Novels like At the Dali Temple, Clearing the Princess Consort's Name from the Start
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- 151 Great Tang: I Carried a Coffin to Protest from the Start, and Li Er Exploded with Rage 大唐：开局抬棺劝谏，李二气炸了 Glorious Tang, its ambitions blazing like the sun, its might shaking the realm, its virtue reaching far and wide. It conquers cities and takes territory, fearing neither death nor injury. Countless enemy hordes bow their heads and surrender. Returning victorious to the capital, the emperor grants his rewards. Comrades, let us make our might known once more. Break the enemy ranks and capture their soldiers, and a noble title is within reach. Grand halls, fine houses, beautiful concubines. Under W 26kReads8.2Score1.6k14d adds
- 152 A Heartbeat That Ends With Youth 心动止于少年 A Crush That Ends in Youth 8Reads—Score414d adds
- 153 The Little Detective of the Tang Dynasty: What Do I Do After Being Beheaded from the Start? 大唐小神探：开局被斩首怎么办？ 6.4kReads9.2Score78214d adds
- 154 The Fog of a Bizarre Case 诡案迷雾 A historical mystery and political intrigue novel set in the fictionalized Wu Zhou period of the Tang dynasty, around the fifteenth year of Wu Zhou. It follows the protagonist and his companions as they enter government service and become entangled in a series of criminal cases, as well as the gripping struggle over the succession to the throne at the Luoyang court. This is my second novel. I hope you enjoy it, and I’ll do my best to tell a good story! 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 The Great Zhou Order: I Became Famous Across the Land by Copying Poems from the Start 大周令：开局抄诗就名扬天下 After his soul transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking county magistrate in the Great Zhou, he copies a poem famous throughout the ages from the start, triggering a celestial phenomenon and slaying the invading enemies. The ancient greats of Earth are terrifyingly powerful. The Great Zhou Dynasty spans a vast territory, and its foreign tribes are powerful. This world is home to Confucianism, Buddhism, martial arts, Daoism, immortal sects, demons, and the supernatural. Confucian cultivators 18.3kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 156 The Golden Badge Magistrate 金牌县令 By a stroke of bad luck, I transmigrated to ancient times and became a low-ranking, ninth-grade official. Watch me use the System to stand up for the people, wield absolute power, leave my name in the history books, and hold the world in the palm of my hand! 3.2kReads8.3Score25714d adds
- 157 Detective Di Renjie: The Magistrate of Pengze County 神探狄仁杰之彭泽县令 In the first year of Changshou, Di Renjie is framed by treacherous schemers and demoted to the remote wilderness of Pengze, where he stumbles upon a city full of bizarre cases! A derelict rouge house, abandoned for ten years; a locked-room murder on a rainy night; three ruffians found dead inside, their lips curled in smiles, with no trace of how they died. The county authorities rule it a ghostly vengeance, and panic grips the people. Summoned to solve the case in a time of crisis, Di Gong sets 114Reads—Score10214d adds
- 158 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 霸总男友超爱我 My CEO Boyfriend Is Crazy About Me 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 The Chief Secretary's Adorable Forensic Surgeon Wife 首辅家的法医娇妻 She was a forensic doctor in the 21st century. One day, she transmigrated into the body of a farmer's daughter. When her younger brother became entangled in a murder case, she stepped in to save him. The newly appointed county magistrate was impressed by her forensic skills and hired her as the county office's female coroner. For the sake of her family, Xie Ziyun resolutely accepted the new magistrate's offer. She helped him solve one strange case after another, until he rose to become the Grand 11.2kReads9.1Score1.5k14d adds
- 160 Immortal Qin: From the Start, I Had the Snow-Dragon Cavalry, and My Whole Nation Waged War on Heaven 仙秦：开局大雪龙骑，我举国伐天 “The Ninth Prince, Ying Zichuan, will govern the empire in my stead!” With those words, spoken by the First Emperor before he entered seclusion, Ying Zichuan, who had transmigrated here, successfully took the regent’s seat. Fortunately, his System awakened at the same time. [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained the status of Supreme Human Sovereign.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have obtained one hundred thousand Great Snow Dragon Riders!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have ob 979Reads8.3Score10014d adds
- 161 EN The Green Snake Girl's Path to Dragonhood 青蛇少女的成龙之路 [Longevity + history + mythology] [Single! Single! Single!!!] In a single moment, he transmigrated, changing from male to female, and from human to snake! He became a green snake swimming along the banks of the Wei River. He thought he would spend this life drifting aimlessly. Then one day, someone suddenly fished her out of the water! The person who caught her embroidered her onto a totem and went off to conquer far and wide, adorning her with features from the totems of many tribes! He said sh 26.2kReads8.5Score2.5k14d adds
- 162 EN My Wife is a Villain? The System Wants Me to Pursue Pure Love! 老婆是反派？系统要我搞纯爱！ [Villainous True Love (with few villain elements)]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Urban Slice of Life]+ [Mostly Sweet Moments]+ [Two Strong Leads]+ [Fake Mastermind]+ [Fake Ensemble Cast] After being reborn, Jiang Junyi spent twenty peaceful years as the eldest son of a top-tier wealthy family. He never expected a broken engagement to come knocking! His fiancée was a stranger to him, her family had fallen on hard times, and she was disabled and blind. With all the odds stacked against her, Jiang Junyi mad 5.6kReads8.8Score46414d adds
- 163 The Mad Forensic Princess and the Master Coroner 法医狂妃大仵作 In the capital of Daling, there is a woman who can hear the dead speak and understand the words of ghosts. If someone's cat or dog goes missing, they go to her. If someone has died a gruesome death, they can go to her too. Rumor has it she can do more than examine corpses: she can communicate with spirits and even track anyone across a thousand miles. Qin Zhi scoffed. "That's all ghost talk! I've killed countless people, and I don't believe in ghosts!" Another rumor says that the young lady 3.6kReads9.0Score41514d adds
- 164 The Female Detective of the Great Song Dynasty 大宋女刑司 [High IQ + mystery-solving + suspense] She transmigrates straight into a murder scene. Framed for the crime and squeezed dry by her gambling-addict parents, she disguises herself as a man to escape trouble, only to be exposed without mercy by a general. Watch as this lowly servant latches on to the general, examines corpses, and deduces the truth behind each case. She punishes princes above and corrupt officials below, all with a loyal friend by her side. From hunting killers in Jiangnan to trek 6.9kReads9.2Score78514d adds
- 165 A Corrupt Official in the Dynasty: From the Start, the Empress Simulated My Life 王朝贪官，开局被女帝模拟人生 At the end of a dynasty, Su Chen is saddled with a Corruption System. He had planned to abuse his power for personal gain, amass enough ill-gotten wealth to build a new world, and watch the tides rise and fall. However, just as Su Chen is waiting to pledge himself to the new ruler, the reigning Empress unexpectedly acquires a simulator that can simulate the nation’s fortunes and see into people’s lives. In the first simulation, the borderlands fall, and the foreign tribes prove unstoppable. Su C 1.5kReads7.9Score16814d adds
- 166 I Passed Myself Off as a Scholar and Rose to Become a Ming Dynasty Power Broker 冒名入仕，我熬成了大明权臣 Lin Chuan transmigrates to the final years of the Hongwu reign in the Ming dynasty. By chance, he comes across bandits who have accidentally killed an official on his way to take up his post, so he assumes the dead man’s identity and enters the bureaucracy. At first, he only wants to coast along with a secure government job until retirement. But who could have guessed that the Ming bureaucracy is even more cutthroat than the modern workplace? If you don’t compete, you’ll be crushed. To stay aliv 187.9kReads8.8Score19k14d adds
- 167 A Treacherous Minister at Court: From the Start, I Pointed at a Deer and Called It a Horse, Making the Empress Cry 朝堂奸臣，开局指鹿为马气哭女帝 (Wildly satisfying + empress + sweet romance + System + alternate history) Xu Feng transmigrates to an ancient dynasty and becomes a loyal minister, following the late emperor through countless campaigns. Before dying, the late emperor appoints Xu Feng as a regent. Xu Feng plans to step behind the scenes, help the emperor govern, and enjoy a household full of wives and concubines. But who could have guessed that a System would appear, requiring him to serve as a treacherous minister for three ye 4.4kReads8.2Score49314d adds
- 168 Wuxia: Escorting Goods Across the Land 武侠：镖行天下 [Wuxia] + [Mystery] + [Escort missions] (Original title: Wuxia: The Escort Agency) Bai Kai returns to Qiyang in Yongzhou Prefecture to fulfill his father's last wish. He opens an escort agency, determined to make its name famous throughout the realm. But even his very first escort mission is fraught with danger. A mysterious woman comes to him and asks Bai Kai to deliver the cargo to Young Master Xiaoxiang, the foremost young gentleman in the realm. Young Master Xiaoxiang is in Lingling, within 2.4kReads8.2Score18314d adds
- 169 A Spring Breeze Runs Wild 春风骄甚 Xin Huaizi followed in his father's footsteps and became a low-ranking constable at the county yamen in a poor, remote region. There was no future in being a low-ranking constable. Fortunately, Xin Huai used knowledge from a more civilized world he'd once visited to solve case after case. Not only did he earn rewards for solving them, he also acquired the nickname “Little Ace Detective.” He thought life would carry on quietly like this, but who could have expected an imperial envoy to suddenly s 3.7kReads9.1Score40714d adds
- 170 Legend of the Seven Killings Hall 七杀殿传奇 [Wuxia] [Mystery] [Deduction] [Detective] [Crime Solving] [High Martial] [Sword God] [Country and Family] [Political Intrigue] The second installment in The Legend of Hua Ziqi series, following Bloodflower Mystery. This book is divided into two volumes. The first depicts the treacherous and unpredictable jianghu, while the second chronicles political intrigue and power struggles at court. A solitary, cold-hearted young man bears a pair of crescent-moon hooks. He entered the jianghu to avenge 631Reads8.0Score10114d adds
- 171 The Ten Great Mysteries of the Song Dynasty 大宋十大奇案 No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincible protagonist, no System, no golden finger, and no transmigration. This is not a power fantasy, so read at your own discretion! A pure historical mystery set in the jianghu, offering an immersive experience of everyday life in an ancient town and the suspenseful twists and turns as officials use their wits to solve cases… 7.3kReads8.6Score63914d adds
- 172 Back to 1978: My Brother and I Become Father and Son 回到1978，我和兄弟当父子 [Brothers and Father and Son] [Intellectual Overpowering] [Everyday Life] [Lighthearted] Two old hands transmigrate back to 1978, turning from brothers into father and son. One is a father who works as a manager at a cotton mill; the other is a kid who goes to elementary school. The father disappears every weekend, while the son looks down on his old man every day. Neither can stand the other, yet neither can live without the other. One small courtyard, two families. 56.1kReads8.8Score4.2k14d adds
- 173 The Fog of Justice Bao 包青天迷雾 Following Bao Qingtian's career as an official, thirty strange cases conceal one mystery. From a minor case involving ox tongues to threats against the foundations of the state, every act of corruption he cuts down points to a shocking conspiracy looming over the Song Empire. 1.1kReads6.9Score—14d adds
- 174 Superstar Dad 娱乐超级奶爸 “Daddy, I want my dinner!” After waking up in a parallel world, Liu Zixia finds himself with a daughter who is very much his own. To make sure his daughter has enough to eat, to give her a big house, and to bring her mother back... What can Liu Zixia do? He has no choice! Fortunately, Liu Zixia has the entertainment-industry knowledge of an entire world at his fingertips. These pressures don't seem like a problem after all! Facing the entertainment industry's big shots, Liu Zixia says: “Don't ge 4.3kReads8.2Score44914d adds
- 175 The Major Crimes Unit's Female Constable 重案女捕快 A series of ancient crime-solving mysteries with no System, no romance, and pure deduction. A trio of investigators, a constable, a young physician, and a prince demoted to commoner, work together to solve a string of major cases, including the disappearance of silver notes, a missing horse from the Crown Prince’s residence, and a case of ghostly footprints. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 176 The Great Coroner: Xilai, Another One’s Dead 大仵作：喜来，又死一个 She was a posthumous child pulled from a pile of corpses. She spent her days among the dead, playing with skulls and amusing herself by catching maggots. To uncover the truth behind her adoptive father's death, she even took it upon herself to dissect a corpse. Others mocked her as a freak and kept their distance, but the ruthless commander of the realm's forces doted on her beyond measure. Dismemberment and cremation, for love or for money. In this bizarre world, joy comes from seeing clearly f 5.6kReads8.9Score84214d adds
- 177 Emergency Contact 备用联系人 Song Huaiyu has always been the person Chi Mo fears most. During the ten years she was with Guan Yizhou, he saw nearly every moment of her embarrassment and distress. This is not a story about an ordinary girl who follows the person she loves to a big city and eventually gets her happy ending. Chi Mo and Guan Yizhou have always belonged to two different worlds. She spent ten years looking up and struggling to reach his world, then suddenly gave up one sunny morning. It’s easy to understand what 355.7kReads9.4Score50.1k14d adds
- 178 The Strange Female Detective: Too Few Days of Romance 诡案女奇探：少逢烂漫时 They first met while investigating a case in the morgue. Lou Bai: “That woman climbs walls pretty fast.” An arrow shot straight into the woman's shoulder. Tang Tang'er: “Black clothes, pale face. What kind of lousy ‘King of Hell’ are you? You have a dog's nose, though.” She flung a cloud of medicinal powder into his face. Lou Bai and Tang Tang'er: “What a nuisance!” When they met again, a misunderstanding made them colleagues at the Bai'an Prefecture. Together with a group of young men from the 1.5kReads9.4Score25514d adds
- 179 Who Says This Detective Is Fierce? He's Absolutely Incredible! 谁说这警探凶，这警探可太神了！ [reborn + System + deduction + solving crimes + suspense + not a fast-paced power fantasy] A thug from a gang transmigrates after death into the body of a police detective and team leader. He plans to go back to his old ways, but then he gets bound to a crime-solving System that rewards him with prizes and draws whenever he solves a case. Thus a legendary detective rises to prominence, and no murder, cold case, or wrongful conviction can escape his grasp. Murderer: This detective doesn’t play by 9.9kReads8.7Score1.4k14d adds
- 180 While Others Solve Cases, I Just Look Up the Answers 别人破案我直接看答案 [Transmigration + golden finger + light mystery + historical workplace drama + career advancement and raises + 30% feel-good power fantasy, 70% hard work] A heroine who grows over time, with a love interest. She isn’t ruthless or vengeful… If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Thank you. By now, Yan Dan has become a renowned chief constable, famous throughout the land. Someone once asked how she went from being a lowly, unknown county constable to one of the most sought-after investigator 7.2kReads9.2Score1.4k14d adds
- 181 Reborn to Solve Crimes: My Eyes Can Identify the Killer 重生破案：我的眼睛能锁定凶手 31.2kReads8.1Score2.6k14d adds
- 182 The Greatest Warrior in the Mortal Realm 人间第一武夫 [Just received a rating, so the score is naturally low. It’ll improve over time!] [No harem + no System + not mindless + not invincible from the start + case-solving and deduction + witty + martial arts + supernatural abilities] In an age without immortals, the demon race has vanished, the fiend race is nowhere to be found, and humanity reigns supreme. Ten thousand years ago, the Sui Dynasty collapsed, and the various kingdoms rose! Over the past ten thousand years, hundreds of nations, great an 38.4kReads8.5Score2.8k14d adds
- 183 The Five Heroes Inn 五侠客栈 [Completed] [Traditional martial arts] [No transmigration] [No System] [Ensemble cast] [No harem] [Secret identities] Twelve years ago A young swordsman burst onto the scene from Mount Cangwu. In just four years, he reached the pinnacle of the martial world, only to fall from grace in a single day. From then on, his fate was unknown, and chaos engulfed the martial world. Twelve years later The sudden appearance of the Sword of Heaven stirs up waves across the martial world once again 4.4kReads8.0Score38814d adds
- 184 An Identity-Buying System? I’ve Been Raking in Black Market Loans from the Start 身份购买系统？我开局狂撸黑网贷 [Decisive and ruthless]+ [No female lead]+ [Villain???] Lin Fei was all set to go to college, but when his train passed through a tunnel, it brought him to another world. This was a world where rules reigned supreme. And those rules were controlled by people with one privileged identity after another. When Lin Fei transmigrated, he received the Identity Purchase System, a gift from the will of Blue Star. It let him buy any privileged identity. [Identity: Police Officer Privileges: 1. Issue fines 57.3kReads8.5Score5.8k14d adds
- 185 Wuxia: Please, Stop Being Reckless 武侠：求你了，别浪 Also known as: Dragon Knight, Scoundrel, Don’t Run. A world of combined martial arts, with five great dynasties and powerful foreign tribes beyond the frontier. The dynasties: Great Ming in the south, Great Song in the north, Li Tang in the west, Wu Zhou in the east, and the mightiest Great Qin at the center of the world. The martial world: Wudang, Shaolin, the Ming Cult, the World Society, the Demon Cult, the Palace of Shifting Flowers, as well as three islands, one prefecture, and seventy-two 6.2kReads7.4Score33014d adds
- 186 After Becoming the Villain, Is My Little Sister the Savior? 成为反派后，妹妹是救世主？ [Dual POV]+ [Urban]+ [Slow Burn]+ [Sister Complex]+ [Original]+ [Some Angst Later On] Eight years ago, a “virus” known by the code name [Demon Gu] broke out around the world. No one knows where it came from. They only know that new people become infected every so often. Certain parts of infected people’s bodies mutate, granting them supernatural abilities. They hide among ordinary humans and feed on the flesh of their own kind. The relevant authorities call them [Demon Seeds]. Jun Ye was born bl 62.1kReads8.4Score8.4k14d adds
- 187 Livestreaming Fortune-Telling: All My Top Supporters Are in Jail 直播测字：我的榜一全在局子里 A ghost-seeing girl and a genius young detective make the perfect supernatural duo! Jiang Chen: Can you check whether there are any nasty things around us? Su Su: Do you think I'm a ghost-hunting police dog or something?! Ghost: You're the nasty thing! Your whole family is nasty! The supernatural duo always cracks the case! 18kReads9.1Score2.5k14d adds
- 188 Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Brother-in-Law's Family 重生后，手撕恶毒弟媳一家 After Being Reborn, I Tear Apart My Vicious Younger Brother's Family 66Reads—Score414d adds
- 189 The Capital's Greatest Detective: You Call This a Lackey? 京城第一神捕，你管这叫狗腿子？ After passing the graduate school entrance exam, Xu Qing finally landed the stable government job he had always dreamed of. Only, this job was a little different from what he had imagined. He had transmigrated into the body of a constable who had just died. What's more, a tall, handsome female constable with elegant brows and bright, starry eyes took a liking to him and picked him to serve under her. Xu Qing had intended to refuse. That is, until he saw the female constable casually snap a stone 17.5kReads8.9Score1.4k14d adds
- 190 The Astonishing Female Coroner 惊华女仵作 [One-on-one, mutual devotion, ultra-sweet romance] A modern forensic doctor lands at an ancient crime scene and is branded a murderer by the Dali Court! To clear her name, sociable go-getter Wen Yu clings to Gu Yan, the powerful and influential minister of the Dali Court, while examining corpses and solving cases, all to secure herself a steady living... Who could have guessed her powerful patron would be so ruthless and capricious? His signature talent is making a small problem into a big one, 4.5kReads9.2Score68714d adds
- 191 Detective Di Renjie, Book Five 神探狄仁杰第五部 In the final years of Emperor Wu of the Tang dynasty, the capital Luoyang had finally begun to settle down. After the brilliant detective Di Renjie exposed the Burning Heaven Fire at the Shanjin Bureau, the rebellion in Youzhou, and the Blood Eagle's chain of murders, he retired from public life and settled in the Southern Market, hoping to enjoy his twilight years in peace. But when all is quiet, trouble is never far away. After a banquet in the Eastern Palace, Crown Prince Li Xian suddenly fa 629Reads8.8Score12214d adds
- 192 The Great Song Coroner, Part Three 大宋提刑官第三部 At the end of the Southern Song, Song Ci, the founding father of Chinese forensic science, resigns from office and retreats into seclusion after losing all faith in the court. He devotes himself to completing the work of a lifetime, The Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified. But the tides of the age will not let him stand apart. Mongol cavalry rides south, and the realm is shattered. In his twilight years, Song Ci is forced to return to public life. From a corruption-murder case at the Jianyang 795Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 193 Sui-Tang: I Switched Sides to Yang Guang, and He Actually Wants to Abdicate in My Favor? 隋唐：转投杨广后，竟禅位与我？ [Decisive and Ruthless + Never Looking Back + Crowned Emperor + Utterly Satisfying] After transmigrating, Wu Que chose to help the Li family achieve greatness. He and Li Xiuning fell secretly in love and pledged themselves to each other for life. But who could have guessed that the Li family would break their engagement to form an alliance with the Chai family? The cruelty of the woman he once loved and the Li family's betrayal finally opened Wu Que's eyes. There was no reason to stay with the L 13.9kReads8.3Score1.9k14d adds
- 194 The Eerie Case Coroner 诡案女仵作 A lazy salted-fish coroner who just wants to lie flat VS a workaholic commander who knows nothing about romance. They crack bizarre cases and fall in love over time. As religious sects rise to prominence, people commit murder in the name of gods and ghosts, and strange cases erupt throughout the Great Qing Dynasty. After dying from overwork, forensic pathologist Jiang Ning joins the Yuning Guard, an organization of imperial investigators, hoping to lie flat and coast along as a low-ranking nobod 1.7kReads9.2Score22614d adds
- 195 Lord Shaoqing 少卿大人 Although Shen Liuting was the eldest daughter of the prime minister’s household, she had an unusual dream: to travel through every kingdom and write a book about her journeys. On her fifteenth birthday, Shen Liuting packed her bags in the middle of the night, took her banknotes, and really did leave the country. That journey lasted a full three years... When Shen Liuting returned home on her eighteenth birthday, her parents told her they had already found her a fiancé and even had their birth da 838Reads9.3Score11414d adds
- 196 Yaya's Coin Purse: From Desolate Village to Hidden Paradise 芽芽的荷包：荒村到世外桃源 [Farming + past-and-present transmigration + adorable child + cozy business management (slice of life, no romance)] Five-year-old Yaya’s tattered purse can connect to the modern world. It starts with half a braised egg scavenged from a garbage heap, then she discovers that wild greens sell for more than gold in the modern world. From scavenging to trading, from scraping by to running a business. With a little basket on her back, she travels between two worlds. From a single braised egg to a 81.1kReads9.3Score5.6k14d adds
- 197 Gaining a Villain's Legacy, Starting with Detective Di Renjie 从神探狄仁杰开始获得反派传承 Bai Yunfei is at home watching TV, tuned to Detective Di Renjie. When he sees Hu Jinghui die, he can't help feeling that Hu Jinghui deserved better. He had peerless martial arts, yet fell for a woman like Li Qingxia. What a tragedy! That night, Bai Yunfei is taken away by the System in his sleep because his obsession runs too deep. Thus begins his journey through other worlds, experiencing different lives. With a different position in each world, he sees more and makes choices unlike the ones he 187Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 198 I Fought the Enemy, Was Sentenced to Death, and a Million Players Stormed the Capital 我抗敌被赐死，百万玩家破京城 Luo Chen transmigrates to the Great Xia Dynasty as the son of a noble family in Jiangnan. He thinks he can spend his life in ease and luxury. But then the Jurchen invade, and the land is torn apart. His father and elder brother are killed on the battlefield, and because Luo Chen insists on fighting back, the emperor sends him to the occupied territories to die. Fortunately, Luo Chen binds himself to a Player Summoning System. He can disguise this world as a game and draw players from Earth into 35.3kReads8.3Score2.6k14d adds
- 199 The Shepherd 领羊 Leading the Sheep 212Reads—Score214d adds
- 200 After the Contract Ends, Mr. Zhou Loses Control 契约到期后，周先生失控了 [Strong-Willed College Student x Aloof, Sharp-Tongued CEO] [Contractual Relationship] [Mutual Healing] [He Chases Her After the Breakup] [Happy Ending] A desperate attempt to save herself in a bar late at night brings Cen Xi face-to-face with Zhou Jin, a powerful man at the top of society. He's seen his share of people sucking up to the powerful, but her pride and backbone leave him utterly captivated. When Cen Xi, with nowhere else to turn, sets aside her pride and asks him for help, he takes a 175Reads—Score—14d adds
