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- 51 Kill! Kill! Kill! I’m Reforming the Court! 杀！杀！杀！朕就要整顿朝纲！ Completed. [Unhinged villainess empress × scheming, devoted general] [Empress + sweet on the outside, ruthless within + powerful female lead + court intrigue + satisfying revenge] A thrill ride from start to finish! The empress is outrageously overpowered in both martial arts and intelligence, rising from wiping out entire clans to uniting the Three Kingdoms! A court-intrigue novel whose blurb alone will make you want to dive in. She acts better than Zhen Huan, puts on a better front than Wei Yi 1.6kReads8.9Score16914d adds
- 52 Notes on Slow Transmigration: The Mandate of Heaven Arc 慢穿记事簿天命篇 [No CP] [No System] [Nation-Building] [Political Intrigue] [争霸] [Lighthearted Wish Fulfillment] The land is divided among powerful warlords, armies clash, and the people suffer. After transmigrating into the body of a general's daughter, Xie Ning opens her eyes to find herself surrounded by wolves and tigers, with every faction plotting against her. She turns the tables on them, making them lose both their wives and their soldiers. After escaping her cage, she keeps a low profile and builds her 1kReads8.8Score13714d adds
- 53 Rebuilding the Mountains and Rivers in the Three Kingdoms 我在三国再造山河 [Set from the late Eastern Han through the Three Kingdoms era + female emperor + charismatic heroine (or perhaps a Mary Sue) + no System, but the heroine has mastered all kinds of essential skills] [The heroine marries twice, though other romantic interests may be hinted at; her daughter Li Xian inherits the throne] [Blurb] Li Shu, courtesy name Jiguang, childhood name A Shou, comes from the Yingchuan Li clan. Her family background is respectable enough for a reclusive scholar and distinguished 687Reads8.5Score10614d adds
- 54 Ode to Qionghua in a Matriarchal World: Your Jealousy Plays with Love Through the Years 女尊琼花赋：多君妒情戏流年 [Transmigration, female supremacy, strong heroine, everyone loves her, ensemble cast, light political intrigue, male lead] This story is set in a fictional world. A very small portion of the setting is modeled after the Tang dynasty; everything else is original. It tells the story of the Wu Zhou dynasty continuing for several centuries before falling. The second dynasty ruled by a woman, Hua Yu, then arises, and by this time people are accustomed to an era in which women rule. Women are the domi 149Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Spring Deepens in the Capital, and I Draw the Moon into My Embrace 上京春深揽月入怀 Original title: Oh No! His Majesty Is Pregnant with the Abstinent Chancellor’s Baby [Secret Crush Comes True + Chasing Your Wife to the Crematorium, But the Female Lead Won’t Take Him Back + Daily Life of an Empress and Her Consort + Raising a Child Later] Yang Chan’s fiancé ran away on their wedding day. Ever since, the old conservatives in court have been urging her to choose another consort. Chancellor Song Fei is the most handsome man on the list of beauties in Ye City, making women across t 2.3kReads6.9Score10614d adds
- 56 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the World with a Nation-Building System 穿越后，我靠基建系统称霸天下 [Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Transmigration + System + Nation-Building + Empress + Warring States + Cheats + No CP] Zhong Yun transmigrates into a starving refugee in a land torn by war, with a nation-building System thrown in as a bonus. Determined to live well, Zhong Yun gets to work on the path to power and unifying the realm. She crushes bandits, takes cities, controls prefectures, fights for the realm, and wins the people's hearts. Before long, the entire war-torn world is left baffled by Zho 840Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 57 Xuanhuan: My Wife Is the Female Emperor 玄幻：我的老婆是女帝 [Empress] [No harem] [Alternate dynasty, statecraft, wars between nations] [Swordsmanship, martial arts, Confucian cultivation] Ye Hua's soul transmigrates to the Jiuzhou Continent, where the empress of the Great Xia Empire brings him into her harem. After keeping a low profile for three years, he gradually grows overconfident! One day, while doing a sign-in in the empress's bedroom, she pushes him down, then appoints him Emperor Consort. He had hoped to keep taking it easy and be a carefree emp 1.1kReads7.3Score10014d adds
- 58 The Alluring Empress Opens Her Eyes, and Every King in the Realm Kneels 倾城女帝一睁眼，天下诸王皆跪了 She was the Empress of Canglan, unmatched in both martial and scholarly arts, unrivaled in strategy, and a master of both medicine and poison. After being set up, she was reborn in the body of Yan Li, daughter of the Grand Tutor of the Mu Kingdom. The moment she wakes, her uncle and aunt beat her? Just watch her make them beg for mercy on their knees. The crown prince smears her name to break off their engagement? The emperor strips him of his position as heir to protect her! The empress of a ne 6.3kReads9.1Score86114d adds
- 59 The Gifted Empress Reigns Above, Her Ministers Kneel Below 异能女皇在上，众臣在下 The State of Mu enjoys favorable weather and bountiful harvests, while its old emperor indulges in wine and women, lives a life of excess, and has few heirs. The court is controlled by powerful factions. By the 327th year of Mu, the kingdom has been divided among four of them. The foolish Princess Mu Nanzhi is pushed onto the throne as an easily controlled pawn. But on the first morning court, the one who opens her eyes is an empress from another world. 1.9kReads8.9Score16914d adds
- 60 The Yandere Male Lead Is Driven Wild by a Mischievous Little Brat 病娇男主被小作精撩疯了 [Two obsessive leads + devoted romance + doting husband + heroine pursues hero + hero chases heroine] Ai Qing accidentally entered the world of a novel. To complete her mission, she seduced the male lead, then dumped him without a second thought. Looking at the wounded, anguished man, she smiled carelessly. “I only said I liked you as a joke. I was just messing with you.” “Was it a lie?” With a crazed look on his face, the male lead took out the chains he had prepared long ago. Behind him stood 96Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 61 EN Empress: Enough Fooling Around! Who Put the Imperial Robe on Me? 女帝：胡闹！谁把龙袍给朕穿上了 No CP + powerful heroine becomes emperor + satisfying throne-grabbing story + ruthless and self-serving Di Qingyu is a woman whose only wish is to become emperor and seize power, standing above all others. The history books describe this disastrous princess as “cunning to the point of being demonic, debauched and lawless, a scourge to the imperial court, and scheming to become emperor. She is a disgrace and an aberration among the women of the world.” At eighteen, she was made Grand Princess of 226Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 62 My Darling, Kiss Me 卿卿吻我 Both leads have been with no one else; the husband has to grovel to win his wife back In her previous life, Cheng Song'an was married to Cui Yuanqing for ten years. She fulfilled her duties and was diligent and virtuous, a model of an aristocratic wife. Before she turned thirty, depression made her ill, but she still couldn't warm her husband's cold heart. He didn't care for her, ask after her, or make demands of her, but he didn't love her either. He loved her radiant and charming younger half- 2.1kReads7.2Score15014d adds
- 63 Wedding Night: I’m Pregnant with the Chief Eunuch’s Child 新婚夜：我怀了督主的崽 [Overbearing palace eunuch vs. scheming beauty: be the wickedest beauty and flirt with the most powerful man] Rumors have been swirling around the capital lately, and everyone says the Zhao family’s most noble young lady has gone mad. Instead of becoming an imperial consort, she went and confessed her feelings to a eunuch. One of his subordinates asked Zhuang Li, “My lord, this young lady seems pretty good. Why not marry her?” Zhuang Li replied coldly, “What the hell does that have to do with me 720Reads9.2Score10114d adds
- 64 The Regent Prince's Consort Is Fearlessly Bold 摄政王妃很猖狂 The international assassin Ye Chujiu is dead? The international assassin Ye Chujiu is alive again! Reborn in the body of a notorious idiot in the Tianqi Dynasty! An idiot? Ha. One dance at the palace banquet leaves the whole world stunned! One offhand line at a poetry gathering becomes a timeless couplet! A pitiful little thing everyone can bully? Ha. Wicked aunt? I'll tear that mouth of yours apart! Fake-sweet stepsister? I'll break your hands! Blind ex-fiancé dumps her, then wants her b 270Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 65 My Beloved Is All Thanks to a Dog, and the Prince Carries Me Everywhere 心尖宠，全靠狗，王爷抱我横着走 ❀Healing flirt X abstinent, gorgeous but tragic man❀Mutually faithful❀Everyone’s darling [Too long; didn’t read version:] The male lead, who hates the heroine, loses his memory on the day they break off their engagement. The clumsy heroine seizes her chance, pretends to be his first love, and tricks him into marrying her. The more she keeps up the lie... the more she nearly believes it herself! [Long and blunt version:] At first, only Ye Liuxin knows that Jiang Yi has lost his memory. Ye Liuxin: 660Reads8.7Score10214d adds
- 66 An Orphan Reborn as a Princess, Gorging on Gossip Every Day 孤女胎穿长公主，每天都在吃瓜 The only Grand Princess of Great Xia awakens a System for overhearing gossip. From then on, the three-month-old baby has her hands full. What? The Fifth Prince's biological father is a “woman”? Consort Wu likes picking her feet, then doesn't wash her hands before making food for the emperor? Emperor Mingde... The empress watched as the ridiculously handsome emperor was betrayed by his own mother, younger brother, and trusted aides. She realized that not only did he love being cheated on, he also 293Reads6.6Score11314d adds
- 67 After Completing the Three Kingdoms' Notable Figures Collection, I Ascended the Throne 三国名士全图鉴后，我登基了 Also known as: How Can a Tiny Little Girl Conquer the Three Kingdoms? By Bending Without Breaking! [A heroine adored by all + An Eastern Han-era enchantress focused on her ambitions + A female ruler who makes no secret of being a woman + A true goddess with a built-in golden finger] Handcrafted with traditional techniques. If you don't like AI-written stories, come on in. Blurb: Bad news: Liu Ying died. Good news: Liu Ying came back to life inside a strategy game set in the Three Kingdoms era. B 202Reads8.9Score10614d adds
- 68 Run! The Deranged Villainous Tyrant Got the Wrong Script! 跑啊！反派疯批暴君拿错剧本啦！ [Sweet Romance + Transmigrate into a Book + Goofy Comedy + Unhinged Villain + Pure Love] Yun Ruan, a minor actress, transmigrates into the script she once performed in and becomes Yun Ruanruan, a cannon-fodder supporting female character. When she opens her eyes, the male lead is about to kill her with one sword strike. To save her own skin, Yun Ruanruan follows the plot and powers up, helping the male lead eliminate the main villain and claim the crown prince's position. She makes sure to cling 3.2kReads9.0Score36314d adds
- 69 Matriarchy: Her Gentle Husband Is the Unhinged Third Prince 女尊：她的柔弱夫郎是疯批三皇子 [Female-Dominant World + Space + transmigrate + Sweet Romance + One-on-One, Both Leads Are Chaste] Qu Mengrong transmigrates into a female-dominant world, where she starts out as a farm girl abandoned by her fiancé because her family is poor. She goes out to sell medicinal herbs and happens to buy a handsome man, turning from a lonely woman into a wife who’s utterly smitten with her husband. Her husband is fair-skinned, beautiful, and long-legged. She can’t help wanting to tease him. As time pas 816Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 70 Mending a Broken Romance: My Ex Moved in Across the Hall 破镜重圆：前任住进我对门 [One-on-one romance, both leads are inexperienced + sweet romance + rekindled love] That year, she was eighteen and had just started college. He was twenty-three, had completed his master's degree early, and stayed on as a teacher. She signed up for one of his elective classes, and he became her teacher. Yuan Ruoyan couldn't believe it: Qin Xiao, the man she'd had a crush on since childhood and her older brother's best friend, was now her teacher? Well, she couldn't be blamed for making the most 99Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 71 The Female Taizu 女太祖 [Both leads are each other's only partners + Character growth + Political scheming + Not conventional household infighting] A short excerpt: Zhao Qingnuo ran out of patience. She raised a hand and dislocated the other person’s arm. Then, annoyed by the racket, she grabbed their chin and yanked it down. Their jaw popped out of place, and the whole main room fell silent at once. Zhao Qingnuo had a mother who was so delicate she couldn’t take care of herself. After going out on an escort job, Zhao 2.3kReads8.9Score31114d adds
- 72 The Leisurely Life of Fuqi Mianmian 福妻绵绵的悠然生活 Mianmian always thought she was incredibly lucky. After graduating from university, she unexpectedly obtained the legendary portable space. She became a village girl and made a fortune selling fruit online, becoming a famous rich woman after a few years. But before she could enjoy her wealth for long, she suddenly transmigrated to a little mountain village cut off from transport, short on supplies, and steeped in old-fashioned customs! When an unlucky young scholar meets a lucky country girl, hi 1.6kReads8.7Score13014d adds
- 73 Fourth Calamity: Transmigrating into a Chaotic Age to Become an Empress 第四天灾，穿越乱世做女帝 [Nontraditional fourth-wall-breaking apocalypse + System + strong heroine + no romance + infrastructure building and farming + ensemble cast] Shi Qi’s version: To save her parents, Shi Qi agrees to the System’s offer to transmigrate to a chaotic age and play the role of a “savior.” At first, she thinks going from the apocalypse to a time of turmoil is just surviving somewhere new, and helping others survive, too. Easy! But once she truly sets out on this path, she begins to feel things she never 360Reads7.4Score10114d adds
- 74 After She Stopped Loving Him, the Coldhearted Minister Knelt and Begged for Mercy 不爱后，冷冰冰权臣跪地求饶 [Reborn and building a career + female friendship + a remorseful husband’s long road to redemption + the second female lead transmigrates] In her previous life, Cui Lingyi stayed by Shen Du’s side for eighteen years. From her first babbling words to the bloom of youth, her heart and mind were filled with him. Thanks to their childhood friendship, she finally became his wife. She had always thought Shen Du was simply cold and aloof by nature, treating everyone indifferently, including her. Until 365Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 75 The Pampered Cousin 娇宠表姑娘 Flirting and pampering + reborn + both leads are each other’s only love + sweet romance + household power struggles + later, she runs away while pregnant The unruly, rebellious heir to the marquis’s title x the silly beauty In her previous life, Wen Jinli lived under someone else’s roof, constantly on edge as she made her way through the Marquis’s household. She had heard all kinds of stories about Shen Jingchu, the heir to the marquis’s title, and what a bully he was. Terrified of him, she had 721Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 76 The Eight-Year-Old Princess: Reborn to Rule the Realm 八岁帝女：重生之凤霸天下 In her previous life, she was the most esteemed princess of the imperial line. Her father doted on her, her “mother” indulged her, her elder sister protected her, and her husband was attentive. They had made her arrogant and conceited. Only after witnessing her most respected elder sister and beloved husband act out a tryst before her eyes, and her gravely ill son being killed by her husband, did she finally realize that it had all been a carefully orchestrated plot by her “mother.” Betrayed and 917Reads8.8Score15414d adds
- 77 Carry Me Through the Dusk 黄昏渡我 [Cool crown prince × aloof, world-weary queen] 1v1, SC, happy ending At first, Ji Li thought the world was filthy. So when she saw Yan Ji in a small county town, also trapped in an abyss, she couldn't help wanting him to sink with her. She couldn't stand how he remained so dignified despite being mired in the muck. She wanted to break him. But later, when she fell for him, he coldly abandoned her. “I waited sixteen hours just to hear you say something. Were you ever serious about me? Were you ju 958Reads8.2Score11414d adds
- 78 Empress: Father, It's Time to Abdicate 女帝：父皇，你该退位了 {Strong male and female leads + alternate setting + power struggles + revenge + palace and household intrigue + the aloof one brought down from his pedestal + princess + empress + satisfying wish fulfillment + teacher-student romance + divorce and remarriage + chief minister + 1v1} She is the most honored eldest princess, who played a key role when her father ascended the throne. Her mother is the empress, her brother is the crown prince, and all her uncles are great generals. With a family back 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 The Empress Keeps Wanting to Take More Consorts 女帝她又又又想纳妃 [Matriarchal World + Harem + Everyday Life + Sweet Romance + Satisfying Wish Fulfillment] As the most honored imperial princess in the Great Liang Empire, Xing Lan has had only one ambition since childhood: to marry the man of her dreams, live in loving harmony, and grow old together. She never expected to be ordered to inherit the throne. Well, ruling an empire that stretches for thousands of miles isn't so bad. But why are all the handsome men keeping their distance? Xing Lan: “What do you thi 2.2kReads9.1Score26014d adds
- 80 In a Matriarchal World, I Flirt with Him and He Has My Baby, Your Highness's Harem Is Bursting at the Seams 女尊我撩夫他生娃殿下后宫挤爆啦 [Matriarchy] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Multiple Male Leads] + [One Woman, Many Men] Wei Ting, a secretary in the Ministry of Revenue: “I, Wei Ting, would rather die than submit to a wicked woman!” Lu Xiuyuan, a chef from Yongzhou: “Love my cooking, not my tea-making skills.” Jin Yulin, the third young master of the capital’s richest family: “Oh, your hem’s all wrinkled. That’s not pretty at all.” Ji Qingxuan, a miracle doctor: “The Imperial Medical Academy has a meeting. No time for a date.” Jik 1.1kReads8.5Score10414d adds
- 81 The Laid-Back Concubine Won’t Tempt Him? The Crown Prince Has Turned Dark! 咸鱼侍妾不勾他？太子黑化了！ [Scheming heroine + both leads are each other’s first and only + the hero chases his wife to the crematorium] To teach the Crown Prince about relations between men and women, the Empress sent Luo Jing to him while he was under the influence of a love poison. But after years of hard work, she finally secured wealth and status. Then she opened her eyes again and found herself back in the Eastern Palace, still a palace maid trying to seduce the Crown Prince. Faced with the Crown Prince’s handsome, 1.3kReads8.6Score12514d adds
- 82 Su Wanqing's Transmigrated Tragic Romance 苏婉清的穿越虐恋 The modern-day heroine transmigrates into the body of a concubine-born daughter of the prime minister, becoming entangled with a powerful regent. Because of a misunderstanding, the regent forces her to marry him and take up residence in his manor. Struggling to survive there, she discovers that the regent has someone else in his heart, his unattainable first love. As they test each other, they gradually fall for one another, but their misunderstandings continue to deepen. The heroine is framed a 822Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 The Charismatic Lady Ruler: All Her Subjects at Her Feet 女尊万人迷，诸君皆为裙下臣 [Strong Female Lead + Empress + Sweet Romance + Love Rival Showdown + Everyone's Favorite] A heroine with a fear of love versus a group of men who won't stop pursuing her. She goes out once and comes back with a husband? Her father has another job on the side, too! Her supposed best friend had been lying to her for ten years? Turns out she's the one who was being raised to become someone's ideal partner! The old geezer's little secret has been discovered? Get married! Not happening. I'm going to 638Reads8.6Score10014d adds
- 84 How I Survive After Being Transported into a Male-Oriented Novel 穿到男频小说的我如何自救 What should you do if you transmigrate into a novel aimed at male readers? What if you transmigrate into a novel aimed at male readers as an emperor disguised as a man? Yu Tanyong strives to save herself so she won't become the doomed ruler from the original story, hoping to become a virtuous monarch whose name will be recorded in the history books. But it seems she may have gone a little too far. When her gender is revealed: The top scholar who passed all three imperial examinations says, "The 3.5kReads9.2Score41714d adds
- 85 After Marrying the Minister of Justice, I’m Completely Won Over 嫁给大理寺卿后我真香 A lantern that binds fates led her to stake her whole life on love. In five years of marriage, he never once stayed overnight in her courtyard, earning her a cruel reputation as a barren woman. Pei Ran, whom she had loved all her life, even took a second wife on the very day her illness became terminal, because she had borne him no children. On their wedding day, he had clearly promised that he would have only one wife in this life. So who was this woman now bearing the title of wife...? When s 3kReads8.9Score27014d adds
- 86 I Want the Sun to Come Running to Me 我要太阳奔我而来 At eighteen, Lin Sang sang fell in love at first sight with Xin Shuyang, who had unexpectedly stood up for someone in trouble and rushed to their aid. Unfortunately, Xin Shuyang had a childhood sweetheart who was his girlfriend, so Lin Sangsang could only keep her feelings to herself. At twenty-two, Lin Sangsang finally found the courage to confess to the man she’d secretly loved for years, but Xin Shuyang’s reply left her feeling as if she’d fallen into an icy abyss. “I might date someone somed 322Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 87 Supreme Favor in a Matriarchal World 女尊之无上盛宠 [Women’s-Centric World + Devoted to Each Other + Healing Each Other + White Moonlight] Wen Ruyu is the seventeenth princess of the Da Qi Empire, holding sole command of the military and known for her mercurial temper. She stands as The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others, and has more than a hundred consorts in her residence. Her ruthless, lecherous reputation is known to all, yet she has a face that looks pure and harmless. Yan Nian is the only prince of a different surname 699Reads8.8Score10214d adds
- 88 Chronicles of the Han Dynasty’s Last Empress 汉末女帝纪事录 Content warning: If you don’t accept a female lead in a one-on-one romance who has children, please don’t click. [Strong female lead + political intrigue + contest for supremacy + nation-building + one-on-one romance] At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the land is in turmoil. A flash flood sends the soul of Liu Zhen, a modern teacher, a thousand years into the past, where she possesses the frail, sickly Liu Zhen, the Han Emperor Ling’s second daughter, who died young. At the brink of death, 1.3kReads8.2Score21614d adds
- 89 Great Ming: From Fallen Princess to Legendary Empress 大明：从亡国公主到传奇女帝 (No CP + transmigration + no System + strong female lead + power struggle + nation-building + daily life + she eventually ascends the throne as emperor. Read with caution if this bothers you.) Zhu Meichuo's story begins on the night her kingdom falls. Chongzhen arrives with a sword in hand. The whole city is ablaze with war. As someone who has transmigrated, what choice will she make? How can she save the Ming Dynasty from its impending collapse? In this dark age on the horizon, watch as this se 11.7kReads9.2Score40914d adds
- 90 She Claimed the Crown Prince 太子殿下她要了 [Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion + No Amnesia Plot or Angst] Yin Yu is gifted at divination. The noblewomen of the capital who have received her personal predictions have all been left speechless by just how accurate they are. But to Crown Prince Yan Yu, the most special thing about her is this All he has to do is get within a foot of Yin Yu, and his otherwise incurable headaches disappear. Later, rumors spread through the capital that Yin Yu is a jinx Yan Yu promptly obtains an imperial decree 344Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 91 After My Best Friend Entrusted Me with Her Child, I Ascended the Throne! 闺蜜托孤后，我登基为帝！ Strong female lead, no CP, transmigrate into a book, raising a child, campaigns and battles, God of War, standout supporting heroine. (Female characters will gradually appear, and there will be more women than men.) After transmigrating three years earlier, Xia Mingzhu had met, come to know, and become close friends with Yang Qingyue. The two women were stationed in Qingzhou. When their army was defeated one day, Yang Qingyue entrusted her daughter to Xia Mingzhu and revealed the girl’s name, Li 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 The Female Emperor of Great Zhao 大昭女帝 She transmigrates from another world and becomes a figure who stirs up the entire realm. “They can sit on the throne as ruler of all under heaven. Why can't I?” “I want you to become my sword.” 1.3kReads9.1Score12714d adds
- 93 The Imperial Preceptor Above: The Unhinged Empress Turns on the Charm 国师在上：疯批女帝撩上瘾 [Female-led fantasy + two powerful leads + face-slapping + punishing scum + building her own power base + no putting up with abuse] In her previous life, a monk who had never shed blood or slaughtered anyone killed the entire world for her, a wicked and notorious demoness. In this life, she only wants to find him, pursue him, flirt with him, and marry him. And while she's at it, she'll punish some scum and settle a score or two... The aloof, women-averse Imperial Preceptor never turns down her a 925Reads9.1Score20814d adds
- 94 Building Infrastructure in Troubled Times, I Become Empress 我在乱世搞基建当女帝 (Lighthearted kingdom-building wish fulfillment) As the late emperor’s most beloved princess, Chu Xiang is banished by the new emperor to the desolate, freezing lands of Liaodong. She takes it in stride, reclaiming wasteland for farming, planting forests to halt the sand, building roads and canals, opening up trade, and establishing schools. The barren frontier, where smoke from cooking fires could not be seen for a thousand miles, becomes a granary beyond the pass. The new emperor’s tyranny pl 551Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 95 If You Can Be Emperor, Why Be a Princess? 能做皇帝，谁做公主？ [Devoted daughter + saving the nation + political intrigue · Female lead has no romance, but does have admirers] [Max combat power + unconventional mind-reading + browser for the current world] Also known as "Saving the Realm" and "Seizing Power Through Reform!" What? I, Gu Nianyu, protect the realm and defend its borders, and someone still wants to stop me from ascending the throne? You must not know that I’m the one who appointed the crown prince! “I, Gu Nianyu, am the late emperor’s elde 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 A Fearless Woman’s Guide to Farming and Doting on Her Husband 女尊悍妻：种田养家宠夫郎 Lu Jiu, a top student at a modern agricultural university, transmigrates into a matriarchal world as a gambling-addicted wife. Her house is bare, she has no ambition, and on her deathbed she even plans to sell her husband to get money for gambling. After transmigrating, she finds herself in a ramshackle house where even raising her voice makes dust fall from the walls, with a pretty little husband who’s always on the verge of crying. Lu Jiu puts her old skills to use: she cooks delicious food, o 386Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 97 Transmigrated to a Matriarchal World: I Use My Pocket Dimension to Woo a Husband and Raise Kids 穿到女尊世界：我靠空间撩夫养崽 (Matriarchal society + spatial dimension + sweet romance + one-on-one) Ye Qingmei, a PhD in both Chinese and Western medicine, died suddenly from overwork and transmigrated into a matriarchal kingdom, inhabiting the body of a pockmarked woman who shared her name. She found herself in a shabby rural house, facing a life of never having enough to eat or warm clothes to wear. Her father and adopted brother looked gaunt, and the whole family had to scrimp and save. Ye Qingmei takes on her wicked hus 752Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 98 The Villainess Refuses to Accept Her Fate: Transmigrating into a Book to Win Over the Villainous Regent 女配不认命，穿书攻略反派摄政王 [Faithful love, sweet and doting with no angst, redeeming the villain, a stunning little princess vs. a cold and domineering regent] Jiang Wan transmigrated into a book, and even worse, she became a cannon-fodder princess who wouldn't survive past three chapters. Worst of all, the all-powerful regent was always looking for a chance to topple the Jiang imperial clan, and planned to send her to the grasslands to marry for peace. To save her own life and her brother's, she started finding ways to k 56Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 99 Cao Cao's Daughter Rebuilds the Realm 曹操之女，再造山河 [1. Strong female lead + female emperor setting. At first, she helps her father and brother; she won’t immediately set her sights on becoming empress. If that doesn’t work for you, please click away. [2. There will be very little romance, and the heroine is somewhat saintly. Use the heroine from my previous novel as a reference. [3. This may not be a wish-fulfillment story, so it may not suit readers who want nonstop, brainless gratification.] For the five years since Cao Xi transmigrated into t 3.5kReads7.6Score32914d adds
- 100 Late Han: Zhang Jiao's Daughter, Bandit Queen of a Chaotic Age 汉末：张角之女，乱世女贼 [No Romance + Magic + Conquest + Political Intrigue + Not a Power Fantasy] If the Han Dynasty had been restored to prosperity, or replaced by a more enlightened dynasty, would history have turned out differently? She had seen rites and music fall into ruin, and people devour one another. She had seen tens of thousands swept into the river to their deaths, leaving grief and desolation everywhere. She had once led the Yellow Turbans, crying out to the heavens: “The azure heaven is dead; the yellow 7.1kReads8.7Score77114d adds
