Novels like Ming Dynasty Imperial Exams: From the Start, I Became the Father of Five Children
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- 101 Period: He's Set His Sights on the Village Chief's Daughter 年代：他盯上村长闺女 In 1982, in a mountain village in Northeast China, 26-year-old Cuier was widowed and raising a child. She suffered constant abuse at the hands of villains and could only endure it to protect her daughter. Her late husband’s younger brother, Erjun, returned home after leaving the army. Upright and resolute, he repeatedly stepped in to protect his sister-in-law. They warmed one another through hardship, and feelings quietly blossomed between them. At last, they had something to look forward to. Bu 9.6kReads7.9Score57614d adds
- 102 The Tang Dynasty in Turmoil: Reforged in the Year of the Fire Horse 残唐鼎沸：丙午再造 The Tumultuous Late Tang: Rebuilding in the Year of the Fire Horse 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 103 A Woman in a Man's Body: The Concubine-Born Heir's Rise to Power 女穿男，庶房嫡子的逆袭 Now available as an audiobook with a full cast. [Alternate history] + [Woman transmigrates as a man] + [Born into this world] + [Imperial exams and business in the early story] + [Court politics later on] + [One female lead, with a relatively small role] + [A touch of ensemble cast] + [No golden finger] Xie Chengxi was born into another world as the sixth son of the Xie family, a minor family in Bianjing's Grain Transport Guild. His father was the clan's rejected son, kept under pressure for yea 32.5kReads8.3Score3.5k14d adds
- 104 Yang Tinghe on the Keyboard 键盘上的杨廷和 [Yang Tinghe | Male-Centered Lead | Historical Epic | Romance and Marriage | Political Intrigue] Yang Tinghe, grand secretary of the Ming dynasty, recounts his romantic and political adventures in modern language, with a playful take on his own life. [Matchmaking Trip to Yunnan] Help Mu Cong put down the Xundian rebellion and bring the region under direct administration. [Wedding Night] My concubine climbed into my bed... [The Truth About Grain Transport] Men and women alike are beheaded. [The 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 [Male-Oriented Short Story] The Years My Wife Grew Weaker After Becoming a Magical Girl 【男频短篇】我的妻子成为魔法少女后在变弱的那些年 [Short Male-Oriented Novel] The Years My Wife Became Weaker After Turning into a Magical Girl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 As a Dad Who Can See the Future, Isn’t It Only Reasonable to Rewrite a Dead-End Fate? 作为一个有未来视的老爸，改写死局也是合理的吧？ As a dad who can see the future, isn’t it only reasonable to rewrite a doomed fate? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Lantern Light Over Chang’an 灯影照长安 Lamplight Over Chang'an 4Reads—Score214d adds
- 108 The Poor-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Won’t Marry 寒门女相：陛下，臣不嫁人 The Common-Born Female Chancellor: Your Majesty, I Will Not Marry 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 109 A Poor Scholar’s Rise Begins with Meeting the Miserable Crown Prince 寒门崛起，从遇上苦逼太子开始 [Transmigration + Imperial Exams for the Poor + No System + Lighthearted + Wits and Strategy] After transmigrating to ancient times, Tang Yin was completely dumbfounded. He'd gone to sleep and woken up as a seven-year-old kid? He lived in Peach Blossom Village, Qingzhou Prefecture, in the Great Ming, and came from a poor family? It was a disastrous start. He had to fight heaven and earth, and even deal with his awful relatives. Determined to escape the mountains, Tang Yin secretly studied at the 6.1kReads7.9Score51814d adds
- 110 Hidden Among the Immortals: The Life of Tao Hongjing 仙隐：陶弘景传 Immortal Seclusion: The Biography of Tao Hongjing 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 [Male-Oriented Short Story] I Transmigrated and Raised a Maid for Twelve Years, and Now She’s My Whole World 【男频短篇】穿越养女仆十二年，她成我命根子后 [Short Male-Oriented Novel] After Transmigrating and Raising a Maid for Twelve Years, She Became the Most Important Person in My Life 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Muscles and Heartbeats at the Gym: The Dumbbell 健身房的肌理与心跳之哑铃 Dumbbells: Muscle and Heartbeats at the Gym 1.8kReads—Score2214d adds
- 113 Everyone Thinks I’m a Demon, but My Corpse Puppets Farm Every Day 所有人都认定我是魔头，可我的尸傀每天都在种田 Everyone is convinced I'm a demon, but my corpse puppets spend every day farming. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 I Wove Brocade Using Ancient Techniques and Took the Internet by Storm 我靠古法织锦，爆红全网 I Went Viral Online with Ancient Brocade-Weaving Techniques 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 My Dad Is Su Dongpo, My Wife Is Li Qingzhao, and My Bro Is Emperor Huizong 老爹苏东坡老婆李清照老铁宋徽宗 Tags: No System, not a mindless power fantasy, meticulous historical research, slow burn, personal growth, one heroine An utterly ordinary art student transmigrates as Su Dun, the prematurely deceased youngest son of the legendary Su Dongpo. A quick calculation tells him When his father goes to Huizhou to eat lychees, he’ll be eleven. When his father goes to Hainan Island to eat clams, he’ll be fourteen. When his father is pardoned and dies in Changzhou, he’ll be seventeen. When Cai Jing erects 11.4kReads8.5Score1k14d adds
- 116 Chen Ping, Master Strategist: His Heavenly Calculations Shape the World 玄谋陈平：天机算尽定乾坤 Chen Ping's Cunning: Calculating Heaven's Secrets to Shape the World 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 To Avoid Getting Beaten, I Started Studying for the Imperial Exams 为了不挨打，开始考科举 One day, Shen Qingyun becomes the youngest son of a farming family and thinks he can spend his whole life as a freeloader. But then disaster strikes, and he faces a dire predicament: His eldest brother went off to take a temporary job, but came back dead, wrapped in a straw mat; Other families in the village have several sons, but the Shen family has only him, their sole heir; His shrewish, favoritism-prone mother, his mistreated nieces, and his stooped, adopted father all depend on him; Bearing 1.4kReads8.6Score13214d adds
- 118 Selling Vegetables and Studying, Then Becoming the Top Scholar 卖菜读书，结果高中状元 After Shen Qingfeng dies alongside the Zombie Emperor in the apocalypse, he transmigrates to an alternate dynasty called Great Chu and becomes a child in Ning'an Village. The boy, nicknamed Dog Egg, is frail from birth, suffers from heart disease, and has a lowly name. Luckily, his proper name is Shen Yu'an. After studying for a few months with the elders, Shen Yu'an decides to take the imperial examinations, only to discover that his ancestors were exiles, and the descendants of exiles for thre 5.3kReads8.9Score58814d adds
- 119 Dreams of the Golden Vase 金瓶梦迷 The moon over Linqing shines on the Customs House sails Whose romance does the Qing River hide at night? Cooking smoke drifts over Zishi Street, through centuries gone by Who still awaits that unfinished fate? Embroidered shoes shatter the bluestone path The wine's fragrance has intoxicated countless eyes Lights flicker atop Lion Tower, like the passing years Who, behind the curtain, secretly clicks the abacus? Plum blossoms in a golden vase, who pities the ill-fated beauty? A pot of springtime 2.4kReads—Score17514d adds
- 120 Song of Changgan: A Promise of Lotus Hearts 长干行·莲心许 Song of Changgan: A Lotus-Heart Promise 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Sima Jizhu: The Way of Yi Towers Over Heaven 司马季主：易道凌天 Sima Jizhu: The Way of Change Soars Above the Heavens —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 The Alien Who Transmigrated Across Three Galaxies Asked Me First: Did Zhen Huan Win? 《穿越三个星系的外星人问我的第一句：甄嬛赢了没？》 The Alien Who Traveled Across Three Galaxies Asked Me First: “Did Zhen Huan Win?” 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 The Goddess of the Luo River: Spirit of the Vast Deep 洛神赋·沧溟灵兮 Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River: Spirit of the Azure Deep 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 尸语者的纸条 A Note from the Corpse Whisperer 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 The Rhapsody of Changmen: Ashes of the Golden Moon 长门赋·金月烬 Ode to the Gate of Longmen: The Golden Moon Burns to Ashes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 The Expired Convenience Store 过期的便利店 Expired Convenience Store 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Love on the Day Gravity Reverses 《爱在引力反转日》 Love on the Day Gravity Reverses —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 [Male-Oriented Short Story] A 35-Year-Old Office Drone Transmigrates and Is Forced to Become a Magical Girl, Then Marries the Captain 【男频短篇】35岁社畜穿越后被迫当魔法少女，还娶队长 [Male-oriented short story] A 35-year-old office drone transmigrates and is forced to become a magical girl, then marries the captain. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 The History of an Embroidered Bed 绣榻野史 “The Embroidered Couch” alludes to the secrets hidden deep within women's quarters and behind brocade curtains, while “Unofficial History” signals that this book recounts court intrigues and street-side tales absent from the official record, passed around by the common folk. Through the case of an honest family in Jiangnan forced into prostitution, the novel lays bare the dark picture of the Jiajing era of the Great Ming, where officials and merchants collude, corruption runs rampant, and the pe 1.6kReads—Score13414d adds
- 130 The Childhood Friend Who Tore My Old Belt That Year Spent the Rest of Her Life, Twenty Years, Making It Up to Me 那年扯我旧腰带的青梅，耗尽二十年余生赔我 The childhood friend who tore off my old belt that year spends the rest of her life, more than twenty years, making it up to me 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 The Lamp in the Raging Storm 狂风暴雨中的那盏灯 The Lamp That Shone Through the Storm 59Reads—Score114d adds
- 132 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 我凭梦境记忆追到了梦里的老婆 I Used Memories from My Dreams to Find the Wife I Saw in Them 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 The Heavenly Secrets: The Life of Guan Lu 天机箓之管辂传 The Records of Heaven’s Secrets: The Biography of Guan Lu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 Qin Shi Huang: The Spirit Cauldron Arc 秦始皇·灵鼎篇 Qin Shi Huang: The Spirit Cauldron Arc 6Reads—Score114d adds
- 135 Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 汉狱神断：张汤传 The Divine Judge of the Han Prison: The Biography of Zhang Tang 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 136 The Digital Heavenly Court 数字天庭 A fusion of Taoism and cyberpunk: when talismans meet code and golden cores clash with algorithms, a Taoist priest ventures into a cyberpunk megacity for a quest for the Dao that spans both reality and the digital world. The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. True ascension is not about escaping this world, but facing it and changing it. Shennian Technology Group monopolizes 70% of the global brain-computer interface market. Babies routinely receive Shennian chips at three months old 21Reads—Score114d adds
- 137 The Star of Literature Falls to the Mortal Realm: Wang Bo's Legend in the Mystic Tang Dynasty 文星坠凡：王勃玄唐传 The Star of Literature Falls to Earth: Wang Bo's Mysterious Tang Dynasty 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 Chong’er Returns to Jin 重耳归晋 Chong'er Returns to Jin 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 The Young Emperor: Shunzhi 少年天子：顺治皇帝 This novel vividly recounts the short life of Fulin, the first emperor after the Qing entered the Pass. He ascends the throne at six, a puppet ruler under Dorgon’s regency, quietly gathering strength to rule in his own right amid the power struggles between Shengjing and the Forbidden City. After taking power at fourteen, he promotes a policy of “governing the Han with Han,” appoints Han officials, revises the laws, and attempts to “spread the tax burden across the population.” Yet conservative 3.1kReads7.8Score10014d adds
- 140 Love at First Sight and Careful Steps 《一见钟情与小心翼翼》 Love at First Sight and Walking on Eggshells 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 The Six Realms Era: The Hongmeng Investiture of the Gods 六界纪元：鸿蒙封神录 Heaven and Earth began in chaos. Chaos gave birth to the Limitless, the Limitless gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate, the Supreme Ultimate transformed into yin and yang, yin and yang gave rise to the five elements, and the five elements nurtured all living things. Heaven and Earth began in chaos. Chaos gave birth to the Limitless, the Limitless gave birth to the Supreme Ultimate, the Supreme Ultimate transformed into yin and yang, yin and yang gave rise to the five elements, and the five element 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Kunlun Ruins 山海经·昆仑墟 Classic of Mountains and Seas: Kunlun Ruins 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 The Mystic Sovereign of the Way of Yi: The Legend of Guo Pu 易道玄尊：郭璞传奇 The Daoist Mystic: The Legend of Guo Pu 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 What Do You Mean, Wicked Heiress? That’s How We’ll Always Love Her 什么恶毒千金，那是我们永远爱她的心 What do you mean, wicked heiress? That's the heart that will always love her. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 The Marquis of Liu Through the Ages 太玄留侯 The Great Mystery and the Marquis of Liu 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 146 The Delayed Delivery 《迟来的快递》 The Late Delivery 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Criminal Woman, Come Quickly. I'm Waiting for You in Ningguta 犯妇快来，我在宁古塔等你 A new book is now updating! Come take a look! [Alternate History + Multiple Heroines + System Space + Hunting and Farming + Conquering the World] Others are exiled to Ningguta, but Zhou Qi was born there. One day, three stunning female convicts arrived in Ningguta. One was a peerless beauty, incomparable in grace. The other two were a pair of dazzling beauties, blooming side by side. Their origins were mysterious, and their relationship even more so... And Zhou Qi's life changed from then on. Wi 5.4kReads7.6Score40014d adds
- 148 Transmigrated to the Countryside: A Young Farmer's Road to the Imperial Exams 穿越之农家独苗苗的科举之路 [Born into the Past + Farming + Imperial Exams + Fleeing Famine + Warfare] The slow-paced everyday life of a boy from a rural family in ancient times! Zhang Ping'an gets a new lease on life when he transmigrates to an ancient farming family. Fortunately, they are fairly well-off, so no one has to go hungry. He has six older sisters, and he is the only boy his parents had long hoped for. His parents favor sons over daughters, and all six sisters are fierce. He thought he was in for a story about 28.2kReads8.7Score2.7k14d adds
- 149 I Am a Liar 《我是说谎者》 I Am a Liar 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 0.7 Seconds 《0.7秒》 0.7 Seconds 3Reads—Score—14d adds
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