Novels like You Made Me Grand Secretary, So I Turned the Wanli Emperor into a Lucky Charm
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- 1 The Empress's Extremely Corrupt Chief Grand Secretary 女帝的巨贪首辅 Jiang Chen transmigrates to a parallel Great Zhou, founded in another world by Emperor Mu, and becomes a vice minister in the Ministry of Personnel. But just as his predecessor's corruption and bribery are exposed, Jiang Chen discovers that the emperor is a woman. Facing certain death, he has no choice but to cover his past mistakes with great deeds. Putting down the rebellion of the hundred southwestern tribes is Jiang Chen's only chance to establish himself in the court of this otherworldly dy 136Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 2 You Asked to Break Off Our Engagement. Now That I'm Emperor, You're Begging to Get Back Together 退婚你提的,我当皇帝你又求复合 Xiao Ning transmigrates as an idle prince and hopes to live a leisurely life. But the old emperor, who has no heir, unexpectedly dies, and Xiao Ning suddenly receives an edict naming him the next emperor! Everyone knows him as a debauched, shameless, good-for-nothing playboy. But when Xiao Ning enters court, the whole realm is suddenly awakened to the truth! This young prince isn’t as simple as he seems! He is the sword-bearer of Luojian Mountain Manor, one of the realm’s three great sword manor 3.6kReads7.7Score314Shelves
- 3 Fake Eunuch: With More Children, More Blessings, I Thrive 假太监:多子多福的我如鱼得水 [Comprehensive Martial Arts + History + Transmigration + More Children, More Blessings + Alternate History + Martial Arts] Lin Chen accidentally transmigrated into the Tang Empire and was saved by Eunuch Hai. From then on, he rose steadily through the ranks, step by step. See how he navigates the imperial court, gains power over the government, dominates the martial world, and stands unrivaled beneath the heavens... 13.9kReads8.1Score691Shelves
- 4 I Have 800,000 Private Soldiers. Is the Emperor Forcing Me to Surrender Them? 私兵80万,皇帝逼我交兵权? With 8,000 private troops, the emperor demands I surrender my military command. I, a loyal subject, could never harbor disloyal intentions! With 80,000 private troops, the emperor demands I surrender my military command. I am a man born between heaven and earth. How could I spend my life languishing beneath another? With 800,000 private troops, the emperor demands I surrender my military command. My whole life, I have received Heaven's mandate, and may my reign be everlasting! Chen Huai'an's sou 33.6kReads7.2Score1.6kShelves
- 5 The Invincible Prince of Qin 无敌六王爷 [Farming + Lighthearted Comedy + Political Intrigue] Qin Feng transmigrated to the Great Qing Dynasty and became a prince ruling the frontier lands of Liao. After spending six years building his own ideal city, he planned to live the carefree life of a leisurely prince. But then his father, whom he had never even met, impersonated an imperial envoy and secretly slipped into Qin Feng’s fief. Coal, paved roads, apartment blocks, communal kitchens, and an ironworks! Confronted with this strange nor 15.5kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 6 A Million Soldiers on the Northern Frontier, and the Empress Begs Me Not to Rebel 北境拥兵一千万,女帝跪求别造反 This novel has been adapted into the short drama Spear of Winter Shatters the Firmament. [First Emperor + insanely satisfying troop recruitment + Great Qin Empire] Qin Yuan transmigrated to ancient times and became the empress’s childhood friend. He poured his heart and soul into helping the empress, raising her to the pinnacle as ruler of all under heaven and making the Great Qian Dynasty the center of a thousand nations! The Embroidered Uniform Guard above surveyed the realm, while the Unnatur 11.3kReads8.6Score1.2kShelves
- 7 Great Xia: Summon the Web from the Start and Subdue the Martial World 大夏:开局召唤罗网,镇压江湖 [System] + [Invincible] + [Conquest] + [Summoning] + [Decisive and Ruthless] + [Sign-In] As the fifth prince of Great Xia, Xia Taige had hoped to live a quiet life and enjoy himself. Unfortunately, the damn System wanted him to bring the martial world to heel! [ Ding! Since ancient times, martial artists have used their strength to defy the law! The martial world disregards the imperial court and acts as it pleases. The System will not tolerate such an overpowered existence!!! ] [ Ding! Congratu 31.9kReads8.1Score1.5kShelves
- 8 Great Ming: Crashing into a Pillar from the Start, Terrifying the Entire Court 大明:开局撞柱,吓坏满朝文武 [From the start + System + transmigration + scheming + history + wild imagination] So, what exactly are the regrets of the Ming dynasty? The Hongwu Emperor, who lost his father, mother, wife, son, and grandson; the imperial eldest grandson who died young; Crown Prince Zhu Biao, widely regarded as the most secure heir in history; the indomitable founder who started with a single bowl; the man who ended with a tree and nothing but tears; and the Yongle Emperor’s lament: “Can even a lifetime of ach 8.9kReads8.2Score439Shelves
- 9 The Blind Live-In Son-in-Law's Wife Is Actually the Empress 瞎眼赘婿,老婆竟是当朝女帝 Meng Qingzhou transmigrated into a book and unexpectedly awakened the Blind Sword Saint System, becoming a blind Sword Saint. Knowing the story's plot inside out, Meng Qingzhou refuses to become a tool for the protagonist to show off and slap faces. So he decides to take it easy and enjoy life, tending flowers and walking his dog each day, teasing the maids in his spare time, and keeping his virtuous wife company. But he never expected... He lives in the imperial palace, the maid who acts coy ar 9.7kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
- 10 The Great Qin's National Destiny: Choosing Qin Shi Huang from the Start 大秦国运:开局选择秦始皇 After transmigrating to the Great Qin, Ye Xuan binds himself to a National Destiny System, and three legendary figures from the ages await his choice! “Will you choose Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han, or Xiang Yu, the Conqueror...?” “No. Since I've come to the Great Qin, I won't leave empty-handed. I choose... Qin Shi Huang, the greatest emperor of all time!!!” He tramples Zhao Gao, beheads Liu Bang, recruits Xiang Yu, battles Guigu, and wipes out the Xiongnu... “What does unifying the 5.6kReads8.7Score358Shelves
- 11 The Fierce Heir: This Young Lady Is Mine 世子凶猛:这个小娘子,我抢定了 Original novel of the short drama “The Heir Is Fierce: I’m Claiming This Young Lady” One moment he opens his eyes, and he’s in Great Yan. Yang Shu is quite pleased with his identity: the sole heir of the Prince of Dingguo’s household. The emperor suspects him and the noble families shun him, but that’s no big deal. He’ll just rebel. If you’re going to be a spoiled young master, you have to act like one. First, beat up your future father-in-law... Second, smash up a gambling den... And third, sna 14kReads8.5Score883Shelves
- 12 What Does My Royal Younger Brother Have to Do with My Ill Sister? 皇姐凤体有恙,关臣弟什么事? Had the martial arts world fallen into decline, with all the powerful figures hidden away? It turned out they’d been killed by his own father! That day “The pinnacle of martial arts isn’t simply transcending the limits of individual strength. Beyond that lies the struggle for the Mandate of Heaven and the contest for the world’s fortune. Only by gathering the fortune of all under heaven and bearing the faith of all living beings can one claim the title of Human Emperor, truly rule the four seas, 5.9kReads8.8Score815Shelves
- 13 Great Ming: From Book Boy to the Strongest Imperial Guard 大明:从书童到最强锦衣卫 Zhou Chu transmigrated to the Zhengde era of the Ming dynasty. To survive, he was sold to the Lu family as a page. Just as Zhou Chu was helping the family’s second young master study and make steady progress, disaster struck the Lu family. Its members were thrown into prison. Zhou Chu took the Lu family’s only daughter with him, earning money while bribing the guards to make life in prison more comfortable for the family. Then Zhu Houzhao died, and Zhu Houcong took the throne, changing the era n 45.9kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves
- 14 Great Tang: If You Won’t Rebel, Father, Then I Will! 大唐:父亲您不造反,我造反! [Ruthless and decisive]+ [Golden finger]+ [Conquest and expansion]+ [Industrial Revolution]+ [Age of Discovery] Also known as The Crown Prince Should Stop Competing, the Tang Dynasty Already Has Nine Dragons in One Court, Tang Dynasty: Father, You’re This Old, How Can You Still Sleep?, and I, Li Chengqian, the Steadiest Crown Prince in History. He transmigrates to a parallel Tang Dynasty and becomes Li Chengqian, still the heir of the Prince of Qin’s household. Faced with Li Shimin’s indecision, 13kReads8.6Score785Shelves
- 15 The Winds of Change in Fengge 锋戈之风起云涌 After a century of prosperity, the Great Yu Dynasty is in decline, beset by troubles at home and abroad. The court is in turmoil, and Xu Yunshan, the Great Yu's foremost commander, who had already retired to the mountains, is forced back into a web of intrigue and power struggles... 105Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 Ming Dynasty: My Years as Zhu Yuanzhang's Heckler 大明,我给老朱当喷子的那些年 If there’s anything you think could be improved, please point it out gently. I’ll make changes. Thank you. The protagonist’s official career: Investigating Censor, Supervising Censor, County Magistrate, Inspecting Censor and Deputy Censor-in-Chief, Censor-in-Chief, Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Grand Secretary of the Hall of Cautious Diligence and Minister of Personnel. Gu Chen opens his eyes and finds himself in the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, as a low-ranking remonstrance official. He ha 51.8kReads9.1Score3.6kShelves
- 17 The Kill Order Has Been Issued 杀令已下 Three underworld bosses join forces to put out a contract, offering a million in gold to kill the mysterious assassin "Heavenly Shadow." The Killing Prison accepts the contract. The kill order is issued, and the plot is set in motion! But no one expected that when the contract arrived at the Killing Prison, the target's name would have been changed to... him! He had signed the kill order with his own hand, only to send himself into a deadly trap. Poisoned, surrounded, betrayed, and hunted, h 7.8kReads7.3Score410Shelves
- 18 Please, Sir, Save Me 请先生救我 A book of forgetting sorrow, a page of breathtaking tales. Its ink is black and white, its stories full of twists and turns. [Page One: How can one cure lovesickness that cuts to the bone? One cup of water that forgets sorrow, and love is severed between you and me.] [Page Two: Where can one seek the path to immortality? In the White Jade Capital in the heavens, with its twelve towers and five cities. Surely the answer lies in the skies.] [Page Three: Your Majesty, what troubles you? Will you 257.5kReads8.8Score37.8kShelves
- 19 Ming Dynasty Tyrant: I’ll Extend the Dynasty’s Reign by 300 Years 大明暴君,我为大明续运三百年 [Political intrigue]+ [Passionate]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Ruthless]+ [No System] “Zhu Youjian, go in peace. Everything you had will be inherited by me, Ye Xuan. From this day on, I am the sixteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen. I swear here: Those you, Zhu Youjian, could not kill, I, Chongzhen, will kill. What you, Zhu Youjian, could not accomplish, I, Chongzhen, will accomplish. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are rebelling? Then it depends on whether I give them the chance! The J 100.2kReads9.2Score12.2kShelves
- 20 Great Qin: The Ruthless Chancellor, Whom the First Emperor Begs Not to Kill 大秦:最狠丞相,始皇求我别杀了 [Decisive and Ruthless + The Protagonist Is a Master Schemer + No Romance + Career-Focused Protagonist] After transmigrating into the Great Qin dynasty, Liu Bai rose straight to the position of Great Qin's Left Chancellor. From the start, he had seven thousand surrendered rebels buried alive. When he returned to Xianyang, everyone was sharpening their knives, ready to impeach the chancellor. Only then did they realize it was all just the beginning. “Your Majesty, Left Chancellor Liu Bai beat Zha 32.1kReads9.4Score3.7kShelves
- 21 The Nation-Protecting Prince Consort 镇国驸马爷 [System + political intrigue + mind games! The story only gets better as it goes] Ji Ping’an, a die-hard Three Kingdoms Kill player, passes out while gaming. When he wakes up, he’s transmigrated to the Dayu Dynasty and, by some fluke, become its biggest doormat of a son-in-law: the princess’s husband. He also activates a Three Kingdoms Heroic Spirit System. With enough gold, he can summon any general, strategist, warlord, or beauty from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Ji Ping’an sets out to ge 65.5kReads8.9Score5kShelves
- 22 My Father Is Emperor Wu of Han! 家父汉武帝! [Winner of the National Library writing contest] [Top-tier historical storytelling + no System + rebellion + political intrigue + a love-hate relationship between father and son] Reborn in the womb as Liu Ju, the eldest legitimate son of Emperor Wu of Han. His father is Liu Che, the most powerful carbon-based life form on Earth in the second century BCE! And his maternal family’s lineup is even more outrageous! His mother is Wei Zifu, his uncle is Wei Qing, his cousin is Huo Qubing, and his youn 88kReads9.2Score8.3kShelves
- 23 The Great Qi Marquis of One Step 大齐一步侯 [Alternate history, airtight logic, a treat to listen to, multiple heroines, lighthearted daily life, the jianghu and court politics, love and hate, national and family vendettas...] A modern-day criminal investigator transmigrates into the body of a minor official in the State of Qi. At first, his only dream is to stay alive. But when foreign barbarians invade the Central Plains, slaughtering and pillaging until the kingdom falls and families are torn apart, he has no choice but to enter the fr 15.7kReads8.2Score942Shelves
- 24 The Useless Prince: Why Are You Forcing Me to Become Emperor? 废物皇子:为何要逼我做皇帝? He is the empire’s useless prince! But his own father, the emperor, wants him dead. The crown prince wants him dead. His brothers all want him dead. Even the most beautiful woman under heaven wants him dead! To survive, he trains an invincible army and builds a hidden paradise. He brings the Hundred Schools of Thought to heel, drawing capable ministers, mighty generals, and reclusive masters from every corner of the land to his side. All the beauties under heaven dream of becoming his bride. Ami 84.3kReads9.3Score8.5kShelves
- 25 My Emperor Father Can Read Minds 我的皇帝父亲会读心 [Infrastructure Building Focus ✚ Mostly Comedy ✚ Not Historically Accurate ✚ No Romance] Emperor Wei prided himself on being a wise ruler. His ministers served him well, his harem was harmonious, and his children were clever and filial. That is, until he was struck by lightning. Afterward, he gained the ability to read minds, and finally learned that everyone around him was two-faced, saying one thing while thinking another! Emperor Wei was devastated. So he had been such a failure as an emperor 57.6kReads9.3Score5.3kShelves
- 26 My Years in the Great Ming 我在大明那些年 [The first long-life novel set in the Ming Dynasty on the entire internet] Li Qing transmigrates to the early Ming Dynasty and, through a twist of fate, becomes a disciple of Zhang Landa. He lives a carefree life for years. In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and by chance, Li Qing becomes her attending physician. From then on, Li Qing begins his journey through the Ming Dynasty. He experiences the bloodshed and turmoil of the Hongwu era and gets caught up in t 246.5kReads9.4Score19.5kShelves
- 27 I, the Ultimate Schemer: The Empress Calls Me a Living Yama 我,最强毒士,女帝直呼活阎王 [Search Tomato to watch the short drama: The Third Greatest Stratagem of All Time] Gao Yang transmigrated to the Great Qian Dynasty just as the Empress ascended the throne and began recruiting talent from across the land. So he volunteered himself as a poison strategist! The Empress: “Suppose you personally wiped out your enemy's entire family. As you looked at the bodies scattered everywhere, you suddenly realized there was still a child in the house. What would you do?” Gao Yang: “I'd say, ‘Re 386.2kReads9.2Score32.8kShelves
- 28 EN The Netherworld Scholar Immortal 通幽小儒仙 “Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem 63.4kReads9.4Score6.7kShelves
- 29 The Emperor's Gold Medal County Magistrate 皇家金牌县令 [Farming + lighthearted fun + transmigration] Fang Zhengyi transmigrates to the Great Jing dynasty and becomes a county magistrate. After seven years of work, he has created his own earthly paradise. He’d planned to live out his days as a carefree little emperor. In the thirteenth year of the Jinghe era, the emperor of Great Jing travels incognito and accidentally wanders into Taoyuan County... The moment the emperor enters the county, he is astonished! The many strange and wondrous things leave 230.3kReads9.5Score28.7kShelves




























