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- 51 Bound to a System from the Start, the Down-and-Out Scholar Is a Master of the Hidden Pavilion 开局绑系统，落魄书生是暗阁大佬 [One-on-one romance] [Making a fortune] [Mutual devotion] Su Xiaoxiao, a cooking streamer, has barely woken up when she hears that her brother and sister-in-law are going to sell her off. In a panic, she can only pretend to go crazy, but midway through her act, a down-on-his-luck scholar barges in and interrupts her. As she checks whether the man is still alive, she triggers a bond with a System. Complete its missions, and she can return to her original world. Su Xiaoxiao plans to open a little 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 52 Letters of Salt and Plum 盐梅笺 📖 The Salt and Plum Letter | Jiajing-era Jiangnan · Poisoned Salt Scandal · An Ensemble of Political Intrigue “Salt can season a feast, and plum can balance a broth, but justice in this world must be won with flesh and blood. A sudden breach in the sea wall sent a raging tide swallowing the coastal villages. Xie Heng, an upright official devoted to reforming the salt administration, was framed by a corrupt faction and died unjustly. His lifelong good name was smeared, and he was branded a neglig 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 The Tyrant Threw Me from Yitian Hall, and the Entire Court Pressed Me to Sue Him 被暴君推下仪天殿，全朝逼我告他 [Humble overworked office drone × sickly tyrant emperor] [Mutual salvation + power struggles + comeback + two strong leads] Lin Yan died at twenty-five. With a sigh, fate let her see the light of day once more. At her empress coronation, she fell from the Cloud Hall’s long staircase. The whole court was asking: Had the tyrant done it? The court was alive with hidden blades, waiting for her to make a move. But the empress had lost her memory. Confused, she couldn’t answer a single question. The t 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 The Substitute Maid Fights Back 替身丫鬟反了 [Two powerful leads + System + historical romance] On her first day as a maid framed to take the blame in the Chancellor’s household, Shen Yuan was forced to kneel on shards of broken porcelain. The legitimate daughter, Liu Yinshuang, held out a cup of tea. “Confess, and I’ll give you a clean death.” Shen Yuan looked up, blood at the corner of her mouth, and smiled. She pulled out the Crown Prince’s jade pendant. “His Highness gave this to me.” The whole household erupted. Even more shocking, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 The Silly Girl's Thoughts Slip Out, and the Abstinent Power Minister Forces His Love on Her 大黄丫头漏心声，禁欲权臣强制爱 [Male rivals competing for her + everyone is pure in body and heart + they can hear her thoughts + forced romance] [A cast of crazed rivals in a battlefield of love + a universally adored heroine who never suffers] Jiang Li hasn't even laid eyes on the emperor, yet she's already become Empress Dowager. A widow for life? No way! On the outside, the young Empress Dowager is dignified and untouchable. On the inside, surrounded by stunning ministers, her mind is full of filthy thoughts. [The young G 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 The Idle Girl Isn't So Idle 咸鱼少女不太闲 A modern woman who just wants to lie flat wakes up as a peerlessly beautiful woman. Before she can even take it in, the emperor decides to offer her as a sacrifice to the sea?! This isn’t how the story’s supposed to go! Run! She has to run! That very night, she runs into the cold-faced guard, General Si Tian, and her escape plan falls apart completely. On the way to the sea ritual, she manages to slip away, only to hear that the general has been thrown into prison for dereliction of duty. Yu Sh —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 57 Raising Kids the Wrong Way: I Ruined the Dragon-Pride Protagonist 反向带娃，我把龙傲天养废了 I transmigrated into the mother of a world-destroying demon, and the System says I have three years to raise him into a world-destroying powerhouse or be erased. I look down at the six-year-old brat clinging to my leg and crying for candy. Destroy the world? Him? I pull out a spicy snack I bought with points. “Son, want some?” “I do!” “Great. Chop that pile of firewood by the gate first.” Three seconds later, a deafening crash rings through the courtyard. The chopping block splits into eight pie 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 58 The Tyrant’s Scummy Father Dotes on Her After Hearing the Little One’s Thoughts 幼崽心声被偷听，暴君渣爹宠翻天 (Body swap + hearing thoughts + adorable baby + everyone’s favorite + comedy + mysticism + totally unhinged fun) After sacrificing herself, Yuanyuan was reborn as the tyrant’s own daughter, switched at birth with a cat. The moment she opened her eyes, she was facing the threat of being “wiped out, family and all” by the tyrant and sent to a “brothel.” What a disastrous start! She was less than a month old and couldn’t even talk. How could she save herself? Yuanyuan: I’m doomed, I’m doomed! My ty 7Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 59 My Conquest Handbook 我的攻略手册 I transmigrated? Well, fine, but couldn't I at least get a golden finger?! I could cry. From the start, the System saddled me with three targets to win over, and if I failed, my account would be deleted. As a former 996 wage slave, all I want is to lie flat and stay alive, but the plot insists I become a playboy. Sheng Junchuan, the cavalry general and my childhood sweetheart, is stubborn on the outside and soft-hearted underneath, with jealousy running through his veins. Qian Duoduo, the propr 4Reads6.7Score—Shelves
- 60 A Broken Blade Concealing Its Beauty 折刃藏娇 Xie Xuanwu, the least favored princess of the Great Zhou dynasty, was born to a lowly dancing girl. Her father never even glanced at her, merely giving her the title Moyang, meaning “the setting sun, dark as ink.” For fifteen years, she lived like the most timid shadow in the imperial garden, someone anyone could bully. On the night of her coming-of-age ceremony, an imperial decree arrived without warning: she was to marry into the Northern Di, trading her very flesh and blood for three years of 82Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 61 Gossiping and Saving the Nation, While the Whole Court Tackles Quests 吃瓜救国两不误，满朝文武做任务 [Everyone hears inner thoughts and gossips + System + transmigrate into a book + some infrastructure building + outsourced missions + no romance] Pei Yue earned the “Sage Minister for the Ages” achievement ten times, then took her Famous Ministers System on vacation. But on the way, she was robbed by the Heavenly Dao of a fictional world and forced to become the beloved heroine. The Heavenly Dao told her to keep the world's storyline on track, but wouldn't let her see the original plot. Pei 6.3kReads7.2Score908Shelves
- 62 The System Told Me to Become Empress, but I Got Rid of the Emperor Instead 系统让我当皇后我却把皇帝搞没了 [Revenge after being reborn + System power fantasy + doted on by powerful men + intense tragic romance + sweet HE] The System told me to become empress. I agreed. But I never said I wouldn’t kill the emperor. I was the one who brought down the crown prince, killed the powerful minister, and even planted the person he trusted most by his side. As the emperor lay dying, he glared at me. “Who are you, really?” I wiped the blood from my sword and smiled at him. “Someone who crawled back from hell.” —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Your Highness, Drink This Bowl of Meng Po Soup 王爷，干了这碗孟婆汤 [Tags] Historical Romance · Xianxia · Political Intrigue · Sweet Romance [Synopsis] What? You want a thousand-year-old Meng Po like me to descend to the mortal realm and serve as a bodyguard for some mortal? It's not like I kicked that blasted immortal lord down to the mortal realm on purpose. Fine, I'll be a bodyguard. But why am I being sent to catch monsters too? That costs extra, you know. I thought this was just a business trip to the mortal realm. Once I'd caught enough monsters, I could g —Reads—Score119Shelves
- 64 You Stole My Design? Then I'll Take You to Court Before the Three Realms! 盗我设计？那就让三界出庭！ Lin Duoduo, a genius animation keyframe artist nicknamed “The Grind Queen,” had her graduation masterpiece, "The Animated Along the River During the Qingming Festival Pro Max", stolen at lightning speed by her “two-faced supervisor,” Sister Tea, known in the industry as “The Plagiarism Demon, Tea Three Blades.” The confrontation over her rights turned into “Sister Tea’s Personal Acting Showcase,” and Duoduo was so furious she ascended on the spot... No, she transmigrated on the spot! She landed 32Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 65 Enemies Can Never Become Wives 宿敌是不可能成为妻子的 [Sweetness and Heartbreak]+ [Quick Transmigration]+ [Pure-Hatred Couple]+ [The Hero's Long Road to Winning Her Back]+ [Historical Romance] Fans of frail heroines and combative couples, come on in! Every world is full of heartbreak: partings in life and death, lovers who miss each other, and sworn enemies who fight until they fall in love. Scheming woman assassin ✖️ aloof beauty as her prey Exiled prince from a foreign land ✖️ glamorous princess who wields power … The Rain Immortal Cangming and 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 66 Reborn, I Decided to Love Myself First 重生后我决定先爱自己 Zhang Guihua has died once. In the late stages of liver cancer, chemotherapy had taken all her hair, and the money she had saved all her life wasn't in her name. Even buying a washing machine meant watching her husband's expression. Before she died, she dreamed of her life: she had gone from the countryside to the capital, run a restaurant for twenty years, and raised a son and a daughter. She had left her daughter behind in their hometown as a left-behind child, while keeping her son by her si 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 67 After Reading My Mind, My Villainous Big Brother Became a Siscon 反派老哥读心后，秒变妹控 [Mind-reading + transmigrate into a book + villain + doting older brother + born into the book + brother and sister + no CP] Xiao Mingyue transmigrated into a book, becoming a baby who didn't even count as cannon fodder in the story. Hell difficulty from the start: She stumbled upon the infamous scene where the mad villain Xiao Yu launched a rebellion! After witnessing her villainous big brother murder someone, Xiao Mingyue trembled in her swaddling clothes and squeezed her eyes shut, waiting to 60Reads—Score108Shelves
- 68 The Exquisite Hidden Treasure 玲珑藏 [Reborn + romance + equally matched leads + comeback + lighthearted comedy] Ye Qiyue grew up in a poor neighborhood. While taking her father’s place on night watch, she stumbles into a political power struggle. Not only does she watch helplessly as her dearest friends and family are killed, but even as she is hacked to pieces, she never gets a clear look at the murderer. After being reborn, she has only three things to do: First, save the most reviled traitor in court and give him a makeover. Se 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 69 The Crown Prince Raised a Dragon 太子他养了条龙 The Crown Prince woke up one morning to find an egg beside him. In the blink of an eye, it hatched into a little black dragon. The dragon was soft and cuddly and loved to act cute, but whenever she looked at him, her eyes held three parts indifference and seven parts disdain. All he knew was that he was raising a little tyrant. He pampered her with spirit fungus and spread cloud brocade beneath her. Even when she tore the roofs off Yulan Capital, he let her do as she pleased. Until the night of 8Reads—Score106Shelves
- 70 Reborn as a Discarded Marquise, I Swap Bodies with the Mad Emperor 重生侯门弃妇，和疯批皇帝互穿了 [Body Swap + Sweet Romance + Tyrant + Madness + Satisfying Revenge + Devoted Couple] The neglected wife of a marquis's heir has actually swapped bodies with a mad tyrant! In the sixth year of her marriage, Jiang Yunge was murdered by her husband and her beloved cousin, who had joined forces against her. Reborn, Jiang Yunge swore to make the treacherous pair pay for their crimes in blood. But before she could even make a move, she swapped bodies with the emperor! The first time they swapped bo 414Reads—Score117Shelves
- 71 A Sigh Across Reincarnations 轮回叹 [Palace intrigue + fantasy + romance + fatalism + everyone suffers, every beauty eventually falls to dust] “You and your descendants, from generation to generation, will never again find love. Deep love shortens life.” Han Yuan Chenhun, a mighty ruler who beheaded the Celestial Emperor and bathed Heaven in blood, spent his entire life losing the people he loved most. At last, misunderstood by his own family and left alone, he burned through the final drop of his imperial blood. Han Yuan Liusha 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 72 Reborn for Revenge: I’ll Spoil the Cheating Bastard and His Mistress Straight Into Hell 重生复仇：我将渣男和小三“宠”进地狱 Reborn for Revenge: I “Spoiled” the Scumbag and His Mistress Straight into Hell 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 73 I Can Understand Animals, So I Beat the Cruel Family to a Pulp 听懂动物说话，我锤爆狠毒全家 (Historical romance, household intrigue, and satisfying revenge + understanding animals + face-slapping and taking down scumbags) Song Zhining falls off a cliff on her way back to the family estate and awakens the ability to understand animals. The birds tell her that her horse was poisoned, causing her fall. They also say a band of villains is searching for her. Song Zhining realizes that her fall was no accident. After narrowly escaping death, she returns home and begins to plot her moves. She 7.6kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves
- 74 Oh No! The Princess Ran Away with Her Young Guard! 不好啦！公主和小侍卫私奔啦！ [This book leans toward wuxia adventure.] [One-line summary: The jianghu adventures of a little princess and her young bodyguard as they travel south in search of her mother.] The only princess of Da Qi has run away! In broad daylight, she crawled out through a dog hole! And she took the best martial arts bodyguard in the palace with her. Princess: Why do you like money so much? Young Bodyguard: Don't you like money? Princess: Well... money is just a worldly possession! After bandits steal h 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 The Ugly Princess Shocks the World 丑妃惊天下 After Ten Years of Playing Ugly, I Lifted My Veil on My Wedding Night and Left the Prince Regent Stunned The world laughs at me as a foolish, ugly girl, the biggest joke in the general’s household. They don’t know that I created this ugly reputation as my own disguise. My father and brothers have been held at the border for five years. The only way to make the emperor feel at ease about the general’s household is to ruin my own reputation. An imperial decree of marriage pairs me with Xiao Ya 370Reads7.4Score108Shelves
- 76 Boss Lady, My Sweet Little Husband: Darling, I'll Take Care of You! 霸总娘子小娇夫夫君，我养你！ Completed (palace and household intrigue + power struggles + love of country and family + both leads are virgins + one-on-one romance + mutual devotion) Scholars, farmers, artisans, merchants: are merchants truly at the bottom of the social order? It seems that it has always been so. Are merchants really no more than ants, fit for anyone to trample on? The cool, domineering CEO of the Sheng Group was framed and plunged into a river with her car. In a daze, she somehow transmigrated to the Great —Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 77 The Mad Commandery Princess Watches Four Maniacs Chase Her Half Sister 疯郡主笑看四只癲批踩着她追庶妹 [Wildly unhinged, funny, and lighthearted. Other heroines have poems; this heroine has unhinged quotes. A lively ensemble cast and plenty of food. Mid-story, construction and development take center stage, with a little farming on the side.] In this vast sea of people, meeting some folks feels like karmic retribution! The farming princess everyone looks down on is actually the eldest daughter of the capital's richest family. After a great fire three years ago, she woke up with a new soul. When s 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 78 After a Coser Asked a Teacher to Transmigrate coser委托老师穿越后 [Feel-good wish fulfillment + female ensemble cast + women saving one another + no male lead + no System + women building careers] I was an utterly ordinary part-time cosplay commission artist, and then I transmigrated. I can’t make explosives or do business, and my cheap-skate dad even sent me into the palace. Luckily, I can still take cosplay commissions. It’s cosplay plus commissions. When a little girl likes someone, I dress up as that person and go on a date with her. The imperial consort 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 79 Every Day, I'm Forced to Date the Demon Lord 每天都在被迫和魔尊谈恋爱 [One-on-one romance, happy ending, transmigration into a book with an unconventional twist, lighthearted and silly sweet romance.] Gu Xixi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a cannon-fodder character who won't survive three chapters. Her goal is clear: stay away from the plot, save money, and make a run for it. She goes up the mountain in the middle of the night to dig for herbs, but ends up killing an assassin targeting the Demon Lord with a brick. In the process, she also saves the fu 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Huan Boqing 欢薄情 [Completed] [Traditional Historical Romance + One-on-One Romance + Both Leads Are Faithful + Coercive Possession + Finding Sweetness Amid the Angst + Reconciliation + Happy Ending] [Anxious, Possessive Rich Young Master × Cool-Headed Legitimate Daughter Who Endures] [Content note: The male lead is not a deranged psychopath. They are mutually in love from beginning to end.] After losing her memory, Rong Mingyue was rescued by the refined young gentleman Qin Cheng. The two should have followed the 41Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 After Dumping the CEO, I Became the World’s Richest Through Investing 甩掉霸总后，我靠投资成世界首富 Ruan Shuran dumped Gu Jinshen, a man worth hundreds of billions, with the excuse, “Dating gets in the way of my career.” Gu Jinshen was furious. “You’ll regret this, woman!” But six months later, his former secretary had transformed into a hotshot investor, taking aim at several of his projects with pinpoint accuracy. Gu Jinshen cornered her outside her office building, his eyes bloodshot. “Ruan Shuran, did you do this on purpose?” She gave him a slight smile and handed him a partnership agreeme 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 82 If We Could Meet as We Did at First 若如初见 [There is no such thing as love without reason. Every love is forged through countless trials and tribulations, bound together across lifetimes…] “How could I ever bear not to love you? We don't have nearly enough time together as it is. How could we possibly waste time not loving each other?” No encounter is ever a coincidence. It takes five hundred glances exchanged as you pass by in a previous life to earn a meeting in this one… If all of this is just a dream, I hope I can dream a little lo 29Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 83 After the Divorce, the Heir's Wife Began Cultivating Immortality 和离后，世子夫人她开始修仙了 [Strong heroine + no romance + face-slapping] Jiang Wenxue, the heir’s wife of the Prince of An’s household, is forced to be demoted from wife to concubine! But Heaven is kind, and her memories of cultivation awaken! From then on, she kicks her scumbag husband to the curb, saves her family, helps the dynasty, and brings relief to the people! She becomes a goddess in the eyes of the common folk! Meanwhile, her scumbag husband’s family is ruined, and they’re already sobbing their hearts out in reg 1.7kReads8.6Score166Shelves
- 84 Dreams Imprisoned in the Yongzheng and Qianlong Eras 囚梦雍乾 A powerful heroine fights back, going from admiring the strong to becoming strong herself! Multiple men compete for her, but it’s not mindless. Emperor × prince × royal lord × subordinate × powerful minister | political intrigue and contests of wit, strong characters facing off In 2030, Su Zhao is on the verge of brain death when a brain-computer interface sends her into an AI-generated Qing dynasty under Emperor Yongzheng. Bound to the Deep Gaze System, she uses modern knowledge and AI-powere 25Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 85 The Day We Divorced, the Marquis's Ancestors Followed Me 和离当天，侯府祖宗跟我走了 [Divorce + business + beloved by the ancestors + a groveling ex-husband + slow-burn romance] The day Gu Yunzheng returned to the capital victorious, he brought Princess Ning'an with him. “Qingyao will be my legal wife, and you'll be demoted to secondary wife. You can still manage the household.” Shen Mingtang laughed. So someone else got all the benefits, while she was left to clean up the mess? In front of everyone, she produced a divorce agreement, then slapped seven years of account books dow —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 With a Save-Reload Golden Finger, the Censor Keeps Courting Death 获得读档金手指，御史她不断作死 Aaaah! This is not a two-male-lead novel. I don’t know why the System randomly added that tag. It wasn’t me! [Warnings: This is a goofy, absurd comedy. The author isn’t very smart, so this is not a political-strategy novel. Everything serves the plot, and the setting is fictional! It has nothing to do with actual history. If you don’t like it, feel free to move on. Please don’t leave a bad review after only two chapters. I’ll cry in secret ( ๑ŏ ﹏ ŏ๑ )] Xie Tinglan transmigrated into the youngest 7.2kReads8.8Score1.6kShelves
- 87 The Perfect White Moonlight Returns to Court, and I’ll Gladly Accept All These Handsome Men 满级白月光还朝，美男我就笑纳了 [The rating is still new and will rise. Give it a try; it's absolutely worth the score!] [A heroine who wants to lie flat but also build an empire, 1vN + all the male leads are devoted to her + villa space + online shopping System + slow-paced slice of life + infrastructure development] After Qi Dai died, she discovered that she was the beloved woman of the Yi dynasty, the one who had ended a war just by saying the word. Returning to the Yi dynasty with a villa space and an online shopping Syste 164Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 88 Disguised as a Man: I Became a Tutor at the Imperial Academy 女扮男装：我在太学做夫子 [A female tutor’s rise through the ranks + strong heroine + male lead travels from the modern era to the past] The new emperor abolishes women’s rights, and the entire Jiang clan is thrown into prison. For the sake of her family and her ideals, the Empress Dowager selects top-ranked candidate Jiang Yu. Faking her death, Jiang Yu escapes, disguises herself as a man, and enters an academy, ready to devote her life to the emperor and restore equality. But during her struggle, a man who dreams of li 91Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 89 Help! The Crown Princess Is Fighting with the Emperor Again 来人啊，太女又和皇上干起来了 [Just launched, and the rating is climbing. We hope you’ll show your support!] The Celestial Court’s number-one troublemaker was beyond even the Heavenly Dao’s control, so all the gods signed a petition to have her sent away. Fine, down to the mortal realm I go! I’ll still do whatever I please! Reincarnated as the Great Zhou dynasty’s crown princess? Not bad. Men and women can both become emperor here. Interesting. At one, she knocks over vases. At three, she tugs the censor’s beard. At five, sh 297Reads8.7Score105Shelves
- 90 The Son-in-Law Disguises Himself as a Woman, and the Madam Disguises Herself as a Man 姑爷男扮女装，夫人女扮男装 [Cross-dressing, devoted couples, a little absurd, funny, sweet romance] Su Yanzhi, an abstract artist who transmigrated to ancient times and became a top-tier star by recreating modern Tang and Song poetry, landed on the trending list on her very first day of posing as a man to trick someone into marriage. She meant to break off the engagement and run, but instead made a fortune by modeling and selling fabric, inventing perfume, and even convincing the princes to become her biggest fans with a 36Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 91 A Transmigrated Villainess, and the Male Lead's Hidden Love 穿越女配，男主爱意藏不住了 Transmigrate into a book + stunning beauty + comedy + twists + multiple male leads + mystery + thrills Shen Qingyuan transmigrates into the world of the novel Cang Xuan, becoming a minor female supporting character. To survive, she has to outwit and navigate her way around the various characters. In this dynasty, anyone who has transmigrated or been possessed by an evil spirit faces a death sentence if caught by the Pacification Office. From the start, a Daoist master uses exorcism arts on her, 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 92 Showing Up with a Baby Bottle to Find His Dad! The God of Death Becomes a Doting Dad 叼奶瓶上门找爹！杀神爆改男妈妈 [Three-year-old tyke + Cold-faced prince transformed into a doting father + Villainous female side character] The side character rises as the protagonists lose influence. Xiao Luoning’s parents are the hero and heroine of the book, but after a villainous female side character transmigrated into the story and drove a wedge between them, they are about to break off their engagement. Seeing that she might not be born after all, Luoluo transmigrated five years into the past to save herself. The li 61Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 93 Together with You, I Remember Our Meeting 与君同，忆相逢 [Complete] [Historical romance + both leads inexperienced in love + mistaken bride + marriage before love + devoted favoritism + sweet and angsty + mutual devotion + slow burn + HE] [The straightforward prince who owns up to his mistakes × the lively, proud young princess consort] Cen Jingchen thought his princess consort was cold to the extreme, but he never expected her to slap him the very first time they met. He may be angry, but he still wants to keep her by his side. “You can touch me, 50Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 94 Ode to the Journey Ahead 将行赋 At court, he is praised by all as a gracious gentleman, yet he insists on taking her as his wife. She is already married to another man, who cherishes her beyond measure and protects her with his life. But he refuses to give up. One scheme after another, one conspiracy after another, he vows to crush their marriage beneath the weight of imperial power. The Crown Prince watches them like a tiger stalking its prey, while the Third Prince conceals his sharp edge. The court is a storm of blades, whe 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 The Sevenfold Lock 七重锁 The Mausoleum of the First Emperor, the greatest tomb in the world. Legend says it holds enough wealth to change the ruling dynasty, as well as a mysterious, unspeakable power. For hundreds of years, countless people have tried to enter, and countless others have died in its traps. Then a saying began to circulate in the martial world: the key to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor is a jade pendant. Lu Zheng is the heir to the Zhenyuan Escort Agency. He travels far and wide, knowing just what to 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 96 I Only Touched You a Couple of Times, What's the Rush? 我不过是摸你两下而已，急什么 [A vengeful, scheming succubus x a sharp-tongued, proud, flirtatious heir] Shen Lingyue is a notorious illegitimate daughter and the most accomplished seductress around. She loves boldly and takes revenge for every slight. Not only did she sleep with her aunt’s fiancé, she also gave her aunt a resounding slap. “Loud enough for you?” “If you won’t let me hit you, then I’ll just hit my dad.” Three years later, Shen Lingyue runs into her young uncle by marriage again. He spends the whole night ent 575Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 97 Ten Years as a Ghost, Unknown to All; One Crime Made Me Famous Nationwide 做鬼十年无人知，一朝犯法天下闻 [Reborn + devoted to one another + strong female lead + sweet romance + mouse-speak + solving cases + mistaken identity] I bet none of you have ever died, right? Zhong Nian has. She spent ten years as a ghost in the same place, then, huh? She came back to life! And gained the ability to play at being a spirit medium. Right after she was reborn, she heard two mice running for their lives and shouting, “Brains are flying everywhere!” Zhong Nian: Is the killer coming for me next? To avoid dying a s 2.4kReads8.9Score317Shelves
- 98 Call Me a Country Bumpkin? I'll Keep the Arrogant Prince Awake All Night 骂我村姑？我让傲娇皇子夜不能寐 Don’t look! Don’t look! It’s not well written. Greedy, lustful village girl x cold, proud prince [Sweet romance + hero head over heels + hiding one’s real abilities + a long road to winning her back + face-slapping and taking down scoundrels] “When the Twin Stars unite, the realm will flourish.” But no one knew that the destined phoenix star, meant to become the mother of the realm, had been abandoned in the mountains for eighteen years. Li Fujiao, the destined phoenix star, an orphan who emerg 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 99 I’ve Made the Emperor Furious, So Why Hasn’t He Come to Kill Me? 都把皇帝气炸了，怎么还不来杀她 [Alternate setting + historical romance + infrastructure building + woman disguised as a man + career in government as the main focus + no couple] (Female lead A, extremely doting, fated bond) Jinnian, a PhD in biochemistry, transmigrates to ancient times after a car accident. Facing execution by the current emperor, she studies the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty and His Majesty’s temperament, then sets out to defy him. Every day, she recklessly teeters on the edge of death! Her death wish never 20Reads—Score—Shelves
- 100 He Cast Me Aside Like Trash 他弃我如敝履 He Cast Me Aside Like I Was Worthless 56Reads—Score—Shelves
