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- 51 A Guide to Becoming an Empress 女帝成长指南 Zhang Xiu, an upstanding young man of the 21st century, dies suddenly after playing a game called [Empress Development Guide] and finds himself in an unfamiliar dynasty. At the same time, Prince Qi Li Wanshu stares at the unfamiliar text before her and falls into deep thought. The game has started. Would you like to begin a new simulation? 29Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 52 The General Is Too Beautiful for the Enemy Emperor to Resist 将军太美，敌国皇帝把持不住 A secretly looks-obsessed male lead vs. a cold, clear-eyed female lead [Some angst for her, lots of angst for him] [Mutual First Love] [Possessive Pursuit] [A Child Later On] “By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor hereby decrees: Jiang Wanqing, gentle and virtuous, distinguished in both character and appearance, is hereby invested as Princess Chaoyang and granted a golden seal and jade register. From this day onward, she shall travel to the state of Yan as a princess to marry and forge an allian 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 The Timidest County Magistrate Is Forced to Become Emperor 最怂县令被迫称帝 Chen Gou is reborn as a county magistrate on the border and just wants to keep his head down and slack off. Unfortunately, his adviser is a master of wild imagination! He grumbles, “No money, no food. What's the point of doing anything?” The adviser says, “My lord means to use the empty-fort strategy? Brilliant!” He complains, “The city walls are falling apart. Why bother fixing them?” The adviser says, “My lord means to provide relief through public works and win the people's hearts? Genius!” W 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 Empress, Stop Fooling Around! I’m Your Adoptive Father! 女帝别胡闹，我可是你相父！ Su Cheng transmigrated into an ancient world of high martial arts and became the prime minister of the realm! He had planned to quietly help the emperor govern and enjoy a household full of wives and concubines on the side. Instead, he unexpectedly bound himself to the Treacherous Official System, which wanted him to become the greatest villainous minister of his age. The System's very first mission was to seize power over the entire court! In the main hall, Su Cheng ordered his men to bring in 364Reads—Score10014d adds
- 55 The Whole County Pays Up, and the Magistrate Loves His People Like His Own Children! 全县给钱，县令大人爱民如子！ [Get paid for population + modern ideas + alternate setting + rebellion + world domination] Transmigrate to ancient times and become a county magistrate. Every person in the county gives me 10 coins a day. The bigger the population, the higher the income! Introduce an eight-hour workday in ancient times, and give everyone welfare benefits! Offer childbirth subsidies: have a baby, get paid! Make education universal and raise the population’s literacy! Unlock technology centuries ahead of its time 64Reads5.7Score12914d adds
- 56 His Bewitching Attendant Schemes to Win His Favor 娇侍他蓄意夺宠 [Strong Female Lead + Strong Male Lead + Court Intrigue + Teasing Little Green-Tea Beauty + Exclusive Devotion + Playing the Fool to Outsmart Everyone + The Ice-Cold Beauty Descends from Her Pedestal] The female emperor of Dayin rules from the throne and holds all the power, yet she keeps a stunning young man of unknown origins by her side alone. Everyone at court laughs that he's merely a pretty plaything, and that His Majesty is only indulging in a passing whim for something new. He Zhu fin 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 System-Cheating Centurion: From the Start, Spending Money Made Me Stronger 系统挂逼百夫长，开局氪金就变强 [History] [Alternate History] [System] [Transmigration] [No Romance] [Lighthearted] Cao Yibo transmigrates to the ancient Great Xia Dynasty and activates the “Centurion Gets Stronger by Spending Money System.” This shameless cheat coasts through life in Mu Yu County. A thousand-household rank as a reward? No thanks! Ten thousand households? Get lost! The Northern Barbarians are invading? What do I care? He's just a mere centurion, and he definitely doesn't want to be emperor of Great Xia. That s —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Your Majesty, My County Magistrate Is a Little Crazy 女帝，我家县令有点疯 [On a Rampage]+ [Always Gets Even]+ [A Different Tang Dynasty]+ [No Cheap Drama]+ [For All Ages] The empress stared in disbelief at the oddly shaped county town before her. A sign that looked as if a dog had crawled across it hung on the city gate, its edges even outlined in gold leaf. She couldn't help cursing inwardly: “I've never seen anyone so shameless. How could anyone put such ugly writing on a county sign?” But when she learned that entering the town required signing up for various membe 933Reads8.9Score11914d adds
- 59 After Luring Me into His Arms, the Mad Regent Begged Me to Love Him 哄我入怀后，疯批摄政王求我爱他 Sweet Romance + Mutual Devotion (The obsessive, love-struck Regent King VS the cold, tyrannical emperor in public and soft, delicate empress in private. Pure sweetness!) When Yan Shu was seven, Rong Huai slaughtered his way through the Yan palace with her in his arms. He bowed as her subject and sent her to the highest imperial throne. When she was fifteen, she lost her capacity for love, and from then on, knew nothing of affection. But Rong Huai loved her. He loved her to the bone. He ignored h 163Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 60 Becoming a Regent in a Matriarchal Kingdom 在女尊国做摄政王 [A True Matriarchal World + Strong Heroine + Multiple Male Leads + Indulgent, Uncomplicated Power Fantasy] Ye Jueshuang transmigrates into a matriarchal world as the regent. From the start, she is bound to a System that kills her if she lacks power. Without power, she really will die. Whether for her ambition, stronger than any man’s, or simply to stay alive, she decides to rule the Great Ning Dynasty and become the regent who stands above all. With her power and position firmly secured, handsom 92Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 61 After Ten Years of Service, the Stunning Empress Accuses Me of Treason 辅佐十年，绝美女帝说我叛国 For ten years, Xiao Changfeng served Xue Jinyue with all his heart, giving everything he had until he finally helped her ascend the throne and become an empress whose glory shone like the sun and moon! She once said that after her coronation, she would announce to all under heaven that Xiao Changfeng would be her “Empress.” But in the end, she claimed his achievements overshadowed her and made her feel unsafe. With a toast, she stripped him of his military command and took away all his power! Wo 324Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 62 You Climbed the Social Ladder, So Why Are You Crying Now That I'm Marrying a Royal Consort? 你另攀高枝，朕娶皇夫你哭甚 [Second male lead takes the lead + political intrigue + a strong female lead] She had once helped him become the most favored prince in the Great Yue dynasty. And he had sworn on his life that he would spend it with her alone, as her one and only. After completing her mission, An Youyue chose to stay by He Yuzhang's side. But when she returned from the southern frontier, where she had gone two years earlier to risk her life for him, she discovered that he had married the legitimate daughter of a 83Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 63 Great Ming: The Corrupt County Magistrate Who Shocked Old Zhu 大明：巨贪县令，震惊老朱 After transmigrating to the Great Ming as a county magistrate, Zhao Xing has suffered through poverty and knows what it means to go hungry. After three years of vigorous development, silver keeps pouring in. “If you don’t bribe me and I don’t take bribes, how can the Great Ming develop?” A memorial reads: “Your Majesty, the people of Fengyang have barely enough clothes to wear and not enough to eat. Bandits run rampant, and the people are fleeing...” Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang personally arrive 315Reads7.2Score12914d adds
- 64 Great Ming: SimCity, I Am the Mayor 大明：模拟城市，我是市长 In the final years of the Ming Dynasty, the realm was in chaos. Li Chuan transmigrated and awakened a City-Building System. As long as he developed and built up his territory, he could keep earning rewards. So Li Chuan went all out, developing infrastructure, establishing factories, and building an army... He made sweeping progress in education, entertainment, light industry, heavy industry, finance, and every other sector. Modern factories sprang up across the Ming, creating jobs for its people 38Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 65 Great Tang: The Poorest County Magistrate, Invited to Court by the Emperor 大唐：最穷县令，皇上请我入朝 In the third year of the Zhenguan era, the Tang Empire is drawn into war, and resources are scarce across the land. Yet Pingyao County alone… is full of singing and dancing, with food and clothing in abundance. It even bears more than a passing resemblance to a modern metropolis! As Li Shimin and Changsun Wuji investigate further, they discover that everything here is extraordinary… The common people are prosperous, and commerce is thriving… More astonishing still, the local magistrate, Liu Shao 4.5kReads7.2Score46314d adds
- 66 Rogue County Magistrate: I’m Bringing Home an Empress for the New Year 流氓县令：抢个女帝回家过年 Xiao Buyu, a loser from 2023, transmigrates into the body of a bandit who's supposedly one of the five great outlaws. Disguised as the county magistrate of Ping'an, he robs the acting ruler of the kingdom while she is traveling incognito, right from the start. Li Yingluo, the female regent, originally intends to kill him, but then she sees a different world: modern streets, modern administration... She suspects all of this is a message from the late emperor, delivered through Xiao Buyu. So she d 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 67 This County Magistrate Has a Conscience, Though Not Much of One! 这个县令有点良心，但不多！ Lu Boxuan transmigrates to the Great Jing Dynasty and becomes the county magistrate of Yuyang. He leads the people of Yuyang in building a prosperous utopia. At last, he gets the peaceful, carefree life he always wanted. But that quiet life is shattered in the seventh year of Hongguan, when a group of merchants claiming to have come from the capital arrives in Yuyang. Everything about the county fascinates them. “Why are there five stars painted on the inn's sign?” “Why build the latrine inside 12Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 68 Great Ming: The Greatest Corrupt Official, Untouchable by Old Zhu 大明：天下第一贪官，老朱杀不得 In the seventh year of the Hongwu reign, Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen arrived in Fengyang County and discovered traffic lights, paved roads, and rice paddies stretching as far as the eye could see... The people lived in peace and contentment, enjoying happy lives. Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced this county magistrate was no ordinary man! But the luxurious residence and the fact that every stitch in the magistrate's clothes was accounted for by the ounce made him furious! "That corrupt official! I'll 341Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 69 A County Magistrate's Poverty Alleviation Diary: From Poverty to Prosperity 县令扶贫日志，从贫困到小康 Lin Miao was an ordinary college student. After graduating, she got into an accident while delivering food and died. She was reborn in her mother's womb with memories of her past life. [Village development + infrastructure + improving people's lives + System + evading natural disasters] Jiangyuan County is so poor that the plaster is crumbling off the walls, and every villager wears a worried frown. Not enough food? No problem, I have high-yield rice. No county school? We'll build one. No money? 173Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 70 Am I Not the Villain? Then Why Does Everyone Say They Love Me? 朕不是反派吗？怎么都说爱朕 [Cross-dressing heroine + one heroine, multiple love interests + everyone’s favorite + hearing inner thoughts + a battle royale of male rivals] Xie Qingzhuo (Xie Zhao) ascended the throne at fourteen and only truly took power at seventeen. She was ready to roll up her sleeves and get things done, but then she dreamed of her kingdom falling and her family perishing. And that wasn’t all. The next day, when she went to court, she found the whole assembly was making a racket. [How did I end up insid 1.3kReads—Score18914d adds
- 71 War Smoke Over the Imperial Palace: The Phoenix Descends Upon the World 帝阙烽烟：凤临天下 #FemaleLead #NoRomance #FemaleDominance #Empress #PoliticalIntrigue #PalaceIntrigue #LegitimateEldestPrincess #CourtIntrigue #StrongWoman #PowerStruggle In the Great Yong Dynasty, women rule, and the throne passes only to women, never men. She is Xiao Lingran, the legitimate eldest princess and crown heir, born to rule. Named heir at one month old, she is despised by her mother, the empress, who sees her as a burden and a shackle. Alone in the inner palace, she has only her iron-willed grandmoth 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Empress: You Made Me a Constable, but You Want to Woo Me? 女帝：让你当捕快，你却想追我？ [Lighthearted + xianxia workplace + everyday life + legal cultivation + Confucian path] After living a second life, Bu Pingyong became not only a cultivator with extraordinary talent, but also gained the support of a Steady System! After three years of steady cultivation, he reached the ranks of the world's top experts. Just then, traitors were rampant at home, while foreign forces eyed the Central Plains! Starting out as a low-ranking constable, Bu Pingyong embarked on a path to uphold justice 3.6kReads9.0Score37614d adds
- 73 Your Majesty, I Take My Leave 女帝，臣退了 The Empress as a child: Brother, where are you taking me to play today? The grown-up Empress: Regent, it’s time for you to step down! I’m taking the throne myself! “Your Majesty, I’m stepping down!” “With this step, I step down for the rest of my life.” “Get out!” “Right away!” The Regent looked up, then turned and left. “Ding-dong!” At the sound, his comeback began! Years later, the Empress, heavily pregnant, grabbed the Regent by the ear. “And this is the compensation you promised me?!” 383Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 74 First-Rank County Magistrate: Starting Out Invincible 一品县令：开局从无敌开始 When Qin Feng woke up, he had become a lowly county magistrate… With the knowledge in his head and his invincible System, he could revel with beauties by night and wield the power of the realm by day! “Your Honor, the princess wants to make you her consort!” “Your Honor, the neighboring queen has fallen for you and wants to give you the whole world!” Qin Feng: “…” 1.3kReads7.7Score10214d adds
- 75 Great Ming: I’m the Poorest County Magistrate, and Old Zhu Teaches Me to Embezzle 大明：我！最穷县令，老朱教我贪污 As someone from the modern world who has transmigrated here, how could Zhang Cheng settle for being a lowly county magistrate? He decides to accomplish something great, starting by transforming Fengyang County... Who knew that cracking down on corruption and financial misconduct would get him impeached by Hu Weiyong? And now Old Zhu is making a secret inspection? So Zhang Cheng pretends not to recognize Old Zhu and puts on a show. “Making money is easy! If you have connections, just get the loca 84Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 76 I Build a Nation, Fight Poverty, and Develop Infrastructure in Ancient Times 我在古代定国扶贫搞基建 Lou Yueling has just finished her studies and received a hundred houses. Before she can even start taking it easy, she wakes up as the poorest consort in the harem. With no other choice, she stays and binds herself to a Favorable Consort System. Then she discovers she's deeply in debt to the emperor, so she has no choice but to start working herself to the bone all over again. Taking it easy is out of the question. It's all for the sake of getting by! Unexpectedly, through a twist of fate, the e 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 Your Majesty, the Imperial Consort Has Run Away Yet Again! 启禀女帝，帝夫他又双叒叕跑了！ [Xuanhuan] + [Original] + [Lighthearted] + [Funny] + [Feel-Good] “I slapped him, and three days have passed... Has he learned his lesson?” “Your Majesty! The Imperial Consort, he... he ran away!” “What!?” The Empress panicked... A young man in white, a jade-sword gentleman, graceful and carefree as he wanders the world~ Could it be that there are no kindred spirits along the road ahead? I fear the palace will cage my freedom! I, Bai Yuxian, am off now~ 444Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 78 Dressed as a Man in the Official World: The County Magistrate Is Trouble 女扮男装闯官场：县令大人不好惹 Zhu Qiqi not only transmigrates, but also has to take her brother Zhu Yiyang’s place as magistrate of Xiliang County. On her hurried journey to take up the post, bandits capture her and drag her to their mountain stronghold. After cleverly escaping, Zhu Qiqi returns to the Xiliang County government office and crosses swords with County Deputy Zhou, who is bent on killing her. In the end, she succeeds in bringing him down. With her hands now free, Zhu Qiqi uses knowledge from the future to transf 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 79 Mastering the Art of Seduction: Starting by Winning Over the Alluring Empress 翻云覆雨：从攻略尤物女帝开始 [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration + empress] Chen Yan transmigrates to Great Zhou, intending to live a carefree life as a county magistrate. But one day, the empress walks into his county town, and everything changes... “What? Sugar as fine as sand, white as snow, and even tastier than malt candy?” “What? A city wall built of concrete?” “Right, what’s this called? An elevator?” From that day on, Chen Yan’s dream is shattered. But when he thinks about it, becoming the man who wins the 13.3kReads8.5Score1.2k14d adds
- 80 After Becoming a Tyrannical Empress, She Spoils Her Husband Rotten 穿成暴戾女帝后，她宠夫上天 Female-dominant world + both leads are virgins + yandere + one-on-one romance + political intrigue + woman spoils man Ruthless, savage empress versus beautiful, strong, tragic puppy-like young man The feared female demon of the mercenary world is reborn and transmigrates into the body of Luo Sheng, the tyrannical empress of Dayan, whom everyone calls a brutal despot who treats human lives like grass. She has countless handsome men around her, yet she sets her sights on Rong Si, who wants to kill 517Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 81 The Empress's Favorite Minister? No, I'm a Pillar of the Nation 女帝宠臣？不，我乃国家柱石 [Wish Fulfillment + Comedy + Political Intrigue + Wild Misinterpretations + System] Pei Qiye wakes up one morning to find himself transmigrated to an ancient alternate world. The good news: Pei Qiye is the Empress's favorite minister, a high-ranking official in the secret service agency, the Xuanjing Bureau. The bad news: Because of his transmigration, he has only three days left to live. The good news: His System has awakened. As long as he punishes evil and promotes good, he can extend his lif 4.5kReads8.3Score38414d adds
- 82 The Empress Is Actually a Yandere, Chancellor, Run! 女帝原来是病娇，丞相快跑！ Empress: “An enemy nation has surrendered and is willing to remain our vassal forever. How should we deal with its royal family to ensure they submit for all time?” Xu Yi: “Your Majesty, I believe we should send a small elite force to accept their surrender. But the surrender should be a pretext. At night, when they least expect it, we should assassinate the royal family. Then we should hold an extravagant funeral with all the honors due to princes and nobles, and eliminate everyone who comes to 543Reads—Score—14d adds
- 83 I Woke Up to Find I Had a Younger Sister Who Was an Empress? 一觉醒来，多了个女帝妹妹？ When he woke up, Chu Ran discovered that he had transmigrated. After his memories merged, he learned that he had become a villain who betrayed his master and ancestors. He had even kidnapped the female emperor’s younger sister! And this younger sister apparently had the potential to become a female emperor herself?! A fake villain sits around waiting to be hunted down. A real villain dares to face the female emperor’s might! The Great Xia Female Emperor: “Chu Ran, you despicable bastard! Let 187Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 84 A Million Soldiers at My Command, and the Empress Comes Knocking with Her Child 屯兵百万，女帝带娃找上门 Lu Yuan transmigrated into the Great Qian Dynasty as a minor county magistrate. After five years of work, he turned a remote backwater into a modern city. He had planned to live like an independent, carefree little emperor. Then the empress showed up at his door with an adorable child, looking for a relative. Empress: “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your daughter?” “Wipe them out!” The empress asked again, “Lu Yuan, what should you do if someone bullies your wife?” “Kill their en 634Reads7.7Score19914d adds
- 85 I Thought You Were an Empress, but You Think I'm Your Wife? 我拿你当女帝，你拿我当老婆？ [Reborn + Beast Girls + Two Female Leads + Cultivation World + Yandere Empress] “Xiaowan, why are you running? It's not like I'm going to eat you...” “Please don't... Don't...” At the very end of her cries, Wan Yi suddenly realized that her hands and feet had turned back into furry fox paws. Everything had returned to the past. Given another chance, all Wan Yi wanted was to get as far away as possible from the current human empress. But what she didn't know was... 91Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 86 I Was Blind for Five Years, and My Wife Is the Empress? 瞎眼五年，我家娘子是女帝？ [Empress + Dynastic Power Struggles + Comedy + Sweet Romance] After a cargo truck ran Tang Feng down, he somehow found himself in a high-martial-arts world, reborn as the blind young master of a lowly county magistrate's family in the Divine Sky Dynasty. One day, he accidentally brought home a wife who had lost her memories. From then on, he lived a life of being doted on by his wife. His wife is both sweet and feisty, and she's pretty terrifying, too. “Young Madam, the young master has been cap 132Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 87 My Treacherous Official Husband Fell for Someone Else. What Does That Have to Do with You, Empress? 我奸臣移情别恋，关你女帝屁事 [Alternate history] [Political intrigue] [Villain] [Empress in black stockings] Also known as: The Sickly-Sweet Empress Is Threatened by the Man She Hates Most Every Night. The moment Lin Ming transmigrates, he inherits his treacherous father's power and becomes so influential that he can rule the court with an iron fist. But knowing how dangerous the imperial court is, with open attacks easy to dodge and hidden blows hard to guard against, he plans to run away and settle down as an idle playboy 1.1kReads8.1Score12414d adds
- 88 Reborn in a Chaotic Age: From Maid to Empress 魂穿乱世，从丫鬟逆袭成为女帝 (Just finished) [Strong Female Lead + Ensemble Cast + Eastern Jin-Inspired Setting + Political Intrigue, War, and Nation-Building] [Content Warning] First, the protagonist grows over time, and the story is a slow burn, not a wish-fulfillment romp. Second... This is a story about an empress! The female lead is the savior of the world! If you think the female lead is “meddling” when she stands up for others despite being powerless, if you think a maid like her has no right to “overstep her station 374Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 89 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest County Magistrate 大明第一县令 After transmigrating to the Ming dynasty, Xia Ren spent five years turning impoverished Pei County into the greatest county in the empire, all so he could enjoy a life of nightly music and entertainment in the pleasure quarters. Yet in his annual memorials to Zhu Yuanzhang, he complained of poverty every year, claiming that the people had no food and bandits ran rampant... Then one day, Zhu Yuanzhang came to Pei County to pay respects to his ancestors, and decided to have the rotten official’s h 679Reads7.8Score9314d adds
- 90 Toward the Jade Steps: I, the Emperor, Gorge on Palace Gossip 朝玉阶：朕在后宫狂吃瓜 [Female emperor + multiple male leads + power politics + nation and people + strong heroine] [Power is what Zhou Yao loves most. As for men, if she likes one, she takes him.] The sole female emperor of the Great Sheng dynasty has but one wish: peace throughout the realm and a comfortable, prosperous life for the people. In public: Zhou Yao: “I can accomplish what none of my ancestors managed. The Imperial Ancestral Temple has never enshrined a woman's memorial tablet, so I'll be the first!” In p 335Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 91 Your Majesty, the County Magistrate Is a Fake, and So Is the County Town 女帝，县令是假的，县城也是假的 [For readers of all ages] + [Humorous and fun] + [Cunning and unscrupulous] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [Absolutely no melodrama] Empress Xiao Lingshuang unexpectedly arrives in an incredibly prosperous county town, where she stumbles upon a shocking secret. Not only is the magistrate a fake, but the entire county town is fake too. Gu Fei: “Fake or not, our goods are the real deal!” The people: “There’s one festival after another: Women’s Day, Goddess Day, Men’s Day... And there are holiday gift 29.5kReads8.6Score3.4k14d adds
- 92 I'm the Regent. Isn't It Normal to Visit the Empress's Harem? 我摄政王，闯皇后后宫正常吧 “To bring down a country, all you have to do is break the men’s spirits and strip them of their courage.” “Remember this, you bastards: Great Wei will not marry off its princesses for peace, pay reparations, surrender territory, or offer tribute. The emperor guards the nation’s borders, and the ruler dies with his state!” “Anyone who clings to life out of cowardice, sells out the country for personal gain, or uses women to preserve a false peace will be driven out, crushed, and killed without ex 652Reads8.4Score10014d adds
- 93 Great Ming: Five Years as a County Magistrate, Leaving Zhu the Butcher Stunned 大明：五年狗县令，震惊朱屠夫 [Ancient-Era Farming + Behind-the-Scenes Scheming + Conquest + Public Exposure + Hilarious Power Fantasy] Five years as an honest magistrate, and you’ll have a hundred thousand taels of silver. After returning to the Ming Dynasty as a county magistrate, Song Yin never had to worry about money again. Every year, his reports to the imperial court said: “The official roads have fallen into disrepair, the people are starving to death, and bandits are running rampant…” Then, one day, Zhu Yuanzhang ar —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 94 The Confused County Magistrate Jia Qinglian 糊涂县令贾清廉 He muddles through his official duties and blunders through his court cases. He spends three thousand taels of silver to buy a black gauze hat and take his seat in court. Officials are selected and appointed for “wealth,” lawsuits are judged by “gifts.” No matter how grievous the injustice, if you have neither money nor gifts, don’t bother coming in. As the saying goes, a smile takes ten years off your age. Life is no life without laughter. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Springtime in the Brocade Tent: Hidden Away by a Chaste and Powerful Official 锦帐春：被禁欲权臣金屋藏娇 [Sweet romance, no angst, happy ending + mutual devotion + a protective male lead + a gentle, beautiful heroine who isn’t a naive pushover] The first thing Xiao Ce did after becoming a regent was ask the woman he had long cherished to marry him. But she didn’t understand her feelings for her childhood sweetheart, so he had no choice but to resort to a few tricks. When Shen Zhizhi saw Xiao Ce suddenly appear, she was afraid. But he told her: “Zhizhi, marry me. The Shen family will be safe.” “Zhi 1.2kReads8.8Score16914d adds
- 96 The Empress's Extremely Corrupt Chief Grand Secretary 女帝的巨贪首辅 Jiang Chen transmigrates to a parallel Great Zhou, founded in another world by Emperor Mu, and becomes a vice minister in the Ministry of Personnel. But just as his predecessor's corruption and bribery are exposed, Jiang Chen discovers that the emperor is a woman. Facing certain death, he has no choice but to cover his past mistakes with great deeds. Putting down the rebellion of the hundred southwestern tribes is Jiang Chen's only chance to establish himself in the court of this otherworldly dy 143Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 97 The Music of the Broken Formation: The Empress Who Lost an Arm 破阵乐：断腕女帝 Female emperor, strong heroine, no romance, political intrigue, war, ruthless decisiveness, conquest of the realm. A hard-edged career woman in a historically grounded setting. No transmigration, no System, no rebirth. Fake political intrigue: planning every step and plotting everything out. Real political intrigue: invite people over, hold a meeting, flip the table. Iconic scenes: “Your Majesty, why are you rebelling?” “Eight hundred men means eight hundred men.” “I came here for a meeting. Wha —Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 98 The Entire Court Demands the Throne, While I Recline in the Empress's Arms and Advise Her on Ruling the Realm 满朝逼宫，我躺女帝怀里指点江山 On his first day after transmigrating to Cangheng, Li Yingchuan became the laughingstock of the entire court. His martial channels were destroyed, his reputation was in tatters, and an imperial wedding decree from Empress Rong Lingzhang forced him to stay in the palace, where everyone looked down on him as a “kept emperor.” He didn’t have to attend court or lead troops. He lived in the imperial palace, slept in the empress’s bed, ate imperial cuisine, and used royal treasures. Even his life depe 41Reads—Score12414d adds
- 99 I'm Ten, Yet They Made Me Regent and Entrusted Me with the Orphaned Empress? 十岁让我当摄政王，还托孤女帝？ Bai Fengming transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty and becomes the younger brother of the reigning emperor, Bai Longming. The brothers are on good terms, and Bai Fengming is made Prince of Qin. He'd planned to lie flat and live as a carefree prince for the rest of his life. But fate has other plans. Bai Longming dies in his prime, leaving behind a seven-year-old crown prince. The ministers assume Bai Longming will entrust the empire to the empress or the grand general. To their surprise, he tur 6.2kReads7.4Score9.9k14d adds
- 100 The Rogue County Magistrate 流氓县令 With a crash from the heavens, a humble county magistrate makes his dazzling entrance. Zhang Yuan had planned to keep a low profile and build up his strength, refusing to go out and cause trouble until he had mastered an unrivaled martial art. But, alas... He set about improving infrastructure, relieving disaster victims, and putting down rebellions, among other things. Before he knew it, he had reached the pinnacle of power. His salary went up, and his power grew. But that peerless martial art 7.2kReads8.5Score49314d adds
