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- 151 Go with the Flow, Secure Your Gains 顺流者生，落袋为安 Go with the flow, and take your profits 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 152 Conquering the Wilderness, Defeating Japan, Winning the Empress: I Am Invincible 征蛮荒打倭国征女帝我已无敌天下 “Grandson, if you were going to drug someone, why pick the daughter of that old Prime Minister Lin? I mean, no matter how desperate you were, you couldn't do it in the imperial palace, could you? Still, you've got a bit of your grandpa's old flair!” “Uh, Grandpa, you did it in the palace back then too...” “Not quite as spectacularly as you, though!” Ning Fan, a mercenary who had just taken a bullet meant for a teammate on the battlefield, opened his eyes to find himself in the body of one of 2.2kReads8.7Score22314d adds
- 153 Great Ming: Reborn as the Chongzhen Emperor, I Choose to Give Up 大明：开局穿成崇祯，我选择摆烂 (No System!! Not a naive protagonist!! Not a wish-fulfillment novel!! Read at your own risk!! This is a story about Chongzhen transmigrating into the late Ming, firmly rooted in historical fact!! By the time you finish, all you'll feel is pain! So much pain!!!) (Absolutely no System! Don't believe the fake reviews posted by the Blackie Studio! They've been targeting this book!) History's dead ends are never something a transmigrator can rewrite with a casual stroke of the pen. Yuan Chonghuan' 1.9kReads6.1Score11914d adds
- 154 Great Ming: I Reform the Law with the Clan Genealogy 大明，我以族谱变法 During the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty, Fang Shi transmigrates into the body of a scholar. He would never have believed that one day he would be bundled off to the Imperial Prison along with chickens and dogs. P.S. One female lead [a plot device, no romance]. No dumbing down, no System. 505Reads9.2Score10214d adds
- 155 The Good-for-Nothing Prince Loves Beauty, Farms, Trains Soldiers, and Conquers the World 废柴皇子爱美人，种田养兵扫天下 The comic adaptation of the same name is now available. Give it a watch! [Comedy] [Power Struggles] [War] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] A medical PhD dies suddenly and unexpectedly transmigrates to Nanfeng, where he becomes a prince. Starting out on the frontier, he pacifies Beiliang, subdues Tianlang, seizes Nanfeng, and outwits Dayuan... until he finally claims the supreme throne that should have been his all along! (This is my first time writing a book, and I made it all by hand. 6.6kReads8.5Score58614d adds
- 156 Sima Yi Transmigrates into Qin Hui 司马懿穿越秦桧 One day in the sixth month of the third year of the Jiaping reign, Sima Yi, who had feigned illness his entire life, finally fell truly ill. He had endured for a lifetime, and decades of living on tenterhooks had left him utterly exhausted. Fortunately, he had everything in place before his death. All he had to do was wait peacefully for it to come. What Sima Yi never expected, however, was that his long-awaited path to unleashing his pent-up ambition was far from over... 1.9kReads9.1Score19014d adds
- 157 Hu Xiaotian 壶笑天 Yang Yu dies alongside drug lords at the border and transmigrates to the Sui dynasty, into the body of the useless heir of the Prince of Zhenbei! He wants to be an idle young lord, but there are always petty troublemakers pushing him to grow stronger! Breaking off an engagement? Fine, but I’m the one breaking off my engagement to you, Liu Wanqing! From a useless young lord to taking command of 200,000 Zhenbei troops, inventing all sorts of things from the twenty-first century, and opening a brot 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Goddess's Live-in Son-in-Law 女神的上门贵婿 On the surface, he’s a notorious live-in son-in-law. But behind the scenes, his true identity is shrouded in mystery. All it takes is a word from him, and even Linjiang City’s richest man is willing to work for him. He meant to keep a low profile, but there’s always some fool who tries to bully his family. To keep his wife and daughter from being wronged, he’s done pretending. Time to lay it all out: “Uncle Chen, I want my share of the billions. My wife and daughter deserve a better life!” 33.5kReads9.2Score62914d adds
- 159 Salt and Iron 盐铁 Liaodong is bitterly cold, and salt is worth its weight in gold. To save his parents, young Shen Huai pawns his hairpin for salt. But without a permit, the officials seize it. His father dies in prison, and his mother’s blood stains their doorstep. After a blizzard, he leaves his home behind and follows his uncle, a wandering man of the jianghu, onto the path of the black salt trade. From then on, he is drawn into the fateful abyss of salt and iron, military funds, and political power. At first, 439Reads—Score—14d adds
- 160 The History of the Song Dynasty’s Imperial Court 宋代宫闱史 Drawing on official histories, unofficial accounts, and folk legends, this work offers a profound portrayal of the emperor's emotional world alongside a detailed depiction of life in the palace. It vividly recreates the lives of emperors and empresses in the secluded inner palace, while also offering readers interested in history clues to follow. 1.8kReads9.4Score3114d adds
- 161 Frontier Army: From Claiming a Convict Woman to Unifying the World 边军：从领取罪女开始，一统天下 [Not a good person] [Multiple heroines] [Decisive and ruthless] [Frontier power struggle] [Blood-and-iron scheming] [Alternate history] [Imperfect protagonist] (The protagonist makes mistakes and suffers defeats.) Transmigrating to the frontier isn't a dream of waking up with the world in your hands. It's a struggle to survive with your head on the line. Briquette coal, the Mo Dao, fine steel: in a time of chaos, technologies that can enrich the country and strengthen its army aren't just source 198.8kReads8.6Score25.3k14d adds
- 162 A Hotpot Through the Ages 火锅春秋 The state is founded on its people, and the people put food first. Transmigrating into the turbulent Spring and Autumn period, a master chef stirs up the world. Follow the protagonist across the river of time as, armed with culinary skills and the Zuo Zhuan, he rewrites the course of Chinese civilization and creates an epic “Spring and Autumn of Fine Food”! 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 163 Late Ming: Stop Rushing Me! This Governor Just Wants to Slack Off 明末：别催了！我这巡抚只想摸鱼 Chen Du, a modern office drone, transmigrated into the late Ming Dynasty as the son of a Sichuan merchant. He spent all forty thousand taels of silver he had just to buy an easy government post in Zhejiang, where he could lie flat and stay alive. But Chongzhen issued an order transferring him straight to Shanxi, making him governor of the province: a northern frontier death trap that his predecessor had failed to escape despite submitting seventeen resignation letters. Beacon fires blazed acros 751Reads—Score12314d adds
- 164 Master the Market Swings, Follow the Trend 波段为王，顺势而为 Ride the waves, and go with the trend —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 失忆剑仙 The Amnesiac Sword Immortal 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 166 The Martial Emperor of Ming: Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang’s Eldest Legitimate Son! 大明武帝，朱元璋嫡长子朱标！ Historical fiction + no System + Age of Exploration + Industrial Revolution + global expansion In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, May 1392, Zhu Biao, Crown Prince Yiwen and the empire's undisputed heir, dies, leaving posterity with an imagined perfect Ming Dynasty. In this new timeline, when Emperor Wu ascends the throne, he makes a vow: Give me seventy years, and Europe will be the Ming's pasture! North America will be the Ming's granary! Fusang will produce silver for me, and Westland will be 126Reads—Score—14d adds
- 167 The Invincible Live-In Son-in-Law: I Just Want to Take It Easy, but I'm Forced to Get to Work 无敌赘婿：只想咸鱼的我被迫营业 [Transmigration + Alternate History + No System + Cunning + Everyday Life + Secretly Invincible] Chu Chen, the king of assassins, transmigrates to another world and becomes the live-in son-in-law of a marquis's household. He had no choice before, but now he just wants to laze around and live off his wife, listening to music at the pleasure houses and flirting with women on pleasure boats... Unfortunately, people keep plotting against him. So he has no choice but to return to his old profession. 16.2kReads8.8Score1.5k14d adds
- 168 I Transmigrated to the Tyrannical Qin: Chen Sheng Led Me in Rebellion 穿越暴秦：陈胜带我起义 Are kings and nobles born to their station? The protagonist transmigrates into the brutal Qin dynasty and rises in rebellion alongside Chen Sheng, in an age ruled by harsh officials. Facing divisions between sworn brothers and the relentless turning wheels of history, he plots and schemes to save the brothers who stood together when their oath was first made. Where will he lead them from here...? 343Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 169 Great Ming: Your Son Zhu Changluo Requests That Wanli Abdicate 大明：儿臣朱常洛，请万历退位 [Not a beginner-friendly read + historical power struggles + no farming + court factional battles. The author is a seasoned political operator who used to work in government, and knows power games inside out.] After transmigrating, he discovers he has become the most pathetic Crown Prince in the Ming Dynasty. For thirty-two years, he has been everyone’s punching bag. His court robes are patched, his mother has been imprisoned until she went blind, and his father lavishes forty thousand qing of f 42.8kReads8.5Score4.1k14d adds
- 170 Chongzhen! Reclaim the Throne! 崇祯！重征！ After Zhu Youjian hanged himself at Coal Hill, his soul returned to the day his elder brother, the Tianqi Emperor, died in the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just as Zhu Youjian was about to ascend the throne. He is not a transmigrator with modern knowledge. His only golden finger is the memory of the seventeen years he spent as emperor in his previous life: he knows which decisions led to the fall of the dynasty, whom he can trust, and whom he must not put to use. Every memory was bought wit 3.5kReads6.3Score28714d adds
- 171 In Place of Jin 代晋 This is an age of shining stars, of refined gentlemen and poetry shared over wine. This is the darkest of ages, where life is worthless and corpses pile into mountains. Through the endless night, who will be the light that brings dawn? On this sunken earth, who will save the people? The realm is shared by the Wang and Ma clans. But who will share the realm with me? 11.4kReads8.4Score42614d adds
- 172 I Transmigrated into a Women's-Fiction Novel, So I Cling to the Heroine to Survive 穿书女频，为了活命紧抱女主大腿 [Single Heroine + Imperial Court + Ensemble Cast + Succession Struggle + Transmigrate into a Book + Soul Transmigration + Rise from the Bottom] Chen Yunhao, a modern-day corporate drone, unexpectedly transmigrates into a book and becomes the doomed seventh prince in a historical romance novel, destined to die from excessive sexual indulgence in a brothel. Hoping to change his fate, he tries to lie flat and stay alive. But after saving Luo Qianqian, the reborn heroine seeking revenge, he is dragg 2.7kReads8.5Score17414d adds
- 173 Ning Yan: When Women Rule the Roost 宁兖，牝鸡司晨 [Ensemble political intrigue + entrusted heir + factional strife + expansion of the realm + redressing an old injustice] [Wronged powerful minister male lead x emperor female lead disguised as a man] Also known as "After I Blundered into the Imperial Family, I Discovered I Was the Imperial Family" On a winter night in the seventh year of Chengxu, Emperor Zhao Ning Fu suddenly went mad. Wearing the robes of his favorite consort, Yan, he climbed the bell tower and rang the funeral bell before fall 189Reads—Score10414d adds
- 174 Taking Power While Pregnant, So Step Aside, You Crazy Little Uncle 带球掌权，疯批小表叔靠边站 [A Powerful Alliance + Unhinged Cousins + Hatred and Political Scheming + Workplace Power Struggles + Corruption + Power Struggles in a Wealthy Family + Marriage for Mutual Benefit] Pregnant with twins, Wen Canlan takes over the Jing Group in a crisis. Just as she finds her footing, she falls into a series of deadly traps laid by her unhinged younger cousin, Bo Jinlin. A trap involving hundreds of millions in funds, a stolen bid, sabotage at a construction site, and a deadly car crash come one 82Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 175 The Northern Song Dynasty’s Greatest Treacherous Chancellor 北宋第一奸相 After transmigrating as Cai Jing, I'm going to carry out a once-in-a-millennium reform with Wang Anshi! A modern history student transmigrates as Cai Jing. By the age of seven, people are already calling him a prodigy. Looking at the corrupt court on the brink of collapse, he silently clenches his fists. In this life, he'll stir up the winds of change from the shadows. Secretly amass wealth, recruit talented people, gather leverage... Ten years of planning, all waiting for the right moment. When 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Prodigal Son of Great Zhou 大周败家子 [The author has completed works totaling over one million words, so you can trust their track record] Just as Shen Yi was about to reach the peak of his life, an accident brought him to a completely different world, where he became a notorious... spendthrift! With five thousand years of culture at his back and a treasury of scientific knowledge in hand, he might not unify the world in this life, but surely he could at least become the richest man alive, right? Shen Yi excitedly imagined the futu 1.3kReads9.1Score25014d adds
- 177 Xiaoman’s Farmhouse 小满农家乐 Xiaoman Farmhouse 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 Enemy Princess: I Can't Take It Anymore, Princes, Take More Concubines! 敌国公主：受不了，皇子多纳妾吧！ [Harem + Flirting + Struggle for the Throne + Rousing + Political Intrigue + Conquest + No System] Xiao Chen's soul transmigrates into the body of a good-for-nothing prince. From the start, his older brother frames him, and he ends up sleeping with the enemy kingdom's supposedly hideous princess! But it turns out the princess is a peerless beauty in disguise! His brothers regret it so badly they practically break their third legs slapping them! Forced to marry the princess and exiled to the bitt 3.1kReads8.4Score36414d adds
- 179 A Literary Youth in the Han Dynasty 大汉文艺青年 [History] [Alternate World] [Transmigration] [Witty and Humorous] [Multiple Heroines] Fan Li, a rogue who runs a bar, undergoes Transmigration into ancient times. One poem stuns the literary world, and one song brings listeners to tears. From his initial, desperate flight to making his first splash at a grand literary gathering; from showing off his divine prowess at Chongli Terrace to fighting bloody battles in a lone northern fortress, the rascal laughs and curses his way through it all. In t 4.6kReads7.8Score34314d adds
- 180 Blazing Flames Sweep the Plains: Whose Ming Dynasty Is Burning? 烈焰燎原，谁的大明在燃烧 [Historical Setting] [No System] [Transmigration] [Ensemble Cast] [Struggle for Supremacy] [A nation's fortunes at the bottleneck of civilization] [The budding of capitalism entangled with tradition] [Less court politics, more focus on ordinary people] History isn't about romance and beauty. It's where human nature collides. It's about surviving with no resignation, no surrender, and no regrets. In the Great Ming dynasty, wastrels, hypocrites, and selfish men held power. Nurgan, the Hetao r 15kReads8.6Score1.3k14d adds
- 181 The Genius Young Marquis 天才小侯爷 Han Ce, a modern man, unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes the young marquis of the Northern Defender’s residence in the Great Liang Dynasty. The entire Han family has met with disaster, and Han Ce has spent ten years living as if treading on thin ice. Ten years later, summoned to the capital, he intends to keep a low profile, but his abilities won’t let him! 8.4kReads8.5Score64614d adds
- 182 The Tongue’s Abyss: A Disaster of One’s Own Making 祸从口出，舌尖的深渊 Loose Lips, the Abyss on the Tip of Your Tongue 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 Homeland 家园 During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, a young boy from Shanggu in Hebei fled conscription and entered the vast grasslands. There he adopted a silver wolf, which the grassland tribes regarded as a sacred beast. He met Han Chinese people on the plains and learned archery, military strategy, and more from people from the Central Plains who had been stranded there. After offending the nobility, he returned to the Central Plains and joined the campaign against Goguryeo, where he won recognition! 2.5kReads9.2Score36714d adds
- 184 The Twin-Pupil Covenant: Throne of Thorns 双瞳盟约之荆棘王座 The Covenant of Twin Pupils: The Thorn Throne —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 The Son of Heaven 明天子 Reborn in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, he finds himself inhabiting the body of an eight-year-old child. But that’s not important. What matters is that he is the crown prince, the heir to the throne! In simple terms, this is the story of an eight-year-old emperor’s rise: seizing the palace, governing the court, bringing peace to the people, quelling internal unrest, recruiting talent, improving agriculture, and developing commerce... Through civil and military accomplishments, he will restore 150Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 186 The Jade Coffin in the Sunken River 沉江玉棺 The Jade Coffin Beneath the River 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Tang's Grand Strategy 唐谋天下 After nine reincarnations, he is born into the imperial family. Fate grants him the exalted status of crown prince, but also a cruel and merciless home life! Here's the harsh reality he has to face: his father is Li Zhi, and his mother is called Wu Mei. 131Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 188 The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Maverick 大明第一狂士 In the 35th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty, a ruthless schemer is reborn as the son of a county deputy magistrate. Using modern political tactics, he cracks one strange case after another. With modern strategies of maneuvering and intrigue, he shakes the imperial court and becomes unstoppable! Rebel bands run amok? Under my powerful army, they’re nothing but fodder! I will rebuild the Ming dynasty, extend its might across the seas, and usher in an unprecedented age of prosperity! 6.8kReads9.1Score66814d adds
- 189 The Tale of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后演义 This book offers a detailed account of Cixi’s life, from her birth and entry into the imperial palace to her rule from behind the curtain, her decades wielding power over the Qing dynasty, and her death. It is not only literary and highly readable, but also of some value as a reference for historical research. 10Reads9.4Score114d adds
- 190 The Emperor’s Favorite Minister? No, I’m Rebellious to the Bone! 皇帝宠臣？不，我一身反骨！ [Power Struggles] + [Political Scheming] + [High-Stakes Play] + [Not Mindless] The great clans grew powerful and took control of the imperial court. The emperor wanted to use me as a weapon to reclaim imperial authority, but he devised countless ways for me to die. Once he realized how useful I was, he even wanted to castrate me and turn me into a eunuch, so I could continue serving as his blade. The Left Chancellor, head of the great clans and a man of unfathomable depths, pointed to the fish 7.6kReads9.0Score72614d adds
- 191 My Wife Is Always Trying to Kill Me 我家娘子总想弄死我 “Gu Chuan, are you plotting a rebellion?!” “Your Majesty, I’ve been wronged!” “Then why are the commander of the Xuanyue Army, the White Lotus Sect’s Holy Maiden, the Shadow Guards, the Queen of Jialan, and the Daoist Sect’s itinerant cultivator all with you?!” Gu Chuan swears that all he wanted at first was to lie flat. But the longer he lay low, the more people gathered around him. He had no choice but to mount his horse and take up arms to bring peace to the land! In the first year of the Wuh 14.1kReads8.8Score1.4k14d adds
- 192 Sky Warriors: The Battle of Destiny, Who Will Rule the World? 天空战记之天命之战谁主浮沉 (History + Alternate History + Fantasy + Political Intrigue + Interwoven Foreshadowing + Ensemble Cast + Historical Events Blending Fact and Fiction) The setting of this story resembles the period from the end of Li Zhi's reign in the Tang Dynasty to the An Lushan Rebellion. During Li Zhi's reign, the Tang conquered the Western Turks (657), Baekje (660), and Goguryeo (668), bringing its territory to its greatest extent. Yet from the first year of the Xianheng era (670) onward, the Four Garrisons 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 193 Great Ming: Zhu Biao Turns Evil, and the Jingnan Campaign Is No More 大明：朱标黑化，靖难没了 History records that Crown Prince Zhu Biao died of illness in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. What history does not record: he died once, then came back to life. His soul wandered for three days, and he saw the entire fate of the Ming dynasty over the next 276 years: The Jingnan Campaign, the burning palace, Tumu Fortress, and the strip of white silk hanging from a tree on Coal Hill. When he opened his eyes again, he was in his sickbed in the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu. The charcoal fire blaz 49.7kReads8.8Score4.2k14d adds
- 194 A History of the Ming Palace 明代宫闱史 Venture deep into the palace to explore the love and hatred between emperors and their consorts; delve into history and discover the twists and turns of feudal dynasties. Understand this series, and you understand the palace. Understand the palace, and you understand history. Understand history, and the realities of the world become clear. Palace romances are an important branch of traditional historical fiction. 33.9kReads9.6Score58814d adds
- 195 The Great Dao of the Divine Soul 神魂大道 The Great Dao of the Divine Soul 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 196 The White-Robed Emperor 白衣天子 (No System + One Female Lead + Political Scheming and Conquest + Surviving in Troubled Times + Building a Following) “You want to know who I am? Sit down, have some tea, and let me spin you a tale.” In the eyes of the refugees, I'm a living bodhisattva who barely belongs in this world, giving them food and shelter. In the eyes of the noble clans, I'm a mad dog in human skin, mild-mannered most days but ready to wipe out entire households when I make a move. In the histories, I'm the gravedigger 194.2kReads9.0Score23.4k14d adds
- 197 Great Ming: If the Tianqi Emperor Lives, Great Ming Will Never Fall 大明：天启不死，大明不灭 [Rating just released, and it’ll rise later] [Handcrafted] + [No System] + [No mindless protagonist] + [Power struggles] + [Imperial court] + [Battle for supremacy] The soul of the Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Ming dynasty drifted through four hundred years before he was reborn on the eleventh day of the eighth month of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, just eleven days before his historical death. At this point, the Ming dynasty had just won the Battle of Ningjin. The Mongol tribes had 102kReads9.0Score13.7k14d adds
- 198 The Dragon Rules Liangzhou 龙驭凉州 Folks, let’s really dig into the tangled history of the three powers that held sway over Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou in the northwest during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: the Tanguts, the Six Valleys, and the Guiyi Army. This area was the choke point of the Silk Road. Whoever controlled Liangzhou, Ganzhou, and Shazhou held the lifeline of the northwest, so these three powers fought fiercely while also dealing with the central Chinese court and the surrounding big players. It wa 35Reads—Score114d adds
- 199 The Carefree Prince 逍遥皇子 [A wholly fictional historical setting] Courtly power struggles, open and covert attacks, and deadly traps at every turn. The jianghu is rife with grudges, where flashing blades strike to kill. A powerful minister served as chief censor for twenty years, daring to reject a hundred imperial edicts, only to spend his life paving the way for someone else. A crown prince of the previous dynasty gouged out his own eyes and traded the treasure meant to restore his kingdom for a beauty, willing to betr 4.5kReads8.4Score20714d adds
- 200 So What If I’m the Deposed Crown Prince? I, Yinreng, Will Ascend the Throne! 废太子又怎样？我胤礽要登基！ A struggling Hengdian movie extra had an accident while on a wire rig. When he opened his eyes, his soul had transmigrated into the body of Yinreng, Crown Prince of the Kangxi Emperor's reign. He had only just woken up, with Zheng Chunhua lying beside him, when Kangxi stormed through the palace gates in a fury. The fate of the deposed crown prince seemed about to repeat itself. Fortunately, he awakened a strange power! Kangxi wants to depose me? The First Prince wants to use witchcraft against m 1.6kReads—Score10214d adds
