Novels like The Great Ming Case Files
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- 151 The Case Within the Mirror 镜中影案中案 Moonlight bright, shining through the hall; Lord Magistrate, hanging from a beam. Chilly wind, clothes drawn tight; Lord Minister, soaked in a vat... Twenty years ago, the “Crown Prince’s Rebellion Case” was riddled with unanswered questions. Those involved either died under mysterious circumstances or vanished without a trace, and wrongful convictions were common. A web of mysteries surrounding the truth of the old case is quietly unfolding in the capital. 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 Daily Case Files of the Northern Garrison’s Embroidered Uniform Guard 北镇抚司缉凶日常 In the twenty-seventh year of the Zhaoxi era, the Directorate of Ceremonial selected nine officials’ wives and daughters to be buried with the emperor. The fathers and brothers of the women promised the hereditary post of a hundred-household commander in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. But on the eve of the emperor’s death, the Jia Yuan County Princess died under mysterious circumstances, and noblewomen of the imperial clan in the capital were murdered one after another. Wen Cang, commander of th 270Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 153 The Ghostly Jade Shadow 玉影鬼差 [Underworld Investigator + County Magistrate] One is silver-tongued, the other meticulous... Was their meeting a calculated approach or a fateful encounter? Liang Yu is a ghostly constable in the Nine Netherworlds Office of Judicial Review. A white stone allows her to travel between the realms of the living and the dead. At the request of departed souls, she takes care of matters in the human world, helping them let go of their attachments and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Yet she has a past 54Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 Strange Tales of Food and Water Transport in the Tang Dynasty 大唐漕运食异录 During the Changshou era of the Wu Zhou dynasty, the Grand Canal’s grain transport routes weave together the empire’s wealth and secrets. Su He, the third princess of the Qingqiu Fox Kingdom, is escorting tribute goods along the Bian River when her ship is mysteriously scuttled in the middle of the night. The incident leads to the eerie prophecy, “The Luo River takes none back; shadows crowd the grain routes,” and a palace secret tied to the “dream of drowning.” Disguised as “Young Master Su,” 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 The Female Official Agent 特工女吏 Nangong Xi, a top-level national agent, transmigrates into the body of a female prison guard who has followed in her mother's footsteps. Her father is a constable, her younger brother is a junior constable, and her mother is a retired housewife. Her family is an ordinary household of minor officials, with generations of service in the capital of the Great Ye Dynasty. She has no golden finger, only the memories of a previous life. But a talented person will shine through hard work, in any life. W 8.1kReads9.1Score1.1kShelves
- 156 Left to Be Bled Dry? The Legitimate Daughter Reads Bones and Takes the Nation by Storm 被吃绝户？嫡女摸尸画骨火爆全国 Transmigration + Forensic Sketch Artist + Solving Cases + Sweet Romance + Love Growing Over Time, Mutual Devotion + Comedy A corpse in an ancient town, a bizarre suicide, bones in a barren mountain… With a single brush, she can paint skin and bones, immortals and ghosts, revealing the true culprits behind one strange case after another and restoring the faces of countless tragic victims. A brilliant forensic sketch artist dies young, only to transmigrate into the body of an orphaned Su family d 2.1kReads9.0Score314Shelves
- 157 True Records of Strange Cases: The White-Faced Detective and the Ace Constable 诡案实录之白面神探与金牌捕头 [Mystery and deduction] [Standalone cases] [A master detective, a constable, and a coroner: the perfect investigating trio] [Impossible crimes + mysterious cases] He is Li Mozhi, an unassuming scholar who loves traveling across the land and solving cases. “He” is Luoyang, a gold-badge constable from the world-renowned Divine Constable Bureau. She is Qin Shuang'er, a skilled martial artist and medical expert who serves as the gold-badge constable’s trusty sidekick. When a person dies, their light 408Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 158 The Murder at the Orchid Pavilion Series (Complete in Three Volumes) 兰亭序杀局系列（全三册） The “Lanting” series reaches a triumphant conclusion, completing a groundbreaking historical mystery epic! The Lanting Preface Murder Plot, Volume 1: On the fourth day of the sixth month of the ninth year of the Wude era, the Xuanwu Gate Incident erupted. As he lay dying, Lu Shiheng, a middle commander of the Imperial Guard, left behind four cryptic words written in blood, leaving Li Shimin utterly baffled. Sixteen years later, Xiao Junmo, a Langjiang officer of the Black Armor Guard, is ordere 2.8kReads9.6Score500Shelves
- 159 A Record of Monster Containment in Tang Dynasty Luoyang 大唐神都妖怪收容日志 Foxfire Illuminates the Iron Case: Together, They Guard the Three Realms **Everyone knows she was a femme fatale, but no one knows she took the poisoned wine in his place.** The blood before Zichen Hall had yet to cool, while the historians’ pens carved “demon consort” into the record like blades. But when she broke free from the cold prison of the River of Forgetfulness, all she remembered was the blood-stained moonlight before Nuwa’s Temple, and a truth drowned beneath a thousand years of c 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 160 Detective Di Renjie's Brain-Burning Case Files: A Trilogy 狄仁杰超烧脑探案三部曲 The Di Renjie Brain-Twisting Mystery Trilogy includes The Evil Qilin, The Fire Phoenix, and The Golden Dragon Lock. The Evil Qilin: In the mighty and prosperous Tang, Wu Zetian plans to hold a ceremony to worship Heaven. Then word spreads that a demonic beast, the Evil Qilin, is running rampant in Youzhou. An official is murdered, the people are stained with blood, and rumors of an ill omen sent from Heaven begin to circulate. Di Renjie travels to Youzhou to investigate, but danger lurks at ever 3.3kReads9.5Score588Shelves
- 161 Back in the Tang Dynasty, I Used Spirit Mediumship to Win Over the Magistrate of Dali Temple 穿回大唐我用通灵术征服大理寺卿 This book focuses on suspense, crime solving, and deduction, and consists of four stories: The Haunted House, The Meat-Filled Flatbread Case, The Corpse-Driving Case on a Rainy Night, and The Thousand Bones Case. Zhong Xiaoxia is a surgical nurse who inherited her grandmother’s ability to communicate with spirits. One day, she is accidentally killed by a hearse and ends up back in the Tang dynasty, in the home of an abusive father. She wants to run away, but she has no money and is terrified of 75Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 162 The Coroner’s Daughter 仵作千金 [The animated series of the same name is now available] By day, she is the best forensic examiner in the Embroidered Guard. Though a woman, she is decisive and skilled: she performs autopsies, examines bones, and upholds justice. No one dares question her. By night, disguised as a man and impersonating her missing older brother, she is the capital’s most renowned physician. She treats the sick and saves lives, unwittingly capturing the hearts of countless young women and married ladies, and ear 4.3kReads8.7Score564Shelves
- 163 The Dali Temple Vice Minister’s Two-Faced Husband 大理寺少卿的双面夫君 [A couple who start out hating each other and become truly devoted] [Mystery and deduction] [Historical romance] [Clever heroine] [Scheming hero] [The story opens with a political plotline] [The individual cases begin in Chapter Five] Cheng Wanrou, an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, is married off by the emperor to Xiao Qingyuan, the Censor-in-Chief. Since they are pawns in the emperor's power struggle, they can't stand one another at first. Cheng Wanrou always assumes Xiao Q 62Reads—Score—Shelves
- 164 The Tang Dynasty Record of Exorcism 大唐辟邪录 In the prosperous Tang dynasty, people devour one another without leaving a trace. Shen Qichi, a low-born judicial officer, believes in neither ghosts nor gods, only human nature. Pei Zhao, a noble-born general with a razor-sharp blade, swears to right every wrong. When the legend of the “Peach Blossom Bride,” a woman whose skin is flayed, disrupts the Night Patrol of the Imperial Guards, a string of strange cases tears away the powerful elite’s veil of respectability. Bones in a Buddhist shrine 34Reads—Score101Shelves
- 165 Murder on Chang'an Street 长安街探案 This is a lighthearted mystery-detective novel about an obscure neighborhood beat cop who transmigrates to the prosperous Tang dynasty and somehow becomes the nation's greatest detective. 5.7kReads8.9Score542Shelves
- 166 Her Mother Pressures Her to Marry, So She Secretly Weds into a Wealthy Family 亲妈逼婚，她偷偷嫁入豪门 [Both leads are chaste, marriage before love, unexpected pregnancy, love long in the making] Ye Beichen pursued Lin Lengsha for three years before finally winning her over, but he didn’t know how to cherish her. They’d only been together for three months when Ye Beichen slept with another woman and sent Lin Lengsha the photos. Heartbroken and out of a job, Lin Lengsha was taken to a bar by her best friend. There she met a man, and, drunk, she “devoured” him before fleeing in fright when she sobe 5.5kReads9.1Score884Shelves
- 167 The Cases of Judge Shi 施公案 The novel tells the story of the honest official Shi Shilun during the Kangxi era, who, aided by Huang Tianba and other heroes of the martial world, roots out corrupt officials, solves cases, and captures bandits. 3Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 168 The Poisonous Concubine Forensic Doctor: Slaughtering My Way Through the Embroidered Guards' Prison 法医毒妃：在锦衣卫大牢杀疯了 In her previous life, she was a top forensic examiner whose very name struck fear into the hearts of criminals. Then she transmigrated, only to become the sole survivor of the Shen family's massacre. To stay alive, she hid her abilities and played the fool, pretending to be deaf and mute. She became A Chou, an ugly woman tasked with emptying chamber pots at a brothel. Then one night, the famous courtesan was skinned alive, and A Chou was caught on the spot holding a brow knife! “That knife work 148Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 169 An Investigation into the Three Great Unsolved Cases of the Early Qing 清初三大疑案考实 A Critical Examination of the Three Great Mysteries of the Early Qing is composed of three parts: A Critical Examination of the Empress Dowager's Alleged Marriage, A Critical Examination of Emperor Shunzhi's Alleged Monastic Vows, and A Critical Examination of Emperor Yongzheng's Accession to the Throne. With a historian's rigor, Mr. Meng Sen carefully investigates the three long-circulating mysteries of the empress dowager's alleged marriage, Shunzhi's alleged decision to become a monk, and Yon 2Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 170 The Cold-Faced Miracle Doctor Keeps Getting Framed 冷面圣手他总被碰瓷 A sandstorm sweeps across the Western Regions, bringing a string of baffling cases: a corpse aboard a ghost ship in Loulan, ghostly figures in painted human skins in Dunhuang, a deadly demonic melody in Gaochang, and a blazing-red mystery that burns at the heart. Mo Jiu, young master of Rong Ku Valley, bears the burden of original sin. A master of medicine and poison, he can find the tiniest clues on a corpse. Lin Xingwan, the dazzling and spirited leader of Ting Feng Pavilion, is unrivaled in 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 171 The Great Song Dynasty's Mind-Reading Detective: Ji Chong's Story 大宋读心神探疾冲传 [System + mind reading] [Mystery solving + romance] [Everyday life in Kaifeng] [Set in an alternate world] [Not based on official history, so please don’t worry about the inconsistencies, dear readers. Sending love!] We’ll defend the realm together, then share a bed! Xin Jichong, the Great Song’s master detective, holds court in Kaifeng, with a powerful figure from the Eastern Depot backing him. From humble beginnings, he rises to become the most powerful person in the Great Song... in bed. Powe 2.8kReads8.9Score359Shelves
- 172 The Physician with Healing Hands 素手医妃 The land is in turmoil, the realm is on the brink of collapse, and the princes vie for the throne. A beauty named Ruyi throws herself into the fray and turns the game on its head. In public, she is a physician who saves lives, a bodhisattva of mercy. In private, she is an unconventional coroner, a living King of Hell who cuts open corpses. A dagger, a journey, a love song born of two souls entwined; a blue robe, a black cloak, and a legend of clearing the names of the wrongfully accused. 522Reads8.9Score106Shelves
- 173 The Chief Investigator 第一提刑官 “The rain kept falling, and spring slipped away unnoticed. Only when the skies cleared did we realize how deep into summer we were.” From coroner to judicial commissioner, Chu Zhaoyun has become an extraordinary woman in the Great Sheng capital of Bianjing! One day, Chu Zhaoyun had just shut her willowwood case and hadn’t even washed her hands when she spotted a man standing in the doorway. She immediately grew wary. “Lord Duan, does this case fall under the Imperial City Division? Is it a major 16.8kReads8.5Score2.3kShelves
- 174 One Touch, and They Fall Silent 一摸一个不吱声 [Transmigration + golden finger ability + beleaguered wage worker + no romance] In her previous life, the heroine was a famous fortune-teller. In truth, she had a secret no one knew: whether she touched a living person or a corpse, she could see the course of that person's entire life. She was fortunate enough to be hired by the bureau as a senior consultant, helping them catch numerous criminals. As a result, the criminals' families took revenge and murdered her in the wilderness. After dying, 1.7kReads8.9Score170Shelves
- 175 The Secret History of Yang Guifei in Japan: The Millennium Bloodline Mystery 杨贵妃日本秘史之千年血脉密码 Present Day: Yamauchi Misaki is caught in a mysterious shooting at a Kyoto antique shop and discovers a genetic map hidden inside the bronze Qingluan mirror her family has guarded for generations. Lin Shen, a former war correspondent, becomes an accidental witness. Secrets of a Thousand Years: On the night of the Mawei Station uprising in 756 CE, the dancer Qingluan receives a secret order from Gao Lishi. Carrying a jade casket containing the secret of immortality, she sails east to Japan, wher 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 176 Strange Tales of the Great Song: The Headless Corpse 大宋诡事：断头记 [Song Dynasty mysteries + suspense + detective work + headless corpses + shocking twists] On a dark, windy night, it’s the perfect time for murder and arson! The newly appointed magistrate of Changqing County dies suddenly in a woman’s chambers in the middle of the night. The next day, his headless body turns up in the countryside! Qiaoniang, the famous courtesan who spent that night with the magistrate, flees in a panic and becomes the prime suspect! Ye Jun is ordered to investigate, only to di 394Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 177 Transmigrated as a Brothel Keeper, I Rise from Being a Live-In Son-in-Law 穿成龟公，从赘婿开始进步 [Soul Transmigration + Alternate History + Political Intrigue + Poetry + Comedy + Live-in Son-in-Law + Imperial Examinations] This book draws on parts of Tang dynasty history. Song Bo, a forensic medicine PhD from the 21st century, transmigrates into the Great Qian dynasty! No System, no old man in a ring, not even the original owner’s memories! Song Bo slowly opens his eyes, only to find his head resting on the lap of a breathtaking beauty! Ha ha! What a lucky start. I really am the chosen one! 123Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 178 A Bride of Tender Grace 娇聘 A captivating heroine + household intrigue + mystery-solving + married first, love later, and doting romance The heroine is a sharp-tongued little firecracker; the hero may be a smiling tiger. As the only daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Su Jinli is famous among the capital's noble families for her beauty, as well as for being spoiled, lazy, and useless. All she wants is to lie flat, but she is looked down on by the noble young ladies, disliked by her future mother-in-law, and even has her e 4.1kReads9.1Score609Shelves
- 179 Records of the Luoyang Pagoda 洛阳浮屠录 (Main story complete) The young master, Sixteenth Lang, of the Duke of Chu's household has been kept at home all day and raised like a sheltered young lady. At last, he works up the courage to run away, only to end up aboard an enemy ship loaded with poison, ready to take on the Tang navy's hundred thousand men. Faced with a victim stabbed until he is covered in bloody holes, it isn't Sixteenth Lang who screams. It's Ashimi, a beautiful Qin-Tang mixed-blood who can't stop clinging to him like a 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 The Liu Gong Case Files 刘公案 [Mind-Bending Mystery + Qing Dynasty Cold Cases + Shocking Twists + Chinese-Style Horror + Liu Luoguo] The Great Qing is at peace, but beneath the surface, unrest stirs in Jiangning Prefecture, Jinling. Liu Yong has barely arrived and settled in when he stumbles upon a shocking case: a married couple spends the night at an inn, but the husband dies under mysterious circumstances and the wife vanishes. The county magistrate beats a confession out of the innkeeper, who is then declared the murdere 182Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 181 The Judge Dee Cases 狄公案 [Four Great Mysteries of Empress Wu Zetian + Di Renjie + detective mystery + stunning reversals + Chinese-style horror] When Di Renjie takes up his first post as magistrate of Changping County, he never expects one murder after another to rock the small town! News arrives that a Huzhou merchant has been murdered at the Li Lidun inn. The innkeeper, Kong Wande, protests his innocence, but the local headman, Hu De, refuses to let him off the hook. When Di Renjie investigates, the evidence points st 275Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 182 White Egrets Rise over the Galaxy [Historical Mystery] 星河白鹭起【古代探案】 [Film and television rights sold] [Historical romance + Mystery and investigation + One-on-one romance + Sweet romance + Ensemble cast] [Quick-witted, resourceful ancient-era deliverywoman with post-traumatic stress disorder x aloof Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review] Fang Xiaoqi, the ancient delivery service’s ace courier known as Flying Swallow, is delivering a meal when an arrow from an Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review knocks her off a rooftop. By a twist of 6kReads9.3Score826Shelves
- 183 Everyday Cases in Great Yong 大雍破案日常 After transmigrating, Zhu Ning, a forensic doctor, returned to her old line of work. So what if coroners have low status? So what if people look down on female coroners? Want to solve a case? Then you’ll have to listen to me! 6.3kReads9.0Score973Shelves
- 184 Judge Dee: Cracking the Case 大唐狄公案·破局 What makes this book a great read: the victims’ bizarre deaths, painstaking deduction, and a style that shifts from witty and humorous to serious and meticulous. It’s a boy’s version of The Cases of Judge Dee and a Tang Dynasty version of The Washing Away of Wrongs! Rather than sketching out the plot in broad strokes, the story offers detailed, vivid depictions of the crime scenes. This makes the cases feel authentic while keeping the focus on the investigations! The Golden Mystery, The Secret T 1.6kReads9.3Score101Shelves
- 185 The Young Judge of Cases 少年青天断案录 [Mystery and Crime Solving] [Court and Jianghu] [Political Scheming and Wits]… A bizarre, earth-shaking case shattered twenty-seven years of peace in the Great Yan Dynasty. In a single day, three prefects of Jingnan Circuit died under mysterious circumstances. Xu Xinghe, the nineteen-year-old Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was entrusted with the task in a moment of crisis and sent to investigate the southern frontier with the emperor’s sword. After enduring countless dangers and pain 2.4kReads—Score194Shelves
- 186 The Palace Case 宫案 [Mystery + strange encounters and urban legends + deduction + psychology + crime + high-IQ crime + supernatural suspense] A partnership across 400 years to solve historical mysteries Su Yue, a famous psychological counselor, is accidentally caught up in the mysterious death of a popular young actress suffering from depression, who falls from a building. Forced to move out of her home, she settles into a secluded house in the suburbs, where a strange, abandoned mailbox stands outside. While helpi 1.4kReads9.3Score169Shelves
- 187 Work Hard, Live Hard: This Official Is a Real One 打工人打工魂，本官是个社会人 [Completed] [Woman disguises herself as a man + everyone has a secret identity (ensemble cast) + two heroines + absurd comedy + laugh-out-loud humor + episodic crime-solving + no male lead + no System] In ancient times, Hua Mulan joined the army in her father's place. Today, Lin Qingge takes her brother's place in the civil service. She, Lin Qingge, is a tough-as-nails woman and a three-time provincial champion in criminal investigation competitions. She led her team in solving countless major 554Reads8.9Score104Shelves
- 188 The Three Great Cases of the Late Ming Dynasty 明末三大案 Throughout history, whenever dynasties changed or major political events unfolded, intrigue ran rampant in the imperial harem, where women were forbidden from meddling in government. It was common for high-ranking consorts to try to seize control of the court. In the final years of the Ming dynasty, political rivalries at court grew increasingly fierce. Amid this age of turmoil, a series of palace secrets later known as the “Three Great Cases of the Late Ming” quietly unfolded. The Palace Assa 857Reads9.3Score114Shelves
- 189 The Legend of Hua Ziqi 花子期传奇 This book has been adapted into a motion comic, with simultaneous updates on Douyin, Hongguo, and Tomato. [Wuxia] [Mystery] [Deduction] [Master Detective] [Crime Solving] [High Martial] [Sword God] [Gu Long style] He is famous throughout the land, yet scorns fame and fortune; He opposes feudal ethics, yet remains loyal and righteous; He is brilliant beyond compare, yet sometimes muddleheaded; He is charming and carefree, yet keeps his desires in check; He loves meddling in other people's busine 383Reads8.2Score101Shelves
- 190 A Spring Breeze Runs Wild 春风骄甚 Xin Huaizi followed in his father's footsteps and became a low-ranking constable at the county yamen in a poor, remote region. There was no future in being a low-ranking constable. Fortunately, Xin Huai used knowledge from a more civilized world he'd once visited to solve case after case. Not only did he earn rewards for solving them, he also acquired the nickname “Little Ace Detective.” He thought life would carry on quietly like this, but who could have expected an imperial envoy to suddenly s 3.6kReads9.1Score379Shelves
- 191 Carrying a Jade in the Night 怀璧夜行 [Mystery + Jianghu feuds + bickering couple] A hilarious new historical mystery romance set in the jianghu, from a hugely popular author! A peerless master who just wants to lie flat and count his money VS a scheming disguise expert who plays the loyal underling. At first, he looked at her like she was a cheeky little monkey: clever, lively, and amusing. Then he realized he was the one being played. The longest road they traveled together was the road to solving cases, and the road paved with ea 3.3kReads9.4Score517Shelves
- 192 Three Days in Luoyang 洛阳三日簿 If you open the account book titled The Luoyang Three-Day Ledger, every line of numbers represents a life. Three days before the Lantern Festival in the first year of the Zhengsheng era, Li Suan, a low-ranking clerk in the Ministry of Revenue, discovers a ledger that could turn the entire court of the Wu Zhou dynasty into a river of blood. The charcoal and ice gratuities are bribes; the sunken grain ships are murder. And the bloody fingerprints of twenty-seven ministers on the final page point t 630Reads—Score143Shelves
- 193 The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快 A series of ancient crime-solving mysteries with no System, no romance, and pure deduction. A trio of investigators, a constable, a young physician, and a prince demoted to commoner, work together to solve a string of major cases, including the disappearance of silver notes, a missing horse from the Crown Prince’s residence, and a case of ghostly footprints. 123Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 The Ministry of Justice Promotion Diaries 刑部升职记 The story of a hopeless intern lawyer who plays the fool to fool the wise, gradually becoming a major figure in the Ministry of Justice. A collection of short ancient-era mysteries, with a quiet, everyday romance. No golden finger, no wish fulfillment, just mysteries and a little romantic interaction. 6.9kReads9.3Score980Shelves
- 195 The Little Princess Is Always Trying to Undermine Me 小郡主她总想拆我台 [Historical romance + mystery-solving + one-on-one romance + sweet love + ensemble cast] [Quirky young princess × aloof, sharp-tongued heir] After my imperial uncle caught me causing a scene in a brothel, I became an unofficial member of the Dali Temple. My immediate superior, Xie Zhiyan, is the sharpest-tongued heir in the capital. He’s so cutting that even the flies find him harsh when he examines a corpse. “Your Highness, if you’re bored, why not lick the tiles in the morgue clean?” That is, 287Reads6.3Score101Shelves
- 196 The Bone-Painting Coroner 画骨女仵作 In the twenty-first century, she was a celebrated darling of the archaeological world. Then she transmigrated and became the third young lady of the Jinjiang Ji family, a girl who was supposed to starve to death. Her father didn’t love her, everyone despised her, and her little body had been malnourished from birth! So she returned to her old trade, drawing portraits of the dead to earn silver and fill her stomach. With her nimble hands, she could examine gleaming white bones and solve thousand- 730Reads8.6Score108Shelves
- 197 Justice Bao: The First Chapter of Chivalry and Righteousness 包青天之侠肝义胆第一部 During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song, dark forces stirred beneath the surface of Bianjing. Bao Zheng, prefect of Kaifeng, held court at the center of the action, leading a core team made up of his strategist Gongsun Ce; Zhan Zhao, the “Imperial Cat,” and his wife Ding Yuehua, the “Imperial Swallow” and master of Listening Wind Tower; and Bai Yutang, the “Jade-Furred Rat,” an extraordinary talent from the martial world. 988Reads—Score103Shelves
- 198 Reborn to Marry the Prince Regent: The Princess Consort Becomes Famous for Solving Cases with Autopsies 重生嫁摄政王，王妃她靠验尸爆红 [Two powerful leads + contract marriage + satisfying angst and revenge + episodic investigations + ever-sweeter romance] Shen Wei transmigrates, waking up in a morgue with her hands on a corpse. A modern forensic examiner turned the daughter of a condemned official, she hides her identity and examines bodies to survive. Then the regent, a man who holds power over the entire court, arrives through the rain and hands her a marriage contract: “Marry me. I’ll protect you and clear your name.” She sn 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 The Golden Branch Casebook 金枝洗冤录 [One-on-one romance + sweet affection + two strong leads + solving cases + both leads’ first relationship] Ten cases, each one gripping! The main romance is all sweet, no angst! Eight years ago, the beloved Princess Changle, Chu Qianyue, nearly died in the great fire at the late empress’s palace. She was saved at the last moment by a handsome young man... Eight years later, everyone says the fire was an accident, but she refuses to believe it! While investigating the late empress’s death, Chu Qi 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 The Treacherous Minister 佞臣 [Amnesiac, Highly Skilled Detective X Cold-on-the-Outside, Warm-Hearted Eunuch in Power] [Historical fantasy + Mystery-solving + Two Beautiful, Powerful, Tragic Leads + Taking Another's Place + Marriage Before Love + Amnesia] After Zhao Yuqing is gravely wounded and loses her memory, she wanders to Jianzhou, where she is rescued by the kindhearted young lady of the Jia family. To repay her, Zhao Yuqing, gifted with both martial prowess and intelligence, solves the Jia family's murder case, only 808Reads9.1Score125Shelves
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