Novels like My Ancestors’ Graves Started Smoking from the Start: Disguised as a Man, I Take the Imperial Exams
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- 151 The Sickly Man Only Wants to Live Off a Woman 病秧子一心只想吃软饭 [Adorable child + business + imperial examinations + martial world + political schemes + strong female and male leads in love + battlefield] The imperial examinations come first, and the female lead appears later! Gu Fei, an orphan with congenital heart disease, died in one life. She thought that if she were reborn, she could have a healthy body this time. She only wanted to be comfortably well-off and live a long, peaceful life. But her mother went into early labor because of a wild chicken egg 835Reads7.4Score105Shelves
- 152 Disguised as a Man, the Split-Personality Prince Climbs Over My Wall Every Day 女扮男装，精分王爷每天翻我家墙 [Strong heroine + doted on by everyone] Struck by lightning one day, Nan Feiyin becomes the only son of the Dingguo General, who disguises herself as a man. By day, dressed as a man, she pits her wits against the feared Ninth Prince next door. By night, dressed as a woman, she plays and frolics with an adorable, sweet, simple-minded young man. Until one day, she discovers that the face beneath the Ninth Prince's mask is exactly the same as that of the sweet young man who gets close to her at nig 507Reads9.2Score103Shelves
- 153 A Farmer's Son at Dawn, an Emperor's Courtier by Dusk 朝为农家郎，暮登天子堂 (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 6.4kReads8.4Score437Shelves
- 154 Your Whole Family Hopes You'll Pass the Scholar Exam, but You Top All Six? 举家盼你中秀才，你六元连中？ [Imperial examinations in the early chapters + farming + everyday life + lighthearted + court politics later on] In his previous life, Shen Zhou was in poor health and cultivated himself through a quiet, disciplined lifestyle, becoming rather indifferent by nature. Then he transmigrated to an ancient peasant family. The entire Shen family pooled their resources to support the original owner’s studies, hoping only that he would pass the county-level examination and become a licentiate. Sadly, the 14.7kReads8.7Score1.4kShelves
- 155 My Clan Funded My Exams, So I Won My Dog an Imperial Title 全族供我科举路，我赠族犬诰命身 In her previous life, Fang Ziqi was a PhD in science at one of China’s top five universities. In this life, she transmigrates into a farming family in the Great Liang dynasty! A poor household, a father who secretly studies, a biased grandfather, and an uncle who has failed the exams ten times… In an age when everything is inferior to studying, Fang Ziqi has no choice but to tighten her belt and embark on the imperial examination path! She begins her studies at six! Takes the exams at eight! Pas 22.3kReads7.8Score2.2kShelves
- 156 Since I've Been Reborn, I'll Master Both the Pen and the Sword 都重来了，我当然要文武双全 Set in an alternate early Ming Dynasty, this is a story about a science student who transmigrates. Simple middle-school physics experiments are enough to amaze everyone. He sparks a scientific awakening, founds a new school of thought, and brings materialism into Confucianism to accelerate social progress. You just need a little scientific knowledge. You can do it too, and there’s no golden finger!! 1.7kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 157 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 [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, 3.1kReads7.2Score353Shelves
- 158 Blending In at an All-Boys' School! I Tamed All My Twisted, Crazy Roommates 混迹男校！疯坏室友全都被我驯服 [Girl Disguised as a Boy + Crazy and Twisted + Mutual Redemption + Female Side Character Transmigrates into a Book] Chudong transmigrates into a college campus novel at the start of winter. Everyone gets a bad ending, and she becomes a disposable female side character who will be killed off a year later. She turns to look at her utterly abnormal roommates and lets out a long sigh at the heavens. The System assigns her a mission: [Host, change everyone's bad ending.] [Roommate One: A severe procr 437Reads9.0Score112Shelves
- 159 I Switched Back to Women’s Clothes and Took My Twin Sister’s Place as the Blind Crown Prince’s Bride 换回女装替孪生妹妹嫁给瞎眼太子 The notorious chancellor has a pair of “fraternal twins,” a son and a daughter born to a concubine. No one knows that his son has disguised herself as a boy since childhood. At sixteen, she achieved top honors in all three imperial examinations, and by eighteen, everyone in court feared and respected her as the young chancellor. The young chancellor's younger sister is utterly unremarkable, yet the Crown Prince falls deeply in love with her and overcomes every obstacle to ask the emperor to arra 829Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 160 Five Years After Her Death, the Sickly Heir Still Wants to Marry Her 死后五年！病娇世子仍要以身相许 [Strong heroine + devoted couple + revenge on scoundrels + sweet romance; less romance in the early chapters] She was well-read, strategic, and beautiful. She could ride in white with a red horse, spear in hand, and take on enemy generals. She could also command from behind the scenes and secure victory from a thousand miles away. After being reborn, all she wanted was revenge, then to live a peaceful, prosperous life with her family. But no one had warned her what to do when a talkative man kep 227Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 161 Heard the Succession Struggle Is Fierce? She Was Thrust Into It 听说夺嫡很激烈？她是被强推上的 [Cross-dressing as a man + palace intrigue + farming + sweet romance] Researcher Yuan Jing from an agricultural science institute transmigrates into the Great Wei dynasty as the Sixth Prince, a woman disguised as a man. Her brothers are locked in a fierce struggle for the throne, but all she wants is to focus on boosting production and putting her knowledge to good use. Unfortunately, she has a father who sees her through rose-colored glasses, and a Grand Chancellor determined to help her claim 4.3kReads8.9Score794Shelves
- 162 The Hilarious Heir Apparent Needs More Than Just a Lesson in Decency 沙雕世子她缺的不止是德 [Cross-Dressing as a Man + Everyone’s Favorite + No Romance + Yandere + Ancient Academy + Political Schemes + Ensemble Cast] The moment Xiang Mu transmigrated into a book, she knew she was doomed. Her father was the most heinous villain in history, and she was the most notorious young wastrel ever. The entire country wanted the villainous father and son dead, and even her own lovely wife was sharpening a knife in the courtyard, ready to kill her with her own hands. To change her fate of being ki 2.5kReads9.0Score388Shelves
- 163 Disguised as a Man, I Cultivate in the Anime World and Take on Disciples 女扮男装，我在动漫修真带徒弟 [Woman Disguised as a Man] [No Romance] [Supernatural Powers] [Ghosts and Monsters] After waking up in an anime world, Lou Li discovers that it is completely different from the world she used to live in. In this world, both the supernatural and special abilities exist, along with all kinds of ghosts and monsters. Lou Li has received no memories from the original host, and the character doesn't appear in any anime she's watched. It's as if she appeared out of nowhere. By chance, Lou Li saves 168Reads8.9Score128Shelves
- 164 The Fake Playboy and the Untouchable Beauty 假纨绔与高岭花 Su Qi transmigrated into the body of a good-for-nothing playboy who dressed as a man, with a notorious reputation and a pile of romantic entanglements. Worst of all, she had flirted with the untouchable ice-cold beauty, Xue Jinghan, the imperial chancellor. Forced to take the blame, Su Qi came face to face with Xue Jinghan. Su Qi: “If I told you I'm not Su Qi, would you believe me?” Xue Jinghan: “Hmph.” Xue Jinghan looked down on Su Qi. She was a heartless flirt who left a trail of devastation i 501Reads8.8Score103Shelves
- 165 To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举 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 1.4kReads8.6Score149Shelves
- 166 The Imperial Exams: They All Say I'm the Star of Literature Reborn 科举，他们都说我是文曲星下凡 (This book blends elements of the imperial examinations, romance, court politics, bureaucratic intrigue, warfare, and more.) Zhao Lin was the youngest professor of classical Chinese literature in Huaxia. After transmigrating, he becomes a young scholar in the Great Zhou, celebrated as a “star of literary talent” and a “child prodigy.” But the Grand Examiner declares him “frivolous by nature, destined to achieve nothing.” With his reputation on the verge of collapse, he draws on the extraordinary 1.5kReads8.7Score161Shelves
- 167 From Seventh-Rank Official to the Top: The Strongest Female Chief Minister 七品逆袭：最强女首辅 (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, 3.6kReads9.1Score480Shelves
- 168 From Little Kid to Top Scholar, I Cheat My Way to the Top 从幼童到状元，我一路开挂 [Alternate-history fiction + imperial examinations + slice of life + no golden finger] Here, clan ties are more important than life itself, and clan rules take precedence over the law. When Qin Haoran was three, his father was killed in a bloody fight over water rights. According to clan rules, the entire clan was supposed to raise the family that had lost its breadwinner. But fate's cruelty was far from over. Three years later, his young mother, unable to bear a life of loneliness and widowhood 59.6kReads8.6Score4.5kShelves
- 169 The Doomsday Survival Game 末日危机生存游戏 [Complete] [Apocalypse + conflict + mystery and fantasy + strong female lead + female lead with no romance + female ensemble] One day, the apocalypse suddenly arrived. The Alliance's discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the sea caused a massive outbreak of the zombie virus. After a torrential rain carrying the infectious virus swept through, everyone who came into contact with the contaminated water turned into zombies, and the Alliance fell completely. The apocalypse was soon fo 367Reads8.1Score102Shelves
- 170 The Thousand-Year-Old Scheming Consort 谋妃千岁 She is a powerful chancellor who holds sway over the court, a treacherous minister everyone wants dead. He is a hostage prince from Nanqin, noble and aloof, pure and untarnished, seemingly above worldly concerns. But it's all an act. In truth, he is ruthless, cruel by nature, devious, and calculating. Beneath the mask of an incapable hostage prince lies a formidable force capable of turning the world upside down. When the arrogant, brazen her and the cold, scheming him fall for each other, the m 107Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 171 Becoming the Supporting Character's Bargain Brother 成为女配的便宜哥哥 Lin Jin transmigrates into a book. As a bit-part passerby, she figures she has to keep both her little sister and her experiments on track. She'll make sure her sister never has to fear another scumbag, with her appraisal handbook as her guide. But why is it so hard to carry out a single experiment? Old Master Lin is roaring online, threatening to summon her back any minute to inherit the family fortune! 1.1kReads8.9Score101Shelves
- 172 From the Start, I Cut Down My Kin, Top the Imperial Exams, and Slay My Way Through the Court 开局先灭亲，科举中状元杀穿朝堂 [Historical fantasy + imperial examinations + transmigration + rebirth + court politics + power struggles] Zhao Jingyu, a screenwriter with a modest reputation in the entertainment industry, watched a video about ancient male entertainers and had the misfortune of transmigrating into the body of one. He has no intention of becoming a helpless victim for others to bully. Anyone who picks on him gets wiped out! His shameless grandfather covets his body? Wiped out! His corrupt second uncle aids and 343Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 173 The Chief Minister's Road to the Imperial Examinations 首辅的科举之路 [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 6.7kReads8.9Score616Shelves
- 174 The Concubine's Bitter Marriage 庶女恨嫁 No CP | Strong Female Lead | Political Intrigue | Ensemble Cast | Satisfying Read Wen Guanhe, the illegitimate daughter of a sixth-rank official, was saddled with three terrible marriage prospects by her father when she came of age. Everyone said that a mere concubine-born daughter had ambitions higher than the heavens, but she refused to believe fate was set in stone. She rescued the Crown Prince from an assassination attempt, only to stumble upon a shocking secret: the Crown Prince was actuall 391Reads—Score102Shelves
- 175 What?! The Villainous Tycoon Is My Older Brother. Stay Calm! 惊！反派大佬是我兄长，稳住！ [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 9.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
- 176 Yuxi Case Records 玉溪笔录 Ensemble cast + farming + women taking the imperial exams without disguising themselves as men + everyday family life Most of the poems in this work are original. Everyone's welcome to discuss them! Serious synopsis: Follow Liu Yuxi as she records the chaos and laughter of the Liu family compound, the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, and their journey as they grow up. Most of the plot draws on historical precedents. The nine-year-old prodigy is based on Lin Youyu of the Song dynasty. Main pl 1Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 177 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 [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 7.1kReads9.1Score1kShelves
- 178 Why Does Snow White Only Wear Long Sleeves? 白雪为何只穿长袖？ Once upon a time, in a castle, a girl named Baixue was born. As she grew up, she experienced pain and hope, joy and sorrow. And whenever she ran, even the wind came to her aid. 45Reads—Score—Shelves
- 179 The Commoner Chancellor, Xia Ren 布衣宰相虾仁 After a sudden car accident, Xia Ren, a double PhD in history and literature, transmigrated as a dying seven-year-old peasant child in the Great Jing Dynasty, a realm never recorded in history. His family had nothing, but that couldn't diminish the knowledge and experience he had accumulated over two lifetimes. His memories of poring over ancient texts in his previous life remained crystal clear. The classics, historical records, institutions, and lessons of dynastic rise and decline were all at 336Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 Reborn: From Rookie to World Champion 重生：从萌新到世界冠军 [No Romance + All-Female Main Cast + Feel-Good Read + Growing Heroine + Major Golden Finger] (The heroine will change her name. The story is expected to split evenly between tournament and everyday-life plotlines.) In her previous life, Ren Zhaodi’s family sold her to a village fool for a huge bride price, condemning her to a life of drudgery and misery. Heaven sent her back to the day she turned eighteen, when the fool’s family came to ask for her hand in marriage. In this new life, she would 558Reads9.2Score115Shelves
- 181 The Fairy Tale of Her Awakening 当她觉醒的童话 (A subversion of tropes + short story collection + no romance or male lead + fairy-tale heroines completely rewritten. Probably a power fantasy, with a strong feminist perspective. If that bothers you, don't read. This is not a romance novel. No idea why they won't let me change the tags.) Ever since Princess Snow White ate the fated fruit, everything changed when she woke up. Cinderella suddenly drew a dagger and plunged it into the prince's heart. She smiled faintly at the prince's disbelievin 62Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 182 The Emperor Awaits the Phoenix's Return 帝盼鸾归 Shen Mingluan commands an army of 300,000 and is the Northern Pacification General, a figure whose very name strikes terror into enemy forces. Handsome and elegant, he has the young noblewomen of the capital swooning over him. They fought tooth and nail for the chance to marry into the General's household, but none of them could compete with the aloof, powerful emperor! “Reporting to the general: His Majesty wishes to marry you. Will you accept?” 806Reads7.7Score107Shelves
- 183 If I Don’t Take the Imperial Exams, Should I Just Farm? 不科举，难道种地？ 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 5.5kReads8.6Score398Shelves
- 184 Your Highness, Your Secret Identity Has Slipped Again 世子殿下，你的马甲又掉了 [A satisfying 1v1 romance, heroine disguised as a man, male lead is a sweet-faced schemer] I keep my head down and lie low for a peaceful life. If you still want to kill me, I’ll overthrow your imperial rule and seize your throne! What disciple of the Gu King? What Sword Saint? What top strategist of the Northern Border? What heir to the 300,000-strong cavalry of Nanping? What master of Blood Cloud Tower, the assassin organization? No, no, no. I’m keeping a low profile. That’s not me. I’m just a 311Reads9.0Score102Shelves
- 185 With a Photographic Memory, Isn’t It Only Natural I Came First in the Imperial Exam? 过目不忘，我中状元正常吧？ Lu Chengan forgot to drink Granny Meng’s soup. One day, he transmigrates to a remote mountain village in the Great Zhou dynasty and becomes the second son of the Lu family’s second son. To take the imperial examinations, Lu Chengan has no choice but to urge his father to better himself. Before he knows it, his father becomes an official. Lu Chengan: Does he still need to work hard? 47.9kReads8.6Score5.1kShelves
- 186 A Pure Heart Climbs the Ranks 赤子登阶 [Alternate World + Reincarnated as a Baby + Imperial Exams + Martial Arts + Everyday Life + No Golden Finger] Yang Yuan never imagined he’d wake up one day as a swaddled baby in ancient times. He never imagined that in this strange world, with no System, no pocket dimension, and no golden finger of any kind, he’d have to rely on himself, one step at a time: rolling over, crawling, standing, then memorizing the Thousand Character Classic. He began his studies at three, learned martial arts at fou 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 187 The Charismatic Villainess Has Turned Over a New Leaf 万人迷反派她从良了 Gu Wange is a villain: vindictive, attracted to both men and women, and responsible for hurting countless people. Even Heaven seems to favor her, giving her chance after chance to start over no matter how recklessly she brings trouble upon herself. Fine! If Heaven is determined to make her a good person, what choice does she have? She'll turn over a new leaf! ╰(⇀‸↼)╯ 2.4kReads9.2Score199Shelves
- 188 Infinite: The Bad Luck Game 【无限】厄运游戏 [Strong Female Lead + Infinite-Worlds + No Romance + Mind Games] One evening, Ji Feihai suddenly lost consciousness while out for a walk. When she woke again, she had already been dragged into a bizarre game. According to the rules, only one of the eight players could survive. As the eight players faced off, would she show even the slightest mercy when forced to choose between her own life and the lives of others? Could she make it through one perilous or terrifying game after another? And faced 557Reads9.2Score159Shelves
- 189 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 [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 22.6kReads8.7Score2.6kShelves
- 190 Selling Vegetables and Studying, Then Becoming the Top Scholar 卖菜读书，结果高中状元 After Shen Qingfeng dies alongside the Zombie Emperor in the apocalypse, he transmigrates to an alternate dynasty called Great Chu and becomes a child in Ning'an Village. The boy, nicknamed Dog Egg, is frail from birth, suffers from heart disease, and has a lowly name. Luckily, his proper name is Shen Yu'an. After studying for a few months with the elders, Shen Yu'an decides to take the imperial examinations, only to discover that his ancestors were exiles, and the descendants of exiles for thre 5.5kReads8.9Score573Shelves
- 191 After Marrying a Sweet Young Wife, I Worked Hard and Took the Imperial Exam 迎娶小娇妻后，我奋发图强考科举 One heroine + no System + lighthearted pacing A thorough understanding of the world is knowledge, and social savvy is good writing. Ren Junjie, a history graduate, suddenly finds himself in an unfamiliar world as the eldest legitimate son of the richest family in Xinchang County. A former wastrel, he turns over a new leaf and marries a lovely young wife. He rests every other day and works on the days in between, studying harder and striving to improve. With his deep knowledge of history, he purs 8.9kReads8.8Score715Shelves
- 192 I Asked You to Be a Man of Culture, So Why Are You Raising an Emperor? 让你当雅士，你怎么养帝王？ My score will rise once it gets going~ [Strategist / making a name for herself / court politics / mostly serious drama / troubled times / Imperial Preceptor / junior sister / Daoist] In the third month of spring, heaven and earth stir to life, and all things flourish. [Host, the wind is at level three today. Wide sleeves and long robes are in order. Strolling through the courtyard, or standing beneath the eaves playing a flute while awaiting a distinguished guest, would make for a most elegant 5.6kReads8.8Score1kShelves
- 193 After Faking Her Death in Space, the Big Shot Disguises Herself as a Man and Goes on a Killing Spree 星际假死后大佬她女扮男装杀疯了 [Interstellar + powerful female lead + no CP + spy within a spy + ensemble cast + endless twists + smart characters] Leng Ran, an apocalypse veteran, is reborn in the interstellar age. She plans to be a lazy princess who eats and waits to die, only to be kidnapped, with her parents going missing. It was all planned. The federal government, the Illuminati, the Free Alliance, the imperial royal family, artificial intelligence... and the truth behind the apocalypse's destruction all intertwine, cre 1.7kReads8.6Score218Shelves
- 194 Shocking! The Nation's Top-Tier Star Is a Man Disguised as a Woman! 震惊！国民顶流男神女扮男装！ [Absurd Comedy + System + Reborn + Feel-Good Story + secret identity + Showbiz + Woman Disguised as a Man + Everyone’s Darling + play the pig to eat the tiger] [Smug, Hilarious Girl × Sweet-on-the-Outside, Dark-on-the-Inside Movie Star] In her previous life, the person she protected with her life took her blood and made her take the blame, yet wouldn’t spend five million to save her younger brother. Only as she lay dying did she learn that they weren’t biologically related. Reborn in a new life, 153Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 195 The Playboy Heir Dresses as a Woman, and the General Falls for Him 纨绔世子穿上女装：将军沦陷了 [Completed, woman disguised as a man + mutual devotion + sweet romance + lighthearted + general] Everyone in Zhaodu knew that Song Wuyou, heir to the Duke of Song’s estate, looked like a gentleman but was rotten to the core. It was bad enough that this young devil wreaked havoc on his own. He even had the nerve to lust after Pei Qingyun, the only scholar-warrior top scorer in all of Great Zhao, every woman’s dream man, and an undefeated, cold-faced general! At first, whenever Song Wuyou and Pei 5.5kReads9.3Score608Shelves
- 196 She Disguised Herself as a Man, and After Her Identity Was Exposed, She Went on a Rampage! 女扮男装的她，掉马后嘎嘎乱杀！ [Complete. Ratings just opened, so the score is a little low right now.] [Woman disguised as a man + no romance + secret identities + satisfying power fantasy + wood-based healing powers + wild imagination] [The tags are wrong! This isn’t contemporary romance, sob...] Lu Xici was taken away from her family at birth and trained in a range of formidable skills under an old man’s brutal treatment. Her twin brother, Lu Yan, has silver hair and a wolf-tail haircut, and disguises himself as a woman. L 585Reads8.4Score102Shelves
- 197 Reborn in the Entertainment Industry: The Nation's Heartthrob Is a Woman 重生娱乐圈国民男神是女生 (Everything on this page is entirely fictional!!!!) Before Ye Chenxi was reborn, she had amassed six hundred billion US dollars in personal wealth. She was a world-famous tycoon, envied by everyone and ranked second on the rich list. But... the most unexpected thing was that she was also the bounty hunter who struck fear into the world: Die! She took down anyone who dared defy her. Life is unpredictable, though. Her first-ever operation failed, and it cost her life. In another twist of fate, she 267Reads9.1Score—Shelves
- 198 Zhang Juzheng's Unusual Life 张居正的别样人生 Imperial examinations, a soul transmigration, and saving the Ming from collapse. Zhang Juzheng, the six-time examination laureate, will no longer keep his head down in this life. I’ll beat Yan Shifan to a pulp. I’ll raise Longqing well, so the Jiajing Emperor can devote himself to cultivating in peace. 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 199 After Disguising Herself as a Man, the Regent Has Her Hunted Across the City 女扮男装后，被摄政王全城逮捕 [Woman disguised as a man x obsessive villain] [Angst first, sweetness later + one-on-one romance + sweet everyday moments] Wei Cheng has a secret: she's a fake prince. Disguised as a man, she used illness as an excuse to stay away from the capital for sixteen years. She never expected to be summoned back to the capital by Chi Jingheng, the foremost court schemer, and told to ascend the throne. Afraid her identity will be exposed, Wei Cheng packs her bags and tries to escape in the middle of the 2.4kReads8.5Score196Shelves
- 200 Reborn, I Tore Apart My Own Ship with My Own Hands 重生后我亲手拆了自己的CP [Strong female lead, no romance, the heroine shines on her own] In her previous life, she did everything to help him rise to power. Her brave, battle-hardened eldest brother died on the battlefield. Her shrewd second brother spent his entire fortune paving the way for him. Her peerless strategist of a third brother had his eyes gouged out, his tongue torn out, and all four limbs crippled. But the first thing he did after ascending the throne was slaughter her entire family. After transmigrating 288Reads8.9Score—Shelves
