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- 1 The Little Maid's Rise: Farming with the God of War 小丫鬟逆袭：带着战神去种田 Other people transmigrate, and so does she. Other people become princesses or consorts; at worst, they’re daughters of noble families. But she transmigrates into the body of a lowly maid. The only lifeline heaven gives her is a golden finger: a pocket dimension. Sigh! With a long sigh, she has no choice but to accept her fate for now. Then, in the midst of her bleak days, a super-handsome man appears: a general just returned from the battlefield. Right, if she wants to turn her life around, she 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Back to Ancient Times as a Maid 回到古代当丫鬟 Wen Ning is the perfect maid, as long as she doesn't run into Ning Shao. After opening her eyes in an unknown dynasty, Wen Ning finds herself a princess's personal maid. She plans to become the perfect maid in every way, but there's always someone who keeps getting in her way and making her lose her composure. She can't stand it anymore, so she'll just marry him. Then let's see how he plans to stop her. Ning Shao has been solitary since childhood, devoting himself to the study of medicine. But e 9Reads—Score214d adds
- 3 A Maid's Path to Noble Rank 丫鬟的诰命之路 Farming novel + self-reliant protagonist + a touch of ensemble cast + no golden finger + not a wish-fulfillment story An unexpected car accident sends ordinary Duan Yun astray into the Great Zhou dynasty. She becomes Duan Erjie, a hereditary servant of the Gu household. In this era, she does her best to protect herself and look after her family, but is forced to become a concubine. She suffers a difficult birth and is hastily wrapped in a straw mat and buried. After she dies, she thinks everythi 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Sold from the Start, A Jin Becomes a Senior Maid! 开局被卖，阿锦她当上大丫鬟了！ Just after graduating from college, Zhang Jin accidentally transmigrates into the youngest daughter of Widow Liu in Zhangjia Village. Before she can figure out what is going on, her "black-hearted uncle" sells her to a human trafficker! Fortunately, she is sold to a wealthy household: the Duke of Rong's manor! At first, Zhang Jin only wants to work hard to become the head maid serving the madam, get back her contract of sale, and find a good match. Then she can rise from a lowly servant to a lif 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn as a Pretty Maid: The Mountain Man’s Cherished Country Bride 重生俏丫鬟：山里汉独宠小农妻 After Lianqiao dies a tragic death, she is reborn and vows to uphold the professional ethics of a maid in this life: she absolutely will not look at the Meng family's young master. Goal one: save enough money to buy her freedom. Goal two: buy some land and become a landlord's wife. As for Du Zhong, Lianqiao secretly rejoices, considering him an unexpected bonus. After they marry Du Zhong: “My dear, here is everything I own. From now on, you can manage it all.” Lianqiao: “Aren't you afraid I'll t 53Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 I Transmigrated to Become a Maidservant Beside the Reborn Heroine 穿越到重生女主身边当丫鬟 Su Miao, a modern travel enthusiast, accidentally transmigrates into the body of a maid who was beaten to death for trying to climb into her master’s bed. After fighting her way to the position of senior maid, she puts her hands on her hips and sighs, “Life isn’t easy.” Her young mistress, her new boss, is gentle and even-tempered, a beautiful woman with a kind heart. Thinking about the high pay, light workload, and chance to slack off now and then, Su Miao grins like a sunflower. But on her ver 40Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Reforming the Wicked Little Maid 改造恶毒小丫鬟 This is a work of fiction set in an imaginary world. The heroine is self-reliant and independent. There’s nothing wrong with wanting a better life, but making others pay for your dreams is out of the question. See how the Reform System turns a greedy, vicious little maid into a success, helps her earn her freedom and return home, and then find ways to give her family a better life, as she and the person she loves walk hand in hand toward a happy future. Note: The heroine is sold into servitude a 118Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 8 After Becoming a Maid, All I Want Is to Save Enough to Buy My Freedom 穿成丫鬟后，我只想攒钱赎身 After an accident, she transmigrated into the body of a lowly maid in a marquis's manor. She thought she would have to make her way alone in the manor. But to her surprise, her best friend had transmigrated there too. After they reunited, she decided to make the best of things and resolved to be a good maid, save as much money as she could, and buy her freedom as soon as possible. But she never expected the splendor of the manor to change someone's original intentions. Even best friends could tu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 After Becoming a Maid in Ancient Times, I Worked Hard 穿到古代当丫鬟后我认真工作 [Fictional Dynasty] Song Heyun transmigrates into the body of a low-ranking maid in the Ruyang Marquis's residence, in an obscure dynasty. She isn't disappointed that she hasn't become a princess or a consort. Before transmigrating, she had cancer and little time left to live. Now, she's perfectly content just to have a healthy body. Since she's here, she'll make the best of it. She handled the high-pressure workplace of the modern world with ease, so surely she can deal with an ancient one. How 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Peace and Plenty for Sui Sui 穗穗安康 [Alternate Ancient Setting + Reborn from Birth + Family Life + Slow and Steady + Ensemble Cast] This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel, so if that's what you're looking for, please move along! The rating has only just come in, so it'll rise later! The heroine has no golden finger and no life full of lucky breaks, just the quiet life of an ordinary person. There are no other transmigrators in the story. Any technological advancements are the result of this fictional world's own technological develop 10.3kReads8.8Score1.1k14d adds
- 11 The Little Maid of the General’s Manor Becomes a Court Lady 将军府的小丫鬟成女官了 [Alternate History, Slow Burn, Female Growth, Everyday Family Life, Male Lead Appears Late, Ensemble Cast, Light Political Scheming] Theme: Keep striving and never give up. She should have been this year's top humanities student. Clutching her report card, which ranked her third in the whole city, Lin Meishuang did the math in the July sunshine: a kind benefactor had paid her first year's tuition, and if she tutored children for two months over the summer, she could cover her living expenses for 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Transmigrated: The Maidservant's Rise to Power 穿越，通房丫鬟要逆袭 [Transmigration + Maid + General + Lighthearted Comedy] Huo Hanlin had temporarily driven back the Western Crossbow Army. As he rested his troops, rumors began circulating around camp every few days. “I heard there’s a young man at the medical clinic in town who’s as pretty as a woman.” “Have you heard? There’s a young military doctor at the clinic who’s great at telling stories. He makes them sound so vivid that one man with a broken leg got up and threw a fierce set of one-legged punches as so 69Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 13 Young Master Chi's Maid Bride 池公子的丫鬟娘子 Jiang Yao brings a one-cubic-meter portable space with her when she transmigrates into the body of an orphan whose parents have both died. She has no choice but to become a third-class maid named Congdan at the Duke of Yu's estate in the Great Sheng Dynasty, where a colorful life as a servant begins... [Farming, soul transmigration, 1v1 romance, space] 782Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Marquis’s Estate Maid Is Busy Farming 侯府丫鬟种田忙 In her previous life, Cuizhu refused to be sent back to the countryside to marry a poor farmer, so she climbed into her master’s bed. Though she got her wish and became a concubine, she ultimately died in a mass grave. Given another chance by fate, Cuizhu decides to find an honest man and live a good life. She is Cuizhu, and she should live freely and resiliently in the mountains. 81Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 15 I Became a Maid in the Marquis's Household, So I Packed Up and Ran Away 穿成侯府丫鬟，我选择卷铺盖跑路 Liu Xinglan was a military doctor. She died while rescuing people on the battlefield. When she opened her eyes again, she was a maid attending the old madam of a marquis's household. And so began her delightful days of eating, gossiping, watching the drama, and waiting for death to take her. When the heir's concubine asked her to help her escape, she turned around and reported her. Then she thoughtfully handed her a stick and asked, “Which leg should I break?” Her original goal was always to mak 1.3kReads6.8Score10314d adds
- 16 The Young Maid of a Wealthy Family 千金小丫鬟 After waking up, she found herself transmigrated into the body of a young maid who had grown up sheltered by a life of wealth and privilege. 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 The Maid's Life of Wealth and Glory 小丫鬟的富贵荣华 (Born into the world in the womb + Maid + Ensemble Cast + Daily Life + Slow-Paced Story) Yun Ge was born into a farming family. Her life was peaceful and warm until a famine forced her to sell herself into servitude. She planned to save up enough to buy her freedom, then purchase a shop or some farmland and live a quiet life of her own. But after Yun Ge sold herself into servitude, she became a maid in the Marquis's household and was raised in luxury, cared for like a young lady. Once, while wat 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Transmigrated as a Maid, I Slay Them All with My Inner Voice! 穿越丫鬟，靠心声杀疯了！ [Transmigration + lighthearted + the whole household can hear inner thoughts + helping the master + hard work + chance encounters + alternate history] Armed with nothing but a rag and a broom, she uses her inner thoughts to help the marquis’s family avert disaster from the start! The heroine is an ordinary, unsuccessful online novelist who set herself a goal of writing ten thousand words a day. She writes all day and gets nowhere, until she accidentally transmigrates into a brutally tragic novel 146Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 19 Transmigrating to Ancient Times: A Young Maid’s Rise in the Marquis’s Household 穿越古代之侯府小丫环升职记 Shen Baizhi, a modern-day office drone who grew up in an orphanage, has just paid off her mortgage and car loan. She thinks she can finally enjoy an easy life, but in an instant, she transmigrates to a dynasty that never existed in history and becomes Shen Sanya, a five-year-old girl from Shenjia Village. That isn't even the worst of it. The worst part is that her compulsive-gambling father is about to sell her to a brothel. To avoid being sold to a brothel, Shen Baizhi turns to her grandmother 28.6kReads8.3Score3.1k14d adds
- 20 A Pitiful Girl from the Start, I Sold Myself into a Prestigious Household as a Maid 开局小可怜，自卖高门当丫鬟 Yu Yun survived in the post-apocalyptic world for five years, then was accidentally killed when she went out one day. After death, she transmigrated to an imaginary dynasty. Before she could even be happy about her transmigration, Yu Yun discovered she was an orphan dependent on her relatives. Her uncle was planning to marry her off in place of her cousin to a fool in a neighboring village in exchange for bride-price money, wringing the last bit of value out of her. Yu Yun couldn't put up with t 944Reads—Score10214d adds
- 21 The Personal Maid to a Timid Young Lady 穿成窝囊小姐的贴身丫鬟 After waking up from a deep sleep, Wen Zimo discovers she's transmigrated into the maidservant of a young lady! What? A book appears from the start, telling her she'll be dead in three days?! Can she put up with that? Not a chance. She gives up and does nothing! Maybe she can transmigrate back! Who knew that after lazing around for a while, she wouldn't die after all? Even more surprising, she gets a reward! Wen Zimo is very pleased! But... Why has that book appeared again...? 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Transmigrated as a Maid in the Prime Minister’s Residence 穿越之相府小丫鬟 After transmigrating into the body of a young maid, all she wants is to laze around and coast through life. Since they have the same face, she pours her heart out to the young lady as if she were her best friend. In the end, they fall for the same man and become rivals in love. Sigh, she’s tired of it all. She’ll find a beautiful, scenic place to settle down, make a fortune, earn gold, enjoy delicious food every day, and admire handsome men wherever she goes. Wait, you? She’s already dumped you, 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn as a Background Maid? Then I’m Going to Slack Off 穿成背景板丫鬟？那我可要摸鱼了 [Maid's rise to success + gradual progression + slow burn and pacing + beloved by all later on + System + multiple male leads + light household intrigue and political scheming + ensemble cast] After Jiang Mo died suddenly and woke up again, she discovered that she had become an insignificant background character in a reborn heroine's story. Just as she was worrying about how to settle down in this unfamiliar world, she unexpectedly bound herself to a sign-in System. Not only could she sign in 1.1kReads7.1Score12114d adds
- 24 The Little Maid and the Embroidered Uniform Guard 小丫鬟和锦衣卫 Xia Chu’s whole family are hereditary servants of a marquis’s household. If nothing changes, her descendants will be servants there too. So she has always had a goal: she doesn’t want to spend her whole life as a maid. She wants to buy her freedom, acquire a house and land, and become a little rich woman in ancient times. It’s an ambitious goal, so for now she can only start out as the young lady’s personal cook. But the brocade-clad guard chief next door insists on making advances toward her. W 3.3kReads8.4Score30214d adds
- 25 Yanran the Maid 丫鬟嫣然 Before she turned eleven, Zheng Yanran thought her family would protect her and that she would live a carefree life forever. After she turned eleven, she learned that as a hereditary servant of the marquis's household, her life and death were in her master's hands... 9Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 26 A Palace Maid’s Path to Prosperity After Leaving the Palace 小宫女出宫后的致富道路 [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no transmigration, fictional setting, everyday life] (I’m planning to start a new novel in mid-to-late October~ Please show it lots of support~~~) A treacherous imperial palace? I won't stay. A life lived on tenterhooks? I don't want it. After nine years in the palace, Shen Pan'er has finally risen to become a second-rank palace maid in the Imperial Food Bureau. But just because the Third Prince looks at her once, she's demoted overnight back to a third-ra 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Don't Mess with the Modern Maid, She Can Really Destroy Heaven and Earth! 别惹现代丫鬟，她真能毁天灭地！ Born beneath the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, New Xia has no slaves! Everyone in New Xia is equal! When danger strikes, Mu Qing descends from the sky and saves Liu Meng and the orphanage. Liu Meng is so grateful she could cry. But when Mu Qing finishes taking care of everything, turns around, and calls her "Miss" over and over, while referring to herself as "your servant," Liu Meng freezes on the spot. Liu Meng: "Officer, can she still turn herself in?" Mysterious bloodlines emerge 112Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A Chronicle of Life in the Inner Residence 后宅起居注 [Ensemble Cast + Light Inner-Residence Drama + Everyday Life + Slow-Burn Development] After transmigrating into a family of officials in the Northern Song dynasty, You Xi is suddenly grateful to have ended up in the body of Xi Jie, the youngest daughter of Hua Mama, who shares her name. She may not have the enviable identity of a favored daughter of heaven so common in online novels, but at least she isn't a poor commoner or a destitute beggar. Having food and clothes, with parents who love her 1.3kReads7.2Score13614d adds
- 29 The Heir's Maidservant with Superhuman Strength 世子爷的怪力小丫鬟 The great general, a woman disguised as a man, retires from the army, resumes wearing women’s clothes, and is on the verge of discussing marriage when her entire household is massacred. By a twist of fate, she returns to life in someone else’s body and becomes a maid in the Changyuan Marquis’s household. This maid is a troublemaker through and through, even making a mess of her own life. And now she’s gone and tried to seduce the murderous young heir of the Changyuan Marquis’s household? She mus 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Behind the Red Silk Curtains 红绡帐里 Old Madam Sheng has four beautiful, capable senior maids by her side: Banxia is steady and reserved, Baolian is a clever schemer, Zisu is lively and innocent, and Lanxiang is frail and easily bullied. Amid the many upheavals in the Sheng household, each of them meets a different fate. Their contrasting personalities lead them to make different choices when it comes to marriage. Are their destinies shaped by their natures, or are they simply at the mercy of circumstance? Can they change their lot 409Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 31 Beauty with a Backbone, The Noblewoman Returns 红颜娇骨，贵女归来 [One-on-one romance + devoted male lead who openly favors her + sweet romance + no transmigration or rebirth + household intrigue and revenge] Pei Jingzhao, the legitimate son of the Marquis’s household, is famous for his cool restraint and lack of interest in women. He says, “How could I let someone else sleep beside me? Wouldn’t two people be terribly cramped?” Yet that very night, he takes Chun He to his bedroom… She thought he would never fall for any woman, but Pei Jingzhao falls hard, 62Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 32 After Buying Her Freedom, the Little Maid Happened to Pick Up a Young Lord 小丫鬟赎身后，随手捡了个世子爷 [Transmigration, pocket dimension, alternate setting, one-on-one romance] Su Tang’s dream was to be rich enough to eat and drink without worry. Who would’ve thought she’d transmigrate one day and become a little maid? Su Tang figured this wouldn’t do at all. Of course, the best plan was to run away. But the original owner’s identity made escape impossible, so Su Tang had no choice but to stay and earn money to buy her freedom. At long last, she saved enough silver, dusted herself off, and left. 228Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 33 Born into Servitude: A Sparrow Nesting on a Cold Branch 家生子：寒枝栖雀 #A Bondmaid’s Rise #The Ultimate Sapiosexual #A Clear-Eyed Heroine’s Growth #Career Advancement in Ancient Times At the Cui residence in Jing’an, the first seventeen years of Hanzhi’s life as a bondmaid read like a precisely kept ledger: her father was a steward of the outer compound, her mother an old servant of the madam, and the best future she could hope for was to marry a fellow servant and carry on the generations-old “respectability” of servitude. Then her fine handwriting earned her a 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Prince’s Manor Maid Returns to Her Hometown 王府的婢女回乡啦 Transmigration + farming + a nearly useless pocket dimension Zhou Yueqiao transmigrated and was born as a little country girl. Her life was a disaster from the start, and that wasn’t even the worst of it. During a drought, her grandparents kicked the whole family out, and they nearly starved to death. Seeing her foolishly filial father, timid mother, older brother with a broken leg, and younger siblings on the brink of starvation, she gritted her teeth and sold herself. From then on, she became 1.8kReads7.0Score13014d adds
- 35 The Marquis’s Manor Maid Wants to Buy Her Freedom 侯府丫鬟想赎身 The heroine, Zhao Qingqing, transmigrates to ancient times and becomes the eldest girl of the Zhao family’s second branch. As soon as she arrives, they have to flee a famine. Her hard-hearted grandmother looks at the five-year-old burden and decides to sell her for two jin of millet. She is sold to the Marquis’s household as a maid and works hard to earn her freedom. 1.1kReads6.6Score10114d adds
- 36 A Former Maid's Farming Life After Leaving the Manor 古代出府丫鬟种田记 [The rating just came out and will rise + farming + native heroine + no golden finger + building a fortune] Cheng Fuer was unexpectedly sold and spent ten years as a servant girl. At last, she traded a scar for her freedom and left the household. When she returned home, she found everything had changed. Her elder brother was in prison, her sister-in-law was frail, her nephew was mute, and the family home was dilapidated, without even an iron pot... Cheng Fuer waved it off. None of that mattered. 434Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 37 The Rough-Hewn Man's Darling 糙汉家的小娇娘 Furong has spent both her lives doing backbreaking labor. After finally saving up for a car and a house, she hadn’t even had a proper romance when she woke up as Yang Daya of Yang Family Village. Before she could figure out what was going on, she was sold to the Qin family as a maid. She worked her way into the young master’s room, coming within a step of becoming a concubine, but she still hadn’t taken that step by the time the young master’s principal wife arrived. With no chance of promotion, 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Mute Maid Returns, and the Prince Begs for Her Forgiveness 哑婢归来，王爷俯首求原谅 Qin Xiang spent ten years by Mu Qingchen's side, accompanying him on campaigns and helping him establish himself. She was the most secret and long-standing woman in his bed. But in the game of political intrigue, she was ultimately just a pawn he could sacrifice. To carry out his grand plan, Mu Qingchen casually handed her over to the chancellor, Fu Yanchuan. She tried to take her own life by striking her head against a pillar, but failed. Trapped in the chancellor's residence, she endured endle 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 Miss, Please Follow Procedure Before You Harm Someone 小姐，害人前请先走流程 [Clear-Eyed Working Maid x Love-Struck, Spoiled Young Lady x Gentle but Unhinged Original-Novel Hero] [Transmigrate into a Book + Cannon Fodder Survival + Ancient-Era Survival Guide + Everyone Has Their Wits About Them + Female Growth + Ensemble Political Intrigue + Subverting the Usual Tropes] After He Ruoruan was hit by a car, she transmigrated into a book, becoming a little maid in an ancient romance novel. Worse, she was the unlucky maid serving the villainous young lady Qiao Yiqing. She del 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Maid's Daily Life: From Menial Servant to First-Class Attendant 丫鬟日常，从粗使到一等那些事儿 At first, Sheng Xia was just a maid in the Duke of Yan's household. All she wanted was to become a first-class maid by the madam's side and earn a little more money. She never expected the Duke of Yan's household to succeed in its rebellion, and her own status to rise along with it. Her future husband even went from being a servant to a minor official. But people change. Her future husband, now a minor official, wanted to climb higher and told her to become his concubine. Sheng Xia was furious! 666Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 41 The Low-Ranking Maid Sent Away with a Pocket Dimension 带着空间被发配的粗使丫环 [Transmigration + golden finger + farming + stockpiling grain + business + beloved by adorable children + marriage before love] [A story about people with no blood ties who become closer than family. Please read with care if that bothers you!!!] Shen Ruyi hadn’t done a thing. She went to sleep and woke up as a low-ranking maid in a marquis’s household in a fictional dynasty. Not just any maid, either: she was one of the lowest-ranked servants, assigned to menial chores. Fortunately, she still 10.3kReads7.9Score62714d adds
- 42 The Senior Maid’s Guide to Climbing the Ranks 大丫鬟升职手册 [Alternate Universe] [Slow Burn] [No Transmigration, Rebirth, or Wish Fulfillment] [1v1] From a little maid whom anyone could pick at will from a slave trader, to the trusted personal maid of the Grand Secretary’s wife, to the owner of the Yun Embroidery Workshop, and finally to Empress Xiaohuiwen, posthumously honored by the founding emperor of the new dynasty, Yun Yan is like a tenacious blade of grass: she never gives in. Author’s note: 1. The heroine has no secret noble identity. She is an o 4.5kReads8.8Score50114d adds
- 43 The Seductive Maid's Soft Allure Is More Than the Marquis Can Handle 通房香软媚骨，侯爷招架不住 [Native-born heroine vs. transmigrated heroine + reborn heroine] Chuying was born the daughter of an official. After her father was convicted and exiled, she was demoted to a low-ranking servant in the marquis's household. She planned to save up enough money, earn the old madam's favor, reclaim her contract of indenture, and leave the marquis's household to live a carefree life. But by an unfortunate twist of fate, the marquis forced himself on her. She meant to play dumb and pretend nothing had 992Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 44 Dream of the Red Chamber: A Maid's Everyday Life 红楼之小丫鬟的日常 [The everyday life of an ordinary maid working hard to save money and improve her life. Pure slice-of-life farming, with no major ups or downs.] Su Ran wakes up one day in the body of a little girl who's about to be sold. What? She's even ended up in Dream of the Red Chamber. All she can do is pull herself together and try to make a good life for herself... [The heroine is just an ordinary person, with no power to change the fate of the Twelve Beauties. No character is vilified, and everyone has 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Little Maid Has a Pocket Dimension and Quietly Makes a Fortune 小丫鬟有空间，闷声发大财 [Historical Romance + Household Intrigue + Minor Golden Finger + Clear-Headed and Independent Heroine + Pocket Dimension] Lin He was all alone. She had just taken the college entrance exam and was still waiting for the results of ten years of hard study when she died unexpectedly. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated into the Great Jing dynasty as a lowly maid registered as a slave. With no rights, family, or friends, she huddled alone in a shabby room at the slave market, waiti 12.9kReads7.0Score95314d adds
- 46 Yanran, Maid of the Marquis's Household 侯府丫鬟嫣然 Before she turned eleven, Yanran thought she could live a peaceful life under her parents' protection. After turning eleven, she learned that, as someone born into the household of a marquis, she couldn't escape her fate. 182Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 47 A Little Maid’s Daily Struggle 小丫鬟奋斗日常 [A little maid struggles to survive in a grand estate and dreams only of freeing herself from her indenture, in a fictional historical setting] Qing Yun transmigrates overnight into the body of a little girl who has just been sold to a broker. In a year of famine, a single dou of rice changes Qing Yun's fate, turning her from a farmer's daughter into a menial maid in an official's household. In the depths of a grand estate, life is as cheap as grass. Qing Yun stays on high alert, afraid of losin 1.4kReads8.7Score10114d adds
- 48 A Maid's Rural Life After Leaving the Household 出府小丫鬟的农家日子 The young master of the Qian household is gravely ill. An old monk predicts that no one born in the Year of the Tiger can remain in the household, so Taohua, a young kitchen maid, is dismissed and returns to Little River Village. But this time, things won't go as they did in her previous life: she won't have her reward money stolen or be married off to her cruel cousin. This time, Taohua will use her cooking skills to earn money and give her parents and eldest brother a better life. 1.1kReads7.7Score10814d adds
- 49 The Little Maid of a Prestigious Family 高门小丫鬟 Shen Xing'er wakes up one morning to discover that she has transmigrated, and into the very novel she loves most! Worse, she's the cannon-fodder supporting female character! Watch her rise from a minor side character to the heroine of her own story, from a household-born servant to a first-rank lady, and from an ordinary commoner after leaving the estate to a wealthy landowner! No angst, no over-the-top drama, just a slow, steady story that makes sense. Come on in! 737Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 50 Dream of the Red Chamber: Qingwen Reborn as a Consort 红楼重生之晴雯为妃 [Dream of the Red Chamber fanfiction + rebirth + not a sweet romance] Given a second life, Qingwen sets out on the road to turning her fortunes around! Hua Xiren hints that she should try to seduce Baoyu? Qingwen turns the tables and makes Lady Wang witness the pair’s scandalous affair with her own eyes. An old servant spreads rumors that she seduces men? With a flick of her finger, Qingwen gets the whole woman’s family exiled three thousand li to the northwest. Lady Wang scolds her for being ar 143Reads6.6Score—14d adds
