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- 1 Imperial Exam Comeback: The Chief Minister Is a Woman in Disguise 科举逆袭：首辅大人女扮男装 [System + No Saintly Do-Gooder + Comeback and Revenge + Rise in Rank and Wealth] [A Woman Disguised as a Man Takes the Imperial Exams] [Everyone Has One-Sided Feelings for Her] After an unexpected transmigration, Ye Bing became the posthumous child of the Ye family’s eldest branch. Faced with four beautiful older sisters, a frail widowed mother, and a scoundrel of a father who faked his death to marry another wife, Ye Bing decided to enter officialdom through the imperial exams so she could prot 203Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 On Results Day, the Jiang Family's Young Lady Becomes the Third-Ranked Scholar 放榜日，姜府千金她成为了探花郎 Her father died young, and on the day the examination results were announced, her own brother, Jiang Huaizhao, was murdered by villains. To uncover the truth and shoulder the burden of the Jiang family, Jiang Huaining takes her brother’s place and transforms herself into the most sought-after new third-place graduate. When she first steps into court, not only are conditions harsh, but wolves lie ahead and tigers lurk behind. She watches every word and step, as if treading on thin ice. Her corrup 115Reads8.5Score11914d adds
- 3 The Chancellor’s Graceful Beauty 权臣窈窕 In the third month of the twenty-first year of Yuanhe under the Northern Zhou, the Sui residence was destroyed. By a twist of fate, Sui Yang regained her life. After climbing out of her grave, she became Xiao Yunyang’s thirteenth son, a marquis of Anyang in Yaojing. From that day on, the Sui family’s second young lady, Sui Yang, ceased to exist. There was only the Xiao family’s thirteenth son, Xiao Wenzhen. She returned from hell, bearing a blood feud, and entered officialdom to clear the Sui fa 20Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 4 The Farm Girl Who Became Top Scholar 农家女状元 Mo Zhen, a modern-day tomboy, somehow transmigrates into ancient times as a real man! She takes the imperial exams, becomes the top scorer, protects the people, and rights wrongs. She makes buns, builds a franchise, and grows richer than kings. She charms handsome men and noble young ladies alike, living a dashing and carefree life. “Wife, you've had enough fun. Time for bed.” Alas, the man is actually a woman. 64Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 5 The Actress Goes on a Rampage in the Imperial Exams 女明星她科举杀疯了 Top-tier star Yang Lanming opens her eyes and discovers she's transmigrated. The good news is that she still has the same face, a beauty that appeals to everyone around the world. The bad news is that she's now a child who couldn't hurt a fly. System notification: Your profile has been automatically changed from [academic ace of the entertainment industry] to [ancient imperial-exam master] She disguises herself as a man to sit the imperial examinations, unexpectedly embarking on a path to succes 9Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 6 Disguised as a Man: After Constantly Courting Death, She Became the Crown Prince 女扮男装：不断作死后她成了太子 Ye Cen transmigrated into a book as a little prince of the Great Jin Dynasty who was disguised as a boy. To avoid the tragic fate in the original story of being exposed and hacked to death after becoming the crown prince, she decided to take the initiative and keep doing things that ought to get her killed. She forcibly abducted a woman in broad daylight and beat servants to death. Surely that was reckless enough? Instead of being reprimanded by the emperor, she was rewarded after it was discove 17Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Stealing the Third-Ranked Scholar 夺探花 Not a feel-good power fantasy with a female lead! [Disguised as a man + coercive seduction + born into a new life + groveling redemption + angst before romance + court politics] Cool, beautiful top scholar * dark, scheming prince Wen Zhiyu is from the respectable Wen family of Jiangnan, the eldest legitimate son of its main branch. He has lived in the capital since childhood and has always been remarkably bright. He began studying at three, sat the preliminary exams at eight and ranked first, pa 2.3kReads8.7Score5514d adds
- 8 A Farmer's Daughter Disguises Herself as a Boy to Take the Imperial Exams 农家子女扮男装考科举 Zhao Jingsong transmigrated and became the only child in the third branch of the Zhao family. The head of the Zhao family's third branch had died. If she hadn't transmigrated in time, the first and second branches would have gobbled up the entire inheritance. 270Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 9 My Lord, You've Been Deceived: The Top Scholar Is a Master of Both Pen and Sword 主上你被骗了，状元郎她文武双全 [Transmigrate, woman disguises herself as a man, no romance, imperial exams, political intrigue, System] A massacre from the start? Stranded in a ruined temple? No worries! Watch me turn my fate around! The legitimate granddaughter of the Minister of Justice should have lived in luxury, but her own mother raised her as a boy! When she was six, disaster struck her family and they were slaughtered to the last. She escaped by sheer luck, but had to hide her identity and struggle to survive! Livi 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Ultimate Showdown Between a Transmigrator and a Reborn Woman 穿越女与重生女的巅峰对决 [Woman disguised as a man + face-slapping the scum + a touch of reverse harem + wartime turmoil + imperial examinations + real and fake heirs and daughters] After years of grueling effort, Shen Yutang, the head of a C City conglomerate, finally fought her way through a crowd of prospective heirs, only to die of a heart attack. Her soul should have moved on to reincarnation, but by an incredible twist of fate, it transmigrated into a political intrigue novel called The Reborn Princess Doted on b 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn: The Legend of the Female Emperor 重生之女帝传奇 In her previous life, she was a princess who loved armor more than finery and made a name for herself in battle. For her lover, she left the battlefield and donned fine clothes, only to be confined to the inner quarters and conspired against and killed by her lover and her younger brother, who had become emperor. He was a brave and battle-hardened young general, unmatched in courage. After returning victorious, he should have been rewarded with promotion, but a treacherous minister falsely accus 24Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 12 Transmigrated to a World in Chaos, She Refuses to Be a Beauty 穿越乱世，她才不要做佳人 [Plot-driven + political intrigue + light ensemble cast + female protagonist + light romance] Xu Wan transmigrates into a book set in a chaotic era, only to become an anonymous passerby. The System hunts her down because she carries software that has nothing to do with the book. She thinks that escaping the original plot will let her lie flat for good, but after witnessing the bloodshed and chaos of the era with her own eyes, she steps back into the world. • This time, her forceful interventi 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Now That I’ve Transmigrated into a Book, Why Be the Heroine’s Blood Bag? 都穿书了，谁还给女主当血包 [Political intrigue] [Historical romance] [Book Transmigration] [Real-and-fake-heiress setup] Shen Zhaoning transmigrates into a novel about a real and fake heiress. The moment she opens her eyes, she walks straight into a deadly trap set by the real heiress. A cruel servant breaks into her room at night, intent on ruining her reputation. Blood sprays across the scene, but he’s the one who falls. There were originally two people in this world who knew the future. One was the real heiress, Qi Yun 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 We’re All Caught in the Same Game 你我皆是局中人 [Strong female lead + satisfying revenge + duty to country + court intrigue + clever characters + ruthless payback] Warning: If you don't like this, don't read it. The main cast is tagged [career-focused] and [unhinged]. Especially the heroine, Xiao Qingyao. Everything she does is driven by a clear purpose. Everything! Xiao Qingyao is deeply calculating. She plans ten moves ahead with every step, and a hundred moves ahead overall. Every move is part of a scheme. Gold is never pure, and no one i 64Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn, the System Makes Me a Scholar and Warrior in Ancient Times 重生后，系统让我在古代文武双全 (No CP)!!! Beep... A machine sounded, and Sang Hua was gone from this world for good. Her soul left her body. Looking at herself lying on the hospital bed, she thought back over the twenty years of her life. Sang Hua felt she had been incredibly unlucky. After finally escaping that family through her own efforts, she had been about to enjoy a happy life of doing nothing, only to get into a car accident on the way to the airport... Sang Hua watched the medical staff cover her body with a white sh 25Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 16 I Conquer the Imperial Exams in a Male-Oriented Novel 我在男频科举文里大杀四方 After dying, Lin Muwei transmigrates from her former life as an office worker into the body of the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Wu’an. With powerful enemies outside and schemers within, the beautiful young woman has to pass herself off as a man, disguising her gender to fool everyone! Pampered beyond measure, Lin Muwei sets her sights on becoming the capital’s number-one wastrel! Who could have guessed that the marquis’s household would suddenly fall from favor, and Lin Muwei would turn t 245Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 17 The Treacherous Minister Has Caught His Majesty’s Eye Again Today 奸臣她今天又被陛下盯上了 Li Fangxuan, the most ruthless person in the Great Zhou court, is cold-blooded and merciless, hoards wealth without restraint, and has no equal when it comes to cursing out the court. She has two lifelong ambitions: to wield power over the entire court, and to make sure no one ever discovers she’s a woman. Then one day, a wicked voice pops into her head, claiming to be the System. It immediately calls her “Master” and says it will help her reach the pinnacle of life. Li Fangxuan: So I’m the c 416Reads—Score10114d adds
- 18 A Female Chancellor's Rise Through the Imperial Exams 女宰相的科举逆袭 [Woman Disguised as a Man + No Romance + No Male Lead + Imperial Exam Comeback + Female Awakening] After fighting her way up from the bottom, Jiang Chuheng opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a twelve-year-old girl in ancient times, disguised as a boy and prone to tears. At home, she has an elderly grandmother, a timid mother, and two beautiful older sisters. Her eldest sister has been set up and faces the prospect of becoming a concubine. Things are going badly from the start! After 138Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 19 The Villainess Has Too Many Secret Identities, and the Cold-Faced Regent Has Fallen for Her 恶女她马甲太多，冷面摄政王栽了 [Female-led power fantasy + high-IQ political scheming + multiple secret identities + everyone is a schemer + powerful leads flirting with each other + a battle of wits at the highest level] Everyone lamented that Ruan Zhaowei, the legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's household, was a sickly young woman who had to catch her breath after every three steps. Her fiance thought her life was too fragile and she was useless, so he teamed up with her transmigrated half-sister to call off the engagem 2kReads—Score39214d adds
- 20 Ink-Stained Makeup 妆染墨 Cross-dressing as a man × the imperial civil service examinations and court politics × single-mindedly building a career × powerful minister × feel-good female-led story × no romance in the main story In an era when women had no status, her parents were killed by the powerful, her uncles seized the family estate, and her fiancé broke off their engagement. She fell from being a wealthy young lady to having no roof over her head. To clear her father's name, she hardened her heart, cast aside her w 127Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Became a Female Top Scholar, and the Regent Fell Madly in Love With Me! 穿成女状元郎，摄政王为我痴狂！ [Gender disguise, irresistible to men and women, both leads are inexperienced, he falls for her on his own] Wen Shiqing fell while rock climbing and died, only to transmigrate into a book as a woman disguised as a man: the top scholar who went on to become an official. Being a man in a male-dominated society? Wonderful. But her smooth sailing came to an abrupt end when she refused a marriage proposal. With no other choice, Wen Shiqing confessed that she was impotent. As soon as those words left 671Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 22 The Path of the King of the Infernal Realm 无间王途 [Transmigrated into a Book + Everyone Is Clever + Devoted to Each Other + Political Intrigue + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Song Li transmigrates into a book as a cannon-fodder spy. She only wants to survive, and thinks she accidentally changed the plot, but discovers that other transmigrators are behind the changes. The gears of fate push her forward, one step at a time. She wins people over, makes a fortune, and develops explosives... In the end, unable to win love, she has no choice but to sei —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Ruling from the Court: Your Majesty, Let Me Hold Power Over the Realm 临朝听政：陛下许我权倾朝野 [Strong female lead and equally matched leads, political intrigue, duty to country and people, fictional historical drama, ensemble cast in troubled times, devoted to each other, with a focus on the career plot] [Decisive female general × restoration emperor who obeys only the heroine] Song Wanyue was born into a military family. When she returned victorious to the capital, she was met not with honors, but with an imperial decree ordering her entire family executed. She had trusted the wrong fam 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 With a Traitor System in Hand, I Disguise Myself as a Man and Win Big 手握奸臣系统，女扮男装我赢麻了 Palace intrigue and power struggles, gender-bender [multiple secret identities, woman disguised as a man, pretending to be weak while hiding her strength, villain protagonist] She starts out keeping her head down, then rises to power. A tale of scheming and betrayal in the world of officialdom! When Shan Xuexing wakes up, she discovers that she’s not only disguised as a man, but also a treacherous minister hated by everyone. The good news: she transmigrated with a System. The bad news: it’s a tr 150Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn, I Join Forces with My Archrival for Revenge 重生后我和死对头联手复仇 [Political intrigue + career-focused, with a lighter romantic element] Once you have tasted the sweetness of power, you can never forget it. Even after being given another life, you still long to return to the halls of power, stand atop the mountains, and reach beneath the heavens. In her previous life, Pei Jiaoran had an easy rise to success. She entered the Phoenix Pavilion and donned the purple robe, living a life of great comfort. But one wrong step, and both she and her political legacy we 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 My Disguise as a Man Was Exposed, and the Son of Heaven Won’t Let Me Go Until I Bear His Child 女扮男装露馅后，九五之尊圈着我生崽崽 [Woman disguised as a man + reborn + sweet romance + revenge on scumbags] In her previous life, Xiang Wanyu was deceived by a scumbag and a vile woman. All 133 members of the Xiang family were framed, and the entire household was executed. Three years later, Xiang Wanyu is reborn in the body of Qin Yun, a woman disguised as a man. Consumed by hatred, Xiang Wanyu returns to life in another person’s body and uses Qin Yun’s identity to launch a ruthless campaign of revenge, tearing the scumbag and 18Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 27 In the Imperial Court: I Disguised Myself as a Man from the Start and Rebuked the Foolish Emperor 人在朝堂：开局女扮男装怒斥昏君 Also known as: “The traitorous minister disguises herself as a man and curses me every day, yet I can't bring myself to kill her. Woe is me!” “Wicked ruler, don't you dare do anything reckless.” After transmigrating to another world, Chu Yanxin got her hands on the Wise Ruler Support System, only to discover that the emperor was a tyrant. Chu Yanxin couldn't stand for that, so she loudly berated the tyrant in court. The tyrant didn't kill her? Then she'd just have to curse him every day? Who kne 11Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 28 May I Grow Old with Jiang Feng 愿与江枫共白首 [Strong Female Lead + Equally Matched Couple + Reborn + Giving Up and Coasting + Disguised as a Man + Everyone's Favorite] Jiang Feng died, but then she was reborn! To avoid meeting the same tragic end as in her previous life, when she was poisoned to death, she made two decisions. First, she'd be a carefree second-generation heir who took life as it came. She'd give up her urge to help others, settle every score, return every slight, and never make herself suffer. Second, she'd make peace with 16Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 29 Your Majesty, Your Favorite Consort Is a Prince from Another Country 陛下，您的宠妃是别国太子 After waking from a nap, she finds herself the male favorite of an emperor who loves men. She assumes she's a favored consort, but instead gets locked away in the Cold Palace for five years... What a cursed fate! Unexpectedly, her grilled fish draws the emperor's younger brother to her. The next day, staring at the bright yellow imperial edict in her hands, she feels a headache coming on. How on earth did she end up as the favorite consort of an emperor who loves men?! Su Yuqing: Seriously! Why 36Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 30 The Empress and Her Powerful Consorts: Beautiful and Daring 裙下权臣，女帝她又美又飒 [Reborn + political intrigue + one-on-one romance + empress] In her previous life, she was forced to give up her armor. Amid the treacherous and ever-shifting court, she chose to leave politics behind and live a peaceful life with the one she loved. But the result was that her younger brother lost the throne, and her entire family was slaughtered. Reborn, she swears to rise to the pinnacle of power, protect her family, and kill her enemies with her own hands! Her first step is to win over Shen Y 130Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 31 Disguised as a Man, She Transmigrated to Ancient Times to Become a Famous Minister 女扮男装，穿越古代做名臣 Chi Yu bound herself to a Worthy Ministers System and from then on diligently worked for the people and the country. If it harmed the common people, she wouldn’t do it! If an emperor treated the people badly, she wouldn’t serve him! The man who had repeatedly tried to recruit Chi Yu, only to be rejected: “...What? Am I not worthy?” Chi Yu clutched her System tightly and thought, The System said you’d become a tyrant one day. So the man reflected on himself and took action. Pointing to the thrivi 64Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 32 All I Ask Is That the Prince Live to a Hundred 只求王爷长命百岁 (This is a lighthearted straight romance. If you’re looking for a story without a male lead, check out the author’s other book.) (The secondary couple is same-sex, but doesn’t get much page time. Skip it if that’s not your thing.) (The author’s writing isn’t the best, and writes purely for fun. If it’s not to your taste, feel free to move on, but please be kind in the comments.) Shen Lingshu was forcibly “changed” to male at birth. She inherited a marquisate at eight, and spent decades disguised 450Reads8.7Score10114d adds
- 33 Disguised as a Man, I’ll Spoil My Fiery Princess Consort 男扮女装，刁蛮公主相公我来宠 Woman Disguised as a Man VS Man Disguised as a Woman [My first time starting a new book, so please don't give it a low rating if it's not to your taste. Please give it five stars, pretty please!] Yun Zimu, the Regent's legitimate grandson, carries a deep family blood feud. To avoid provoking the emperor's suspicion, he is forced to disguise himself as a woman and lie low in the capital under the name “Commandery Princess Huiying.” He is breathtakingly beautiful, outshining every other woman with 84Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 34 Back at Fifteen, I Disguise Myself as a Boy and Slay! 重回十五岁，我扮男装杀疯了！ She is a woman who holds her place on the Eastern Palace's throne, the renowned Crown Prince of the Great Jin. In her previous life, she trusted a traitor and made a grave mistake, leaving the realm in ruins and its people homeless. Reborn at fifteen, she is determined to keep her eyes open, root out evil, protect the Great Jin realm and its people, and safeguard the loyal Jun family. When her identity is on the verge of being exposed and the whole world may turn against her, only one person sta 419Reads8.4Score10414d adds
- 35 The Rhythm of a Beating Heart 心动时常 [Emotionally clueless, aloof little moon X hopelessly lovestruck golden retriever] [Girl disguised as a boy, and the history of a tsundere puppy's secret crush] Lin Qinhe became the second male lead in a campus novel after completing her final transmigration mission. All she had to do was get the male and female leads together and give the story a happy ending, and she could go home. But the plot kept going off the rails, again and again. Female lead: “You were my beginning, my journey, and my d 87Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 36 After I Transmigrated Into a Book, I Became a Top-Tier Star in a Boy Band 穿书后，我成了男团顶流 In my previous life, I was an all-purpose stand-in. After transmigrating into a book, I gained a billionaire dad and thought I could coast through life from then on. Who knew I'd get bound to Star-Making 100, with the ultimate goal of becoming the entertainment industry's most controversial top-tier star? Waaah (┯_┯), but all I want is to be a lazy fish. [Warning, warning: Host, do not stray from the main mission, or you will be electrocuted for one minute.] So I cross-dressed as a man to join a 18Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 37 When Snow Fell on Shengjing 恰逢盛京落雪时 [Political intrigue + chaotic times + two strong leads + struggle for supremacy] A political-intrigue novel with a strong female lead, centered on power struggles, with romance as a secondary storyline. No golden finger, no System, and not a feel-good power fantasy. I’m a new author. Thank you for being patient with me. ---------------- Divider --------------------- The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are lost, the Yuma Pass is defeated, and the aristocratic clans’ regimes are thrown into turmo 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Peace Across the Land 山河无恙 A companion volume to The Alluring Minister, also known as The Female Emperor’s Tutor. Political intrigue + a woman disguised as a man + battles of wits at court! He was a dashing, romantic top scorer in the imperial examinations, famous throughout the land! He was also a brilliant strategist who stepped up when the nation was in peril, planning far ahead. A master of both letters and arms, his genius astonished the world, and his elegance was unmatched. He left countless legends and stories beh 480Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 39 Disguised as a Man, I Took the Official World by Storm 女扮男装的我在官场杀疯了 Just after Jiang Ting, a powerful political figure, retired, she died in an earthquake. When she opened her eyes, she had become Jiang Ting, an orphan whose entire family had been massacred. To avenge her family and survive, she bound her chest, took medicine, disguised herself as a young man, and embarked on the thorny road to the imperial examinations. She uncovered a murder case, exposed a merchant's scheme, brought down the powerful, and claimed the top examination rank again and again! A 197Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 40 Oh No! The Young Marquis Has Run Away Over the Wall Again 不好啦，小侯爷她又翻墙跑路啦 [Straight-talking young female marquis focused solely on her career × seemingly innocent but secretly cunning prince who loves beauty more than power; one-on-one romance, girl disguised as a boy, two strong leads, sweet romance, space, special abilities, an exhilarating read] Five years into the apocalypse, Ye Ci, the lord of Changsheng Base City, uses herself as the core of a formation to save the lives of everyone in the city. She lures countless zombies together, then detonates herself, takin 33Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 41 Corrupt Officials Run Amok, and the County Magistrate Is Furious 奸臣当道，县令好气哦 Being an official these days is no easy job. Disguised as a man, she rises to the challenge. She may be only a lowly county magistrate, but she dreams of climbing the ranks, making a fortune, and conquering the imperial court. Who could have guessed that petty villains would prosper while corrupt ministers ran the court? It’s simply intolerable! She works tirelessly to kick out every demon and menace, struggling to climb the ladder, while that corrupt minister watches from the peak of power and 214Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 42 The Road to the Top Scholar: A Farmer’s Daughter’s Imperial Exam Journey 科举之农家女的状元路 This isn't a high-energy, over-the-top feel-good story, and the pacing is fairly slow. There are no dramatic showdowns with awful relatives or triumphant face-slapping moments. If that works for you, read on. On the eve of her graduate school graduation, young Liu Lu had just learned that her thesis had passed when a car accident sent her to the past. She woke up as a little farm girl. To make matters worse, her parents were out of favor and always did the most work for the least reward. What w 648Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 43 The Women’s Realm of Great Jin 大晋女权 [Historical Political Intrigue + Transmigration to Another World + Everyone Gets a Bad Ending] They say that when someone is on the brink of death, their brain spends thirty seconds replaying their life like a lantern show, laying every regret and missed opportunity bare. Luo Zhaoran’s life was particularly short, yet full of color, making its end all the more heartbreaking. In her previous life, she suffered through every kind of hardship. Given another chance in a different world, all she want 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Phoenix Brocade Strategy: The First-Rank Lady Magistrate 凤鸾锦谋：一品女少卿 Ling Xi, the illegitimate child of the Minister of Justice, disguises herself as a man to take up a post at the Court of Judicial Review. She hopes to make a name for herself and clear her wrongfully executed mother’s name, but instead finds herself under the command of a ruthless, stone-faced superior! He won’t let her cause trouble or slack off, and he won’t even let her drink with courtesans. Ling Xi curls her lips into a smile. “This young master is in the prime of his life. If Your Lordship 142Reads7.8Score10114d adds
- 45 Evil Cannot Overcome the Emperor 邪不压朕 Many years later, whenever Li Hongjing looked down at the assembled ministers during court, she would remember the afternoon the late emperor summoned her to his bedside to entrust her with his final wishes. She still remembered the last words the late emperor had said to her, looking at her with tears in his eyes and deep emotion in his voice: “Today, I don't care if you're a woman or even a eunuch, you're ascending the throne!” Ah, Li Hongjing was moved to tears. He'd dumped a complete mess in 8Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 46 I’ve Made the Emperor Furious, So Why Hasn’t He Come to Kill Me? 都把皇帝气炸了，怎么还不来杀她 [Alternate setting + historical romance + infrastructure building + woman disguised as a man + career in government as the main focus + no couple] (Female lead A, extremely doting, fated bond) Jinnian, a PhD in biochemistry, transmigrates to ancient times after a car accident. Facing execution by the current emperor, she studies the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty and His Majesty’s temperament, then sets out to defy him. Every day, she recklessly teeters on the edge of death! Her death wish never 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Forced to Disguise Myself as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams and Become Chief Councillor 被迫女扮男装，我参加科考做首辅 [Disguised as a man + gradual character growth + everyday life + imperial examinations] The gentle, everyday life of a farmer's son in ancient times. PS: This is a fictional setting! Just as genius doctor Song Xiaoxiao was stepping into the working world, a sneeze sent her transmigrating. When she opened her eyes, she had gone from the present to the past, arriving in a dynasty unrecorded in history. She had just grumbled about being a little kid when her whole family dealt her another heavy blo 602Reads8.4Score10114d adds
- 48 The Mightiest Bandit Queen: She Toppled the Yuan Emperor and Founded a New Dynasty 最强女匪，气死元皇建新朝 (Stick with the first chapter and you'll love it! Strong heroine + history + no romance or ambiguous relationships + conquest and empire-building, not a brainless protagonist) In the tenth year of the Dade era, the Yellow River changed course, and corpses littered the land. Zhao Yu woke up in a bandit den so poor they couldn't even afford a meal. She had become the frail biological daughter of the late chieftain, and a contest to choose the new leader was underway. As she stood amid the storm, M 309Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 49 Through Frost and Snow, Together with You 与君共霜雪 [Woman disguised as a man + court intrigue + simmering tension + slow-burn serious drama + duty to country and people] Everyone at court says that the emperor and Cheng Jin are the perfect ruler and minister. No one knows that this pillar of the court is actually a woman. From the throne, a pair of tranquil eyes is always tracing the curve of her nape. He sees her as ever upright and self-controlled, treating him only as her sovereign. He fears that she cares only for her country and its peopl 823Reads8.3Score10414d adds
- 50 The Emperor’s Beloved Only Wants to Retire in Seclusion 皇上的心上人一心要归隐 Bai Qingyue served as chancellor of the Southern Chu Kingdom for three years. Upon returning to the Western Islet Kingdom, she began carrying out her real plan. Everyone said Bai Qingyue, younger sister of the Western Islet Kingdom’s Chancellor Bai, was a gentle, understanding woman and a true lady of a noble family. But no one knew that hatred lurked beneath that gentle mask. Her return would set an entire dynasty on a new course. When the music ended and everyone parted, she faked her death to 110Reads8.8Score—14d adds
