Novels like Cleverness Beneath the Embroidery
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- 1 A Match Made by Heaven 天定良缘 A modern girl in the bloom of youth is unlucky enough to transmigrate to some ancient dynasty, where she becomes a cute little official's daughter. Can't I just have a stepmother who isn't evil? My adorable older brother wants to run away from home with me? Great! But why does he abandon me halfway there? Hey, there's a handsome young man covered in blood. He's unconscious, and he can't speak or move. Boo-hoo, my brother is gone. Can you take his place? The world outside is such a mess. Let's hi 0Votes39.7kRecs40.6kFans
- 2 The Art of Fragrance 调香 She followed him for an entire lifetime without asking for a title or harboring any resentment, only for him to drive her to her death. Reborn with an unparalleled secret manual in hand, she’ll take back everything those who betrayed and bullied her had in their previous lives... Now, watch as she rises from a lonely wanderer with no home to a master perfumer of her age! 0Votes91.8kRecs66.3kFans
- 3 Healing with Brocade 医锦还厢 Young Marquis, you were the one who divorced me back then, and now you want to marry me again? Ever heard that a good horse doesn’t eat the grass it’s already passed? Have you no shame? I’ve spent so long being a good horse that I’m sick of it. This time, I’m going to be a bad horse. Damn, I really want to sing “Love’s Transaction” to him. What should I do? The author may be good at finishing books, but she’s always made things up as she goes. In the spirit of kindness and 0Votes62.1kRecs50.6kFans
- 4 Ride the Dragon 乘龙 [Three Thousand Loves, One Fatal Drop; A Beauty Makes Heroes Bow] Complete An old saying goes: “Heaven envies beautiful women, and the strong are easily broken.” So for someone as resolute, talented, and breathtakingly beautiful as her, the first lesson in life is to keep a low profile and act weak, doing her best to make herself look like a harmless, delicate little flower. She overdoes the act and gets casually carried off home by some villain. Bah! She should be the one punishing him on Heave 0Votes491.3kRecs70kFans
- 5 Master of Men 御人 As a virtuous young woman with ideals, ambitions, sound values, and a successful career, Bai Fuling feels that what she needs is a loyal puppy of a man whom she can torment and bully, not a scheming man who takes pleasure in tormenting and bullying her! Faced with a ferocious demon lord whom she can neither offend nor evade, she can only display her mastery of controlling people, matching wits with him and fighting to the bitter end. …◆◆◆ The queen’s way is to rule her subjects ◆◆◆… A lighthea 0Votes535.7kRecs208.1kFans
- 6 Married to the Worst Prince 嫁给极品太子 At the lowest point in her life, she meets him. From then on, whether in online games or the real world, this outstanding man pulls out every trick to keep her by his side. Though she falls in love, she remains cool-headed and self-possessed. Using her intelligence, she climbs step by step toward the pinnacle of life and finds a dazzling, happy future. In a nutshell: The sparrow rises from the ashes to become a phoenix, winning both fame and a husband. 0Votes176.8kRecs232.4kFans
- 7 A Joyous Occasion for a Prestigious Family 名门喜事 Everyone says that noble families are full of happy occasions, but who understands the hardship at every turn? She went from the poorest streets to a grand mansion, only to find herself back on a battlefield without smoke or gunfire. When it came to life, she had to weigh family against enemies. When it came to marriage, it was a contest between men and women. Fate is an ambush, and love becomes a game of strategy. Who will stake their heart, not to win, but to have no regrets? Let time f 0Votes130.5kRecs303.7kFans
- 8 A Refined Lady of Medicine 药窕淑女 She’s the legitimate eldest daughter of a family that made its fortune as imperial merchants, but her father doesn’t care for her and her stepmother is cruel. There’s nothing but infighting in a prestigious household! You want to fight me again? Again? Keep it up, and I’ll get rid of you! What? I saved someone, and now I have to marry him? For a token of affection, I’ll send something valuable but easy to carry. If things don’t work out, I’ll just grab my dowry box and make a run for it! My new 0Votes692.9kRecs303.9kFans
- 9 In the Spring Sunshine 春光里 After transmigrating, she becomes a household-born servant. Should she settle for the safe, comfortable life of a servant in a wealthy household? Or choose a free life full of hardship and danger? She’s a flame unlike any other, destined for an extraordinary life! 0Votes411.3kRecs357.2kFans
- 10 Fortune Comes Calling 福运来 A Fu feels that in this life, she has an unbreakable bond with being substituted for others. Whenever something good happens, someone takes her place. Whenever something bad happens, she has to take someone else's place. One substitution after another, she ends up in the imperial palace. == Her wish is to see less, hear less, and say less, then safely endure her time until she can leave the palace, find an honest, obedient man to marry, and live out the rest of her life in peace. Her modest wish 0Votes98.9kRecs282.4kFans
- 11 The White Lotus Strategy 白莲攻略 Bai Lian said: "When it comes to men who want me to be their strategist, I rely on my brains." Bai Lian said again: "When it comes to the man I will marry in the future, I rely on my face." Someone asked: "What about me?" Bai Lian replied helplessly: "My whole heart and soul!" Someone: " 0Votes108.5kRecs52.5kFans
- 12 Ninth Imperial Glorious Phoenix 九阙凤华 She was the daughter of a powerful minister and the empress dowager's own niece, cherished by everyone. But she gave her heart to the man who would ruin her beyond redemption, and could only drag him down with her. Now Fu Mingzhu has been reborn. Watch as she wipes away her past humiliation, takes on her enemies, and boldly calls off her engagement. She swears to rise above them all, turning the world upside down with a wave of her hand! The new novel, "The Phoenix Gate's Legitimate Daughter", i 0Votes22.5kRecs52.6kFans
- 13 Tales of the Spring Boudoir 春闺记事 Gu Jinzhi was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and married into a wealthy household. Her life was one of endless splendor and exhaustion, right up to its end. When she realized she wasn’t dead but had become a noblewoman in ancient times, irritation welled up inside her. Then she saw a man who looked exactly like her husband from her previous life, and she pursed her lips. Only then did the still waters of her life begin to ripple... 0Votes221.9kRecs150.4kFans
- 14 A Joyous Match 喜良缘 Reading people's expressions and getting along with everyone? That's our strong suit! Playing dumb and pretending to be a fool while secretly outsmarting everyone? That's our specialty! So what if I transmigrated into the body of a lowly, unloved concubine's daughter? I'll borrow the east wind, secure a match as precious as gold and jade, and live a life of glory and freedom! 0Votes236.1kRecs197.3kFans
- 15 The Female Streamer's Secret Garden 女主播的秘密花园 A female news anchor versus a male producer. Will you make me, or will I make you? Treading over thorns, embracing fragrance, Even in the lonely desert, I bloom in all my naked glory! 0Votes55.2kRecs12.5kFans
- 16 Grand Secretary Shen Li 首辅沈栗 Shen Li accidentally traveled through time. Making the best of his new life, he carefully built himself a place in the ancient world. This incompetent, unruly illegitimate son of a marquis steadily rose through the ranks, eventually becoming chief minister and a trusted regent, reaching the pinnacle of his life. Wait, where’s the beautiful, wealthy woman? Shen Li soon discovered that even with the power of the realm in his hands, able to destroy enemy fleets with a laugh, finding a wife who sh 0Votes31.4kRecs21.4kFans
- 17 The Gemstone Guide 珠光宝鉴 Abandoned by my wealthy fiancé? So what? I have my own dazzling life! Every treasure in the world, genuine or fake, is all within my grasp! I sell knowledge and supernatural abilities, but I do not sell regret medicine! *********Thanks to Mu Shuiyou for the cover. Pinning you down and kissing you wildly******** (Katong Ling helped set up a group for anyone who wants to chat. This is a group for readers with legitimate subscriptions. You must verify using your Qidian account name, and you need to 0Votes207.2kRecs291.9kFans
- 18 The Spring and Autumn of the Yu Clan 玉氏春秋 She was reborn in a mass grave. Because of a book called Ten Siege Weapons of Lu Ban, the man she loved used her, and his woman had her killed. In this Spring and Autumn and Warring States era, where human lives are worth no more than weeds, she is just an ordinary young woman from modern times, with a fresh, lovely appearance. She has no talent for martial arts, her math skills are barely passing, and she is hopeless with her hands... But she has to survive. And she has to live comfortably. So 1Votes338.6kRecs185.2kFans
- 19 A First-Rank Wife 妻居一品 This is the story of a supporting female character who gradually becomes the heroine. After an unexpected ending, just as the older sister who was supposed to take a bow and leave the stage claims all the family property and heads off toward a happy new life, she transmigrates. She becomes a supporting character who covets wealth and status. No one can choose their birth mother, but everyone can choose their own path. What does it matter if she's trapped in a desperate situation? She'll decide h 0Votes250.9kRecs133.2kFans
- 20 Nine Out of Ten 九全十美 She falls into an unfamiliar dynasty, where old grudges from a previous generation begin to repeat themselves, forcing her to flee. But she has superb medical skills and a sharp mind, so she can make a good life for herself anywhere! But did she actually manage to escape, or not? 0Votes191.6kRecs221.9kFans
- 21 A Difficult Fate to Defy 庶难从命 She was a daughter born to a concubine, and misplaced trust in her own family cost her her life. When she was reborn, she returned to this place once more as a concubine-born daughter. Who still remembered the girl who had died for the sake of this splendor? No matter how many obstacles stood in her way, she would risk everything to change her fate. She would show them what it meant to be a concubine-born daughter who refused to obey her fate. Brought to you by the author of The Cult Leader, qua 0Votes492.6kRecs591.2kFans
- 22 The Lost Jade of the New Tang Dynasty 新唐遗玉 Without a father, I still have a mother. Life goes on, and Chang'an is mine to roam! (Transmigrate into an alternate historical setting; no painstaking historical research required.) For my new project, head over to The Princess Consort Has Returned. 0Votes533.7kRecs210.7kFans
- 23 The Phoenix’s Glory in the Six Palaces 六宫凤华 Consort Xie outlived every one of her enemies, then passed away peacefully at the age of eighty with a smile on her face. But when she opened her eyes, she was back in the days of her innocence and kindness. 2Votes554.3kRecs259kFans
- 24 A Noble Marriage 世婚 Their families arranged their marriage for generations to come, with no regard for love, only to unite two surnames. She withered like a spring flower, only to be reborn. Her circumstances were the same, but her life took a different path. She knew what would happen along the way, but couldn’t guess how it would end. Being reborn wasn’t just about revenge. Being reborn didn’t offer an opportunity to her alone. She had been reborn to prevent tragedy and bring greater happiness to more people. *, 0Votes369kRecs397.3kFans
- 25 The First Daughter of the Heavenly Line 天字嫡一号 A princess from a parallel dynasty transmigrates to the Great Liang. First, she improves her family’s lot. Second, she finds a good husband. Third, she becomes a brilliant little detective. Oh, come on, is there anything in this world you can’t accomplish with power and brains? 0Votes122.7kRecs134.2kFans
- 26 Flowers Bloom in Spring 花开春暖 Reborn as a beautiful young woman in ancient times, she and her elderly wet nurse depend on each other for survival. Though orphaned at a young age and forced to live under someone else’s roof, she is still happy with a quiet life spent admiring streams winding beneath little bridges. Can she hold on to her childhood sweetheart? What will she do about the riches and trouble that come crashing down on her? Hmph! She’ll take things as they come. Who’s afraid of whom? New 1Votes173.5kRecs217kFans
- 27 Good Things Come to Those Who Wait 好事多磨 The new book Strategies of a Secondary Daughter, a history of a secondary daughter's struggle… It will enter the ranking competition in July. Welcome, sisters, to drop by and show your support! Thanks to Xiao Seyi for drawing the cover. 0Votes97.3kRecs526.7kFans
- 28 Springtime Among the Noble Families 名门春事 After being reborn, she picked up a clay pot and smashed it over that bastard's head. From then on, Cui Lang was just another stranger. This is the story of a food-loving heroine's life as a farmer. As they work the land, they unearth a tremendous secret. 0Votes127.3kRecs120.2kFans
- 29 Peace Above All 以和为贵 Gu Xiyan, an ordinary office worker, transmigrates to an unfamiliar era after an accidental rescue. She has no power to change the world, nor any ambition to rule it. All she wants is an ordinary life with a husband, children, and a warm home, but life never goes as planned. Fate has its own arrangements... We’ve moved, everyone! 0Votes118.5kRecs737.7kFans
- 30 Captivating the Lords 媚公卿 She insisted on marrying him, and in the end, burned herself to death. Reborn in the Wei-Jin era, where family status and personal honor rule, she rises from humble beginnings, armed with schemes and ambition… 1Votes200.5kRecs366.3kFans
- 31 Everything Goes as It Should 万事如易 Fortune and misfortune are easy to calculate, but the human heart is hard to fathom. Good and evil are easy to discern, but right and wrong are hard to judge. Life and death are easy to overcome, but love and hatred are hard to resolve. The world is easy to claim, but who can say who will win or lose? A signpost to a new story: The Princess Bride Has Returned. 0Votes559.7kRecs195.2kFans
- 32 The Melon Fields and the Li Family 瓜田李夏 The orphan Xia Zhi transmigrates. Her father: a scholar... henpecked by his wife (someone should take away his medicine). Her mother: beautiful and capable... favors sons over daughters and constantly helps her own family (beyond help). Xia Zhi: I'm not marrying an idiot! 0Votes343.1kRecs90.9kFans
- 33 Seizing Joy 掌欢 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese) Third Miss Luo relies on her father’s immense power at court to bully the weak and has a terrible reputation. Whenever she’s bored, she takes a pack of lackeys into the streets to harass respectable young men. To Qingyang Junzhu, anyone who dared act up in front of her could be made to disappear with a flick of her finger, until she opened her eyes and discovered she was called Luo Sheng. 0Votes1.4MRecs565.9kFans
- 34 The Heiress's Grand Scheme 嫡谋 (The print edition of Schemes of the Di Daughter has been published in both simplified and traditional Chinese.) In her previous life, her so-called blood relatives told her that sacrificing herself for the family’s interests was the greatest honor a Ren family daughter could have. As a result, she became enemies with her older sister, her mother died young in tears, and her father fell beneath a rain of arrows... Reborn at the age when she was just beginning her education, she would no long 16Votes459kRecs630.2kFans
- 35 Golden Branch 金枝 She was confident in her exceptional intelligence and always strove to do everything perfectly. She thought that becoming a virtuous, supportive wife who followed her husband's lead would do no disservice to her future husband. Unfortunately, her childhood sweetheart and fiancé didn't see it that way. In the end, her family was destroyed, and she lost everything. At last, even Heaven couldn't bear to watch and gave her a chance to start over… (The author is terrible at writing blurbs. Just read 0Votes749kRecs224.1kFans
- 36 The Splendid Flowers 花开锦绣 The Fu family was renowned for its generations of scholars. Its most famous distinction wasn't an imperial title as Crown Prince's Grand Tutor or producing a top-ranking graduate, but the three chastity arches at its gate. Fu Tingyun, the Fu family's ninth young lady, was said to be blessed with both wisdom and good fortune. She never imagined that her cousin would solemnly claim they were lovers, leaving her with nowhere to turn... When one door closes, another opens. She finally understood tha 1Votes372.3kRecs209.7kFans
- 37 The Lovely Luan 娇鸾 (Also known as My Childhood Friend Is the Male Lead) A hundred years ago, the Imperial Preceptor prophesied that if the Great Liang realm was to remain intact, a daughter of the Cheng family had to be made Crown Princess. She, who had endured the cold shoulder of her family, never knew she was the one destined for the role. As far as Cheng Che was concerned, if she was destined to be Crown Princess, then he would claim the realm for her. 0Votes320.4kRecs193.9kFans
- 38 The Eldest Daughter 长嫡 The Xie family is scheming to claim the Fu family's century-old fortune. Marquis Fu is scheming for power and a bright future. In her dreams, she is a discarded pawn, sacrificed in their power game. Her mother takes her own life by jumping into a well, and she is hastily married off to the Lu family's impoverished son, a man renowned throughout the land. Yet she dies young, in the prime of her life. When she opens her eyes, she lets out a cold laugh. You'd all better repent! 1Votes844.4kRecs529.3kFans
- 39 Noble Lady Doctor 名门医女 Qi Yue stumbles into a strange era. Her hair is styled like a married woman’s, but her husband is nowhere to be seen. She lives alone in a separate courtyard, with cold pots, cold stoves, and cold stares. What kind of joke is this? Since I’m the principal wife of this household, then what I say goes. Good food, comfortable lodging, and we’ll all mind our own business. Keep picking fights with me, just you try. I’m a master surgeon. I’ll scare you out of your wits! 4Votes381.9kRecs367.2kFans
- 40 The Mortal Girl's Immortal Gourd 凡女仙葫 Mortal girl Mo Qingchen has a low aptitude and a fake four-element spirit root, making every step of her cultivation journey a struggle. Fortunately, the wine gourd she carries can accelerate the growth of spirit herbs, and… open a path to the heavens for her. See how this ordinary girl takes her immortal gourd, turns the cultivation world on its head, and embarks on a journey to ask the heavens! 2Votes273.2kRecs189.8kFans
- 41 Ninefold Purple 九重紫 Dou Zhao thinks she may not have much longer to live. Lately, she keeps dreaming that she’s back in her childhood, sitting beneath a wisteria-covered trellis and swinging her chubby little legs while her plump, white nursemaid, round as a steamed bun, feeds her... But if she really returned to her childhood, how different would her life be? Ninefold Purple is a story of being reborn! ※ Unless something unexpected comes up, updat 5Votes1.5MRecs658.8kFans
- 42 A Match Made in Heaven 妙偶天成 (Published in both simplified and traditional Chinese editions.) The Fourth Miss of the Zhen family was competitive, selfish, and vain, and she went to great lengths to scheme her way into falling into the water alongside the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo's family. Then, after Fourth Miss Zhen fell into the water, a clueless little foodie transmigrated into her body… This is not a traditional tale of household power struggles. The heroine i 3Votes280.4kRecs330.8kFans
- 43 Displaying Beautiful Brocade 良陈美锦 Before she was forty, she was plagued by countless illnesses. When she died, her son was getting married. Jinchao thought she had nothing left to live for, but when she woke, she was young again, in the prime of her life. Back then, my love never wavered; now, I’m as hard as a blade. This book has been published in simplified Chinese and is available to order from Dangdang, JD.com, and Amazon. We welcome your orders! 1Votes300.5kRecs575kFans
- 44 Slay the Sand 诛砂 When it comes to wishes, perhaps no one would believe her. But Xie Rouhui's greatest wish was simply to be able to say no. Starting one summer when she was twelve years old, if she had said no back then, her sister would not have been swept away by the water, she would not have been rejected by her family, she would not have abandoned her own child, she would not have been married off by her father to Prince Zhenbei as his second wife, she would not have been humiliated by her stepson, and she w 0Votes648.3kRecs281.7kFans
- 45 The Slow Passage of Time 韶光慢 (Published in simplified and traditional Chinese, and Thai) Qiao Zhao married one of the capital’s most distinguished young noblemen. But just after the wedding ceremony, her husband was ordered to war. When they met again, he pinned her to the city wall with an arrow. She opened her eyes in the body of a girl riding a donkey, racking her brains over how to get back to the capital. 0Votes1.2MRecs697.6kFans
- 46 Genius Feng Shui Master 天才相师 Young Ye Tian unexpectedly inherits the legacy of a master diviner. He plumbs the mysteries of heaven and humanity, understands the changes of past and present, and carries on the lost teachings of the sages. 3Votes1.7MRecs1.2MFans
- 47 Reborn: The Villainess Boss 重生反派女boss She solves every psychological problem, no matter how difficult. She has won every major psychology award. She’s the most expensive psychologist in the field, charging by the second. She’s the undisputed queen of psychology, recognized around the world. Then she’s reborn, standing at a crossroads at eighteen. Determined to become a villainous boss and make money for her treatment, she can’t help 0Votes589.1kRecs356.5kFans
- 48 Brocade Paulownia 锦桐 Li Tong was reborn and finally saw clearly. It turned out he had never loved her or cherished her... Jiang Huanzhang defies fate and returns. This time, he will climb even higher and become the true The Outcast, above everyone but one... Ning Yuan has come from a thousand miles away: Jiang Huanzhang, I make a living out of ruining people, and I never get tired of it... 1Votes1.7MRecs958.1kFans
- 49 The Concubine's Daughter's Strategy (Original Novel of The Sword and the Brocade) 庶女攻略（《锦心似玉》原著） The original novel of The Sword and the Brocade, starring Wallace Chung and Seven Tan. Birdsong echoes as the distant mountains unfold; mist fills the woods as she wanders alone. In the clear haze, she hears the willows being cut; climbing the tower, she gazes into the distance, waiting for him to come. Amid embroidered silks and jeweled ornaments, she is merely a low-status concubine-born daughter... In short, it is the story of a concubine-born daughter striving to rise! 9Votes2.6MRecs761.5kFans
- 50 Joy of Life 庆余年 A family that does good deeds will surely enjoy blessings in abundance. Leave blessings for the future, leave blessings for the future, and in time meet a benefactor. How fortunate, how fortunate, that my mother accumulated hidden merit. I urge people to help the needy and support the poor… But who could know that, though we inherit the blessings of those who came before us, in the end we must choose our own path in life? Thus, at the fork in the road: The east wind brings clouds and rain, and y 76Votes4MRecs5.6MFans
