For Personal Use: Historical Romance and Transmigration [自用]古言古穿

1. 1 汴 The Little Noodle Shop in Bianjing 汴京小面馆 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance729k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication. Follow @Haochide Songxuesu for publication updates.] Shen Miao transmigrated into the role of a discarded wife, cast out by her cruel mother-in-law. Her birth parents had died early, leaving behind only a burned-down, bankrupt noodle shop. And two younger siblings who had nearly starved to death. Everyone said she had a miserable life. Her ex-husband's family was eager to watch her make a fool of herself. But Shen Miao, whose grandparents, parents, and children had all b 186.4kFavorites236.1kClicks/ch335.7kGifts

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   I don't like the writing style; long passages of text make me dizzy, and I also dislike the opening plot.

2. 2 脱 A Poverty Alleviation Cadre in the Qin Dynasty 脱贫干部在大秦 A Pigeon That Never Pigeons一鸽不鸽No CP1.9M WordsOngoing For the story after the unification of the Six Kingdoms: I've opened pre-registration for Poverty Alleviation Cadre Builds Great Qin. Feel free to follow it. This book should end with the unification of the Six Kingdoms. I'll cover the full story of Great Qin in this one. I'll write the post-unification story right after, since there's far too much to cover. Kong Lan was born into a family of doctors, but despite their objections, she threw herself into politics and became a poverty alleviation 71.4kFavorites85kClicks/ch227kGifts

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   I don't care about the dialogue style.

3. 3 北 The Little Kitchen Maid of the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋灶房小丫鬟 Summer Locust Cicada夏槐蝉Romance798k WordsOngoing Chen Yuan transmigrates into the Northern Song dynasty as the ten-year-old third daughter of the kitchen maid in an official’s household in Bianjing. The household has hundreds of people. Her whole family is fiercely ambitious. Her parents and sisters are determined to get into the service of the household’s most powerful masters. Chen Yuan has spent ten years as an overworked drudge and has no desire to compete. Her family isn’t rich, but at least they have enough to eat. Her mother wants to 28.9kFavorites25.3kClicks/ch77.7kGifts

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   I dropped the story after chapter 57. The earlier parts, where the female lead enters the manor through her culinary skills and becomes an apprentice, were quite engaging. However, the story leans towards an ensemble cast, with more focus on the two older sisters later on, though those parts were still entertaining. The romance is a "you are a ray of light in my life" type, where the male lead, forced to stay in the inner chambers, is irresistibly drawn to the bright and sunny female lead. The main reason I dropped it was because the female lead's friend's mother is incredibly wicked, and the problem remains unresolved for several chapters, which is incredibly frustrating. I hate plots with nasty characters that drag on for ages before being resolved.

4. 4 公 The Little Maid of the Duke's Estate 公府小婢 Spring Is Not Green Yet春未绿Romance534k WordsCompleted After transmigrating, He Xixi found herself in the illustrious Duke Zhenguo's household. But don't get the wrong idea: she hadn't become some young lady. She had transmigrated into He Xiniang, daughter of He Dakui, the gatekeeper at the duke's residence. Even worse, the He family hadn't been bought from outside, where money could be paid to redeem them. They had been hereditary servants for generations, and unless their masters granted them their freedom, they could never leave their servile st 26.9kFavorites32kClicks/ch53.9kGifts

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   I don't like the plot or the narrative style. The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion already has a lot of people, but the writing is so disjointed and chaotic that it's hard to tell which branch of the family belongs to whom.

5. 5 苏 Madam Su's Daily Food Stall in Bianjing 苏娘子汴京摆摊日常（美食） Pu You菩又Romance772k WordsCompleted Su Fei, a top chef, transmigrates into the Song Dynasty as the eldest daughter of the Su family, who hanged herself after being divorced. Two rooms, nine people. The entire Su family are migrant workers in the capital, and every morning, the moment they open their eyes, each of them is already five wen in the red on rent. Her first meal after arriving is a flatbread as hard as a baguette and porridge so watery it might as well be rice soup. Worse still, her new body’s tongue is even more disce 27.6kFavorites27.4kClicks/ch49.4kGifts

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   I don't care about the plot. The female lead's mother is incredibly stupid; is it acceptable for her to beat and scold her child right in front of her master?

6. 6 汴 A Maid's Daily Life in Bianjing 汴京丫鬟日常 Magpie in My Heart鹊上心头Romance777k WordsCompleted Ji Shanying, who died suddenly from overwork, transmigrates and opens her eyes in Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song. The good news: she’s in a prestigious marquis’s household, where bells ring and fine food is plentiful. The bad news: she’s only a kitchen girl serving the third branch, and a born servant expected to toil for the whole family. A gambling-addicted father, a brother ruled by love, a g 22.7kFavorites27.3kClicks/ch11.3kGifts

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   I don't care about the plot or writing style.

7. 7 主 A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南 Cola Ginger Soup可乐姜汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out 134.4kFavorites150.9kClicks/ch299.5kGifts

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   The main storyline revolves around farming, infrastructure development, and a secondary storyline focuses on raising nephews and nieces. The romance is a classic case of marriage of convenience that blossoms into love, a slow and steady relationship that evokes the comforting feeling of parental love.

8. 8 我 [Three Kingdoms] I Can Command the Wind and Rain [三国]我，呼风唤雨 Gold and Jade Fill the Courtyard金玉满庭Romance818k WordsCompleted She’s in the chaotic Three Kingdoms era, but she’s a goddess. Things seem pretty good from the start… Wait, which faction’s goddess is she, exactly? Chen Zhao stared at the people in front of her, all wearing yellow turbans and charging forward as they shouted, “The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise! In the year of Jiazi, good fortune shall reign!” She fell silent. So… she was a rebel? Chen Zhao rolled up her sleeves. Since she was here, what else could she do but make the b 101.6kFavorites108.6kClicks/ch525.2kGifts

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   How can Zhao Zhao be so charming and perfect? 🙏 The main storyline involves collecting famous scholars and generals and strategizing to conquer cities, while the subplot focuses on saving the common people. The male lead appears early, but his romance comes too late; it's over before we even get a chance to really get into it 😣

9. 9 林 Lady Lin’s Everyday Life in Ancient Times 林娘子市井生活 Que Yu却雨Romance949k WordsOngoing Lin Wu transmigrated into a novel and was forced to watch the entire story unfold as a bystander. Only when it came to an end did she truly become the owner of this body. Newly free, all she wanted was to find a quiet corner, live an ordinary life, eat and drink well, and enjoy her peace. But a fire bound her fate to a child with a very special identity, and the two were forced to flee from place to place. She buried her past and opened a little food shop in a faraway land. All kinds of steame 98.8kFavorites110.3kClicks/ch192kGifts

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   I dropped the story after reading 65 chapters. The earlier part, where the female lead escaped to Huzhou with the young prince, was exciting and fast-paced, with minimal filler. However, the later chapters became incredibly long and drawn out, with even the smallest details being stretched out into a huge mess. I couldn't stand it and dropped it. The male lead appeared quite early, but the romance developed much later. I skipped to the chapter about their wedding and found the romance incredibly difficult to follow; it felt like the two weren't very close.

10. 10 高 The Marquis’s Lowly Maid 高门小婢 Little Sweet Potato少地瓜Romance912k WordsCompleted The day-to-day struggles of a little girl. Blurb: On her deathbed, Jin Yu once made a wish: Please let me be born into a wealthy family in my next life! Heaven heard her. So when she opened her eyes again, Jin Yu had become a laundry maid in the household of a government official in ancient times! Jin Yu: “...Damn it!” Heaven: “You got a rich family, didn’t you?” The story features household intrigue, delicious food, farming, and steady progression. The heroine is ambitious. Passages marked w 61.4kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch301.2kGifts

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    This is a story of a working-class woman gradually gaining favor with the mistress of the house through her planning and medical skills. The romance develops later in the story, and the male lead is a total puppy-dog type. Every time I read about him seeing the female lead, I hallucinate his wet, puppy-dog eyes 🙏

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