Novels like I'm a Coroner, and Looking Like a Girl Won't Hurt My Career
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- 101 Princess Forensic Doctor: The Coroner's Mother Goes on a Killing Spree 法医王妃：仵作娘亲杀疯了 After transmigrating, she was buried alive. The genius forensic pathologist Su Qi had a serious headache. She was good at play the pig to eat the tiger, examining corpses and solving cases. After “coming back from the dead” in a mass grave, she returned to her old profession and sought justice for the dead. The emperor was her disciple, the prince was her sidekick, and a cute little darling called her “Mommy” every day. The noble young ladies of the capital were all stunned, wondering who could 531Reads8.6Score10314d adds
- 102 Three Years After Being Cast Out of the Marquis's Household, the Entire Capital Awaits My Autopsy 被逐侯府三年后，全京城等我验尸 Pei Zhaotang was once the brightest jewel in the Marquis’s household. Skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, she was said to be blessed with good fortune. Then the Marquis’s true-blood daughter was found, and overnight Pei Zhaotang went from treasured child to a sinner accused of stealing another’s place. Her father said nothing, her mother looked on coldly, and her brothers despised her. Even the heir she had been promised to turned around and protected the true heiress. Pei Zhaot 374Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 103 The Prime Minister's Legitimate Daughter Became an Unofficial Member of the Court of Judicial Review 相府嫡女竟成了大理寺的编外人员 [Talkative, sunny heroine vs. cold-faced killer hero] [Fierce wolfdog in public vs. sweet little puppy in private] Though still young, Lu Zheng guarded the borders and kept Great Zhao safe. Yet somehow, the rumors about him were that he killed one man every ten paces, leaving rivers of blood in his wake; that he was cold and indifferent, and disliked women. When Lu Zheng, stationed far away at the border, heard about it... Wait, who started the rumor that there was something wrong with his sexua 380Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 104 The Little Forensic Investigator of the Dali Temple 大理寺小仵作 [Mystery + Crime Solving + Transmigration + Deduction] After transmigrating to ancient times, Shen Chu couldn’t sew clothes or embroider, nor could she weave or make porcelain. Fortunately, she had a talent for examining corpses. With the help of an old man who had powerful connections, whom she took as her master, she landed a secure position as a coroner at the Court of Judicial Review. Pei Li, a junior deputy minister at the Court of Judicial Review, had three assistant investigators under hi 17Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 105 The Dali Temple Couple’s Daily Case Files 大理寺夫妇探案日常 Completed [Detective husband-and-wife duo + episodic cases + deduction + fair-play mysteries + everyone's favorite] A transmigrated policewoman obsessed with solving cases VS a Minister of the Court of Judicial Review just as obsessed with solving cases. Bound together by their sense of justice, these two workaholics gradually fall for each other as they investigate. Together, they solve one baffling mystery after another and find a love forged through the bonds of comradeship. 421Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 106 The Chanzhou Mystery 澶州迷案 [Looks-obsessed, talented bandit heroine × smiling, brilliant male coroner] Zhu Hongyun grew up in a bandit stronghold and had planned to make her fortune in the bustling capital. By a twist of fate, however, she ended up in a small county in Chanzhou and became a constable at the local yamen. Chanzhou was remote, and its yamen offices were understaffed and overwhelmed with frequent cases. She had no choice but to team up with the coroner Liu Weinian, pack her bags, and travel around Chanzhou so 167Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 107 Judge Bao: The Daily Struggle to Survive as Grand Preceptor Pang's Son 包青天：庞太师儿子苟命日常 A Daoist master transmigrates overnight and becomes Marquis Anle Pang Yu, who is about to die beneath the dragon-headed guillotine. That’s right, the very same Marquis Anle Pang Yu who harmed hundreds of thousands of people in Chenzhou and countless women. He’s in the Northern Song Dynasty, with the dragon-headed guillotine right in front of him and Judge Bao nearby, shouting for the execution to begin. What should he do? Waiting for answers online! It’s urgent! Reader’s guide: 1. This isn 192Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 108 Dream Brook's Record of Strange Investigations 梦溪探异录 During the Northern Song dynasty, a boy named Shen Kuo sets out in pursuit of the truth after a strange calamity known as the Black Apparition. This learned man, hailed by later generations as “a landmark in the history of Chinese science,” led a life filled with mysteries far stranger than those recorded in Dream Pool Essays. From his years as a young scholar in Qiantang, Hangzhou, to the treacherous political currents of the court in Bianjing; from the smoke and flames of war on the northwes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Gods Are Three Feet Above Your Head 举头三尺有神明 [Revenge, crime-solving, autopsies, 1v1, happy ending] An epidemic, a corrupt official, and a prescription destroyed an entire town. Five orphans each set out on a different path, but they all had one goal: avenge their families, bring the truth to light, and see the corrupt official brought to justice! Ten years passed. The corrupt official was no longer a mere county magistrate, but a court minister with powerful backing. For five young people with neither power nor influence, taking him on wa 2.2kReads8.3Score23114d adds
- 110 I Transmigrated into a Female Coroner and Fell for My Ice-Cold Boss 穿越成女仵作，与冰块上司谈恋爱 [Transmigration + mystery + crime-solving + sweet romance + devoted couple] Modern forensic examiner Su Lanfu transmigrates and becomes a coroner at the Dali Temple. To find the real culprit behind her sister's murder, she must track down the mysterious Plum Blossom Society of the martial world. But the icy, hard-to-please Dali Temple Minister is no easy person to work for, and she has to tread carefully just to get by under him. Yet after they solve one baffling case after another at the Dali 118Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 111 The First-Rank Female Coroner 一品女仵作 Before meeting her, he was a dashing, womanizing playboy prince who snuck out for a new conquest every night. After meeting her, he became a wife-obsessed madman who doted on her to the point of insanity! She wanted silver? He gave her silver. Gold? He gave her gold. People? He gave her people. Corpses? He gave her corpses. Bones? He gave her bones. What? His wife wanted to reform the criminal code, introduce new laws, and win recognition for forensic examiners? Then he’d reform it, introduce th 10Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 112 The Criminal Investigation Division Has a Touch of the Supernatural 刑侦科有点灵 [Fictional setting, focused on solving cases, heroine’s growth, romance as a secondary element] “Trying to scam me? No way. Call the police if you want.” That was how it all began. Jiang Xiaoxi was captivated by the police station and couldn’t tear herself away. In the end, she tried every possible means to stay. And so began Jiang Xiaoxi’s days of struggling her way through the criminal investigation unit with her golden finger. She helped the team solve case after case, using her little collec 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 After I Transmigrated, I Worked at the Dali Temple 穿越后我在大理寺打工 (Main story complete) [No romance for the protagonist + a touch of secret identities + amnesia + ghost hunting + case solving + a hint of an ensemble cast] (Note: The protagonist has no romance, no romance, no romance! Supporting characters do!) Yun Qing, an overworked wage slave, transmigrates one day and lands two government jobs. In the world of the living, he is a junior minister at the Court of Judicial Review. In the underworld, he is a soul reaper. Every day, he is either solving cases or 146Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 114 The Great Ming Case Files 大明奇案 Modern police detective Liang Fei is caught in an accident and transmigrates into the body of Tang Shaolin, a newly appointed second-place palace graduate, five hundred years in the past, during the Ming Dynasty. He soon becomes a seventh-rank county magistrate and enters the world of officialdom. Reborn as Tang Shaolin, he cracks strange cases, clears wrongful convictions, fears no powerful enemies, and rises steadily through the ranks... 187Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 115 The Exquisite Scheme 玲珑谋 A Lang never imagined that from beginning to end, everything had been a scheme set up for her. From a small county office in Beijing to royal secrets, layer upon layer of mystery obscures the truth. No one will know it until the very end. Whose flowers have bewitched the eyes? 53Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 116 Records from the Ward 坊中录 Ye Xiaoyu, a scatterbrained coroner’s daughter, and An Moli, the cool-headed yet warm-hearted Chief Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, are two people who could hardly seem less suited to one another. One is searching for her master, while the other is investigating the death of a loved one. Their paths cross, and together they solve one strange case after another and unravel the mystery of the butterflies. 247Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 117 The County Magistrate's Wife's Casebook 县夫人探案手札 Qingyuan County is a poor, remote backwater, yet murder after murder keeps taking place. One baffling case follows another. From the distant reaches of the martial world to the highest halls of government, an even greater conspiracy lies behind the truth. Princess Huarong, fleeing an arranged marriage, accidentally becomes the county magistrate's wife. Together with her husband, whom she married by chance, she solves one strange case after another. Though her husband is only a minor official, he 4.6kReads8.6Score48814d adds
- 118 The Imperial Forensic Inspector 提刑皇后 Pan Qing, a policewoman, transmigrates into an alternate ancient era. Though a girl, she was raised as a boy by her mother. Her adoptive father, the county yamen coroner, treats her as his own child. To pass the time, Pan Qing tells the village children stories about criminal cases. By chance, she helps solve a murder in the woods, and through a twist of fate becomes a constable in Dong'an County, Jizhou Prefecture. With her exceptional investigative skills, she solves one strange case after ano 95Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 119 The Forensics Expert Is Too Good at Flirting, and the Coroner Is Acting Strange 仵作大佬太能撩，验尸官他不对劲 [Mystery Solving + Deduction + Redemption + Everyone Pursues Their Ambitions + Sapiosexual Romance] Shen Yan, the renowned “mute detective” of Qingzhou City. He is used to protecting people in the clumsiest ways. When she is being bullied, he quietly steps in front of her. Even when offering her a piece of osmanthus cake, he has to claim he “bought too much.” Su Wan, a fiery, forthright little pepper with a Northeastern accent. The stubbornness of an orphan lies beneath her autopsy knife. She r —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 Setting the Record Straight: A History of Injustice in Ancient China 青史鉴冤：中国古代冤案录 [A somber, stirring lament for the loyal and upright; a record of wrongful convictions that offers profound lessons for history.] The annals shine bright, yet deeds cannot be concealed; wronged spirits linger, their tears of blood not yet dry. Drawing on historical records and clearing away a thousand years of mist, this book recounts wrongful cases through the ages: the tragic upheaval of Xia Qi’s overthrow of Boyi under the guise of abdication; the brutal deaths of Wu Qi and Shang Yang amid th 48Reads8.4Score714d adds
- 121 Nighttime Inquests: Secrets of Ancient Chinese Case Files 夜审乾坤：古代奇案秘闻 On the surface, the realm enjoys peace and prosperity. Beneath it, bizarre cases occur one after another. A single lawsuit uncovers a scandalous affair in a grand household. A coffin opened at midnight reveals a corpse with no shadow. A groom dies on the eve of his wedding. A playboy falsely accused of adultery is left to suffer injustice. A coroner who steals corpses to cheat death secretly plots misdeeds... Every case is shrouded in mystery. See how Censor Li Xing holds court at night and uses —Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 122 The Grand Court’s Female Coroner’s Journal 大理寺女仵作日志 Tan Anruo, a young coroner at the county yamen, is summoned to the turbulent city of Luozhou by an imperial order from the Empress Dowager. She is inadvertently drawn into an unsolved case at the Court of Judicial Review. To save her own life, Tan Anruo joins forces with Song Jiu'an, a junior official at the court, and others to crack the case. A paper effigy kills in the dead of night, dressed in red and with its hair hanging loose as it asks people for directions. Is it really a paper effigy, 1.4kReads8.7Score22014d adds
- 123 Even in Ancient Times, I Was a Master Detective 穿到古代我也是破案大天才 After cracking her skull in a fall, Ji Mingyue recalls her past life as a criminal police officer. Seeing how dull and lifeless her current life is, she decides to head to the capital for some excitement. After all, a brilliant, capable, clever genius like her should contribute to society and help these ancient people, whose brains are full of holes, solve difficult and unusual cases. Then she can live happily ever after, famous and wealthy, eating and drinking to her heart’s content. The road a 1.8kReads8.8Score28314d adds
- 124 The Academy’s Divine Detective 书院女神探 Seven years ago, Song Nanzhi escaped the fire that engulfed the Song family home. Seven years later, she returned to the capital under an assumed name, but Prince Qi Yuan saw through her disguise. Amid the mysteries surrounding the imperial examinations and the secrets of the academy, she bore a blood feud and joined forces with him to uncover the shocking truth. Also known as: The Young Prince Can’t Stop Flirting at Crime Scenes! Song Nanzhi: “I think the young prince is quite kind. Why is ever 89Reads8.9Score2314d adds
- 125 The Cold Palace Empress Goes on a Case-Solving Rampage 冷宫皇后靠破案杀疯了 Shen Yihan, a police captain, falls off a cliff while pursuing a killer. When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most miserable empress in history: the widow of Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen. The tyrant Zhu Di has usurped the throne, three thousand palace maids have been brutally executed, and danger lurks everywhere in the Cold Palace. She slams a palm onto the imperial desk. “Solving cases is my specialty. Killing people isn’t yours!” Zhu Di flies into a rage. “Seize her!” Who could ha 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Dynasty Dissected: The Empress Coroner Goes on a Killing Spree 解剖王朝：仵作皇后她杀疯了 A modern forensic examiner is reborn as a corpse collector, using her exceptional autopsy skills to expose the imperial court's deadly secrets She opens her eyes to find herself a corpse-collecting maid, condemned to execution after autumn. In prison, she examines bones with her bare hands and overturns an ironclad case in three sentences, stunning the entire court. She only wants to keep her head down and survive, but the unsolved case of “nine nameless skeletons” drags her before the emperor. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Constable and His Wife, Have You Switched Secret Identities? 推官夫妇，你们互换马甲啦？ [Women disguised as men + men disguised as women; lighthearted, funny, period-style social stories with episodic mysteries] Everyone in the judicial officer’s household has a secret identity. Xue Yingzhi used to be a dashing female escort. Now she has transformed into a judicial officer, and handling cases and catching thieves is a piece of cake. Qi Shenyu has gone from a refined young jinshi scholar to a beautiful young woman, a famous and beloved lady throughout Wuzhou City. The seemingly hone 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Northern Song: I Solve Murder Cases with Medicine 北宋：我靠医术查命案 In the sixth year of Xining, in Mizhou City. The body of a blacksmith exposes a shocking conspiracy. Shen Yang, an eighteen-year-old medical officer, follows in his father’s footsteps, using his medical expertise to examine corpses, investigate cases, and hunt down criminals. Bai Ji, a fifteen-year-old girl disguised as a boy, meets him in Xinghua Village while seeking revenge for her father. The exemption levy was meant to benefit the people, but corrupt officials turned it into a cash cow. Thr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 I Found a Female Coroner by the River 河边捡个女仵作 The rating is a little low at the start, but it will go up as the story continues~ Bonus chapters are coming out now, and I hope to give everyone a more satisfying ending. [Funny, unconventional female coroner vs. cool, serious, emotionally clueless prince] Lighthearted + lively + bickering couple + crime-solving Forensic examiner Su Zhao died a heroic death, while unlucky country girl Su Zhao came back to life. From the start, she rises from the dead by the river and becomes the only witness wh 1.4kReads8.4Score18014d adds
- 130 Mad Forensic Doctor: The King of Hell Dotes on Her 法医狂妃：阎王他恃宠而骄 Who could have guessed that Shen Wangyou, a top forensic pathologist who worked herself to death from overtime, would wake up transmigrated into an early-era tragic romance novel as a doomed cannon-fodder character? The moment she opens her eyes, she’s pinned down at the execution grounds, waiting to “meet her end.” Her charges are the standard fare for a vicious female rival: framing her master’s household and attempting murder. As the executioner’s token is about to fall, Shen Wangyou takes i 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Solving Cases at the Ministry of Justice: This Is My Kind of Work 刑部打工破案：这波操作我熟 (The low rating is only because there aren't many ratings yet. If you like it, please leave a rating as you pass by!) After transmigrating into the body of a former assassin, Ling Xi thinks she's got a solid start from the start. Solidly doomed to starve! Her home is bare, she's so hungry her front and back nearly touch, and she has to sneak into a mass grave at night to look for “pocket money”... This iron rice bowl is hard to chew! Luckily, the DNA of her former life as a forensic trace-eviden 1.2kReads8.4Score14414d adds
- 132 Love and Crime: The Forensic Beauty and Her Obsessive Prince 谈情说案：强迫症王爷的法医美妃 She was a genius forensic pathologist in the 21st century. Her hands had dissected the dead and saved the living; with a turn of her wrist, she could command the winds and clouds. After being murdered, she became the eldest daughter of the Qin family, a foolish beauty whom everyone in Shengjing despised. He was His Highness Prince Jinyang, Gu Yanci, a cold and aloof man with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. A level-ten case, by all accounts. While everyone waited to laugh at her, Qin Yan jo 61Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 133 The Forensic Belle and Her Ministers Who Rule the Court 仵作娇娘她的裙臣权倾朝野 When she opens her eyes, she is the daughter of a coroner, sold by her stepmother into a brothel. Her father's body is not yet cold, and she has lost every shred of dignity. But the soul of a modern forensic pathologist lets her draw her first blade in desperation: at the Drunken Red Pavilion, she uses nothing but lividity and corneal clouding to expose the murder of a powerful man in front of everyone. A young general secretly investigating the case, Pei Muchuan, takes notice of her. She trades 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 There Are Fish in the Northern Sea: A Mystery 北冥有鱼【探案】 Women had low status in ancient times, and female coroners were treated as the lowest of the low. After enduring years of torment from her family, Lin Feiyu ran away and spent eight years studying under an old coroner. Yet the authorities and the public still refused to accept or recognize her. After investigating a series of strange and uncanny cases with Cheng Yu, a fallen scion of a once-prominent family, including a prince’s death, a ghost groom, a mermaid’s tearful pearls, and a mysterious 785Reads8.9Score15014d adds
- 135 The Secret Case Files of Chang'an 长安秘案录 During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Jing Wan'er, whose entire family had been falsely accused, was sent to the palace as a maid. She spent her days handling corpses, earning herself the nickname "Freak" among the palace staff. Then one day, she secretly hid a maid condemned to death among the bodies and smuggled her out of the palace. But Pei Tan, then Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, caught her. Thus began the tangled story between them! 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 It's Perfectly Reasonable for a Scholar to Solve a Case 读书人断个案很合理吧 [Crime Solving] [Alternate History] [Wild Imagination] [Wits and Strategy] [Cool-Headed] [A Keen Mind] My name is Ning Fan, a top scorer in the college entrance exams who dropped out of school. After dying in an accident, I transmigrated to an alternate historical dynasty called the Great Rong. Given a second life, I planned to take it easy in ancient times: pass the imperial exams for fun, go into business and become the richest man around, and follow in the footsteps of the greats by inventing 259Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 137 Di Renjie's Casebook: Solving Mysteries with Corpse Speech, Judging the Fate of All Under Heaven 大唐狄刑录：尸语破诡，权断乾坤 A modern forensic examiner transmigrates to the Wu Zhou era and becomes a lowly coroner nobody respects! One bizarre case after another, all written off as “vengeful ghosts claiming lives,” drives the Tang court's justice system to the brink! “The dead cannot speak, but their bodies bear witness!” Massacres, serial murders, court conspiracies... Armed with nothing but an autopsy knife, he face-slaps the powerful, tears apart rebel factions, helps Judge Di restore order, and becomes the Tang Dyna 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Transmigrate and Be Reborn, Slaying Demons Together 穿越重生共斩妖 Shen Qingci dies suddenly from overwork and wakes up as the legitimate daughter of a minister, who had attempted suicide. The heir to the Duke of Zhenguo, whom the original owner would rather die than marry after being reborn, turns out to be a thousand-year-old snake demon that devours souls. To break out of her deadly predicament, she is forced to ally with Xue Jue, the heir to the Marquis of Yongning, who has returned reborn with memories of the Dao. He has his memories of the Dao arts, while 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Red-Robed Judge's Record of Redressing Grievances 红衣辨冤录 A wealthy merchant goes out and never returns, only to be found dead in the wilderness. On her wedding night, a bride dies in her new home with a smile on her face, but this bride was once a wealthy young lady who became the most celebrated courtesan in the brothel! The heiress disappears, and when she is found again, she has already breathed her last. A battle-hardened general returns to court, only to be murdered in his study at the General's residence. His head is severed, and what is more, i 245Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 140 A Handsome Young Genius at Solving Cases Joins the Dali Temple 大理寺来了个破案如神的小白脸 At the autopsy table, she makes the dead speak; in the halls of power, she clears the names of the living. One charcoal pencil, two lifetimes of memories, and a three-foot autopsy table where she solves the strangest cases in the land. Ten delicate fingers, a hundred clever tricks, and a thousand palace chambers stirred into turmoil. Gongsun Yan, a top modern forensic pathologist, opens her eyes to find herself the daughter of a disgraced official, awaiting execution. Her family’s blood feud rem 176Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 141 Overtime Diaries of the Dali Temple 大理寺加班日常 Lu Zhao is a modern-day forensic pathologist who works herself to the bone. After 72 hours of overtime, she gets the grand prize: death from overwork. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the pitiful illegitimate daughter of a minor family in the capital, about to be sold off as a second wife. Time to lie flat! She absolutely has to lie flat! No one is ever making her touch another corpse or work overtime again! To that end, she disguises herself as a man and takes the place of her "dece 12.9kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 142 Tales of the Cloud Patterns 云纹秘闻录 Gongsun Moyu, a famed general of the frontier army, is wrongly accused and brought before the Court of Judicial Review. Just after solving a locked-room murder, he picks up a “walking headache”! Zhan Yunxi has peerless lightness skills and an unbeatable silver tongue. He can pry open classified court archives and dig up secrets of the martial world, yet he spends every day mooching food and drink from Gongsun Moyu. “Brother Moyu, there's something fishy about these serial murders. Why don't we t —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Bone Painter 绘骨师 Su Qing, a forensic sketch artist in modern times, dies unexpectedly while protecting a crucial piece of evidence, the Seven Hells Diagram. When she opens her eyes again, she has become Yun Zhi, the daughter of a disgraced official in ancient times. Faced with her family’s ruin and the desperate plight of being reduced to a slave, she relies on her extraordinary skills in “reconstructing faces from skulls” and “drawing a person as they will look at three” to carve out a chance to survive at the 104Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The All-Powerful Detective Princess 神探王妃是全能大佬 Tang Waner, once a top profiler who solved countless cases, has an accident and becomes the wild daughter of a county magistrate. Major cases pile up, from a faceless female corpse to a dried-out body hidden inside a wall. Everyone looks down on her, a despicable man treats her cruelly, and even her family wants to drive her out... Tang Waner: “Father, what do you think?” Her father falls to his knees and begs: “Daughter, you’re in charge of everything, at home and beyond!” The martial world: “Y 53Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 145 The Great Ming Judge 大明刑王 The soul of a modern police officer transmigrates into the body of a condemned prisoner named Song Wuya, who is awaiting execution at the execution grounds. He does not, however, inherit the man's memories. Through a strange twist of fate, he ends up becoming a “police officer” in the Ming Dynasty, using modern knowledge and criminal investigation techniques to solve one bizarre case after another! 100Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 146 I Only Wanted to Solve Cases After Transmigrating, but Was Forced to Save the World 穿越后只想破案，却被迫拯救苍生 [Transmigration]+ [Alternate History]+ [Crime Solving]+ [Intelligence] He died unexpectedly, but when he awoke, he found himself in an alternate dynasty resembling the Ming Dynasty, and had become the younger brother of the emperor's favorite consort. As expected, being part of the imperial in-laws was the perfect way to coast through life. He had planned to live carefree until the end of his days, but after he showed a hint of talent, the emperor began to rely on him, making him an official in 243Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 147 The Forensic Princess Is Beautiful and Daring 法医世子妃她又美又飒 Forensic pathologist Xu Shu woke up one day to discover she was a married woman. Yet what she never expected was that even after she transmigrated, she still couldn't escape working overtime on her wedding night. Not far from the bridal chamber, a stinking corpse awaited its chance at redemption. After that, one bizarre case followed another: vengeful-spirit dolls, human wind chimes, deathly storybooks, a haunted academy, terrifying shadow puppets, and more. It was as if a hidden hand were orche 88Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 148 The Young Coroner of the Commandery 仵作小郡主 The fifteenth-generation descendant of a family of physicians and a modern-day female forensic pathologist transmigrates into the body of a commandery princess who has been switched out and sent off in a political marriage. She’s heard that the regent is cold, ruthless, and merciless, a demon who kills without batting an eye. Not a single woman in Changlan dares to marry him, which is why he had to seek a bride from abroad. But as a firm believer in getting the facts straight, she decides to exp 40Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 149 The Brocade Guard and the Young Coroner 锦衣卫与小仵作 Chu Qi is an outstanding forensic pathologist, but somehow she ends up in a country called Dayue and becomes a coroner. Sigh, at least her expertise comes in handy. It means she can stay alive. Ye Xiao is a man as otherworldly as an immortal, and the commander of the Imperial Guards. Chu Qi decides to make the best of her situation and live a peaceful, unremarkable life until old age, hoping Heaven will finally let her go home. She never imagined she would meet Ye Xiao, or that little by little, 538Reads7.3Score10114d adds
- 150 Solving Strange Cases in the Southern Song Dynasty 我在南宋探破诡案 Lin'an, during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song. A bizarre fire consumes the entire household of Zhou Xianzong, an official in the Revenue Department, killing all twenty-seven members. The case is on the verge of being closed. Yue Lin, a vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review, examines the scene and unearths a twenty-eighth, unidentified skeleton deep beneath the rubble. A unique imperial gold-threaded glass bead is tied around its wrist, and the victim died long before the fire. As —Reads—Score—14d adds
