And transmigrated into the most chaotic period of all? The previous emperor had died, Grand General He Jin held power, and at the urging of the scholars, calls for the slaughter of the eunuchs grew louder by the day. The eunuchs struck first, killing He Jin and fleeing the pala 91.3kFavorites118.1kClicks/ch296.5kGifts

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   Is it a lighthearted story? There's not much depiction of political intrigue, since the protagonist isn't impersonating a strategist but the emperor. This impersonation isn't exposed until the very end, when his attendant dies. The plot progresses smoothly without any major ups and downs.

7. 7 给 Livestreaming the Secrets of Longevity to Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han 给秦皇汉武直播长寿秘诀 Astonishing Grace Without Words无字惊鸿No CP989k WordsCompleted [The follow-up novel, "Becoming the Perfect Crown Prince in Great Qin", is complete] System 222 is a devoted fan of the career of the greatest emperor of all time. After becoming the Main System, it decides to select suitable content to broadcast across various parallel worlds, bringing a little fun to people's lives. Entertainment comes first, with educational content as a side dish. Before airing any entertainment shows, it has to debunk superstition first: "Myths You Don't Know: The Primordi 85.5kFavorites241.2kClicks/ch117.3kGifts

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   Historical fiction, I think the author is a fan of Qin Shi Huang.

8. 8 昏 A Tyrant Needs to Go Offline 昏君就要君主离线制 Gu Simu顾四木Multi-Orientation524k WordsCompleted An app called [The Emperor's Simulated Life] suddenly appears on Jiang Li's phone. APP: [Please select a historical ruler to load (Note: not a wise ruler).] Jiang Li is extraordinarily lazy. After thinking it over, she picks Liu Shan. If she ends up by Zhuge Liang's side, she can just say, “I'll leave everything to you, Prime Minister!” APP: [Host has selected Liu Shan, ruler of Shu Han. System transporting Host (bzzzt)... System error... Host transported to the wrong time and place... Host h 78.7kFavorites150.5kClicks/ch100.5kGifts

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   If you approve of a tyrant, you should act like one.

9. 9 被 After the Emperor Read My Inner Thoughts Diary 被皇帝偷看心声日志后 Three Fools, Two Madmen三傻二疯No CP859k WordsCompleted 80% anti-piracy threshold After signing a shady contract with a dogshit System, Mu Qi was sent to ancient times. The good news was that the body the System had prepared for him belonged to the heir of a duke in the current dynasty. He was born into a life of wealth and privilege, at the very top of an alternate dynasty. The bad news was that the emperor was obsessed with alchemy, the upright officials and the corrupt faction were locked in fierce conflict, and the realm was in decline under a 73.4kFavorites135.8kClicks/ch195.6kGifts

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   A very abstract article, abstract in a unique way.

10. 10 焚 [Three Kingdoms] Burning Incense to Honor the Wine [三国]焚香祭酒 Many Feathers Make a Fan积羽成扇Danmei (BL)547k WordsCompleted (Complete. Includes 10 bonus chapters and 8 special bonus chapters. Note: At the request of some readers, paragraph comments have been enabled for this completed novel as of January 2025.) Note: The bonus chapters provide a truly happy ending for everyone. I recommend reading to the end. ## After transmigrating to the late Eastern Han dynasty, she becomes a member of the prestigious Cui clan of Qinghe, and a character who never appeared in the official histories but sounds incredibly impressiv 71.5kFavorites178.5kClicks/ch51.4kGifts

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    I think I watched it a long time ago, and it seems like they're currently updating with extra episodes.

11. 11 始 The First Emperor's Harem 始皇后宫传 Iced Lemonade冰镇柠檬水No CP856k WordsCompleted [A comedy piece. The plot is exactly as described, and it is extremely absurd and potentially upsetting. Please read the blurb before opening the story to see whether you can handle it. Thank you.] Ying Zheng woke up to find that he had transmigrated into a palace-intrigue novel set in the Qin dynasty. The “Ying Zheng” in the novel had achieved all the same things, but after unifying the realm, he became embroiled in harem rivalries, lost himself in beauty, and eventually even decided to devote 13.4kFavorites21.6kClicks/ch19.4kGifts

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    This is a lighthearted piece; it has too many elements and is a bit cluttered, but surprisingly it doesn't seem chaotic.

12. 12 铁 Iron-Blooded Emperor Qin, Learning Online 铁血秦皇，在线学习 Shen Tang沈唐Multi-Orientation510k WordsOngoing This novel updates weekly. In 255 BC on Blue Star, Qin prince Sun Zheng fled with his mother, but they were separated. When he woke up, he found himself stranded in the wilderness, with something new in his head. An emperor group chat. Apparently, the group owner was his future self from a parallel world. The people in the group were generous with their gifts. They had everything from experience and knowledge to production technology and "miracle cures." Great. The path to kingship and hegemony 7.7kFavorites11.6kClicks/ch3.9kGifts

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    It's a story about raising the First Emperor's child (?). Updates are very slow, so proceed with caution. It's recommended to read it after it's finished.

13. 13 山 Gazing Across Mountains and Rivers (Yongzheng) 山河望断（雍正） Ordinary Alleyways寻常巷陌No CP397k WordsCompleted After the iron-fisted Emperor Yongzheng passed away, his spirit drifted above the land of China, watching a century of change and upheaval. At last, just as he closed his eyes in exhaustion, he discovered that he had returned to his old body. Facing his familiar yet unfamiliar parents and brothers, what will the fourth prince, Yinzhen, do with an empire stretching a thousand miles? A 4.13 story focused on food and comfort, with deep brotherly bonds and no love triangle 7.3kFavorites40.8kClicks/ch2.1kGifts

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    I came here on a recommendation; the plot flows smoothly, it's alright.

14. 14 秦 Qin Shi Huang’s Grandson’s Everyday Life Streaming from Heaven 秦始皇孙天界直播日常 The Campus Pig Farming Mogul校园养猪大户No CP1.6M WordsOngoing Release Notice: This story will go premium from Chapter 25 on Tuesday, March 5. I'll post 10,000 Chinese characters on release day. Thank you all for your support! In the New Era, humanity relied on its own strength to conquer the heavens and earth, unstoppable wherever it went. The gods were no longer needed, and could no longer sustain their existence through the power of faith. One after another, they began accumulating merit to preserve their divine powers. Since competition in the New Era 7.3kFavorites22kClicks/ch37.9kGifts

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    This one is also quite good, but updates are also inconsistent, so proceed with caution. I recommend reading it only after it's finished.

15. 15 龙21+ The World of Famine for the Dragon, Phoenix, and Pig 龙凤猪的饥荒世界 Iced Lemonade冰镇柠檬水Danmei (BL)566k WordsCompleted 6.8kFavorites9.8kClicks/ch10.1kGifts

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    The plot of "Thoroughly Developed Politics" is smooth in the first half, but I personally didn't like the ending. However, the flaws don't detract from the overall quality.

16. 16 我 My Emperor, My King 我的皇帝我的王 Qi Yao其夭Romance483k WordsCompleted Next novel: The First Emperor's Kid Becomes a Top-Tier Star on a Parenting Variety Show With the First Emperor's guidance, the male and female leads raise the First Emperor's child together. They witness Prince Zheng overcome enemies on all sides, step by step becoming the King of Qin, and then the First Emperor. In the game: The First Emperor's Kid [main character] Outside the game: Qin Shi Huang [top-ranked supporter] During the newbie stage, the First Emperor's Kid has a weakened debuff 1.2kFavorites3.4kClicks/ch1.1kGifts

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    This should also be a story about raising a child of the First Emperor. Some fans of the First Emperor might be put off in the early stages: the female protagonist is inhabiting the body of the First Emperor's child after the hostage Zheng returns to Qin, but later the child develops his own consciousness.

17. 17 大 The Qin Dynasty, but Modern 大秦，但现代 Si Qin Banxia司琴半夏No CP246k WordsOngoing Ying Zheng has one little goal: to receive the Mandate of Heaven and reign forever. No matter how many hardships stand in his way, he will stop at nothing to achieve it. Fu Su: ...Father, please take it easy. The Zhao Xiang King genes are showing a little too much. There have been quite a few victims. The victims: Are we the hardships?! Liu Che: Help! He said, "I am the First Emperor of Qin. Send money," and conned me out of all my coffin money. Ying Zheng: Superstition is no good. Let your pr 406Favorites330Clicks/ch695Gifts

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    It seems like it's an unfinished story, but it has a very imaginative plot, which I like.

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