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- 1 Crossing the Abyss 沉渊渡 The rating is low because the novel has only just started receiving ratings and there aren’t many yet. Thank you all for your support! [Cool, gentle female physician × urbane, calculating Imperial Guard, two capable leads testing each other as deep feelings simmer beneath the surface] Fifteen years ago, Canglang Valley was consumed in a blaze of scarlet blood, while a fire in the inner palace buried the smoke and dust. Fifteen years later, the physician Shen Xuanhe left Yunwu Mountain. With a pe 184Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 2 My Dear 檀郎 Yun Nixi is implicated when her relatives’ estate is confiscated and becomes a slave. Sold to the Huan household, she serves as a personal maid to Huan Xi, a young nobleman from a distinguished family. Using the family’s inherited knack for pretending to be a spirit medium, Nixi makes money by sticking close to the young master, all while secretly admiring her cousin Shen Chong. She plans to buy her freedom, reclaim her grandfather’s farmland, and return to a life of independence. As the politic 2.3kReads8.9Score33614d adds
- 3 Can I Autopsy You? 我能解剖你吗？ “If you’re going to leave me...” “Leave your body behind...” “Don’t sneak off like last time, when I cut you into eight pieces...” “If you really have to go, give me your heart and liver. They’re no use to you anymore...” A sinister song rang out through the dark theater. At center stage, a silver wheel spun, and a shadow whirled and leaped along with it... Like a giant human music box. When the performance was over, the shadow bowed lightly and gracefully to the empty audience. “Thank you...” “ 4.9kReads9.4Score84114d adds
- 4 The Golden Butterfly's Call 金蝶引 [Complete] [Historical Romance] [Metaphysics] [Ghost Hunting] [Lighthearted Comedy] [Overlapping Timelines] [One-on-One Romance] Lin Qiao is the junior-most disciple of Changqing Temple. Born with golden eyes, she can see ghosts and glimpse the past and future. Using golden butterflies as a guide, she seeks out the obsessions of the dead and helps them pass on. When the death calamity awaiting her sixteenth birthday draws near, her master, Xie Canglan, suddenly disappears in Shengjing. Her fir 4.4kReads8.9Score78614d adds
- 5 Battling the Vermilion Gates 斗朱门 Yin Xuesu never imagined that one day she would become a surrogate, carrying a child for someone else. * “Just give my husband and me an heir. Don't entertain any improper thoughts. Remember, my husband isn't yours, and neither is the child...” But, Madam, you never told me you'd take my life from me, too. Heaven has given me another chance to live. The child was mine all along. Now your husband, your place as mistress of the household, and everything you have will soon be mine. * Primar 61.9kReads9.0Score9.5k14d adds
- 6 The Number One Courtesan 第一家伎 Ling Niang was a courtesan owned by a noble household. From the very first day she was sent to the estate, she knew her life and death depended on her master's mood. Everyone wanted to become a favorite, but all she wanted was to survive, to live long enough to see her mother again. The nobles of the capital were all so proper that even after Hong Xiu died, they had her corpse whipped. And Ling Niang endured it all, day after day, amid the nobles' show of propriety. She watched the wealthy noble 51.9kReads9.1Score6.9k14d adds
- 7 The Beast Tamer's Identity Is Exposed, and All Eight Madmen Lose Their Minds 驯兽女掉马后，八个疯批都急疯了 This book has no palace or household intrigue! The System added those tags automatically! They can't be changed for 30 days! [Battlefield intrigue + an undisputed female lead + strong heroine + 1v8 love polygon + ensemble cast + semi-historical setting + not pure wish fulfillment + no rivalry between women, only men competing for her + plot-driven] Hua Zhao, a highly overworked modern office worker, transmigrates into the body of an animal trainer and becomes the strongest fighter in Great Qi. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Snow Blankets the Capital 雪满京都 An ancient-era romance with no System, no transmigration, and no rebirth. Synopsis 1: Xue Rong thought she would marry the young man she loved and grow old with him. But then her cold and heartless master took an interest in her. The young man’s pure, simple love came to nothing, and she had no choice but to take another path. Synopsis 2: Xue Rong would never forget that winter in the twenty-fourth year of Jialong. Her usually stern and cold father was groveling at the feet of a pale, beardless 3.6kReads8.9Score42214d adds
- 9 I Don’t Want to Win Over That Chosen One 不想攻略那个气运之子 [A Seemingly Sweet, Actually Serial-Lying Cousin × A Scheming, Cold-Hearted Child of Destiny] [One-on-One Romance] After transmigrating and binding herself to a romance System, Xu Ningzhen learns that her target is a noble-born, brilliant child of destiny. She thinks she’s been handed the script of a romance novel heroine and prepares to begin her mission. A strange dream reveals a glimpse of a conspiracy. It turns out she’s only a tool. Once her mission succeeds, the System will take her place. 5.2kReads9.0Score77714d adds
- 10 Dreaming of Yun Wei 云微入梦 [Mystery + Detective Work + Political Intrigue + Soul Transmigration + Romance + Strong Female Lead] After Lin Xuan, a 21st-century master surgeon, committed suicide, she unexpectedly found herself in the body of Duan Yunwei, the daughter of the Marquis of Loyalty and Courage in the Great Yao Dynasty. Though she had forgotten her past, she used the original owner's memories to join the Imperial City Office and even rose to become its commander. She was a formidable martial artist and a brilliant 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 A Commoner's Warmth Beneath the Heavens 布衣暖天下 [In the war-torn years at the end of the Song and the beginning of the Yuan, discover how a former child bride used nimble hands as blades and cotton as her cutting edge to weave an immortal legend as the “Cotton Goddess,” who “clothed the world”!] At twelve, her family sold her for half a sack of millet. Her husband's family treated her like livestock, and when they tried to sell her again, she escaped. She hid in a Taoist temple and nearly got caught, then drifted to Yazhou, where she narrowly 55Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 The 1980s: The Northeastern Queen Takes the World by Storm 八零：东北女霸总风靡全球 The System Is Losing It! Who Told You to Feed the Multiple-Birth Pills to Pigs? Also known as: I Got Rich Raising Pigs with the Childbearing System Feel-good fiction + comedy + Northeast China + strong female lead + no romance + getting rich + patriotism Huh? Why have I transmigrated again? Song Qingli looked up, her face lighting up with excitement. She never expected to come back here! Back to the late 1970s and early 1980s in Northeast China! Only this time, she had a childbearing System that 112Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 13 Take Her, Make Her My Wife 夺她，为妻 [Complete] Please enjoy! A hundred-percent devoted-woman-and-puppy romance. No one could fail to fall for this puppy and this big sister! [Slow-Burn Romance + Both Pure and Strong + Top-Tier Romantic Tension + Fighting for Rights and Solving Cases + Romance and Career Growth + Six-Year Age Gap + Competing and Scrambling to Claim the Top Spot] [Older, brilliant, cool-headed lawyer x younger, brooding, long-suffering wolfdog] Two years ago, eighteen-year-old heartthrob Tan Wen fell in love at fir 71.2kReads9.3Score12.8k14d adds
- 14 Bloodstained Silver Hairpin 血染银簪 [Twelve Years Slaughtering Chickens, Now I Take My Blade to Chunxiang House] [Slow-Burn Historical Mystery | No Golden Finger | Not Reborn | Does Not Transmigrate] [Happy Ending] [Ensemble Cast] Shen Wan was six when she lost her family. Her father was murdered, her mother vanished, and all they left her was a silver hairpin and three words: Chunxiang House. For twelve years, she slaughtered livestock and sharpened her blade. She carried the hairpin to the capital to investigate a bloody case 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Rising with the Wind: Reborn, the Marquis's Legitimate Daughter Goes on a Rampage 同风起：重生后，侯府嫡女杀疯了 She is the daughter of a military family, unmatched in martial arts and military strategy. After marrying, she earns military honors for her husband and helps him secure the title of prince. But she never imagined the man beside her was a snake-hearted villain. After falsely tarnishing her father and brothers’ reputations, he had her killed at the Langya Waterside Pavilion. Heaven takes pity on her, granting her a new life in the body of a legitimate daughter of a marquis’s household who shares 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Deposed Empress Reborn: A Peerless Physician and Martial Artist Ascends to the Throne 废后重生：医武双绝女帝要登天 [Strong Female Lead + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Reborn for Revenge + Master of Medicine and Martial Arts + Power Couple + Empress] She was once a virtuous empress who helped him ascend the throne. In return, her entire family was executed, and she was forced to drink poison in the cold palace. Reborn at fifteen, she is a master of both medicine and martial arts, and seeks only revenge. The scumbag crown prince wants to marry her? She rejects him in public and exposes his impotence. Her scheming 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Dead Concubine Becomes the Duke’s Mansion’s Cousin Miss 死去的外室她成了国公府的表小姐 Original title: Passing as a Noblewoman [Historical ensemble cast] [Power struggles] [Not reborn] [Plot-driven] [Romance] [Male lead is sexually inexperienced] [Ensemble cast, multiple protagonists, multiple perspectives] [Pei Yuehuan and Chen Man are both heroines. The protagonist field cannot be changed after the contract is signed, so it lists the main pairing of this story.] The imperial capital holds many secrets, and much resentment. There are merchants falsely accused and thrown into pris 42.4kReads9.4Score4.6k14d adds
- 18 The Goofy Legitimate Daughter and the Aloof Top Scholar Who Dotes on Me Without Restraint 沙雕嫡女，清冷探花宠我没边 [Hilariously overactive imagination and theatrical antics × a scheming, devoted wife-spoiler] Reborn into a century-old prominent family as its legitimate daughter, Jiang Jinning only wants to make money. Her fiancé is destined to become a young lord? No thanks! He has a childhood sweetheart he treasures above all else! What she doesn't know is that the sweetheart is her. Jiang Jinning has a secret: she's secretly in love with Cui Jinhuai, the fiancé chosen for her when they were babies. She's h 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 She Kills, He Hands Her the Knife: The Princess Consort Is a Master of Medicine and Poison 她杀人，他递刀，王妃她医毒双绝 Ye Ningyou was a genius doctor in the 21st century. Her grandfather was a veteran practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, and he made her study for years so she could carry on his legacy. As a result, her greatest wish in life was to slack off and lie flat. After an accident, she transmigrated into the body of the second daughter of an ancient chancellor's household and was betrothed to Prince Jing, Mu Nanjing. After the wedding, she finally got the laid-back life she had always wanted. Bu 6.1kReads8.5Score72014d adds
- 20 Lin Chuan’an of the Dali Temple 大理寺的林初安 Historical romance + transmigration + Crime Solving + political intrigue + strong female lead + woman disguised as a man + martial world + everyday life + lighthearted tone + butterfly effect. Lin Chuan'an, a modern police detective, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a low-ranking clerk with a secret. Drawing on her modern values and experience, she gradually plunges into the whirlpool of the capital, solves one strange case after another, secures her place at court, wields power across 151Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 21 The Marquis’s Daughter Can Fly 侯府千金她会飞 Though Lin Xi was born into a marquis’s household, she grew up among the martial world. On her maternal grandmother’s sixtieth birthday, she bid farewell to her master and traveled alone to the capital to pay her respects. Unexpectedly, she stumbled upon the scene of a prince being murdered. Terrified, she put her one real talent, an escape technique, to extraordinary use and fled all the way back to the capital with a secret in tow. Once home, she dutifully took up her role as the young lady of 1.2kReads8.8Score14514d adds
- 22 Your Majesty, I’ll Conquer the World to Take Care of You 陛下，我打个天下养你啊 An alternate-world setting inspired by the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern dynasties. A serious period romance, with two formidable leads, political intrigue, and love. [A sickly marquis plots to conquer the realm, while a ruthless emperor bows to love] The story of a demon who kills people in the human world to atone for his sins. Driven by selfish desire and consumed by inner demons, her father kills his wife and daughter. Shen Yanqi is raised as a boy from childhood. An edict seeking tale 407Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 You Want to Force Me into a Political Marriage? I'll Steal a Loyal General and Turn the Tables 逼我和亲？拐个忠犬将军以下犯上 On the day she was forced into a political marriage, Yan Qinghuan eloped with the finest young man in the world. The kingdom fell, and the entire court knelt, ready to send her, the late emperor's legitimate princess, away as a sacrifice. Only the unfamiliar young general fought alone and drenched in blood for her, slaughtering a hundred cavalrymen. She tore up the edict, killed her captors, and leaped from the city wall, falling straight into his arms. Only after jumping did she remember who he 688Reads8.5Score10514d adds
- 24 After Mistaking the Forced-Love Countdown for an Affection Meter 错把强制爱倒计时当好感值后 (Realistic, with a touch of cult) Having endured hardship as a child, Lin Xinsheng worked tirelessly and valued her career more than life itself. At last, she became a star agent at a major talent agency. Still, she often felt that the people at her company had something wrong with their brains. Executives who liked playing out obsessive love stories with their subordinates, trainees carrying Systems, and artists who never thought about their careers and only wanted to play emotional tug-of-war 23.3kReads9.0Score4.6k14d adds
- 25 The Fake Princess Stumbles into the Imperial Family, Leaving the Entire Dynasty Enchanted 假皇女误闯天家，全皇朝惊艳沦陷 [Political Intrigue and a Powerful Heroine]+ [The Perfect Imposture]+ [An Ensemble of Young Characters]+ [A Sage’s Selfish Desires] Ten years ago, foreign rebels stormed into Sheng’an. The empress sacrificed herself for her country and named Princess Wei Baoning crown princess, heir to the throne. That same year, lightning struck the imperial mausoleum, and the young princess was buried in a sea of flames. No body was ever found. The following month, a new emperor ascended the throne. Over the n 48.1kReads9.4Score5.3k14d adds
- 26 Since We Cultivate Immortality, Who Needs All That Angst? 都修仙了谁还搞虐文那套？ [Absurd comedy] [So good, it’s irresistible] [Useless System] [Super-strong female lead] [An unconventional cultivation novel] After dying, Shi Yun transmigrates into the heroine of a melodramatic cultivation romance. She’s saddled with every kind of tragic love affair, and all the male leads are yandere: the deeper they love, the crueler they become. What? They’re going to rip out my heart and kidneys, too? So the whole novel is just about torturing me, huh? Shi Yun throws in the towel. 11.8kReads8.8Score1.6k14d adds
- 27 The Whole Family Transmigrates to Ancient Times, but They're All Pretending to Get Along 全家穿古代，但貌合神离一家人 [The whole family transmigrates + toxic family of origin + rejection of filial piety + selfish self-interest + me-first] Five years after escaping her family of origin, Xia Wucuo transmigrated and became a little girl in an ancient village. The ones who transmigrated with her were: Her mother, a high school graduate with a head full of feudal ideas, both pitiful and infuriating; Her father, who was obsessed with starting businesses, buried in debt, and had torn the family apart; And her younger 2.2kReads9.3Score26714d adds
- 28 The First-Rank Female Detective 一品女神捕 Ye Zhiqiu was the sole survivor of the great fire at Forbidden Mountain, an orphan who lost everything in the disaster. The friends and fellow villagers who perished in the flames became an obsession that would never leave her. She swore to find the real culprit and avenge the dead. Eight years later, the chance for revenge finally came. She resolutely entered the fray, only to be saddled with a useless, makeshift team. From then on, she never once looked favorably at Xiao Jingzhen. Xiao Jingzh 19Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 29 The Grand Justice of the Court of Justice, Courted by Every Brothel, Is a Woman 全青楼都在攻略的大理寺卿是女的 [Female-led + no romance + strong heroine + political intrigue + mystery solving] After the emperor decreed that their children were to be betrothed from birth, the Duchess of Zhenguo disguised her daughter as a boy. She kept up the act for over twenty years. As the Duke's “second son,” she could not inherit the title, so she took the imperial examinations and entered the court. Everyone said Lord Gu, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, was a heaven-sent genius. No one knew that beneat 536Reads8.1Score10414d adds
- 30 The Black Lotus of Great Ming 大明黑莲花 [Female con artist × hypocrite] The year the Jiajing Emperor ascended the throne of the Ming Dynasty, Magellan's fleet completed its circumnavigation of the globe. It was only decades later, along the eastern coast of Zhejiang, where the sea ban was in force, that a country woman happened to hear the Western theory that “the world is round.” Suddenly, she realized: If all four seas are round, then wherever you stand, you can be the center of the world. But when she looked around, women had no pa 5.9kReads9.3Score1.1k14d adds
- 31 The Great Court of Justice's Case Files 大理寺断案实录 In Yong’an Ward stands a tavern called Eastern Corner. Its proprietress is a lovely, smiling young woman who draws admiring glances from young men. One day, a handsome young gentleman arrives with a jade token to declare his affection. When he turns around, he finds the tavern full of people! “You like our young lady? Then what’s your family’s standing? What do you do for a living? Do you even have what it takes to become top scholar? Our young lady is clever and kindhearted. Only someone with b 4kReads8.7Score50514d adds
- 32 Matched with My Match 婚逢敌手 Sheng Yao marries Liang Jinghao just to have a child. Once the baby is born, they’ll go their separate ways, owing each other nothing. Sheng Yao’s mother has cancer and only a year to live. Mrs. Sheng has been widowed for half her life and lived in luxury all the while, enjoying a good life with money but no man. Her one regret is that her son Sheng Yao is still unmarried and has no heir. Sheng Yao comforts her: “There are plenty of women willing to have my child. Just tell me, would you prefer 142.7kReads8.7Score13.1k14d adds
- 33 The Coroner’s Daughter 仵作千金 [The animated series of the same name is now available] By day, she is the best forensic examiner in the Embroidered Guard. Though a woman, she is decisive and skilled: she performs autopsies, examines bones, and upholds justice. No one dares question her. By night, disguised as a man and impersonating her missing older brother, she is the capital’s most renowned physician. She treats the sick and saves lives, unwittingly capturing the hearts of countless young women and married ladies, and ear 3.7kReads8.7Score49714d adds
- 34 The Contractor Just Wants to Make Money, but the Client Insists on Flirting 乙方只想搞钱，甲方非要调情 [Alluring Beauty of the Human World x Sharp-Tongued Capital Hunter] Adapted comic-drama: Unofficial Relationship Experienced adults, both leads are virgins | Instinctive attraction | The powerful one submits | Hilarious subversion of tropes Jiang Wany: Alluring and bold, clear-eyed about money, and fond of taking on difficult challenges. Lu Cinian: A top-tier Alpha, sharp-tongued and cutting, yet devoted to her alone. With her hormones out of whack, Jiang Wany seeks out her client for some "re 49.2kReads9.2Score8.4k14d adds
- 35 I Love Playing Villains! The Whole Internet Is Begging Me to Turn Myself In! 爱演反派！全网粉丝求我去自首！ [The rating has just opened, and it’ll climb from here.] "Female lead, no romance + stories within the story + sound logic + slow pace" “Teacher Su, what kind of person do you think you are outside of your roles?” “Someone… who wants to become the person she plays.” “…” “Reporter, why have you gone quiet?” “Are you secretly calling the police?” Su Zhi, born with a twisted nature, transmigrated into the body of a washed-up, no-name actress. What did they mean by the entertainment industry pursui 26.5kReads8.8Score5.2k14d adds
- 36 The Spirits of Sangshan, Beating People Up Everywhere 桑山有灵，到处锤人 [The heroine is immortal, has a special identity and a golden finger, with several romantic interests but only one-sided feelings (though romance is not described much)] An unworthy ruler reigns, warlords divide the land, and flames of war once again engulf the Central Plains. At first, only a young male courtesan died. Few people cared about the dead courtesan, and nobody cared about the person who killed him. Then a nobleman's son died, followed by a general, a princess, and even the emperor. 4.4kReads9.2Score49814d adds
- 37 The Real Young Master Is Adored by Big Shots for His Writing 真少爷靠写文被大佬们团宠了 Su Qiao transmigrated into a book, landing in a melodramatic novel about a real young master and a fake one. In the original plot, Su Qiao, a romance novelist, would be accused of plagiarizing online author Bai Lian. After being viciously attacked online, he would apologize to Bai Lian and admit that every one of his novels was a malicious copy. His reputation in ruins, Su Qiao would eventually die in an “accident,” to everyone’s satisfaction. But it was all a scheme orchestrated by the fake you 5.8kReads9.5Score64214d adds
- 38 Fight, Fight, Fight! My Princess Consort Is Seriously Ill 打打打打，我家王妃有大病 Oh yeah! Hongguo Animation is here! (Comedy + System + ridiculous antics + a touch of ensemble cast + absurdity + putting scumbags in their place + women supporting women) Xiao Jiji, a wild woman with bipolar disorder and delusions, opens her eyes to find herself reincarnated as an unloved concubine-born daughter in the prime minister’s household. The Empress Dowager sends her to the Prince of Han’s manor with orders to assassinate the comatose Prince of Han, who has been unconscious for a year 25.5kReads8.3Score3.1k14d adds
- 39 Disguised as a Man: I Started My Career as an Advisor 女扮男装：当官从幕僚做起 [Soul transmigration, alternate world, woman disguised as a man, rise to power and riches, no romance, political intrigue, no System] Wang Qian transmigrated to the Great Zhao Dynasty. To survive, she assumed the identity of a successful candidate in the imperial examinations named Wang Qingyun and entered a prince's residence as an adviser. Once there, she discovered that the prince was plotting to become heir to the throne. The risk was too great. She had to make a run for it. Wang Qingyun: As 1.6kReads9.0Score27914d adds
- 40 A Pot from the Start: I Eat My Way to Godhood in a Cyberpunk World 开局一个锅：我在赛博世界吃成神 [Fantasy Mystery Adventure] [Light Ensemble Cast] [Passionate Battles] [Humor] [Defeating Stronger Opponents] [Archrivals] [Emperor-Centric] I am Wu Di. After topping the Battle King rankings for three years, I was poisoned by a glob of spit and reborn in another world as a dried-out corpse. At least I still have a mouth, eyes, and three hairs. Could be worse. But why do people here turn into potatoes when they die? Oh, so that's my golden finger: the Cosmic Chef God. Every creature that dies an 2kReads8.4Score42414d adds
- 41 The Campus Heartthrob Is Flawed, but He's Not for Sale 校草全瑕，但不出 [A fragile little flower who's actually a female ghost + a handsome but puppy-like campus heartthrob + reborn + college + high summer] [A painful coming-of-age campus romance: it's time to make the male lead suffer] Jian Wuxia is the heroine of a painful coming-of-age campus romance. She goes through it all: a car accident, dropping out of school, rumors, bullying, and the death of a friend. She doesn't care. As long as the male lead loves her, that's enough. Her love moves the heavens, and Jian 2.3kReads9.4Score39914d adds
- 42 Sole Possession of Spring: Stones from Other Mountains 独占春：他山之石 [Also known as: When My Late Husband Returned, My Stepson Went Mad!] "Both leads are virgins + Younger male lead + He’s been plotting this for a long time" Lin Yitao became a widow at seventeen. To continue the family line, her husband’s family adopted a young boy and made him her legitimate son. The boy was exceptionally gifted, and under her guidance he quickly went from an unknown nobody to the celebrated Jade Carver of the capital. No one knew that the Jade Carver was steadily plotting to ma 19.6kReads9.0Score3k14d adds
- 43 A Killer Switched Careers to Mystery and Deduction in an Infinite-Flow World? 杀手在无限流转行做悬疑推理了？ [Infinite-flow + strong female lead + no romance + mystery and mind games + female lead is somewhat of a lone wolf + a touch of ensemble cast + no degrading terms for women + Chinese mythology + imaginative suspense + 99% female cast] (The book uses “deity” and “goddess” interchangeably. If you object to even a single use of “goddess,” this may not be for you. No word-policing, please.) “Here are four deities for you to follow: Heng Wo, Goddess of the Moon; Xi Wangmu, the Kunlun War God; and Jiu 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 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 5.5kReads8.8Score1k14d adds
- 45 When Spring Rests on the Pillow 枕春时 Li Zhichun came from a humble family. She was lucky enough to marry into the powerful Wei family and become engaged to their eldest son. She heard that Wei Nancheng had landed a job in Shuntian Prefecture, where he showed no mercy when executing criminals. He was known as the Jade-faced Yama. Li Zhichun was timid and had no grand ambitions. She didn't dare reach for Wei Nancheng and only wanted to marry into the Wei family as the second son, Wei Xinian's wife! The second young master Wei was a s 19.1kReads8.6Score2.5k14d adds
- 46 The Dead Cross the River at Chang’an 长安尸渡 A detective story whose heroine can perform autopsies and solve cases. Once her period of mourning was over, Wen Qingning packed her bags and returned to Chang’an, only to find that her fiancé, Shen Muhuai, had not only taken a concubine but also married a new wife. His household was practically a garden in full bloom. Shen Muhuai gazed at Wen Qingning tenderly. “A Ning, I took a concubine for your sake and married a new wife for your sake! A Ning, I did it all for you!” Wen Qingning looked at S 18.9kReads9.1Score2.9k14d adds
- 47 A Small-Town Exam Crammer's Guide to Cultivating in an Immortal Sect 乡毋宁小镇做题家仙门修炼指南 [No romance, strong heroine, ensemble cast, grassroots heroine’s growth, rural girls saving the world] While cramming for exams late into the night, small-town exam ace Jiang Zhu transmigrates into a cultivation world, inhabiting the body of a poor village girl who also happens to be named Jiang Zhu. The Immortal Sect entrance exam is only six months away. Your current assignments are: Intermediate History of the Immortal Sects, Elementary Demon Language, Five Years of Cultivation and Three Year 21.8kReads9.3Score3.4k14d adds
- 48 Young Master Ning 公子宁 [Disguised as a man + sweet romance and political intrigue + born into an alternate world] Yan Ning is born into the alternate Great Shuo Dynasty as the “young master” of a general's household. It's hell from the start: her grandfather wants a male heir, so her parents decide to tell everyone they had a son. Her greatest wish: to eat her fill, do nothing, and live in peace. That is, until she meets the legendary God of War, Prince Pei Shuohan. He's cold and abstinent, and keeps everyone at a dis 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 My Lord, Please Take This Challenge 相公请接招 Ruyu didn’t know where she came from, and she had never harbored any lofty ambitions. Her favorite thing to do was use her invisibility skill after nightfall to eavesdrop on other people. Wang Erlang had been made to kneel by his wife again; Madam Zhou had actually starved herself unconscious in an attempt to lose weight… Ruyu had so much gossip to share, but no one to share it with. She felt lonely. That is, until she became friends with Shao Jiyan. He taught her to read and write, and kept 1.4kReads9.4Score18414d adds
- 50 The Ghostly Jade Shadow 玉影鬼差 [Underworld Investigator + County Magistrate] One is silver-tongued, the other meticulous... Was their meeting a calculated approach or a fateful encounter? Liang Yu is a ghostly constable in the Nine Netherworlds Office of Judicial Review. A white stone allows her to travel between the realms of the living and the dead. At the request of departed souls, she takes care of matters in the human world, helping them let go of their attachments and enter the cycle of reincarnation. Yet she has a past 63Reads—Score—14d adds
