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  1. 101 Reborn as a Young Scholar in a Farming Family 重生之农家小书生 Historical1.5M WordsCompleted Xiao Han transmigrated to ancient times as a little boy. He had planned to coast through life, eating his fill and waiting to die, but the System, desperate to meet its performance targets, tried every trick to tempt him, from sweet-talking him to feeding him poisonous motivational slogans. Xiao Han gradually veered onto a path no one had planned for. He had only wanted to help his family achieve a comfortable life, but he aimed too high and accidentally reached the pinnacle of success. Xiao San 1.9kReads8.7Score12614d adds
  2. 102 A Woman in a Man’s Body: Lord Fuguang Goes on a Killing Spree 女穿男:扶光君他杀疯了 Ancient Romance814k WordsOngoing [Female-to-Male Transmigration + No Romance + Literary Plagiarism + Jinx + Aristocratic Scion’s Exam Success Story] Also known as: The Azure Luan Chronicles Song Hezhen was a brilliant academic in the 22nd century, a top student who graduated from Cambridge with two doctorates. After completing her studies, she was just about to return home and contribute to her country’s development. But life is unpredictable: the plane she was on crashed, and just like that, Song Hezhen kicked the bucket! When 4.7kReads7.4Score51114d adds
  3. 103 I'm a Fake Official, Yet I've Won the Crown Prince's Heart 本官是假货,却哄得太子倾心了 Ancient Romance298k WordsOngoing [Transmigration and nation-building | Woman disguised as a man | Court intrigue | Farming and famine relief | Feel-good rise to power] Li Yanhe takes over another person's identity and becomes magistrate of Pingwu County. Disaster is everywhere, refugees are on the move, and the treasury is empty... At the grand court assembly, officials from every prefecture report disasters, leaving the entire court at its wit's end. One report from the Commissioner of Administration sends shock waves through 5.4kReads6.5Score56014d adds
  4. 104 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: An Unwed Father’s Journey to the Imperial Exams 女穿男,未婚成爹我要科举考状元 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted She was a bona fide college student, and transmigrating into another body was one thing, but becoming a woman in a man's body and suddenly a father was another. And as if that weren't enough, they expected her to find them wives. She was utterly speechless. She didn't even have a wife herself. “I... Your dad's chest hurts. Help me to my room so I can lie down.” On the first day, her eldest son, Li Qingzhou, asked her that night, “Dad, why do you take a lamp to the latrine?” “...Can’t I go look 992Reads8.8Score10214d adds
  5. 105 The Imperial Exams: Soaring Ninety Thousand Miles 科举之扶摇直上九万里 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Li Yanqing transmigrated to the Great Qi, a fictional dynasty. He told himself, “No need to worry. I’m a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. I can make a good life for myself anywhere.” But his father died, leaving behind a final wish: Li Yanqing should study, take the imperial exams, become an official, and make something of himself. To fulfill his father’s wish, Li Yanqing embarked on a decade of arduous study. Li Yanqing thought that since fate had brought him here, he ought to make use o 2kReads8.7Score14614d adds
  6. 106 I Transmigrated Into a Book as a Young Official, and All the Bigwigs Are Fighting to Flirt With Me 穿书为小侍郎,我被大佬们争着撩 Ancient Romance274k WordsCompleted One day, Yan Qing transmigrated into a book and became a minor attendant, with rumors that she was gay spreading throughout the entire court. Yan Qing vowed to become an outstanding attendant and fulfill her great ambition of being remembered in the history books. But... Before she could make her mark on history, rumors that she was gay were already flying everywhere. And there was more than one supposed partner! Yan Qing desperately tried to clear things up. The other supposed partners desperat 1.6kReads9.2Score26514d adds
  7. 107 Eunuch Su's Road to the Imperial Exams 苏公公的科举之路 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted Chief eunuch Su Weisheng had finally endured his way to retirement, only to die unexpectedly. When he opened his eyes again, he had become a five-year-old child a century later, and all his enemies were dead! His relatives were unkind, and his parents were weak. Su Weisheng consoled himself: At least in this life, I won't have to be a eunuch. I can live with that! He takes on the worst of the family, manages the household, and studies for the imperial examinations. Only after achieving fame and 9kReads9.0Score1.1k14d adds
  8. 108 A Farmer's Son at Dawn, an Emperor's Courtier by Dusk 朝为农家郎,暮登天子堂 Historical2.6M WordsOngoing (There's family drama, petty squabbles, rural life, outrageous oddballs, life in government, and much more.) After spending nearly ten years in a daze as an idiot, Tang Wenfeng fell into the water one day and finally came to his senses, now with a modern mind inside him. To avoid taxes, make a fortune, lie flat and enjoy himself, and secure a carefree life for the future, Tang Wenfeng decided to sit the imperial examinations. Who knew that an unexpected turn of events would put him on the 6.2kReads8.4Score41514d adds
  9. 109 The Chief Minister's Road to the Imperial Examinations 首辅的科举之路 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted [No golden finger + No pocket dimension + Heartwarming family + No ridiculous characters] [The male lead works hard and climbs the ranks one step at a time through his own efforts] [The male lead is devoted; the female lead appears fairly late. The story begins with the imperial examinations and later moves into officialdom] [No forced stupidity, no self-righteous saint, and no fake innocent heroine] Xu Xingfeng, a county-level civil servant in a twenty-first-century town, suddenly finds himself 6.6kReads8.9Score60214d adds
  10. 110 The Road to the Imperial Examinations for a Poor Scholar 寒门科举之路 Historical821k WordsCompleted After surviving alone in the apocalypse for three years, Yang Han is betrayed by his teammates and scratched by a zombie. Unwilling to turn into one and get his head blown off, he takes his own life. To his surprise, he transmigrates into the body of a farm boy, the only son of a family with a thousand acres of fertile land. He can't handle the backbreaking work in the fields, and since all professions are inferior to studying, he has no choice but to set out on the path to the imperial examinat 193Reads8.6Score11414d adds
  11. 111 Farming: I Turn My Whole Family into Overachievers 种田,我让全家成卷王 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Entirely fictional setting, many original details, System, transmigrate into a book, no male lead, just enjoying the original leads’ romance without getting involved] Wang Qingman, a PhD in agronomy, devoted her life to developing high-yield, delicious crops. But at the age of twenty-nine, she collapsed at work from exhaustion. When she opened her eyes, the world she knew had changed. She had transmigrated into a novel called The Top Scholar’s Wife, becoming the female lead’s older sister, who 1kReads9.0Score13314d adds
  12. 112 Before the Treacherous Chancellor Died, the Sky Screen Revealed She Was a Woman 奸相惨死前,被天幕扒出女儿身 Ancient Romance387k WordsCompleted [Sky screen descends + woman disguises herself as a man + serves in the imperial court + beautiful, powerful, and tragic + clears her name] Su Yandong is the most treacherous minister in the Great Yu Dynasty. Relying on her handsome looks, she builds a faction for personal gain, embezzles without restraint, carries on illicit affairs with imperial consorts, and frames loyal officials with fabricated charges. Everyone in court despises her to the core. When the new emperor purges the old regime, 3.1kReads7.2Score35314d adds
  13. 113 An Ordinary Life for a Workaholic in Ancient Times 卷王在古代的普通人生 Historical525k WordsCompleted Chen Rui, an agriculture student in the modern era, transmigrates to the fictional Great Xia Dynasty and becomes the great-grandson of Chen Wang, a former company commander who has retired from military service to farm. With his family’s help, he enters officialdom through the imperial examinations and uses his knowledge to make sure the people under his jurisdiction have enough to eat. A heads-up: this isn’t a conventional power fantasy. It has a laid-back, slice-of-life feel, and the male lead 1.8kReads8.3Score13714d adds
  14. 114 I Made My Way to Prosperity Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举奔小康 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted There are awful people. No golden finger (Though being a modern person who transmigrates might be the biggest golden finger of all!) After transmigrating, Song Zhixue wants only to change his life of toiling in the fields from dawn till dusk. 20.1kReads8.2Score1.8k14d adds
  15. 115 Imperial Examinations: Reborn, She Took Her Ex-Husband's Steady Job 科举:重生后她抢了前夫的铁饭碗 Ancient Romance1.7M WordsCompleted [Heroine Does Not Disguise Herself as a Man | Civil Service Exams and Government Career | A Name in the History Books | A Strong Heroine Who Grows] In her previous life, Jiang Ruchu was a fallen noblewoman. Her father was faithless, her mother weak. Carrying a keepsake, she married into the prominent local Huo family to repay a debt of gratitude. When her husband entered school, Jiang Ruchu quietly supported him through his studies... She kept a low profile and fulfilled her duties, hoping only 7kReads9.1Score99014d adds
  16. 116 Life in Ancient Times as a Posthumous Child 遗腹子的古代生活 Historical2.2M WordsCompleted [No golden finger + farming + imperial examinations + alternate history + court politics in the later stages + everyday family life] He wakes up as the posthumous son of a county deputy in the Great Zhou dynasty. He may not be born into an official family, but surely the assets his father left behind are enough to make this only child rich. So he happily decides that in this life, he’ll coast to success. Things don’t go as he expected. His father died young after only a few years in office, leav 11.3kReads7.7Score1.2k14d adds
  17. 117 From the Start, Disguised as a Man, I Rose to First Rank Through the Imperial Exams 开局女扮男装,我靠科举官居一品 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Disguised as a man + imperial examinations and court intrigue + rises to the highest office + one heroine, focused on her career] When Xie Qingfeng opens her eyes, she's handed a nightmare of a life: a house with bare walls, and a woman forced to disguise herself as a man. In an age when everything is considered inferior to scholarship, if she doesn't fight for her place, she'll be crushed to pieces. Since she's here, she'll give it everything she's got! As a woman, she enters the imperial cour 48kReads9.3Score5.9k14d adds
  18. 118 To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打,开始考科举 Historical1.4M WordsOngoing One day, Shen Qingyun becomes the youngest son of a farming family and thinks he can spend his whole life as a freeloader. But then disaster strikes, and he faces a dire predicament: His eldest brother went off to take a temporary job, but came back dead, wrapped in a straw mat; Other families in the village have several sons, but the Shen family has only him, their sole heir; His shrewish, favoritism-prone mother, his mistreated nieces, and his stooped, adopted father all depend on him; Bearing 1.4kReads8.6Score14914d adds
  19. 119 Transmigrated as an Unlucky Villain, I’m Giving Up and Taking It Easy 穿成倒霉反派后,我直接摆烂了 Ancient Romance3.8M WordsOngoing Also known as: After the Villainess Gives Up, She Still Holds Power Over the Court [Content warnings: Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! Ensemble cast! Goofy humor! Goofy humor! Goofy humor! Lots of unserious everyday moments, slow pacing] Cross-dressing as a man + a little political scheming + lighthearted comedy + ensemble cast + a touch of the supernatural The protagonist has a romance, but it doesn't take up much of the story. She is a true villain, the kind who is destined to fight the original 1.5kReads9.2Score16114d adds
  20. 120 A Guide to Surviving as a Lowborn Son in Ancient Times 古代庶子生存指南 Ancient Romance412k WordsCompleted [The male lead transmigrates without a golden finger; domestic family life; studying for the imperial examinations; the female lead appears late; fictional historical setting] After transmigrating as the concubine-born son of a civil official in an unknown dynasty, Huaize planned to take life easy and be a contented freeloader in the ancient world. But Huaize had hoped to keep to himself, only to discover that in an age when collective punishment was common, everyone in a prominent family had 7.7kReads8.5Score56814d adds
  21. 121 With the City God’s Seal in Hand, Lady Song Dares to Rule on Any Case 手持城隍印,宋大人她啥案都敢断 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Mystery solving + slight horror + ensemble cast + reinforcements later] The Song family scrimped and saved to help Song Zi’an secure an official post, but he disappeared just before taking it up. Song Zheng, who came back from the dead through connections, decides to take his brother’s place. Being an official can’t be that hard. But when she arrives, she discovers that the posting is in a harsh place, full of all kinds of people, where the locals are both poor and unruly. The county office is 15kReads9.2Score2.3k14d adds
  22. 122 My Entire Clan! Supports My Imperial Exams 全族!供我科举 Historical1.2M WordsCompleted Imperial exams + transmigration + imperial exams + no golden finger, no System. The story draws on the privileges enjoyed by scholars in the Ming dynasty! The clan elder was a licentiate, and that was the only reason Baihu Village was protected. Now the elder is gone, and no new licentiate has appeared. The entire clan can only pool its strength to support one child. Just one licentiate can improve life in the village, give the children a future, boost the village economy, and make officials thi 13.8kReads8.5Score1.1k14d adds
  23. 123 From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭:最强女首辅 Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (A woman disguised as a man in an ancient political intrigue story) Qin Yuan first met He Lin in the summer of Jingli Year 29. The cicadas shrilled in the trees, and the heat was suffocating. In a dark, filthy prison cell, she sat in a corner, her face smeared with blood. Without a word, he left her a handkerchief to wipe the blood from her forehead. When they met again outside the prison, she was no longer in such a wretched state. Dressed in a vivid red official robe, her bright eyes blazing, 3.7kReads9.1Score47514d adds
  24. 124 I Turn My Life Around Through the Imperial Exams 我靠科举逆袭人生 Historical808k WordsCompleted When Li Jingxing wakes up, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. Around him are crude huts and shabby furniture, and the air carries a faint smell of straw. Looking down, he sees that he is wearing ragged clothes and a pair of straw sandals. All of it leaves him utterly confused. “How did I end up here?” Li Jingxing wonders. Just then, a burst of noise breaks through his thoughts. 2.9kReads8.8Score21914d adds
  25. 125 The Imperial Exams: A Bookish Son in a Clan of Illiterates 科举:九族文盲出了个读书郎 Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [Complete] [Imperial Examinations] [Transmigration + No System] [No heroine in the early story; there may or may not be one later, and if there is, she won't get much page time] Not a single person in the Gu clan, spanning nine generations, could read or write. Even the family genealogy had been written by the clan chief through a mixture of guesswork and asking around. Then, all of a sudden, this family produced a scholar. At first, the villagers and the Gu clan relatives had little faith in Gu 79.4kReads8.7Score8.8k14d adds
  26. 126 Su Chen'an's Journey Through the Imperial Exams 苏辰安的科举之路 Historical1.1M WordsCompleted Su Chen'an, a master of Chinese painting, had finally wrapped up an exhibition. Just as he walked out of the building, a flowerpot full of sunflowers came flying at him. He died on the spot. When he woke up again, he was almost starved to death inside his mother's womb. Every day, he teetered on the brink of starvation. He felt that if he absorbed even a little more nourishment from the amniotic fluid, his mother might die. But if he absorbed even a little less, the embryo that was him would pro 10.5kReads8.3Score91214d adds
  27. 127 If I Don’t Take the Imperial Exams, Should I Just Farm? 不科举,难道种地? Historical1.5M WordsCompleted The new novel Sequence: Creator is currently being serialized. Give it a read! It's a story about surviving the apocalypse. Thank you 🙏. [Alternate History] [Imperial Examinations] [Plagiarist] [Political Scheming] [Farming] [No System] The barbarians on all four frontiers: anyone who dares invade will see their nation destroyed, their people wiped out, and their descendants cut off. I want this golden age to be exactly as I envision it. History is long, but I need only make the slightest effort 5.7kReads8.6Score39214d adds
  28. 128 My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams 开局祖坟冒青烟,女扮男装科举忙 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Xie Yuheng transmigrates from the Apocalypse to a farming household, where a tyrant rules the land. With no other choice, she disguises herself as a boy. As she grows older, everyone in the surrounding villages comes to know that the Xie family's prodigy has an exceptionally clever mind. Too bad he's a sickly weakling who can't lift a finger or carry a load. Bystander: “You're so noble, so impressive! Your sickly family member just kicked someone through a wall!” The Xie family: “Does the head o 12.2kReads9.2Score1.7k14d adds
  29. 129 I Worked My Way to the Top Scholar in the Imperial Exams, and Now You Say I Have a Powerful Identity 拼命科举成状元,你才说我有身份 Historical1.6M WordsCompleted (A cathartic power fantasy: the protagonist never takes anything lying down, and never lets a grudge wait until tomorrow!) No romance + nation-building + imperial examinations + farming + alternate history + court intrigue A no-holds-barred power fantasy, with a decisive, ruthless protagonist!! If there's no justice in this world, then I'll carve it out with blood! If the great clans leave everyone with nowhere to turn, then I'll cut a path through them. The county magistrate's son toys with peo 33.1kReads9.0Score4k14d adds
  30. 130 Sister, I Passed the Imperial Examination! 阿姐,我中举了! Historical647k WordsCompleted Scholar Chen studied hard all his life but never passed the provincial examination. Before he died, he told his eldest daughter, “You must make sure your younger brother studies and earns an official title. Otherwise, I won’t be able to rest in peace!” An elder brother is like a father, and an elder sister is like a mother. Bearing her father’s final wish, Chen Zhaodi resolutely laid down her terms: “If you want to marry me, you must send my little brother to school.” While everyone else in the 4.7kReads8.6Score34414d adds
  31. 131 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, but My Brother Seems Even More Like a Transmigrator Than I Do 穿越古代我哥比我还像穿越者 Historical1.4M WordsCompleted Alternate World / Ancient Era / Farming / Imperial Exams After a plane crash, Chen Jingming transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a farmer's son. His family is split up because they need to pay for his medical treatment, and his older brother goes missing. Later, the eldest brother returns from a long journey and sends him to school. Eldest Brother: “Little brother, our family's honor rests entirely on you!” But later, as he watches the family estate grow, Chen Jingming realizes that the 15kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
  32. 132 Disguised as a Man: The Young General Follows the Script to Seize the Throne 女扮男装:小将军在走剧情夺嫡 Ancient Romance750k WordsCompleted [Cross-Dressing as a Man + Stunning Female Lead + Unmatched Combat Ability + Career-Focused + System-Driven] [A novel where readers can pick a love interest; the male lead hasn’t been decided, and it may end up with no romance. The main focus is the struggle for the throne, with an ensemble cast.] After reading a novel about the history of the Zhou Dynasty, Chu Xi transmigrates into the book. Talk about bad luck: the couple she shipped in the novel, Prince Yan and the young general, are immediat 2.3kReads9.0Score23914d adds
  33. 133 A Woman Transmigrates as a Man: A Farmer’s Road to the Imperial Exams 女穿男:农家子的科举青云路 Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Female-to-male transmigration + imperial examinations + romance later on + remembered in history + founding the family tree] In her previous life, Qin Huan grew up in an orphanage and worked her way into a university degree. She landed a job at a major company and was on the verge of reaching the pinnacle of success. Her only regret was never having much family to speak of. When she opened her eyes again, she had traveled from modern times to the past, and from a woman to a man. She had become 9.4kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
  34. 134 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Begins with Meeting the Miserable Crown Prince 寒门崛起,从遇上苦逼太子开始 Historical2.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Imperial Exams for the Poor + No System + Lighthearted + Wits and Strategy] After transmigrating to ancient times, Tang Yin was completely dumbfounded. He'd gone to sleep and woken up as a seven-year-old kid? He lived in Peach Blossom Village, Qingzhou Prefecture, in the Great Ming, and came from a poor family? It was a disastrous start. He had to fight heaven and earth, and even deal with his awful relatives. Determined to escape the mountains, Tang Yin secretly studied at the 6.2kReads7.9Score54314d adds
  35. 135 The Imperial Tutor's Road to the Civil Service Exams 农门帝师的科举之路 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted Imperial Examination, One-on-One Romance After an accident, a young man from the modern era transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty. Looking at his family’s dilapidated brick house, Qi Wenyu wondered how he would make a living from then on... 21.8kReads9.2Score2k14d adds
  36. 136 Building Infrastructure in the Great Qin! Ying Zheng Discovers I’m a Woman 大秦搞基建!我女儿身被嬴政发现 Ancient Romance663k WordsCompleted The second part of this book is complete, so you can read with confidence!٩(๑ᵒ̴̶̷͈᷄ᗨᵒ̴̶̷͈᷅)و Transmigrates into a younger body + adored by everyone + no CP + career-focused + System + infrastructure building + cute pets + unifies the Six Kingdoms + changes the fate of dying in the second generation After attending a friend's Hanfu gathering, Zhao Jiuyuan was urged by his father back home in Hanzhong. As he drove through a tunnel, he somehow entered a time tunnel and transmigrated to the Qin Empi 15.3kReads9.4Score2.3k14d adds
  37. 137 The Sickly Heir of the Lin Family Goes on a Rampage After Enlisting 林家病秧子从军后杀疯了 Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted Lin Changning, the eldest female disciple of a martial arts school, wakes up to find she has become the wicked cousin in a novel, the foil to a girl blessed with boundless good fortune. In the novel, her younger cousin Lin Fubao is born lucky. She can find pheasants in the mountains and gold and silver right outside the door. Even when she trips, she discovers a thousand-year-old ginseng root. Under Fubao’s good fortune, the whole family prospers. The eldest brother passes the imperial exams and 3.1kReads9.0Score47114d adds
  38. 138 The Abandoned Heir Places First in the Imperial Exam, and Ten Thousand Riders Storm the Marquis’s Mansion 被弃世子中状元,万骑踏平侯府门 Historical1.8M WordsCompleted [Imperial Examinations + Reborn in the Womb + Court Politics + Revenge + System] Shen Shufan was reborn in the womb as the heir to a marquis’s estate, only to be knocked unconscious and thrown into a river. No problem: ever heard of the Proficiency System? The impoverished Shen family, a humble family of scholars, found a poor child in a freezing river. Little did they know he was an imperial-examination genius! Other families considered it a blessing from their ancestors if even one person pass 21.6kReads8.7Score2.5k14d adds
  39. 139 A Farm Boy's Imperial Exams: My Dad Turns Out to Be the Ultimate Study Machine 农家考科举:我爹竟是最强卷王 Ancient Romance847k WordsOngoing [Farming + imperial examinations + building wealth] A gifted student who hated studying transmigrates into the son of a peasant family in ancient times. As he chases chickens and dogs around the village, gathering friends and preparing to make a fortune so he can afford meat, someone calls out, “Ergouzi, your dad passed the provincial exam and became the top graduate! The county magistrate awarded him fifty taels of silver!” When he resolves to study so he can avoid going bald before turning ten 60kReads9.2Score7.5k14d adds
  40. 140 Our Family Has Been Bandits for Generations, and You Went and Passed the Top Scholar Exam 咱家世代贼寇,你小子考上状元了 Historical2.1M WordsCompleted The short drama adaptation, Our Family Has Been Bandits for Generations, and You Went and Passed the Imperial Exams, premieres on November 21 at 9:00. Reservations are open now! Qin Yu transmigrated to ancient times. His father was the chief of Blackwind Stronghold, with wanted posters plastered all over the city gates. His mother was the Holy Maiden of the Black Lotus Sect, a notorious female fiend in the martial world. His grandfather had once attempted a rebellion... His grandmother was a pri 31.4kReads8.6Score3.7k14d adds
  41. 141 What?! The Villainous Tycoon Is My Older Brother. Stay Calm! 惊!反派大佬是我兄长,稳住! Ancient Romance626k WordsCompleted [Transmigrate + woman disguises herself as a man + pocket dimension + sibling affection + romance interest unknown + lighthearted wish-fulfillment story] [Warning: The protagonist likes handsome men, so this may feel a little like a harem story. If that bothers you, don’t read!] A modern landlady transmigrates into a book as a dissolute young villainess who disguises herself as a man. When she learns that the tragic, powerful villain is her own older brother, she immediately grabs hold of his co 9.7kReads9.0Score1k14d adds
  42. 142 This Road Leads Straight to the Azure Clouds 此去直上青云路 Historical603k WordsCompleted Li Yu, courtesy name Zixuan, originally named Shen Dakui, was from Shunqing Prefecture, Sichuan, and his ancestral home was Huangzhou Prefecture, Huguang. He ranked twenty-sixth in the second-tier examination in the second year of Xing'an. A politician, financier, firearms expert, hydraulic engineer, military strategist, educator, and more in the early years of the Dayong dynasty... Li Yu lost his father at an early age and followed his mother when she remarried Li Gang, the patrol inspector of 26kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
  43. 143 The Imperial Exam Routine of a Poor Butcher's Son 寒门屠户之子的科举日常 Historical3.3M WordsOngoing The Wang butcher family is full of burly men, all tall, broad, and muscular, like a whole den of reincarnated black bears! But their youngest son, Wang Sanniu, is the odd one out: frail, delicate, and liable to fall over in a breeze. Standing beside his family, he looks like a little fox that wandered into a bear’s den. Butchering pigs? The moment pig’s blood splashes over him, he faints! Farming? The hoe is taller than he is! With the family fearing he’ll become a good-for-nothing, his mother m 186.1kReads9.0Score23.8k14d adds
  44. 144 Reborn into an Ancient Farming Family, She Becomes a Renowned Female General 胎穿古代农家,农门女将名满天下 Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Career-focused + strong heroine + heroine stands on her own + female general] [The heroine relies on no one and brings glory to her family through her own abilities.] [The whole family is harmonious and full of positive energy.] [Things to note] The heroine has no romantic pairing, but her family members do. There is an age gap between the heroine and her older sister, and the heroine has to grow up. [Things to note] The section on body searches during the imperial examinations is fictional, no 6.8kReads9.1Score90814d adds
  45. 145 Reborn as a Farmer’s Son, I’m Doted on by an Apocalypse Tycoon 穿成农家子,末世大佬宠夫郎 Two Male Leads919k WordsOngoing After two years in the apocalypse, Ji Zhenli had finally built a base of his own, only to be ambushed by an ordinary zombie and transmigrate into the body of a child in the Hua Dynasty. Fine! If he'd transmigrated, then so be it. But… to make life better, Ji Zhenli decided to show the people of the Hua Dynasty the power of an overachiever. With the mindset that if he wasn't worked to death, he could work even harder, Ji Zhenli passed all four imperial examinations in a row. In the capital, he me 1.5kReads9.2Score13114d adds
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  49. 149 The Boss Puts on a Secret Identity and Takes the Court by Storm 大佬她披上马甲A爆朝堂 Ancient Romance810k WordsCompleted To avenge her elder brother, she disguises herself as a man and enters the government as an official. The officials soon notice that Lord Yuchi, once as gentle as jade, has become bold and dazzlingly cool. The cute, soft-spoken young woman is sweet on the outside but ruthless within: clever, calculating, wealthy, and armed with plenty of secret identities. She doesn't even blink as she takes down her powerful political rival. As she keeps tormenting him, the feared minister falls for her... Qin, 605Reads9.1Score12414d adds
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