Novels like The Gentleman’s Stratagem
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- 1 I Have a Lovely Wife to Raise 吾有娇妻待养成 Luo Yan only wants to joke around, get by, and wait for death. But ever since she was little, she’s been saddled with an annoying clingy pest. Her love rival wants to kill her, and her enemies want to use her to threaten him. Fine, she’s put up with all that... or not! And can someone explain why she’s being dragged into a power grab, too? Then don’t blame her for being ruthless! The annoying clingy pest: Please don’t spare me, this delicate flower~ 0Votes4kRecs2.6kFans
- 2 People of This World 人间人 Awakening at the start of my journey, amid winding bamboo groves and endless forests. Spring and autumn pass in a flash. Where are you now? Alone in silence, tears fill the sea of my heart. By day I walk among the living; by night I return to the Starry Terrace. The bitter wind howls, and even ice and snow grieve. A white colt flashes past; the bright mirror is no platform. A thousand lifetimes drift by, yet this love never changes. Beneath the lamp, my shadow stretches long across the lonely te 0Votes1kRecs38Fans
- 3 An ’80s Country Girl 八零农家女 (Sly Female Lead VS Tragic, Powerful Male Lead) Meng Tang dies unexpectedly and is reborn! She returns to the 1980s, where material comforts are scarce and troublesome relatives keep picking fights. Her whole extended family is a mess. She can’t just take the hits, so Meng Tang carefully devises a plan to split up the household. While the others divide the farmland and property, her family gets a mountain. Together, they clear the land, and before long, they have more houses and fields and a 0Votes115.7kRecs87Fans
- 4 The Blazing Sun’s Zhuoxin Sword 烈日卓心剑 What? I transmigrated? And it's already been two years! (The transmigration is told in flashback.) I've gotten used to everything, but now I've got a father, too? My real father is the emperor? And I've got a whole bunch of handsome men at my beck and call? A life with cheat-level advantages needs no explanation! Then let's uncover the truth one step at a time! (The author has let loose. This blurb is just for a laugh! If you need anything, burn incense, send a tip, pray to Buddha, vote, or leav 0Votes1.5kRecs49Fans
- 5 Bamboo Fence 楚篱 Emperor Xie Jing, who had once met Chu Li's mother, issued an edict arranging Chu Li's marriage to Xie Shaoqing. Having just been jilted, Chu Li had no choice but to marry Xie Shaoqing, a man she had only recently met. Thus began their gentle, gradual life together, full of bickering and playful squabbles. 0Votes2.7kRecs38Fans
- 6 The Phoenix Chef 凤厨 Lin Rong was a servant girl, a despised bastard who lived in constant fear in the Zhang household. Fortunately, before her mother was kidnapped, she taught Lin Rong how to make noodle soup to sober someone up. That was how Lin Rong managed to cling to a place in the Zhang household despite all the hardships. But as a bastard, she found one strange thing after another happening to her. From the day she was released from prison, the truth about her origins gradually came to light, and all kinds of 0Votes7.3kRecs1.7kFans
- 7 The Record of Suiling 燧灵记 An Xin transmigrates into a declining cultivation world, where nightmares keep her on edge. By a stroke of luck, she saves her senior sister and sets off on a life of unstoppable good fortune. The chaos of the martial world cannot defeat her; she turns the tide when her sect is transformed, and single-handedly puts an end to the conflicts among the Three Realms... She battles her way through one challenge after another, fighting monsters, leveling up, and struggling onward. At last, she opens th 0Votes106kRecs7.2kFans
- 8 The Qing Dynasty 卿朝 Du Yao, the renowned Princess of Qiyang, is dead, while Gu Yao, a lone girl from the north, narrowly escapes death. Given another life, Du Yao disguises herself as a man and vows to make up for the regrets of her past life. The Great Qi realm is vast. She wants to see the lovely landscapes of Jiangnan and the lonely, distant beacon fires of the northern deserts. As for those scheming to steal the empire... 0Votes1.1kRecs1.5kFans
- 9 Quick Transmigration: A Wild Spin Through Twisted Plots 快穿之疯回路转 System Wind Chime is online. All you lunatics, get lost! Ever since she was deceived by the System, the genius girl’s intelligence has gone out the window, and she’s become a silly little fool. Tell me, is this the fall of human nature, or the distortion of the world? 0Votes104.5kRecs2.2kFans
- 10 Idle Yearning 相思闲 Xie Yixin, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, has loved Yang Zhaowu, grandson of the mighty General Wei Yuan, since she was little. She loves him so much she’s become spoiled and willful, so heartbroken she can barely bear it. But Yang Zhaowu has always treated her like a younger sister, refusing to face her feelings head-on. When Xie Yixin begins to live life on her own terms, uncovers the truth about her birth, and leaves a host of outstanding men falling at her feet, what will Yang Zhaowu 0Votes2.5kRecs5.6kFans
- 11 The Little Things in Life 生活的那点事 (New book: Quick Transmigration: A Crazy Change of Course is now out. I’m Xiao Zifeng, and I have my own stories. Do you have wine? Experience all the many faces of life and taste every sweetness and bitterness in the world. Sometimes, even a simple thought can shape someone’s entire life. Life is short, so learn to enjoy your freedom. Don’t follow the crowd. Be yourself. When you meet interesting people and encounter interesting things, pick up a pen and re 0Votes1.6kRecs24Fans
- 12 Reunited with You 逢君欢 Jiang Chuning never imagined she could shoot down a living creature, let alone find a love letter inside the homing pigeon. So all these coincidences were just to bring me to you. 0Votes1.4kRecs42Fans
- 13 The Farmer's Concubine Is a Beauty 农妃倾城 Lin Shu considers herself the boldest and freest woman in the Great Qi. To escape a fate as the landlord's eldest son's fourth concubine, she takes her younger brother, climbs into a carriage, and follows some distant uncle she barely knows, a third-rank official appointed by the imperial court, to the capital. The Lin residence in the capital is a sprawling maze of courtyards. There, Lin Shu encounters all kinds of oddballs and gets caught up in one headache after another. Among them is a young 0Votes1.2kRecs39Fans
- 14 Reborn as a Little Miracle Doctor in the 1990s 重生九零小神医 In her past life, Su Nian wasted her life. Her parents favored boys over girls and treated only her older brother like a treasure! She gave everything for her family, but in the end, she was left with nothing! Reborn, she is cherished by Chu Beichen, and their life together blossoms! A story about a couple showing off their love behind closed doors! 0Votes27.4kRecs20.7kFans
- 15 The Emperor and Empress’s Tragedy 顾盼君颜之帝后殇 “From now on, you go your way and I’ll go mine. We have nothing more to do with each other.” “Mumu, is there really no going back? I had no choice but to marry A Xue. Without you, what’s the point of living...?” “But what about the child? He’s innocent. Nan Muchen, I don’t blame you, but I can’t love you anymore. In the end, we were never meant to be.” She turned away. The vivid green of her clothes stood out beneath the setting sun. At last, she couldn’t hold back her tears, and they blurred he 0Votes426Recs49Fans
- 16 Admired Joy 慕悦 A devastating landslide in Sichuan and Chongqing turned Yu Changyue's life upside down. In the twenty-second year of Jingkang, natural disasters and human calamities abound, the political winds shift, murderous schemes lurk everywhere, and enemies close in from all sides. How can she seize the peaceful life she deserves in this lifetime? To wear the crown, one must bear its weight. Reborn, she will carve out a bright future for herself, secure an era of prosperity and peace for the Yu family, an 0Votes3.1kRecs59Fans
- 17 The Phoenix Returns on the Clouds 云凤归 Yun Chujing, a top student who died of heart disease in the modern era, transmigrates into the body of a hunter’s youngest daughter. She is considering how to get rich through farming and achieve a comfortable life when she unexpectedly learns she is the Yun family’s abandoned seventh daughter. Just as she rolls up her sleeves, ready to take on the household intrigue, she’s told there’s more to her birth story... Yun Chujing has no plans to overthrow the dynasty, no family to protect, and no dee 0Votes32kRecs5kFans
- 18 The Emperor's Favor, Won by Your Schemes 君谋帝宠 Ten years ago, Gu Ting died a gruesome death in Southern Xinjiang. Over the next ten years, she conquered the world and became an emperor. They say the imperial aura of the four corners of the realm can bring the dead back to life, and she believed it. After more than two hundred years of division, she reunited the realm and gathered the imperial aura from all four corners, hoping to use it to bring Gu Ting back to life. Gu Ting was finally resurrected, but returned to fifteen years earli 0Votes2.8kRecs1.5kFans
- 19 A Glance at Beauty 一顾芳华 The Junzhu Gu Fanghua, after passing through fire, has actually been reborn? In this second life, Gu Fanghua will never again be blinded by a transmigrated man. She wants to help Brother Yan Rong Ling reclaim the throne he lost in his previous life. But this golden finger bestowed by Heaven is truly useless. Can I exchange it for another one? 0Votes249.9kRecs12.4kFans
- 20 My Husband Is a Cunning Old Fox 夫君是只老狐狸 This novel is complete. The new novel, A World That Speaks No Immortals, is also complete. Feel free to dive in. Lin Shaoge is peerlessly handsome and as sly as a fox. All he wants is to live the simple life of a spoiled playboy and dote on his silly, sweet young wife, but fate pushes him onto a path destined to be anything but ordinary. Qin Wanyue is big-hearted and thick-skinned. At first, she excels in medicine. Later, she breaks free of her cocoon and transforms, while her gift for verbal sp 0Votes10.6kRecs13.4kFans
- 21 The Imperial Consort Who Held the Seal 掌玺皇妃 A rich beauty transmigrates into the body of an ugly woman, who rises from the ashes to become a princess consort. She can heal, fight, and command troops, while Prince Jing dotes on her and showers readers with sweetness. A strong heroine and a strong hero, in a hilarious, indulgent transmigration romance. 1v1. 0Votes2.9kRecs794Fans
- 22 General, Please Calm Down 将军请息怒 Ye Xinying's life had taken her from princess to fallen kingdom, and then to con artist. She thought nothing could surprise her anymore, but unexpectedly, her foster brother mistook her for his mother? Hold on, I'm only nineteen, the very picture of youth! Is there something covering his eyes? 0Votes5.2kRecs3.4kFans
- 23 Plan to Save the Male Lead 拯救男主计划 Urgent news from the martial world: The male lead has lost all his magical powers and immortal energy. What should he do when he runs into a powerful, shameless second male lead? The female lead is waiting online. This is urgent. She refuses to share her husband. The female lead shoots him a withering glare. The male lead says, “I’m obviously very powerful.” The female lead says, “Fine, then fight him one-on-one.” The male lead says, “If I can use my brains, why dirty my hands?” The female lead 0Votes1.6kRecs71Fans
- 24 A Merchant's Daughter of Distinction 名门商媛 Li Yuan was reborn. Remembering everything from her previous life, she no longer wants to be an obedient, well-behaved daughter. She wants to live a freer life. When it comes to marriage, she’ll make her own decisions. She’ll meddle in her brother’s marriage and her best friend’s, and change things around a little. She’ll clear out the scum around her, making life peaceful and the air easier to breathe. And you, whoever you are, if you don’t want to marry into the family, stop hovering around th 0Votes10.7kRecs3.2kFans
- 25 Back to Our Youthful Days 重返青葱岁月 If you had the chance to live it all over again... Back to the nineties, when phones were still tiny tablets and computers still had huge backs... There’s no overpowered golden finger, and both the main characters and the supporting cast are ordinary people. It’s really just a story about the heroine returning to become a top student and fall in love while she’s at it. Realistic fiction, focused on everyday life. 0Votes9.7kRecs6.5kFans
- 26 The Record of Jianghu Prodigies 江湖奇才录 A vendetta close to home and a bloodstained treasure map propel a boy from humble origins into the martial world of his dreams. What kind of fortuitous encounter could make him the pivot on which the entire martial world turns? Can you stand against the most powerful sect in the realm, defeat the greatest martial artist, and win the heart of the woman you love most? Yes, I can, all thanks to the sword in my hand! 0Votes4.8kRecs2.3kFans
- 27 Faraway South City 南城遥 The martial arts tournament is fast approaching, and turmoil is once again sweeping through the jianghu. Old grievances and new grudges, amid bloodshed and violence. See how the runaway princess makes her way through the martial world. And discover how the young sect leader will clear an innocent person's name. 0Votes4.3kRecs932Fans
- 28 The Perfect Time to Meet 相逢正当时 It seems the only way to get back at scumbags is to give them a thorough face-slapping. Cheng Ran wanted to make a comeback with her family’s help and reclaim the spotlight, but fate played a cruel joke on her. After being struck down again and again by the people she trusted, she had no choice but to put her old grudges aside for now and start over from scratch. Man: “Hardworking people have good luck. Drink up this bowl of toxic motivational soup, and you’ll find your way tomorrow.” Cheng Ran: 0Votes29.4kRecs76Fans
- 29 The World Speaks Not of Immortals 世不言仙 (Completed, so enjoy without worry) "Lan Buyuan, as we launch this assault on the Immortal Realm, how confident are you?" "Fifty percent." "Oh? You actually have a fifty percent chance?!" "Success or failure. Isn't that fifty percent either way?" "...All right. To accomplish an act that defies Heaven in a mortal body, what exactly is your reason?" "For all the heavens, for Yu Lingxiao." "Utterly arrogant! Utterly arrogant!" The exasperated onlookers: "Calm down, those are merely the names of two 0Votes22kRecs14.2kFans
- 30 The Fallen Phoenix 沉凰 With the powerful Zhuyin backing her, Ning Si has tested the limits of death countless times. Come on! You can't kill this old lady, so let's hurt each other! [Fantasy] 0Votes26.2kRecs1.3kFans
- 31 The Way of the Taoist School 道门大门道 Whether you understand the Way or not, you'll know once you practice. The Taoist sect bears witness to the Great Way, the path to becoming an immortal. Read it forwards or backwards, in order or in reverse, from front to back or back to front, from left to right or right to left, inside or out: it's all part of the Taoist sect's great mysteries! See how the leads and supporting characters navigate the ups and downs of life, endure a perilous and tumultuous existence, and savor the passage of tim 2Votes351.9kRecs147.3kFans
- 32 Wuyan 仵言 “Miss, where did you get the jade crown, gold token, and brocade clothes?” She pointed delicately, and beneath a tree lay a handsome young man in white. “See him? He's stupid and loaded. There are so many lambs ready for the slaughter!” “M-Miss, that's an imperial inspector from the capital...” (Shocked face)... After surviving disaster, all she wanted was to stay 0Votes11.1kRecs10kFans
- 33 The Way of the Mosquito Has an Immortal Empress 蚊道有仙后 The main story is finished! I'll add some short extras later, and update them whenever I can. See you in my next book, A Guide to Mysterious Creatures. Please support and favorite it! ヽ(*´з`*)ﾉ Female-targeted version: A mosquito drank a drop of blood from an ancient god and became an immortal little demon! After that, she became hopelessly addicted to running away! A certain god asked: Are you still going to run away? Mosquito: No more running. You've worn me out so much I don't have the streng 0Votes4.3kRecs2.2kFans
- 34 The Peerless Six Treasures 绝世六宝 A young man trained to extraordinary skill by a mysterious figure is tasked with finding six ancient treasures passed down through the ages. His quest sets off a bloody struggle across the martial world. As he fights for the treasures, he faces not only death and slaughter, but also conspiracies and evil. The darkness and fickleness of human nature keep him on edge at every turn, with danger closing in all around. Though he possesses peerless martial arts, he never forgets his principles, treati 0Votes2.2kRecs1.8kFans
- 35 The Young Master with the Fan 怀扇公子 Gentle and generous have nothing to do with her, and she has no connection whatsoever to brilliance and talent. She is big-breasted and brainless, saying and doing whatever she pleases. Spoiled by his favor and relying on his protection, she does not even take the current emperor seriously. She has no lofty ambitions. Her only dream is to win him over. What troubles her greatly is that the man she yearns for is nothing but a blockhead. To win him over, she brought every trick she had learned in 0Votes82.3kRecs11.7kFans
- 36 The Rise and Fall of the Kingdoms 列国浮沉 Affection and love flourish freely in the narrow gaps between thirty years of deadly schemes. King Wei: “Who says a peerless expert can’t use someone else’s blade to kill? What a joke.” King Zhao: “Who says a kingdom can’t be won without playing fair? How naive.” King Qi: “I’ve watched the world from the sidelines, but in the end, my long sword must become a kitchen knife.” King Chu: “The martial world is treacherous. Don’t drink too much.” King Song: “Enough chatter! Success or failure, rig 0Votes37.3kRecs127.2kFans
- 37 The Phoenix’s Scheme Against Fate 逆世凤谋 My new novel, Return of the Phoenix, is now online. Come on in, everyone! Transmigrated to another era, she wields her needle and thread to embroider all beneath heaven! “Empress! Embroider me a dragon robe!” “Sure! Fifty thousand taels!” “Deal!” “Gold!” Ling Su gave the man beside her a knowing smile. “Your Majesty, the Empress isn't greedy at all!” “Mm, I've never been... Ah!” “Empress, you should give me a few more little princesses!” Ling Su thought that if she could spend her whole life lik 0Votes35.2kRecs3.5kFans
- 38 Warmth Behind the Lin Family Gates 林门闺暖 The moon shines bright, and lovely is the beauty. Within the Lin household lives a charming young lady, whose warm smile is deft and bright. This is a story about a young lady determined to live for food. Ahem, a beautiful young lady who admires the spirit of the Wei and Jin dynasties and aspires to Tao Qian's ideals, as she sweeps away every “harmful pest.” Please read the author's note in the book's dis 0Votes146.2kRecs32.9kFans
- 39 The Glories of the Later Dynasty 后华 [Early work, proceed with caution!!!] They say an empress can enjoy a lifetime of wealth and glory. But after Su Qingcheng gave up everything, her family was destroyed and her loved ones died. And life offers no second chances. After becoming a deposed empress, she steps onto another battlefield in the imperial harem. 0Votes152.2kRecs27.3kFans
- 40 The Sword That Shatters the Realm 剑破江山 Fang Zhongjin, a native of this world, escapes the predicament of being condemned to execution along with ten branches of his family. He wins the favor of the four great factions. He ruins the reputation of Mount Hua’s leader. He makes the abbot of Shaolin accept defeat wholeheartedly. He raises his blade and sword, cleaving a path through the land. I am Fang Zhongjin. I rely on neither a System nor supernatural abilities. I’ll be a native with backbone! My new book, Invincible for Six Hundred Y 0Votes3.9kRecs5.2kFans
- 41 The Morning Light Has Grown Dim 晨光已熹微 Youth is a grand celebration: once the gathering is over, everyone must part ways. He was the warmth and light she had long been without. He was the faith she clung to most. But one day, the warmth turned cold, the light went out, and her faith crumbled. She began to accept it and tried to get used to it... Yet she never expected that, years later, she would meet him again. Just like before, blazing with dazzling light, unstoppable as he charged into her now-darkened world... 0Votes40.6kRecs18.4kFans
- 42 Du Chanyin 杜婵音 Heartbroken and disillusioned, she resolutely drinks the poison before her. She has repaid her debt of gratitude, and besides, he has already been involved with another woman... In her past life, she was his wife; In this life, she is engaged to another man. He clenches his fists, a raging fire burning in his heart. No! It isn't over yet! Even if that monk really did deceive him, he's already gone too far to turn back... 0Votes27.1kRecs11.5kFans
- 43 A Drifter's Interstellar Journey 流浪儿的星际之旅 An amnesiac baby abandoned by her family at birth transmigrates to an ABO world ten thousand years in the future. She can survive without eating or drinking, and was born with extraordinary intelligence? She can fight the insectoid race without a single soldier, and ends up with a private star after wiping out the pirates? The only 3S intelligent mecha in the galaxy 0Votes3.6kRecs6.6kFans
- 44 I Married My Enemy 拐个仇人做夫君 When other people are reborn, they torment their enemies until not even scraps remain. So why does Shi Xiaoyu have to be eaten up completely by her enemies instead?! To find out what happens, read on and see for yourself… P.S. There’s a little bonus skit after every chapter, and readers who enjoy them can even reserve one in advance! Xiao Jiezi hopes everyone will enjoy this story. Please share your valuable opinions. Collections, recommendations, tips, and everything else are all welcome, so 0Votes6.9kRecs3.8kFans
- 45 The Endless Tribulation 无间劫 Reality is cruel. Students eventually graduate, and people eventually grow up. One day, we all have to experience the rights and wrongs, good and evil, love and hate of the world. After reading this story and experiencing all that life has to offer, may you still be the same boy you once were, sword in hand, setting out to roam the world. The martial world is like an endless hell, and everyone is struggling to survive. The protagonist, Duanmu Mingxin, grows through hardship and becomes a Buddha 0Votes4.3kRecs2.1kFans
- 46 Quick Transmigration: The Face-Slapping Plan 快穿之打脸计划 Lu Xin says the world has long been in turmoil, with transmigrators running rampant and stealing the fate that was originally theirs. Shi Qi doesn't understand what a transmigrator is, but she has certainly suffered at their hands. Her body has been destroyed, and her soul has scattered. Now she's nothing more than a fragment of a soul wandering the mortal world. How can she even think of revenge? Lu Xin says they each get what they need: he'll restore her body and soul, and all he wants is to k 0Votes46kRecs29.1kFans
- 47 The Ultimate Martial God 终极大武神 Just as Ai Chonglang is about to leave the island and enter the world, he is ambushed. In an unexpected twist, his soul crosses over, and the course of his life is changed forever... Diligent study and training, a heaven-sent windfall, one adventure after another, a meteoric rise, and sweet revenge... After enduring countless twists and strange turns, he becomes a legendary Great Martial God! 0Votes112.2kRecs47.7kFans
- 48 Immortality in the Great Qin 长生大秦 That year, Xiang Ji performed a feat in Xianyang Palace, lifting a cauldron weighing a hundred thousand jin. That year, Liu Ji took the Chixiao Sword to the marketplace and taught a gang of ruffians a lesson. When the First Emperor's power cowed the four seas, heroes everywhere trembled in fear. It turned out the myths of antiquity were real. This is a story about pursuing the martial path and eternal life. 0Votes73.6kRecs220.2kFans
- 49 Wielding the Sword to Slay Demons 荡剑诛魔传 [Original title: Forgetting Each Other in the Martial World] More than ten years after the foreign barbarians' chaos was quelled, the wicked Demon Cult schemed to overturn the natural order, the righteous sects were too weak to protect themselves, and treacherous ministers and corrupt eunuchs seized power and stirred up turmoil. With a rising force in the martial world, flying the banner of chivalry, attacked from all sides, its members unexpectedly turned their weapons on one another. The Centr 0Votes378kRecs177.9kFans
- 50 The Adorable Consort Is No Longer Easy to Bully 萌妃不好惹啦 After transmigrating into the body of a chubby girl, she protects her lovely young husband as all kinds of wicked beauties try to steal him away. Together, they take down scoundrels and make other couples jealous. The heroine is unmatched in wit. With her handsome husband, she turns their fortunes around and rises from two useless nobodies to powerful figures who rule the world. “My lady, I’m all ready whenever you want to eat me!” “My lady, do I taste good?” “...” 0Votes58.9kRecs13.9kFans
