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A True Record of Nurturing Worthy Ministers 贤臣养成实录
The story of a modern girl who transmigrates into the past as the son of an official family, and strives to cultivate herself, manage her family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world. [Female-to-male transmigration, no BL. Read it or don’t, but don’t attack the author.]
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The First Daughter-in-Law of Jiangnan 江南第一媳
In the misty, rainy south, amid March peach blossoms, Lin Xiner, a transmigrator, gets married beneath a red bridal veil. Her husband is the legitimate son of the current dynasty's Minister of Rites! Lin Xiner firmly believes that nothing in life comes for free! Could he be sickly, and marrying her to bring himself good luck? She hears her husband is healthy and full of e
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Airo's Life in Dream of the Red Chamber 艾若的红楼生活
After transmigrating, she accidentally stumbles into an illusion... The Grand View Garden hasn't been built, Cao Xueqin hasn't finished his book, and the world of Dream of the Red Chamber has yet to take shape. As the one destined to be “pregnant with jade,” should I leave the Rong and Ning Mansions to forge a life of my own, or stay within this great household and await the fate that is about to come? Knowing t
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- 4 The Phoenix Alliance 凰盟 [Completed] As the eldest princess of Chu, Mi Huang only wanted to stay alive. But in her previous life, she was force-fed to a snake and swallowed alive... When someone tore open the gates of the Ninefold Underworld and her soul returned, everyone's fate was turned upside down! After the twists and turns of fate, no one would be content to spend two lifetimes forever beneath someone else's heel! Those who stand at the top are destined to have others try to trample them underfoot! After ten year 0Votes678.9kRecs97.8kFans
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The First Wife's Handbook 原配宝典
Du Hengshuang is a native heroine who has neither transmigrated nor been reborn. By a twist of fate, she sees through the Luminous Mirror the utterly tragic life she once lived after a transmigrator took over her body. After reflecting bitterly on her past, she decides to fight these monsters to the very end! The problem is, she has finally escaped the fate of being transmigrated into, so how has that transmigrator been reborn?! Du Hengshuang calmly declares: Whether you are reborn and then tran
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- 6 The Great Empress 大帝姬 After transmigrating, Xue Qing discovers she’s been pretending to be a man to trick someone into marriage. And that’s not all. She’s hiding an even bigger deception. This is the story of someone with many secrets. 4Votes5.4MRecs1.6MFans
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The Wicked Woman Turns Over a New Leaf 恶女从良
The girls in her clan went to great lengths to offer advice, and she thought they genuinely cared about her. In truth, they were leading her step by step into the abyss of villainy, ruining her reputation until she became a wicked woman in the eyes of the capital’s noble families. Reborn at the beginning, she vows to turn over a new leaf. No matter how virtuous and refined she tries to be, her wicked reputation still puts her alongside the capital’s young rakes. Yuan Xi rubs her forehead and sig
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Splendor in the Palm of Her Hand 覆手繁华
She was blind, and had lived in darkness for twenty years. In the end, she was framed for adultery and killed. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a world full of color. With a turn of her hand, she could summon desolation; with another, she could bring forth splendor. Everything depended on a single thought. P.S. He knew that to marry that decisive woman, he would have to snatch her away, make a scene, and shamelessly refuse to take no for an answer. Still not enough? Then he could only pla
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The Growth Diary of Nuwa 女娲成长日记
Who are you looking for?! The Dragon King?! Oh, the supermarket has a sale today, so he went to grab some bargains. Erlang Shen?! I heard there's a matchmaking banquet. If he doesn't go, his mother will cry, make a scene, and threaten to hang herself. You get the idea. The Supreme Old Lord?! His online shop selling pills got shut down, and he nearly got taken to the police station. He's lying low in seclusion for now. You want to know who I am?! Oh, I'm Nuwa. This book is complete. Fee
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- 10 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
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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!
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- 12 A Good End 善终 The Du family had a daughter. Three months after their wedding, her husband received an imperial order, donned his armor, and set off for war. From then on, they spent more time apart than together. Five years after their marriage, her husband died on the battlefield, wrapped in his armor as his burial shroud. She wept away all her tears, adopted a clansman’s son, and devoted herself to the Buddha beneath a solitary lamp, earning a chastity 1Votes285kRecs274.8kFans
- 13 A Doctor’s Glory 荣医 Everything happens for a reason. Back then, Song Yi was a destitute villager, practically an invalid. Whoever married him was doomed to bad luck. Jiang Huijia was unlucky enough to fall into the trap and marry him. So she made a deal with him: “I’ll cure you, and you’ll give me a divorce agreement. Let’s set three rules!” Once Mr. Song recovered, she would bow out, having done her part! Many years later, Song Yi said, “Bow out after doing your part? Ha…” When Song Yi finally rose to the rank of 0Votes155.4kRecs111.2kFans
- 14 The Mighty Female Immortal 极品女仙 A modern woman arrives in a strange world and takes over the body of someone from a family that has been cast aside by its clan. After inheriting the legacy of the Danfu Sect, she embarks on the path of cultivation. This book is thrilling, deliciously devious, and... well, you know what I mean! 0Votes1.6MRecs435.7kFans
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Destined to Be a Queen 天命为凰
Lu Mingshu has never believed in fate. Not when her father remarried and her family fell apart, nor when she was abandoned in a mountain valley to fend for herself. Not when she lacked the resources to cultivate, and even less when everyone turned against her. She clawed her way up from the dust, and in a single day soared to the clouds, drawing the world’s attention! If justice won’t come to me, I’ll take it for myself. If fate won’t grant me a way forward, I’ll carve one out. So what if fate h
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- 16 The Empress’s Livestream Strategy Guide 女帝直播攻略 [The new novel, Step Aside, Let Me Take the Throne, is being serialized] [A different story, just as exciting] Jiang Pengji acquired something called a palace-intrigue livestream System. Jiang Pengji: “All right, System. No problem, System!” Many years later, Jiang Pengji finally achieved her goal: she became the emperor’s woman, the female emperor. Jiang Pengji: “Praise me!” System: “(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻ I told you to fight for favor in the palace! Who told you to conquer the world?” #The future’s top g 14Votes3.7MRecs1.5MFans
- 17 Future: Military Lady on Top 未来之军娘在上 What does it mean to be a winner in life? Of course it means drinking the strongest liquor, piloting the mightiest mecha, gazing at the most beautiful sea of stars, smacking down the most obnoxious idiots, becoming the strongest female soldier, and conquering the most powerful enemies! Oh, and dragging away the man she loves most! This is the story of a mighty sword cultivator who transforms into a fierce female soldier, carves her way through all opposition, and leaves everyone around her utter 3Votes395kRecs141.1kFans
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Quick Transmigration: The Female Lead Arrives 快穿之女主驾到
[Ultimate Pampering] Princess Commandery Qinghe, Gu Shengyin, is dead. Her beauty surpasses everyone in the capital, and her reputation for talent has shaken the world, yet she loses to a woman inferior to her in every way. Only after her death does Gu Shengyin realize that she was merely the heroine of a supporting-female-character-reversal story, destined to become cannon fodder for a transmigrated supporting character... In a pure white space, Gu Shengyin expressionlessly receives the mem
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Ning Xiaoxian’s Record of Taming Gods 宁小闲御神录
(The new novel, Protect the National Preceptor, is currently being serialized. Ning Xiaoxian is being adapted into a comic, TV series, and game. Stay tuned.) Heaven: The God Lord Who Shakes Heaven is trapped in the Prison of Gods and Demons. Go rescue him. Ning Xiaoxian: All right, I'll save him! Heaven: An unprecedented evil creature is wreaking havoc among humanity. Go deal with it. Ning Xiaoxian: All right, I'll handle it! Heaven: The barbarian tribes have returned to the Southern
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- 20 A Good Pregnancy in the Apocalypse 末世好孕 In a golden age of zombies and rampaging mutant plants and animals, what's it like to be heavily pregnant? Su Su says, “Prenatal checkups, fetal education, a natural birth, early education... We're not skipping a single one!” Her child's father: “There's a state-of-the-art 4D ultrasound machine in the zombie city. What about the mother?” Su Su: “...” 0Votes313.5kRecs185.7kFans
- 21 Jun Jiuling 君九龄 In the winter of the third year of Taikang, a girl came to the Ning family in Beiliu Town, Yangcheng, claiming to be a long-lost relative; After her marriage proposal was rejected, the girl decided to prove her determination by dying in front of the Ning family home; When the girl who had died opened her eyes once again; The fates of many people were turned upside down. [Romance] 3Votes5.4MRecs1.8MFans
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