Novels like A Joyful Farmer’s Journey to the Imperial Exams
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- 1 The Lady Takes Up Her Sword 夫人持剑 Han Lang, the distinguished Commander of the Imperial Brocade Guard, didn’t get married until he was twenty-four. But to his utter surprise, he had married a fake wife: a thief who stole intelligence! The shameless female thief helped herself to whatever she wanted, stole intelligence, and even stole his newly awakened heart! Han Lang: “Get back here!” Pei Zhen: “Do you think I’m stupid?” Han Lang: “All right, all right! If you won’t come back, I’ll go with you!” Pei Zhen: “???” Han Lang had no 0Votes17.7kRecs7.6kFans
- 2 You’re an Invisible Big Shot, but Your Persona Is Crumbling 隐形大佬你崩人设了 My new book, What Use Is This Chaotic World to Me?, is now being serialized! After more than a decade surviving in an icy apocalypse, Jian Ning returns to an era of four distinct seasons. She opens her eyes to a life of poverty and gets a notice that her freeloading fiancé, now successful, wants to break off their engagement. Jian Ning: “Sure. He can leave, but the food stays.” Oh, and this broad-shouldered, narrow-waisted, long-legged, handsome, resolute man is your future husband. Please sign 0Votes10.8kRecs8.4kFans
- 3 Divorce Made Me Famous 一离成名 Li Jinhua only wanted to sell off her ex-husband. She never expected to become famous because she took the act too far. 0Votes24.8kRecs29.4kFans
- 4 The Imperial Heir 御嫡 Go straight to the new book: Chang'an Qing. You're welcome to check it out. In her previous life, she rose to the empress's throne through her service in supporting the new emperor, enjoying boundless favor and bringing glory to her family, only to be betrayed, killed, and see her entire clan wiped out. In this life, she will protect those she wants to protect and kill those who deserve to die. She never expected that one person would keep bringing her a warmth she could hardly bring herself to 0Votes5.9kRecs9.6kFans
- 5 The Little Farmer Who Runs the Household 掌家小农女 She transmigrates to ancient times for no apparent reason! See how Chen Xiaonuan makes a fortune, with her honest mother and adorable little sister by her side! The author’s new book, "Follow My Sister to Farm in the Tenth Year of the Calamity", is now underway. Readers are welcome to check it out. 0Votes200.9kRecs69.9kFans
- 6 Sole Possession of the Golden Branch 独占金枝 The second young master of the Duke of Anguo's household, Ji Chonghuan, and the Yang family's eldest young lady, Yang Weixian, were a match made in heaven, a pair of talented man and beautiful woman. Yet Fourth Miss Jiang, known as the fattest woman in Chang'an, had no self-awareness and insisted on forcing her way between them. Jiang Shaoyan, who had spent her entire life at the peak of beauty, opened her eyes one morning to find herself transformed into Fourth Miss Jiang, whose build was enoug 0Votes184.6kRecs84.6kFans
- 7 Springtime by the Waters 鱼水春来 (Read with caution) This story is also known as The Carp Spirit’s Guide to Life in the Inner Residence. There are probably very few people in this world who know that Yu Xiaoling, the five-year-old granddaughter of the Yu family’s Minister of Works, is actually a carp spirit reincarnated! Yu Xiaoling clutched a soft, delicious piece of pea cake and rattled off in one breath: “The Carp Spirit’s Guide to Eating, Drinking, and Having Fun in the Mortal World, While Picking Up a Young Husband Along t 0Votes9.4kRecs23.7kFans
- 8 Glorious Palace of Splendor 锦绣清宫 The Qing dynasty took a different turn, the Fourth Prince had an overactive imagination, and the kids were a handful. That was Yarichi’s conclusion after entering the Fourth Prince’s household. She came from the Lower Five Banners, and aside from having a family name, her poor family had nothing at all. Yarichi had planned to have one child and then live out her days, hoping to make it to eighty. She never imagined she had only guessed the beginning of the story... Yarichi: I’m exhausted and ove 0Votes41.6kRecs16.1kFans
- 9 The Lucky Lady and the Mountain Man 福运娘子山里汉 When Ji Yuan married for the first time, the groom died just as the bridal sedan arrived at the door. When Ji Yuan married for the second time, the groom's grave was struck by lightning as soon as the auspicious hour arrived. After being rejected twice in succession, her reputation for bad luck spread throughout the surrounding villages. It looked as though she would be stuck with no pro 0Votes72.2kRecs51.8kFans
- 10 Spring Makeup 春妆 When other people are reborn, they start by face-slapping and grinding monsters before defying heaven and changing their fate. When Hongyao is reborn, she starts by pressing Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V. Hongyao: Why change fate? What if you accidentally erase your life? Will you compensate me? A certain man: I will. For two lifetimes. Special notice: This novel is set in a fictional world, so readers 0Votes112.5kRecs56.7kFans
- 11 The Princess Consort Is No Easy Target 郡主难惹 After transmigrating, a female warrior from the apocalypse transformed into the invincible Junzhu Yun Xiao. Not wanting to meet the same tragic end as the original owner, she threw a punch and seized the emperor, her ultimate weapon. “Protect this wonderful world. If you keep being a foolish ruler, I’ll beat you up!” The foolish emperor: “I’m innocent! I’ll change!” P.S. This story is dedicated to the comedies I’ve watched over the years. The plot is purely meant to entertain you. The heroine ha 0Votes37.4kRecs20.4kFans
- 12 The Side Consort’s Leisurely Life 侧福晋不悠闲 What should a secondary consort do? Vie for favor, act sweet and obedient, win the Fourth Lord's heart, and leave the other women with no favor to compete for. In short, behaving herself is out of the question. That's just how domineering she is ╭(╯^╰)╮. She has thought up all sorts of ways to win his favor, but the Fourth Lord just doesn't play along and never follows the usual script. Ni Chuhe is exhausted. Don't worry. The colder the Fourth Lord is at first, the more irresistible he'll be lat 0Votes11.1kRecs8.4kFans
- 13 The Imperial Envoy Has Arrived 钦差大人驾到 Fresh-Faced Imperial Commissioner Solves Cases Live Got a score to settle? Get your revenge. Got a grudge? Settle it. No grudges or grievances? Come watch anyway. Behold this handsome, dashing commissioner, as graceful as a tree in the breeze. 0Votes12.6kRecs3.5kFans
- 14 The Divine Physician Ancestor Has Returned 神医祖宗回来了 The new book, The Mystic Ancestress Is Mind-Read, and the Whole Family Gets Hooked on Playing the Villain, is now out! … … At the wedding of Shen Weiqing, the heaven's favorite, the hall is filled with guests offering their congratulations. Then a village girl arrives to steal the groom, claiming that she is the one Shen Weiqing was engaged to… 0Votes188.5kRecs50.8kFans
- 15 The Rakish Lady Heir 纨绔女世子 Lan Jing only wanted to make a fortune, but somehow ended up as the heir to a noble title. Once he became the heir, he executed corrupt officials, took on powerful ministers, and made his name on the battlefield. Beautiful women all eagerly offered themselves to him. “My lord, I’m devoted to you, and I can sing and dance...” “Good girl. Stay.” “Cousin, I can’t do anything...” “Keep her, keep her.” Someone: “Xiao Jing, it’ 0Votes45.7kRecs4.3kFans
- 16 The Phoenix Rises Over the Countryside 凤起田园 Liu Meier, a woman from the apocalypse, transmigrates to ancient times. She finds herself surrounded by the original heroine, who is determined to get rid of her; a reborn woman who stirs up conflict to seek revenge; and a proud, arrogant woman who has transmigrated into a book and is ambitious to boot. One land, four women. They help and scheme against one another. Who will win, and who will lose? 0Votes32.1kRecs62.9kFans
- 17 Notes from the Fifties 五零后记事 This is a fantasy novel disguised as a period piece, also known as With Heaven Above, I Refuse to Submit and How a Goofy Local Deity Saved the World. Here’s the serious introduction: Wang Yunshu, an indoor-loving woman born in the 1980s, transmigrates to China in the 1960s thanks to her abundant good karma and the help of her “ancestors.” She becomes a girl born in the 1950s, an orphan from the start, just like the protagonist of a certain web-novel site. Looking at her two baby brothers crying 1Votes55.1kRecs29.7kFans
- 18 Taking Taobao to the Ancient World 带着淘宝混古代 Her father is a general, her mother comes from a wealthy family, she's an only child, and she has a powerful patron backing her?! Fantastic! With such an amazing setup, how could she not make a little trouble to repay the transmigration god for looking after her? Come on, let's chant our slogan together. What's our goal?! Make trouble! Make trouble! Make trouble! Let's make a starry sea, let's build a glorious age of prosperity! 0Votes88.1kRecs35kFans
- 19 Pearl Softness 珠柔 The kingdom is on the verge of collapse, surrounded by rebels, with the enemy at the gates. Zhao Mingzhi rejects the wise minister’s plan to flee south and establish a reduced court. Holding her newly enthroned younger brother in her arms, she turns around and seeks refuge with Pei Yong, the ruthless and infamous military governor. The court is in an uproar: “The emperor is doomed! The Great Jin is finished!” Yet years later, everyone looks back and sees that the Zhao dynasty has not changed han 0Votes154.2kRecs43.7kFans
- 20 Jiang Liuniang's Everyday Road to Prosperity 姜六娘发家日常 While other people transmigrate and either take the world by storm or live life to the fullest, Jiang Liu’er finds herself facing one trial after another. A declining family, an unreliable father, a bookish older sister, and a dark, scheming young man who seems to have popped out of nowhere: every one of them is a trial. But Jiang Liu isn’t fazed. With her chubby little hands, she turns her trials into a rope to prosperity, and together they build a wonderfully offbeat life. The author’s new boo 0Votes83.3kRecs59.8kFans
- 21 Lord Shangshu Is Easily Swayed 尚书大人易折腰 She was born the daughter of a noble family, but was switched at birth and raised as the daughter of a fifth-rank official. A person's nature determines their fate, and kind hearts are always rewarded. Well, all right. She really didn't do anything, yet somehow became the protagonist. In my new novel, I Transmigrated into a Book and Became a Drama Queen, Xia Qianyu works hard every day to flatter the male lead and support his love for the heroine, all so she can escape her tragic role as the vil 0Votes146.9kRecs62.7kFans
- 22 The First Lady 第一娇 The new novel, Dad, Did You Read Today?, is now online. Sweet readers, please show it some love! A single imperial edict of marriage sends shockwaves through the court. The eldest daughter of the Pingyang Marquis household, a highly skilled martial artist who has terrorized the region, is getting married! Poor groom: gentle as jade and devastatingly handsome, only to have a lovely flower smothered in cow dung. Male lead: “Hey, you’re pretty arrogant!” Female lead: “That’s not arrogance. That’s b 0Votes111kRecs86.7kFans
- 23 Transmigrating Through the Wilderness on a Farming and Famine-Escape Journey 穿越之种田逃荒路 The new novel, What Use Is This Chaotic World to Me?, is now being serialized. It's a farming and infrastructure-building story, so give it a try if you like that sort of thing. Su Qiqi is having the worst luck! She falls asleep and has a dream. When she wakes up, she has transmigrated into a cursed planet! There are mountains here, but no immortals. There is an ocean, but no mermaids. And there's... a rock that eats jade! Famine, epidemics, and war are rampant here... Su Qiqi waves her little h 0Votes12.3kRecs16.8kFans
- 24 Peerless Beauty 国色无双 Lost in a dense forest, a beautiful woman stumbles into the Tianyuan Continent. Are the villagers kind and friendly? No, they plot to trade her for money. Is the refined young gentleman a real gentleman? No, he wants to offer her as a gift to curry favor with the powerful. Is the steady, gentlemanly older man trustworthy? No, he wants to take her as a concubine. This enrages the female city lord, who wants to wipe out the “vixen.” She flees and runs until she finally meets a handsome man of stan 0Votes37.8kRecs46.2kFans
- 25 Crimson Finery 大红妆 I’ve started a new book, . Come give it a try! Shen Tong has lived two lifetimes, and she thinks this is the best time of all. She has the heart, the strength, and the memory, along with plenty of the best years of her life ahead. Did you hear that? This grand age belongs to me! 0Votes180.9kRecs85.2kFans
- 26 Dad, Have You Read Today? 爹你今天读书了吗 Other people who transmigrate: adored by everyone, spoiled sweetly, transmigrate into a story, armed with medical skills, martial arts, and a magical dimension. Zhou Qing's transmigration: transmigrating herself wasn't enough, the original owner's father was also transmigrated by an old wastrel from a fictional dynasty. Farming? Can't do it! Raising pigs? Can't do it! Eating chicken? Can do it!!! To live t 0Votes65.4kRecs52.9kFans
- 27 This Prince Hasn’t Long to Live 本王命不久矣 Fourth Miss Shen takes a tumble in the Buddhist hall and, upon waking, discovers that she has gained a new ability: She can see how much life a person who is about to die has left... The Prince Yi of the Great Zhou dynasty is young yet covered in battle honors and has slaughtered his way across the lands, but he is a short-lived ghost. After being reborn, Shen Shu saves him countles 0Votes47.8kRecs45.8kFans
- 28 The Big Shot Is Everywhere 大佬无所不在 [Apocalypse + interstellar adventure, a satisfying monster-battling and leveling-up story] Shu Xin, the number one threat in the eyes of the aliens, blew up the largest laboratory they had built on Earth, then was reborn in the second year of the apocalypse. The big shot returns, setting the whole world ablaze. Earthlings: I keep feeling like someone’s pushing us forward, but I can’t find any proof. Aliens: Damn it, another one of our people has vanished without a trace. It wouldn’t matter if th 0Votes68.2kRecs24.4kFans
- 29 The Little Dining Hall of the Dali Temple 大理寺小饭堂 In the dead of night, Wen Mingtang dreamed of the fate of the pampered golden songbird kept in a gilded cage. When she awoke, with a new soul inside her, Wen Mingtang decided to take a more down-to-earth path... At the end of last year, news broke of personnel changes in every government office in the capital, excluding officials. The Dali Temple public kitchen topped the list with the remarkable record of going through twelve cooks in six months. From then on, the Dali Temple public kitche 273Votes294.9kRecs155.8kFans
- 30 The Carefree Chronicle 逍遥章 The author's new novel, A Thousand Changes of Flowers, has begun. Welcome! The eldest Miss of the Hua family is terribly vexed. She never imagined that someone as wise and mighty as her would end up saddled with a fool! It all began with a stone... 0Votes221kRecs46.4kFans
- 31 The Imperial Court Psychologist 御前心理师 A story about a transmigrator healing her life in ancient times. 0Votes87.4kRecs50.1kFans
- 32 Abundant Fragrance 盛芳 After a dream lasting three hundred years, Shen Nianhe was lucky enough to return to a later age. All she wanted was to fight her way back to her ancestral home in the capital and dig up the gold and jade treasures she had casually buried there as a child. But someone kept stubbornly urging her: “What’s the point of enjoying wealth alone for a while, when you could share a lifetime of glory with me?” 1Votes234.1kRecs88.3kFans
- 33 The Taoist Nun's Affairs 道姑花事 / Rui Ping, a newly risen noble of the capital, has always made it his mission to repay every grudge, especially against those who kicked him when he was down. He would never let them off! But fate had other plans. His impoverished enemies, drowning in debt, had secretly swapped in the soul of a little enchantress, who put on a Taoist robe and talked nonsense w 0Votes34.2kRecs27.4kFans
- 34 The Heir's Daily Training 世子调教日常 New novel: My Ex-Husband Is a Cheat. The flirting starts now, cuties, come flirt with me~~ Ye Qingshu thought that, aside from dying in a rather undignified way, her life had been as dazzling as a tale carefully written in a storybook. So why on earth had she been reborn? Reborn Ye Qingshu decided that her main task was not only to put her terrible relatives in their place, but also to make her life even more dazzling, all the way to the ninth heaven The heir to the title, already dazzling enoug 0Votes26.8kRecs26.5kFans
- 35 A Match Made in Bliss 合喜 A slightly skilled, sassy woman × a fierce man who’s always trying to prove he’s good for more than living off his family’s laurels~ After the eldest daughter of the Su family of Yanjing returned home from the family estate, where she had been recovering from an illness, she seemed like a different person. Not only did she bring her unruly, rebellious younger brother to heel, she also got the notorious playboy Third Master Qin to run around at her beck and call. Meanwhile, the Su family 0Votes288kRecs60.9kFans
- 36 The Art of Handcraft 素手匠心 Woodblock printing: reproducing the world’s masterpieces! Xu Danling, a modern master of traditional crafts known as the “Sage of Langya,” unexpectedly returned to the Ming Dynasty after his death and found himself in the body of Lian Baitang, the young son of a family of woodblock engravers in Nanjing. Unfortunately, Baitang was an idle, cowardly ne’er-do-well with a terrible reputation. How was he supposed to survive like this?! 0Votes163.5kRecs104.2kFans
- 37 The Wild Goose Returns West 雁西归 Born into one of the capital's noble families, Cheng Xi had loving parents, harmonious siblings, and a grandfather who cast aside worldly conventions to raise her with care and show her a world of wondrous beauty. Unskilled at scheming, Cheng Xi once again walked carefully, step by step, through a flawless life blessed with every advantage. She thought she would finally see the clouds part, but then an imperial decree arrived, granting her a marriage. What was that supposed to mean?! ...Are they 0Votes91.5kRecs38.2kFans
- 38 The First-Rank Female Coroner 一品女仵作 Forensic pathologist Chi Shi transmigrates and becomes the Ninth Young Lady of a family of coroners. Chi Shi is quite pleased. Whatever life this is, all she wants is to focus on her career. Prince Zhou Xian: I’m rich and handsome. Why don’t you look at me? Female coroner Chi Shi: I listen only to the suffering of the dead and clear the names of the wronged. If you want me to look at you, why don’t you die first? A gentle 1Votes167.1kRecs103.5kFans
- 39 The Imperial Tutor Couple’s Daily Life 帝师夫妇日常 The daughter of Hunter Zhang is a strapping, imposing girl who once killed a tiger with her bare hands. Not a single young man from the surrounding villages dares to marry her, much to her parents’ dismay. Then one day, a refined and handsome scholar arrives seeking lodging, with a child in tow… 0Votes48.8kRecs43.8kFans
- 40 Quick Transmigration Missions: The Cannon Fodder Strikes Back 快穿任务之炮灰来逆袭 Meng Li was merely watching a rare treasure emerge when she became cannon fodder, and then she became a task-taker who travels through various worlds to help others turn their lives around. Not satisfied with the cultivation technique? Create your own! Don't have a weapon you like? There is one too! Can't find a suitable opportunity 0Votes85.3kRecs81.8kFans
- 41 The Top Scorer Is My Son 状元是我儿砸 [The legendary no-romance story] After transmigrating into the body of a poor young widow in ancient times, Li Qing says she only wants to live a simple, modest life. She wants nothing to do with anything else. But trouble always finds a widow’s doorstep. First her own mother forces her to remarry, then a bully takes her land, and a jealous woman schemes against her. Li Qing: “You think I look easy to bully? Just try it. I’ll kick you 0Votes33.4kRecs24.2kFans
- 42 A Noblewoman of the Great Qing 大清贵人 You Nisi’s new Qing Dynasty transmigration novel, “Consort Yu’s Winning Strategy: Take It Easy,” is now out. It opens with her as Geng, a concubine in Prince Yong’s residence, pregnant with Hong Zhou and helping Niohuru deliver Hong Li next door. (First published on Yunqi; also available on QQ Reading and Qidian.) Hello, everyone! I’m You Nisi, the author who flopped spectacularly the moment I tried to change genres. Now I’m back to writing Qing Dynasty transmigration novels... This novel has no 0Votes468.8kRecs121.2kFans
- 43 Your Highness, Please Behave 王妃请自重 Ling Feifei picked up a certain someone while she was out. Hey, weren’t we supposed to follow the usual plot, where you repay me by marrying me and we fall madly in love? Why has this certain someone turned me down for the hundredth time? You’re not cute at all. Doesn’t the art of war say to fight on after every defeat? They said it’s easy for a woman to win a man’s heart, so ho 0Votes58.9kRecs13.4kFans
- 44 The More You Savor, the Better It Gets 好食多磨 Shen Yiyi's life after she transmigrated was “exciting”: A lover who had eloped with her, A fiancé she had never met, A secret admirer who was bent on harming her, And a whole crowd of dear relatives waiting to toss her into a pig cage and drown her. She had no memories at all. Aside from knowing how to cook all kinds of delicious food, she had to guess her way through everything... 0Votes52kRecs33.9kFans
- 45 The War of the Dead Wife 亡妻之战 After finally defeating the evil Supreme God and winning her freedom, Guan Guan’s reincarnation didn’t go smoothly: she became a “living dead wife.” In Aolan, a living dead wife isn’t a deceased spouse. She’s a woman born without consciousness but with the power to reproduce. She spends her whole life unaware, existing only as a machine. And this is where Guan Guan’s struggle begins. 0Votes29.2kRecs16kFans
- 46 Has Senior Brother Figured It Out Today? 师兄今天想开了吗 As the leading figure of the righteous path, the sword cultivator Wuhua has always had one nagging concern: his junior, whose full-time job is getting into trouble and who suffers from a serious gender identity disorder, might one day be corrupted by inner demons and stray down a path of no return. He watched his junior anxiously day after day for centuries, until he saw them reach the Deification stage and finally survive the tribulation to ascend. Only then could he relax. From then on, he sto 0Votes189.2kRecs63.7kFans
- 47 A Fortunate Star Shines Bright 福星高兆 Gao Zhao transmigrates to ancient times, only to find herself plagued by bad luck all over again. She stares at the heavens, speechless! A family-life story with no household power struggles, no melodrama, and no awful relatives. An uplifting tale of a loving family, full of joy and warmth. 0Votes102.8kRecs34.6kFans
- 48 A Qing-Dynasty Transmigration: Prince, Please Kneel 清穿之王爷请跪好 Everyone says the Thirteenth Prince is charming and handsome, scholarly and skilled in martial arts, the dream man of countless noble young ladies. Zhao Jia Heyue, however, couldn't care less. "That's because you haven't seen him after I've beaten him until he's running for his life, clutching his head, crying and looking utterly pathetic!" Thirteenth Prince: ... (in tears) "My dear wife, could you show me a little respect?" The new book, "The Qing Palace: The Empress Is Having Another Id 0Votes1.7kRecs4.2kFans
- 49 When Spring Comes 逢春 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Lu Xuan rarely felt a charitable impulse, but the girl suddenly opened her eyes. Startled, he forced himself to stay calm, only to see her struggle to crawl toward him… That was when Lu Xuan could no longer keep his cool. 1Votes843.7kRecs173.1kFans
- 50 A Cold Gaze, Beyond Reach 仙子不想理你 Bai Mengjin was the female demon who plagued the entire cultivation world for over a thousand years, leaving everyone with a bitter taste in their mouth until the day she died. When she unexpectedly returned to her youth, she suddenly decided she no longer wanted to be a demon. In such a sanctimonious cultivation world, surely there’s room for a sweet-talking fairy like her, right? There is a male lead and romance, but no power-leveling plot. If it’s not your cup of tea, please click the X. The 1Votes775.6kRecs166.1kFans
