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- 101 The Story of Daiyu 黛玉传 Cao Xueqin's unfinished Dream of the Red Chamber left the world with countless regrets and unanswered questions. The story has been told for generations, and the fates of its characters were already foreshadowed in Chapter Five. Xiling Xue, renowned among the public for her research into the women of the novel, uses her delicate and perceptive prose to unravel the mysteries of each character's fate. This story begins at Chapter Eighty of Dream of the Red Chamber. As Daiyu's death is recounted, t 723Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 102 Ximen Daguanren's Life in the Dream of the Red Chamber 西门大官人的红楼生活 One night, Ximen Qing enters a dream and becomes a newly risen nobleman in the Ningguo Mansion. Qin Keqing: “He may not be a good man, but he’s willing to weather the storm for me.” Lin Daiyu: “Those eyes of his… they always seem able to see the deepest, most hidden sorrow in someone’s heart.” Li Wan: “He’s too good at sweet-talking people, and too good at unsettling their hearts. Yet some things he says are impossible not to believe.” Wang Xifeng: “That man has a head full of schemes, and he kn 1.7kReads—Score15414d adds
- 103 Dream of the Red Chamber: Thriving in the Embroidered Uniform Guard with Wealth and Women 红楼：混在锦衣卫里财色兼收 [No System + Mystery-Solving + Political Intrigue + Daily Life + Multiple Heroines] An ordinary modern man suddenly finds his soul transported into the world of the Dream of the Red Chamber, where he becomes a member of the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards wield immense power, but their world is also fraught with danger. Drawing on his memories of a past life and exceptional wit, he repeatedly performs remarkable deeds amid the infighting of officialdom. On one side lies the glittering world 663Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 104 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Prince Keeps Getting Married 红楼：王爷又双叒叕娶妻了 Yang Hao, a wage slave of his generation, is unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, where he becomes Jia Heng, the adopted son of Jia Jing, the least favored member of the Ningguo House. At the brink of life and death, he activates the Dream of the Red Chamber sign-in System, and his cheat-fueled life begins. The tragic fates of the beauties are changed, too, and they embark on very different lives! What kind of marvelous journey will begin when Jia Heng gathers a 184Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 105 Dream of the Red Chamber: My Own Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼之我的红楼 The road to immortality stretches on. I stride through the world, singing, awaiting an age of peace. The Red Chamber’s song has yet to end. I dream of leaving the mortal world beneath the bright moon. The past fades like smoke, carried away with the dust. On the road to a new beginning, another chapter unfolds. 143Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 106 Dream of the Red Chamber: Ambitions in the Clouds 红楼之凌云志 The Great Qian dynasty has stood for centuries, its lands vast and expansive. Four armies guard its borders: the Wolf Cavalry in the north, the Ape Warriors in the south, the Heavy Armor Corps in the west, and the Blade Corps in the east. Their four generals are all renowned figures, feared wherever their names are heard. Within the realm, the Great General Situ, the finest martial artist in the land, commands the imperial guards. Great Qian can plant its banners on any land across the continent 84Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 107 When Daiyu Gets a Wellness System 当黛玉绑定了养生系统 The year her younger brother falls gravely ill, Daiyu encounters something claiming to be a Wellness System. From then on, she has both parents by her side, and her brother is safe and sound. With the System, Daiyu escapes her illness and discovers a different world. The male lead plays favorites, and Daiyu is the only one he favors. 470Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Dream of the Red Chamber: After They Hear My Thoughts, the Ancestors Go on a Rampage 红楼之听到我心声后祖宗杀疯了 After transmigrating, Lin Yi discovers that he is actually Jia Hu. In his previous life, he drowned and died, then transmigrated to the modern world. Now he’s been reborn in the Jia household. After learning that he is Jia Hu, the doomed-to-die character from Dream of the Red Chamber, he decides to take the world by storm! Wait, wait, wait. He’s still just a little kid. Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu aren’t even cells yet. So what should he do? First, slack off. He can figure things out once the main c 64Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 109 Dream of the Red Chamber: From the Start, I Pose as Lin Daiyu's Fiancé 红楼：开局冒充林黛玉未婚夫婿 Armed with a System-issued, expertly forged marriage certificate, Chen Bin shows up at the Rongguo Mansion. Facing a house full of old foxes, he turns his “forgery” into an open, calculated move. Investigate all you like. I’ll wait. Plot against me, and I’ll turn your schemes to my advantage. Madam Wang sends a maid to spy on him? He pays her off and turns the tables. Jia Baoyu wants to test his literary talent? One Magnolia Melody poem leaves him humiliated, and he can’t even keep his personal 5kReads6.6Score42814d adds
- 110 This Jia Qiang in Dream of the Red Chamber Is One Tough Customer 红楼这个贾蔷有点狠 Whether or not you've read Dream of the Red Chamber, this is worth a look. Jia Zhen and Jia Rong meet rather tragic ends. The story is mainly about how Jia Qiang uses his limited cheat abilities to conquer the realm step by step and win over the beauties. A man shouldn't have to choose: he wants them all. 755Reads—Score10414d adds
- 111 Dream of the Red Chamber: Prince Zhuang, Watch Me Play Sweet and Get the Drop on Him 红楼庄王，看我先装糖阴他一手 After transmigrating into the world of the Red Chamber as a foolish prince, Fang Yun is utterly panicked. From the start, a treacherous eunuch goads him into abducting Qin Keqing, the young mistress of the Ningguo Mansion, right off the street. Jia Rong and Jia Lian block the gates and demand her return. The Jia family joins forces with the censorate to prepare an impeachment memorial, and his adoptive emperor father could turn on him at any moment in the name of justice. As Fang Yun watches 3Reads—Score114d adds
- 112 Transmigrate into Dream of the Red Chamber: The Great Way Is Beyond Scheming 穿越红楼之大道无谋 (Not a wish-fulfillment novel, and it can get a little brain-teasing. A danger zone for wish-fulfillment readers.) After transmigrating into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia She’s third son, Jia Jue tried his best to avoid being dragged down when the Jia family was punished. But when he saw the names of the Grand Secretaries and the heads of the Six Ministries, he was struck by despair. This was a hellish start from the start! 170Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 113 Dream of the Red Chamber: It All Begins with My Engagement to Lin Daiyu 红楼从和林黛玉定亲开始 Spring, Year Nine of Anxing It has been eleven years since Li Hua, a modern medical student, arrived in this world. When in Rome, he decided to make the best of it. His original plan was simply to work as a physician and live a quiet, stable life, but then he met Lin Ruhai and became engaged to Lin Daiyu. This is the story of an ordinary man in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. P.S. This is an alternate-history power fantasy. I'm no strict scholar of Redology, nor am I a stickler for textua 46Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 114 Drunk on Jade in the Red Chamber 醉玉红楼 In the twenty-first year of the Yuanxi era of the Great Sheng, Jia Jue is reborn in the world of the Dream of the Red Chamber, where a thousand beauties weep and ten thousand mourn. He becomes the second legitimate son of Jia She, the master of the Rongguo Mansion, a son who was left behind beyond the frontier. Jia Jue also carries a great secret from the time of the late Duke of Rong. Knowing the tragic fate that awaits the Jia family in the original Dream of the Red Chamber, Jia Jue has no wis 111Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 115 Dream of the Red Chamber: Blood Sacrifice for the Realm 红楼之山河血祭 [You can enjoy this even if you haven't read the original Dream of the Red Chamber. The focus is court intrigue and life in the garden.] A modern special forces soldier transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming a stepson whom Jia Jing intends to use. Jia Zhang says, “You want to use me as your blade? Then I'll kill the one holding it first!” Someone else takes up the blade? Jia Zhang: “Sorry, take a good look. The blade is in my hands now! The tables have turned, Your Ma 99Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Film and TV Crossover: The Heroine's Dream Journey 综影视：女主的梦幻之旅 [Sweet romance] + [Love at first sight] + [Hopelessly lovestruck male leads] 1. Lin family's legitimate daughter from Dream of the Red Chamber × gentle prince [Love at first sight, and I'll marry no one but you] 2. Cousin Tong Jia from Empresses in the Palace × ruthless emperor [An old flame catches fire, and there's no stopping it] 3. Gao family's legitimate daughter from Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace × scheming emperor [Childhood sweethearts] 4. Talented singer from Gank Your Heart × handsom 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Miss Lin, I Hope You've Been Well 林姑娘，别来无恙 There are plenty of Daiyu fans. But Lin Xiaoxiang is probably the only one who would give her life for her love of Lin Daiyu! It doesn't matter. She won't live past twenty anyway. To merge her soul with Lin Daiyu's, roam the world of the Dream of the Red Chamber, and admire its talented young gentlemen and handsome princes, this Miss Lin feels her life has been worth living... 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Dream of the Red Chamber: I Became Jia Zheng's Illegitimate Son 红楼：我成了贾政私生子 He dreamed of the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, where the stern and taciturn Master Zheng was secretly keeping a mistress! The mistress gave birth to a boy named Yan, gifted and brilliant, with talent in both letters and arms. Isn’t he a far better choice than that good-for-nothing Baoyu? Unfortunately, he wasn’t born with a jade in his mouth, and wasn’t entitled to a noble status. Eleven years passed. Only after his mother died of illness did Master Zheng finally find his conscience and br 74Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 119 Beauty and Power in the Dream of the Red Chamber: Sign-In for a Shadow Army from the Start 拥美红楼，开局签到黑影兵团 (The timeline is flexible, and all characters are adults.) Dongfang Yueming transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. From the start, he signs in at the Jia family mansion’s gate and receives the Shadow Army’s Blade Clan! He can sign in once every day, and completing bonus missions lets him choose an additional reward! Castrate Jia Rong and embarrass Baoyu! Choose a modern marketplace, the Nine Yang Divine Skill, or even more Shadow Army troops! And that’s not all. He’ll bring al 32Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 120 Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu Goes on a Rampage 红楼梦：黛玉杀疯了 No romance, shining on her own, devoted to those she loves, full of strategy, and immensely satisfying. A rising ensemble of women: the young women break free of feudal constraints and distinguish themselves in salt administration, commerce, academia, and other fields. They turn the bitter irony of "Ten Thousand Beauties Sharing One Cup" into a fresh new story of "Flowers Competing in Splendor." Lin Daiyu, orphaned daughter of a top scholar, secretly holds an imperial edict that contains the ke —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 Dream of the Red Chamber: Starting by Conquering Qin Keqing 红楼：从征服秦可卿开始 Xiao Wenyuan transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, gains the power of lightning, and unlocks a System, beginning a daily life among the beauties of the Jinling Twelve. Xiao Wenyuan passes the imperial examinations and enters government service. Then one day, Yuanchun says, “Brother Yuan, let’s put our child on the throne.” 14Reads6.5Score214d adds
- 122 Born Into Dream of the Red Chamber, I Lie Flat as a Concubine’s Son, Then They Hear My Inner Thoughts 人在红楼，庶子躺平后被听心声 [Daily life] + [Childhood friends] + [Comedic banter] + [Inner thoughts] + [Lying flat] + [Super slow burn] + [Garden antics] More than ten years from now, the Rong and Ning Houses will be seized, leaving nothing but a vast, desolate wasteland? Jia Huan wonders what that has to do with him. If the sky falls, the tallest will hold it up. Jia Baoyu is the legitimate son of the second branch, and Jia Lan is its legitimate grandson. Neither of them is in trouble, so why would they chop off the h 6Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 123 Returning From Shenzhou-18, I Was Sent Into Dream of the Red Chamber 神十八归来，却把我送进了红楼 Transmigrate to the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and take Jia Baoyu's place, without a tragic, hate-filled past Change the fate of the Jia family and prevent its downfall, while enjoying the good life of ancient times Open your heart and give the ladies of the Twelve Beauties a wonderful home … 7Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 124 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Mortal Immortal of the Ningguo Mansion 红楼：宁国府的红尘仙 Jia Lang, a death-row inmate who was obsessed with the study of Dream of the Red Chamber, spent his whole life searching for Lin Daiyu. He died with an authentic copy of the novel in his arms. After his death, Jia Lang unexpectedly transmigrated into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber, becoming the eldest son and grandson of the Ningguo Mansion, listed in the family genealogy. The moment he arrived at the Ningguo Mansion, Jia Lang discovered that Jia Zhen wanted to kill him and seize his inhe 573Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 125 A Minor Soldier in Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼一小卒 In the first year of the Shenwu era of the Great Zhou, Lin Yang appears in the world of the Red Chamber. His ordinary life is suddenly upended as he enters a world full of beautiful women. Lin Yang discovers that the story of Dream of the Red Chamber has not yet begun, and Wang Xifeng is still unmarried. So his first goal is to marry Wang Xifeng, and he won't let the others slip away either. 264Reads—Score—14d adds
- 126 Dream of the Red Chamber: Living Another Life 红楼之重活一世 Jia Lian and the fiery Feng Jie have both been reborn. Watch as this young couple builds a new life together, and see how Jia Lian cherishes Wang Xifeng until she gradually becomes the Marchioness of the Rongguo Mansion. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 127 Dream of the Red Chamber: Lin Daiyu Disguises Herself as a Man and Face-Slaps the Jia Family 红楼：林黛玉女扮男装后打脸贾府 Transmigration into a book + woman disguises herself as a man + medical skills + strong female lead A female medical student transmigrates into the Dream of the Red Chamber. Her modern, independent, and self-reliant outlook changes Lin Daiyu's fate from the original story, where she dies consumed by sorrow. After transmigrating, Lin Daiyu does not live in the Jia household or depend on others. Disguised as a man, she uses the medical skills she has learned to treat the sick and achieve financial 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Miracle Doctor Who Saves the Twelve Beauties with Lin Daiyu 红楼梦神医：林黛玉救赎十二钗 [Dream of the Red Chamber + Lin Daiyu + the Twelve Beauties of Jinling + Prince Beijing Shui Rong + divine physician + fan fiction] Lin Daiyu, the frail, tearful beauty? No! A top-tier medical master transmigrates into her. With one hand, she saves Lin Daiyu’s father and practices medicine to help the world; with the other, she refines medicines and builds a business empire rich enough to rival a nation! She also leads her sisters, the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, to stand on their own and rewrit 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 I Transmigrated into Dream of the Red Chamber: Serving as Wang Xifeng's Maid 穿越红楼：我给王熙凤当丫鬟 [Transmigrate into a book + reborn + two female leads + play the pig to eat the tiger + feel-good story + fan fiction] She schemed too cleverly, only to bring about the death of the one she loved! Alas, in this world, nothing is ever set in stone... Oh, spare me! What do you mean, nothing is set in stone? My fate is mine to command, not Heaven's! And so is hers! What do I care if the great mansion falls? Jiang Ying was betrayed by her closest family and unexpectedly transmigrated into the world 154Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 March North to the Frontier and Crush the Five Barbarians, Then Head South to Jiangnan and Pacify the Great Song 北上边境扫五胡，南下江南平大宋 Jia Yi transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and is put in charge of defending a lonely city that the world has forgotten, left isolated for seven years! Luckily, Jia Yi awakens a Divine Choice System. Every choice he makes earns him a reward! From the start, Jia Yi chooses to attack rather than defend, earning thirty thousand Snow Dragon Riders. He rides out through the city gates and sweeps away the foreign tribes! When the battle report reaches the imperial court, the world 24Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 131 Dream of the Red Chamber: My Sign-in System Can Crush the Barbarians 红楼：我的签到系统能打爆蛮族 Jia Xun transmigrates into the legitimate second son of the Ningguo Mansion. After Jia Zhen plots against him, he awakens a sign-in System and gains the physique of a warlord and the martial skills of Lu Bu. When the northern frontier is invaded, he kills the barbarian khan in battle, destroys Goguryeo, and is ennobled as a prince despite having no royal blood. As Cheng Shi and Jia Lian lie dying, they entrust their wives and daughters to him. Jia Xun sighs: “I’ll take care of your wives and dau 186Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 132 Dream of the Red Chamber: From the Start, I Took Over Ningguo Mansion 红楼：开局占了宁国府 [A decisive protagonist, high martial arts, lots of Garden scenes, plenty of everyday life] Jia Lang transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. He awakens a System that makes him stronger the harder he works, then discovers there’s a plus sign beside the stats on his panel. This is hilarious! If he can just add points, why bother working hard? Deep Blue, show me your limits! Starting out as a carriage driver, Jia Lang gradually takes control of the Ning-Rong Mansions. Wealth, beau 1.4kReads5.6Score—14d adds
- 133 Dream of the Red Chamber: Rising Against the Odds with a Money System 红楼：带着金钱系统逆袭 A modern loser wakes up after a drunken night to discover he has transmigrated into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber as Jia Huan, an illegitimate son of the Rongguo Mansion! The original Jia Huan was a lowly “stilt-legged chicken,” but he has no intention of repeating that miserable life! Fortunately, he comes with a Money System. It may not be much help, but he can make a comeback on his own! And so begins a ridiculous yet thrilling life in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. The Jia Hu 163Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 134 Dream of the Red Chamber: Making a Name for Myself from the Start 红楼之开局就扬名 A freshman transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and becomes Jia Rong, the eldest legitimate son of the Ningguo Mansion. To protect Qin Keqing, and himself, he makes a little money and earns a few military merits. Don't think you can control my life, Jia Zhen. Not even the emperor can. I decide my own fate, not Heaven. He uses the Heart-Fluttering System to bind Xue Baochai. Let's see if you can resist falling for me. He uses the Lie Detector System to bind Lin Daiyu. Baoyu, o 113Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 135 Dream of the Red Chamber: Battlefields of Blood and Iron, Ten Thousand Books to the Path of Immortality 红楼：铁血沙场，书破万卷一念仙 Jia Chen awakens the [Ten Thousand Scrolls System] in the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. Within books lies the power to move mountains! When his adoptive mother steals his chance to study under a great Confucian master to protect Baoyu, then sends him to a battlefield where he is sure to die, Jia Chen walks out of the noble estate's cage amid falling leaves and laughs at the heavens! After years of quietly laying plans, he secretly commands vast enterprises, the “Ten Thousand Scrolls Study” 52Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 136 Reborn as a Short-Lived Woman in Dream of the Red Chamber, I Became Lin Daiyu’s Cousin 穿成红楼短命女，我成了林黛玉的堂姐 Transmigrating into a short-lived girl from Dream of the Red Chamber, Lin Qingwen trembled with fear. Luckily, an immortal gifted her a new skill, and she embarked on a long journey of saving others and herself. She grew flowers and herbs, inspired dreams and wove them, helping lovesick men and women find the love they longed for. She opened restaurants, grew golden beans, and set up workshops, seizing every chance to earn silver. In the midst of all her busy work, a man shamelessly sidled up to 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 137 Dream of the Red Chamber: This Prince and Daiyu Go Way Back 红楼：这个王爷黛玉很熟 [Dream of the Red Chamber setting]+ [General male lead]+ [One heroine]+ [Man transmigrates into a woman and is reborn] His father died protecting the emperor. He is the eldest legitimate son of the Grand Princess and the Prince of Anning. He wants no part of the inner household, only military accomplishments. After three years in Liaodong, he slaughtered the northern tribes until they trembled at his name. They were forced to use a ruse to transfer him back to the capital. Once home, civil offic 3.6kReads5.9Score19914d adds
- 138 Dream of the Red Chamber: Traces in the Snow 综红楼之雪泥鸿爪 [Includes content from Dream of the Red Chamber, Golden Light, Pili, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio] A fantastical journey for a fairy maiden from Dream of the Red Chamber and a dragon prince from the Nine Realms. (They enter the Pili realm in Chapter 30.) Lin Daiyu finds a pearl with a horned dragon inside. Later, the dragon turns into a man and calls himself Meng Qiusun. One day, the pearl sends Lin Daiyu and Meng Qiusun to the Pili realm. She meets Luo Hou, while the dragon falls int 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 139 Jia Ying of the Dream of the Red Chamber 红楼贾瑛 In a dream of the Red Chamber, who remembers Rongguo House's other son? What if Jia Zheng and the quiet Concubine Zhou had a son? What if the Jia family had one more clearheaded, pragmatic person... When the disaster of the family's confiscation comes, will he go with the flow, or turn the tide? 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 The Jia Clan Is Full of Vermin; I, Marquis Wu'an, Am Ashamed to Associate with Them 贾府一群虫豸，我武安侯羞与为伍 Jia Ke transmigrates into the Qing dynasty of the world of Dream of the Red Chamber. His only golden finger is that he is stronger than ordinary people. His father died young, leaving him with only his mother and younger sister. Though born into the Jia family, he is a member of an exceedingly low-ranking branch. How can he change his impoverished fate? If he cannot succeed through letters, then he will do so through arms. He resolutely joins the army, takes part in the conquest of Liaodong, and 3Reads—Score214d adds
- 141 Dream of the Red Chamber: A Commoner's Son Joins the Army and Rises Through the Martial Arts System 红楼：庶子从军，我靠武学系统封 At the end of the Red Chamber era, Jia Heng, an illegitimate son from a collateral branch of the Jia clan, has suffered cruelty and contempt from his relatives ever since his mother died young. Even a filling meal is beyond his reach, and he seems destined to become another casualty of the Jia family's rise and fall. At the brink of despair, he is bound to the Iron-Blooded Martial Arts System! He trains in the Iron Shirt technique, masters the Overlord Spear, and learns battlefield skills for co 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 Dream of the Red Chamber: A True Man 红楼：大丈夫 What makes a true man? He can defend his country above and bring peace to the people below. Zhao Pu, a man of humble origins, has a chance encounter that transforms him into a pillar of the nation, defending the homeland, safeguarding the country, and expanding its borders... (PS: One female lead. If you don’t like it, don’t read it, and please don’t flame.) 3Reads8.5Score214d adds
- 143 Fated Twin Jades 双玉宿缘 She was a lingzhi growing on stone; he was the one destined to mend the heavens. He was once a five-colored divine stone, before the heavens were mended. She was a lingzhi growing on stone. When the stone shattered and its soul dispersed, one fragment became an immortal herb by the Three Lives Stone, while another passed through countless lifetimes and became a nun. For millions of years, he searched amid desolation, while she coughed blood and burned her poems, only to write them again. At last —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Dream of the Red Chamber: Daiyu Has a Princess for an Older Sister 红楼之黛玉有个郡主姐姐 [Face-slapping the Rongguo Mansion] [Two female leads’ coming-of-age arcs] [The female leads are Daiyu and Gu Zhaoyang, and they get about the same amount of screen time. The male lead has very little screen time at first, and the pairing appears pretty late, since they’re still children.] [The day Lin Daiyu arrives in the capital, the Rongguo Mansion makes her enter through a side gate. But when she visits the Princess’s residence, the Commandery Princess is already waiting at the hanging-flowe 11.3kReads—Score1.8k14d adds
- 145 Dream of the Red Chamber? I Have a Proficiency System 红楼？我有熟练度系统 [Steady Protagonist] + [A Cast of Colorful Characters] + [Delicate Prose] + [Limited Perspective] After transmigrating into Dream of the Red Chamber, the protagonist became bound to a Proficiency System. He had planned to rely on the System to take the imperial examinations and bring honor to his family. But then he discovered that this world was deeply connected to Jin Yong's wuxia novels. "Two horizontal strokes and one vertical stroke, that's all it takes to get things done!" Family, court, j 403Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Dream of the Red Chamber: The Political Brilliance of the Chief Councilor's Virtuous Wife 红楼之首辅贤妻的权谋风华 [The rating isn't representative. A lot of readers stood up for me in their reviews, and I'm grateful.] [Revenge after being reborn + political intrigue at court + nation and family + Daiyu's happily ever after] From chapter 110, the story moves to Fujian, and it returns to the capital around chapter 176. If you don't want to read the Fujian section, you can skip it; it won't affect much. Daiyu is reborn after entering through the West Side Gate. She never has to suffer, and the story is thrilli 7.4kReads8.9Score89314d adds
- 147 Reborn in Dream of the Red Chamber: The Concubine-Born Son's Rise 重生红楼：庶子逆袭 Reborn in an instant, Jia Cong finds himself in the body of the Jia family's most down-and-out illegitimate son. In his previous life, he was frail and sickly, bullied by everyone. This time, armed with an adult's mind and the ability to foresee the future, he vows to defy fate and change his destiny! Jia Huan's jealousy, Wang Xifeng's schemes, Jia She's greed... Open and covert attacks from within and beyond the Jia household come one after another. Watch Jia Cong plan his every move as he rise —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 Dream of the Red Chamber: Fighting for the Throne, the Sixth Prince Starts from the Start at Xiaoxiang Hall! 红楼：夺嫡，老六从潇湘馆开局！ [Transmigration] + [Court Politics] + [Lighthearted Power Fantasy] + [Industrial Development] + [Scheming Protagonist] + [Collecting Every Beauty] A seasoned office worker transmigrates into the world of Dream of the Red Chamber and becomes the sixth prince, Huang Ye. He gathers the beauties, develops the land, enriches the people, and takes part in the struggle for the throne. In the end, he begins conquering the lands in every direction, bringing all nations to pay tribute! 7.6kReads—Score64014d adds
- 149 Lin Daiyu Takes the Imperial Exam and Becomes an Official, and Madam Wang Regrets It 林黛玉科考做官，王夫人她后悔了 The book was just rated, so the score isn't high yet. It'll gradually go up! [Dream of the Red Chamber-inspired] + [Imperial Examinations] + [Reborn] + [Power Fantasy with a Romance, Though Romance Takes a Back Seat] (Anti-Xue and Anti-Jia Family). Don't read if that bothers you. Hmph! Lin Daiyu has no interest in so-called fated matches or romantic pledges. Brother Bao and Sister Bao would only slow her sword arm. Reborn, she is determined to pursue the imperial exams. She takes the Lin fam 2.4kReads6.8Score20014d adds
- 150 Dream of the Red Chamber: I Take the Imperial Exams in the Rongguo Mansion 【红楼】我在荣国府考科举 A concubine-born son refuses to accept his fate. With a single stroke, he can change the world. He carves a path through blood, until the day he holds power over all under heaven! In the history of the Red Chamber imperial examinations, no one had ever won first place in all six stages, until Jia Huan came along. County, prefectural, and academy exams, followed by the provincial, metropolitan, and palace exams: he takes first place in every single one and becomes famous throughout the land. Gran 581Reads6.2Score—14d adds
